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Topic started by Thiru on Mon Aug 22 13:17:54 2005.

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• From: Anesh on Tue Aug 23 3:17:20 2005.

  Yeah saw the match between Chelsea and Arsenal. Quite interesting and it seems that Chelsea is not going to get away this year with the title.
  Well Spurs are a team to watch. With Davids guiding the midfield, Defoe at the top and King at the back it could look like a good team. Well we should not deny Robinsons role has the keeper.
  Well for united they are looking impressive at the start of the season. Something that the fans have not seen in quite some time. Park looks awesome with his hardwork and moves around the ground. There is still lack of pace at the engine room. Keane and Scholes are to old to move with the pace of Lampard, Makelele and Gerrard. They need some one strong and young in the middle. Graveson could have been a good pick but too bad Madrid snatched him. But i thing Smith could be a major player in the middle if he is given a chance to play more often.
  
  

• From: sabari on Thu Aug 25 8:22:55 2005.

  Is Shaun Wright Philips getting regular play time?? saw him here in foxborough playing friendly against AC Milan. i think he might be big in the future for chelsea. im excited as manu added park and van der sar to the team in the offseason. hope they regain the premiership title. is there any other channel other than fox world telecasts the games here in US? i despise fox sports for making all the cool games pay per view. greedy morons.GO UNITED!!!!!
  
  

• From: j.chenkalvarayan on Thu Dec 1 10:46:00 2005.

  'sadai' named the european player of the year. sadai
  
  

• From: Lambretta on Thu Dec 1 10:51:43 2005.

  Um......sorry if I'm butting in unwanted (considering tat I'm not as much a die-hard soccer/ne sports fan!).......
  Ne-one here rem. "Black Pearl" Pele of the '70s??
  
  Apologies for ne digression in this thread too!
  
  

• From: j.chenkalvarayan on Thu Dec 1 10:56:23 2005.

  i've watched a few videos of PELE. i am not impressed though. and btw is it black diamond or black pearl?
  
  

• From: Lambretta on Thu Dec 1 11:00:33 2005.

  j.chenkalvarayan wrote:

  i've watched a few videos of PELE. i am not impressed though. and btw is it black diamond or balck pearl?

  
  I'm sure he was called Black Pearl...I rem. reading (& by-hearting! ) this once from my GK book for an exam in 7th class (circa 1993!).......
  Also in the Hindi movie 'Golmaal' (1979), Amol Palekar talks abt Pele (who was said to've visited India then), calling him the Black Pearl.......
  Btw, this raises a qsn. (& maybe yet another digresn.) from me- did India happen to be into Soccer in a big way, back in the '70s??
  
  

• From: j.chenkalvarayan on Thu Dec 1 11:17:23 2005.

  portugal's Eusebio da Silva was also called black pearl.so that's why i asked that question.
  
  

• From: Lambretta on Thu Dec 1 11:22:17 2005.

  j.chenkalvarayan wrote:

  portugal's Eusebio da Silva was also called black pearl.so that's why i asked that question.

  
  Ohh........not sure if I heard of him tho......!
  
  

• From: NTR on Thu Jan 12 0:57:32 2006.

  Any Liverpool fans here?
  
  

• From: Thiru on Thu Jan 12 8:40:09 2006.

  Arsenal fan here even though they are playing poorly in EPL..
  
  

• From: Sundar12345 on Thu Jan 12 8:49:29 2006.

  I have seen bad teams changing over to good with rapid improvement
  
  but arsenal is a good team that has dropped so quickly to such a unheqalthy situation.
  
  I am a MANU fan.
  
  ROONEY
  RONALDO
  NISTELROOY
  
  

• From: Thiru on Thu Jan 12 12:32:52 2006.

  Viera leaving the gunners was a big factor.. they no longer control the middle of the field... Van Persie looks very impressive but they need to make a couple of good moves to be ready to compete again.. chelsea has a helluva team...
  
  

• From: NTR on Fri Jan 13 0:11:53 2006.

  Ya.. Arsenal are too dependet on Henry..
  This was eveident when they were beaten by Wigan in League Cup
  
  

• From: Sundar12345 on Fri Jan 13 0:36:09 2006.

  Chelsea is going to win again this year and has no good close competetion as LIVERPOOL and MANU are fighting closely for 2nd palce with a gap of just 4 pts.
  chelsea - 58
  manu - 45
  liverpool - 41
  tottenham hotspur - 40
  wigan - 34
  then comes arsenal - 34
  
  

• From: NTR on Fri Jan 13 1:12:30 2006.

  Pool has 2 games in hand
  
  

• From: Sundar12345 on Fri Jan 13 1:16:37 2006.

  Yes that's what I consider a fear to Manu that will play against MANC this saturday
  
  

• From: NTR on Fri Jan 13 1:20:46 2006.

  is it old trafford?
  
  

• From: Sundar12345 on Fri Jan 13 1:23:32 2006.

  No it is at city of Manchester stadium
  
  

• From: NTR on Fri Jan 13 2:14:17 2006.

  Oo
  Then quite hard..
  But you sigend two defenders, Vidic and Evra
  
  

• From: Sundar12345 on Fri Jan 13 2:16:34 2006.

  Yes I wish they will play well.
  pool's next two matches
  vs Tottenham and vs Birmingham
  
  

• From: Sundar12345 on Fri Jan 13 2:19:04 2006.

  MANU vs LIVERPOOL an 22nd JAN.
  
  

• From: NTR on Fri Jan 13 2:48:28 2006.

  ya..
  hopefully it produces some goals..
  
  

• From: shambhavi on Fri Jan 13 10:04:51 2006.

  its really sad that arsenal is not in great form this season but they are an amazing team and i am rooting for them. its good news that henry has decided to stay with arsenal.i think chelsea will win thisseason as they seem to be bent on collecting superstars
  
  

• From: Sundar12345 on Fri Jan 13 10:14:09 2006.

  I wanted henry to join BAECELONAvery badly but he opted for ARSENAL. He is very good player the best in ARSENAL now.
  
  

• From: shambhavi on Fri Jan 13 11:07:01 2006.

  i love barca too whatwith ronaldinho and eto but am a big gunners fan so am glad he stayed
  
  

• From: Sundar12345 on Fri Jan 13 11:10:44 2006.

  RONALDIHO is the player of the year with 956 pts. and ETO'O 3rd with 356 points Barca is wonderful and will win spanish league this time with ronadiho in great form.
  
  

• From: shambhavi on Fri Jan 13 15:16:26 2006.

  from your mouth to gods ears hopefully it sould be the same for arsenal. i think real madrid is way overrated and has ageing stars and personally am not a fan of beckham, the moment he left manu i liked the team much better
  
  

• From: NTR on Sun Jan 15 4:29:27 2006.

  Arsenal 7 -0 Boro..
  As i said Man utd beaten well at Man City
  
  

• From: shambhavi on Sun Jan 15 6:36:45 2006.

  cool so manu were beaten yippee!i dint get to see the match, so they lost by how many goals?btw don u think arsenal has an o.k goalkeeper im not particularly fond of him
  
  

• From: sabari on Sun Jan 15 13:35:24 2006.

  well be ecstatic all u want but all that matters rite now is manu is going to euro next year n as of now arsenal is not....
  
  

• From: NTR on Sun Jan 15 23:12:46 2006.

  3-1
  Cristiano Ronaldo got sent off..
  chelsea won again but Arjen Robben sent off seconds after scoring the winning goal..
  
  

• From: Sundar12345 on Mon Jan 16 8:11:48 2006.

  Is arsenal back to form with their main players amidst the goals.
  
  Henry - 3 goals were amazing
  at last tasted a good victory.
  
  Liverpool catch up with MANU for 2nd place.
  
  

• From: shambhavi on Mon Jan 16 9:58:47 2006.

  i hope arsenal get back to form i.e kicking manU's butt.henry is really amazing but i still think they need a good third defender when sol or cole is injured,coz they are great going forward but allow too many goals.i think benitez has done a really good job with liverpool.
  
  

• From: gorgeous gaayini on Tue Mar 21 19:29:13 2006.

  Oooo ooo ooo i support ARSENAL! wooshhh they r fab!
  
  chelsea, man u, liverpool n stuff come after that but i still cant forget that ridiculous penalty that beckham kicked and went straight up into the air where as he could have scored a clean goal against portugal.
  
  

• From: cucushock on Fri Apr 21 10:37:52 2006.

  liverpoollllllllllllllllllllllllll
  you wil never walk alone
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Fri Apr 21 11:25:07 2006.

  Super...
  
  LIVERPOOL..
  
  

• From: Thiru on Fri Apr 21 15:39:27 2006.

  Arsenal will win the champions league this season.. No stopping them...
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Apr 24 11:32:15 2006.

  This one i can agree Thiru..
  They have been excellent overall this year..
  Im worried about their opponents..
  Barcelone quite strong tough..
  
  

• From: Thiru on Wed Apr 26 18:20:43 2006.

  Its barca vs arsenal in the Champions league final... Gonna be a great one.. Go Gunners!!!!
  
  

• From: shambhavi on Mon May 1 5:11:08 2006.

  ya i think it should be a really gr8 football match hope the gunners win. it would be super cool
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Tue May 2 2:07:10 2006.

  GUNNERS SHOULD WIN
  
  
  
  

• From: Thunderbird on Tue May 2 16:43:23 2006.

  Barcelona
  
  

• From: Ghlli on Tue May 2 19:49:29 2006.

  ARSENAL ARSENAL ARSENAL!
  
  

• From: Sanguine Sridhar on Tue May 2 20:05:36 2006.

  Barcelona
  
  

• From: Ghlli on Tue May 2 20:10:57 2006.

  I'm gona pray to god that its arsenal
  
  actually i wont pray i'll get my football freak cousin to pray for me
  
  

• From: NOV on Wed Sep 19 22:24:14 2007.

  Manager Mourinho leaves Chelsea
  
  Mourinho's position was the subject of continual scrutiny last season.
  
  Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has sensationally left Stamford Bridge, according to BBC Radio 5live football correspondent Jonathan Legard.
  
  The news comes just 24 hours after the disappointing Champions League draw against Rosenborg.
  
  Legard understands that Mourinho has texted senior players, including skipper John Terry, with the news of his departure from Stamford Bridge.
  
  There has been no official word so far from the Premier League club.
  
  

• From: NOV on Wed Sep 19 22:26:57 2007.

  Manager Mourinho leaves Chelsea
  
  Mourinho's position was the subject of continual scrutiny last season.
  
  Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has sensationally left Stamford Bridge, according to BBC Radio 5live football correspondent Jonathan Legard.
  
  The news comes just 24 hours after the disappointing Champions League draw against Rosenborg.
  
  Legard understands that Mourinho has texted senior players, including skipper John Terry, with the news of his departure from Stamford Bridge.
  
  There has been no official word so far from the Premier League club.
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Mon Sep 24 5:25:13 2007.

  Man U 2 - Chelsea 0
  
  The red card was very harsh and the penalty, even by Sir Alex's own admission was a gift!
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue Sep 25 1:46:30 2007.

  Jose was great.. he brought the colour to the dull league with some really old managers..
  I will miss him and his interviews.. he is very honest and always popular with the fans and pundits
  
  some of his famous quotes
  
  

  Quote:

  We have top players and, sorry if I'm arrogant, we have a top manager.

  
  Classic Jose
  
  

  Quote:

  As we say in Portugal, they (Spurs) brought the bus and they left the bus in front of the goal

  
  
  
  

  Quote:

  I saw their players and manager (United) go for a lap of honour after losing to us in their last home game. In Portugal if you do this, they throw bottles at you

  
  Ultimate
  
  

  Quote:

  Everybody wants Chelsea to lose a game. When they do they should declare a public holiday

  
  
  
  

  Quote:

  Sometimes he says (Wenger) funny things, like he said that day i've won only one premiership. But i cannot win two in one season.

  
  Proves why Arsene is an idiot
  
  

  Quote:

  I think he (Wenger) is one of these people who is a voyeur. He likes to watch other people. There are some guys who, when they are at home, have a big telescope to see what happens in other families. He speaks, speaks, speaks about Chelsea.

  
  
  
  

  Quote:

  Look, we're not entertaining? I don't care; we win.

  
  Great
  
  Perhaps the ultimate is
  

  Quote:

  "I'm The Special One"

  
  Yes You Are
  
  
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Tue Sep 25 2:27:43 2007.

  Well, i'm glad he left...
  and Chelsea..
  
  

• From: NOV on Tue Sep 25 2:39:46 2007.

  Mourinho may come to malaysia to work in a bank
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Sep 25 2:52:52 2007.

  Arsenal without Henry has been a joint force than just an inconsistent and partly disjoined power house. Maybe, there is something divine about Cesc Fabregas. I see him as the next big thing in world football. Come on Gunners!
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue Sep 25 3:05:53 2007.

  Gunners have been brilliant so far thius season.. Cesc was amazing.. just love to see this kid playing..
  
  as for Mourinho, i really feel sorry for him.. Roman
  
  and im really happy that MU won d match against chelsea great going!!
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue Sep 25 3:06:16 2007.

  Gunners have been brilliant so far thius season.. Cesc was amazing.. just love to see this kid playing..
  
  as for Mourinho, i really feel sorry for him.. Roman
  
  and im really happy that MU won d match against chelsea great going!!
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue Sep 25 3:08:13 2007.

  NOV wrote:

  Mourinho may come to malaysia to work in a bank

  
  
  
  
  he may come to do an advertisement for a local Malaysian bank.. i was shocked when he said so..
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue Sep 25 3:11:13 2007.

  i hate to say this, but Arsenal and the boy have been amazing.. no complaints from me..
  i hope he will turn out be like another Jose Reyes
  
  

• From: NOV on Tue Sep 25 3:23:03 2007.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  just love to see this kid playing..

  
  they are the FUTURE!
  
  

  Quote:

  and im really happy that MU won d match against chelsea great going!!

  as a MU fan altho naturally happy, it is not a pleasant victory.
  
  

• From: NOV on Tue Sep 25 3:24:27 2007.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  just love to see this kid playing..

  
  they are the FUTURE!
  
  

  Quote:

  and im really happy that MU won d match against chelsea great going!!

  as a MU fan altho naturally happy, it is not a pleasant victory.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue Sep 25 3:43:36 2007.

  If you ask Pool's Alan Hansen.. he will say You'll never win anything with kids..
  Thats true
  
  Arsenal will start strong, and they will struggle in the later stages
  Their kids overexposed.. i cant even name first 11 of their side, Denilson, Almunia (come on..)
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Sep 25 4:29:43 2007.

  Come on.
  
  We have Hleb, Rosicky, Toure, Eboue, Clichy, Persie, Diaby, Gallas, Gilberto - Some of 'em are Young, but still Quality players! And, Diarra is a nice addition IMO!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Sep 25 4:35:52 2007.

  On Cesc becoming Jose Reyes is impossible. Reyes was a winger with dribbling skills and pace best suited against Spanish defenders, and not the ones in English Premier league where they tackle and break your bones more often. Reyes was injury prone as well. But Cesc has proved he is the ONE in past seasons as well. He is Non-stop and quite effective even when the team itself lost the matches. I don't remember the last time he made a big mistake, he takes calculative risk!
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Sep 27 0:39:26 2007.

  I used to like him when he first broke into the 1st team..
  But after that, he became big headed.. you can see in last year's league cup final, he behaved like he is the leader and punch chelsea' players..
  then 2 seasons ago, he influenced the ref to give red card to Xabi Alonso..
  needless to say, i hate him ever since
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Fri Nov 2 10:48:44 2007.

  Good news for Indian Football fans.
  
  http://www.newkerala.com/oct.php?action=fullnews&id=13702
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Nov 22 6:28:14 2007.

  England out of euro..
  
  

• From: kannannn on Fri Nov 23 17:18:02 2007.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  England out of euro..

  
  They deserve to be.. They squandered the life line Israel gave them and Croatia beat them square on every department yesterday. Nothing could have underscored the poor state of English football more than the need for commentators to constantly update the scoreline of the Russia-Andorra match.
  
  BTW, filling the keeper slot is a good place for the the new manager to start from.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue Nov 27 1:29:37 2007.

  Jose is the perfect person for the job, he has the qualities and charisma.. but i doubt he will suffer backlash from fans cause he has lot of enemies (cough! cough! Liverpool fans) in England.
  
  

• From: Messi on Mon Dec 3 1:07:34 2007.

  Kaka's named best European player.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Dec 3 6:37:46 2007.

  Messi wrote:

  Kaka's named best European player.

  
  
  Good choice...
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Fri Dec 7 0:50:51 2007.

  Yes he is a good choice, mainly cause he won th european cup.. he was just average-to-decent in last season's serie A..
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sun Dec 9 19:29:50 2007.

  http://www.espnstar.com/epl/newsdetails.cmd?id=7017712
  
  Thilak
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Dec 10 3:43:57 2007.

  yeah Arsenal lost too bad Liverpool lost too
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Dec 10 3:47:33 2007.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  http://www.espnstar.com/epl/newsdetails.cmd?id=7017712 Thilak

  
  
  8 away vs 7 away.
  
  chelsea at home vs Liverpool away.
  
  The last three games were bad, but still got 4 points. With Cesc, and rest back, we'll be back again.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Feb 4 3:50:13 2008.

  Bump..
  (check out Rob hughes' writeup for the IH tribune, now there are speculative observations on Adebayor, as blasphemous as the comparison to the king)
  
  Arsenal on Top
  
  Manyoo
  Ronaldo :puke: (thank you Arsene for not buying)
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Mon Feb 4 10:16:55 2008.

  yeah!! Arsenal on top! ARSENAL RULEEEEZ
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Feb 4 13:12:57 2008.

  Vanga Sid! Let's get ready for Mancs counterattack
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue Feb 5 4:43:03 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Vanga Sid! Let's get ready for Mancs counterattack

  
  
  nah... its Busby Babes 50th anniversary so United will be inspired... We'll kick mancs out!!
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Tue Feb 5 21:23:24 2008.

  Guys enna ore EPL pattiye pesittu irukingga???
  Any Barcelona or AC Milan or Juventus fan around here???
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Feb 6 1:08:06 2008.

  Meeeeeeeeeelan is my 2nd team.. i idolized Paulo Maldini when i was a kid..
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed Feb 6 2:22:43 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Meeeeeeeeeelan is my 2nd team.. i idolized Paulo Maldini when i was a kid..

  
  
  Wow... Maldini is a gifted player to Milan...
  Not to forget Gattuso & Kaka...
  Its too sad Crespo is no longer in dis team...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Feb 6 2:33:46 2008.

  I like individual players, but as a team, I enjoy these teams if they play good football. Though they aren't consistent like Arsenal
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed Feb 6 2:37:16 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  I like individual players, but as a team, I enjoy these teams if they play good football. Though they aren't consistent like Arsenal

  
  
  U f a point bro... But, come on... Do u really want the same teams 2 win every season in their respective leagues???
  There shud be up & down in football. Athula thaane swarasiyam irukku...
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Feb 6 3:55:21 2008.

  Kaka is good and Gattuso is just one monster in midfield, but my fav player in Meeeeeeeelan is Gilardino (behind Maldini of course), i think he's being underutilized by Ancelotti, because they build team around one player (now with Pato), so they ask more from strikers. This is the same player who was voted as Best Player in Serie A 2 seasons back..
  Regarding Arsenal.. i really hate them to the core (same can be said about every other team in EPL, except Liverpool). But i have to agree they play the best football, and they have one beast called (no not Baptista) Adebayorrrrrrrr
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Feb 6 4:42:42 2008.

  Thalanass,
  
  I was kidding bro. Surely, I like other teams (other than Arsenal)
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed Feb 6 4:56:03 2008.

  Guys, is Trezeguet still playing for Juventus???
  How about Del Piero???
  If I'm not wrong, after the scandal issue, most Juventus players fleed to other clubs like Zlatan Ibrahimovic - traitors
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Feb 6 5:01:39 2008.

  If they're traitors, then what to say about the scam that the club was into.
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed Feb 6 5:06:27 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  If they're traitors, then what to say about the scam that the club was into.

  
  
  If I'm not mistaken, the scam was played by management level people. Why blame the players??? They r just like puppets (they had 2) follwing their bosses...
  Correct me if I'm wrong...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Feb 6 5:10:09 2008.

  Thalafanz wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: If they're traitors, then what to say about the scam that the club was into. If I'm not mistaken, the scam was played by management level people. Why blame the players??? They r just like puppets (they had 2) follwing their bosses... Correct me if I'm wrong...

  
  
  Well the club itself is a sham, it's high time Players paid back the management..
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed Feb 6 5:47:06 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Thalafanz wrote: thilak4life wrote: If they're traitors, then what to say about the scam that the club was into. If I'm not mistaken, the scam was played by management level people. Why blame the players??? They r just like puppets (they had 2) follwing their bosses... Correct me if I'm wrong... Well the club itself is a sham, it's high time Players paid back the management..

  
  
  Agreed...
  Its soooo sad a well established team like Juve had to go through a rough phase like this...
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed Feb 6 5:49:06 2008.

  Fabio Capello is the new England's Boss...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Feb 6 10:06:11 2008.

  Yes, and he has tentatively named Stephen Gerrard as captain. (Kimi, Are you listening? )
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Feb 7 1:06:29 2008.

  Yes I am.. But i feel that he is using Gerrard just as a stop-gap measure. Terry's attitude really sucks to the core, so he wont regain the armband when he comes back. I guess Rio is the first choice now..
  I watched the match yesterday, Rooney and Joe Cole looked great. I think England have a good future under Capello..
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Feb 7 1:14:03 2008.

  Friendly Results
  
  Brazil 1 - 0 Ireland - (Robinho 67')
  England 2 -1 Swiss - (Jenas 40', SWP 62' | Derdiyok 58')
  Spain 1 - 0 France - (Capdevilla - 82')
  Italy 3 -1 Portugal - (Toni 45', Pirlo 51', Quaqliarella 80' | Quaresma 77')
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Feb 8 16:45:49 2008.

  A bad bad move this.
  
  The game on its way to become a show. I've often thought English footie has an excess of glamour than it should, and here's another bomb.
  
  BTW, Alex Ferguson proves his bullish self-centered attitude yet again. Sir Fergie needs to learn "class". That's exactly what Wenger is, "I'm not against an innovative attitude if it respects the competitive side of our league, if it respects the fans and promotes the quality of our Premier League."
  
  The Professor nails it (though he's fairly optimistic). I suspect this "media fair" would take away the contest, earnestness, and the exclusivity about the game!!! Above all the british passion.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Feb 10 22:43:25 2008.

  i hope it will happen. and i want some good games to be played here. last time i went to anfield (vs Leverkusen) it cost me 200 pounds on ticket alone, thats like $1,400 here..so if they come here, it will be cheaper.. , but i'm not sure how players will take it..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Feb 12 13:41:11 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  i hope it will happen. and i want some good games to be played here. last time i went to anfield (vs Leverkusen) it cost me 200 pounds on ticket alone, thats like $1,400 here..so if they come here, it will be cheaper.. , but i'm not sure how players will take it..

  
  
  It will cause fatigue, and it would end up being a mess!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Feb 12 13:41:26 2008.

  Btw, I read the english press already picking Manu as a successor to Titi, this is too much I say!
  
  And, I thought Mancs will counterattack. It looks like City has delayed that. I'm ecstatic. We're comfortably on top by 5 points!
  
  It also looks like "Will Kop qualify for UCL"!
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Feb 13 1:33:55 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Btw, I read the english press already picking Manu as a successor to Titi, this is too much I say! And, I thought Mancs will counterattack. It looks like City has delayed that. I'm ecstatic. We're comfortably on top by 5 points! It also looks like "Will Kop qualify for UCL"!

  
  
  i heard the same thing in 2005, when Everton were riding high, and we were losing at fulham of all teams. But we finished 5th, and went to Istanbul, brought the motherload to Anfield, and we got ticket to Champions League again..
  I can see same thing happening this year again.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Feb 13 4:14:42 2008.

  I don't think so..
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Wed Feb 13 4:29:48 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Btw, I read the english press already picking Manu as a successor to Titi, this is too much I say! And, I thought Mancs will counterattack. It looks like City has delayed that. I'm ecstatic. We're comfortably on top by 5 points! It also looks like "Will Kop qualify for UCL"!

  
  
  what/who is Titi?? 5 points eh?? well, United vs Arse at Old Trafford this weekend!! FA Cup 5th round
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Wed Feb 13 4:30:40 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  I don't think so..

  
  
  
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Feb 13 9:59:35 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: I don't think so..

  
  
  We will see. And did i just say that we already have 5 European Cups in our SHowcase?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Feb 13 13:22:16 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  what/who is Titi??

  
  
  oh,
  Titi - Thierry henry
  Manu - Emmanuel abedayor
  
  ellam chella peyar!
  
  

  Quote:

  United vs Arse at Old Trafford this weekend

  
  
  Ithellam over-u!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Feb 13 13:25:11 2008.

  This team isn't promising enough. Of course, Rafa has taken them to two finals (winning once), if you remember, I had also predicted them going to the finals last year. But I don't think they would this time
  
  And come on, do we support just for silverware?
  
  

  Raikkonen wrote:

  ThalaNass wrote: thilak4life wrote: I don't think so.. We will see. And did i just say that we already have 5 European Cups in our SHowcase?

  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Feb 13 22:52:24 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  This team isn't promising enough. Of course, Rafa has taken them to two finals (winning once), if you remember, I had also predicted them going to the finals last year. But I don't think they would this time And come on, do we support just for silverware? Raikkonen wrote: ThalaNass wrote: thilak4life wrote: I don't think so.. We will see. And did i just say that we already have 5 European Cups in our SHowcase?

  
  
  So how about Scums winning the title this yr? We haven't won the title for 18 sick years, but I'm a proud Kopite.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Feb 14 0:11:41 2008.

  No Bro. Silverware is just as important, in fact, the "desire" is paramount to the league, so I'm just saying it's not a "must". Btw, it's also a case of sour grapes (from a Gunner fan), No one could touch Scouser's legacy in England.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Thu Feb 14 3:51:04 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  ThalaNass wrote: what/who is Titi?? oh, Titi - Thierry henry Manu - Emmanuel abedayor ellam chella peyar! Quote: United vs Arse at Old Trafford this weekend Ithellam over-u!

  
  
  Arsenal's chella name
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Thu Feb 14 3:53:13 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  This team isn't promising enough. Of course, Rafa has taken them to two finals (winning once), if you remember, I had also predicted them going to the finals last year. But I don't think they would this time And come on, do we support just for silverware? Raikkonen wrote: ThalaNass wrote: thilak4life wrote: I don't think so.. We will see. And did i just say that we already have 5 European Cups in our SHowcase?

  
  
  If no trophies this year then Rafa is OUT!! Poor fella
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Feb 14 4:16:05 2008.

  
  
  Okay, ManU-ku enna veikkalaam? Manure?
  
  irukkurathalaye romba damage aavradhu Chelscums thaan!
  
  

  ThalaNass wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: ThalaNass wrote: what/who is Titi?? oh, Titi - Thierry henry Manu - Emmanuel abedayor ellam chella peyar! Quote: United vs Arse at Old Trafford this weekend Ithellam over-u! Arsenal's chella name

  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Thu Feb 14 4:50:11 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Okay, ManU-ku enna veikkalaam? Manure? irukkurathalaye romba damage aavradhu Chelscums thaan!

  
  
  Already intha name irukku
  
  haha yeah chelscums...
  
  If u have heard some United songs/chants, matta teams especially Liverpool/Leeds/Chelsea'a romba insult panniruppaangga...
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Feb 14 9:55:33 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: This team isn't promising enough. Of course, Rafa has taken them to two finals (winning once), if you remember, I had also predicted them going to the finals last year. But I don't think they would this time And come on, do we support just for silverware? Raikkonen wrote: ThalaNass wrote: thilak4life wrote: I don't think so.. We will see. And did i just say that we already have 5 European Cups in our SHowcase? If no trophies this year then Rafa is OUT!! Poor fella

  
  
  Fergie joined scums in 1986...
  The first trophy he won was FA Cup.. in 1990...
  After 3 seasons (in case u dunno, Rafa won FA Cup in second season, in arguably the best match ever in CArdiff)
  He won his first league title in 1993.. (7 years after he joined them)
  i wish we have patient fans like MU fans of 90's
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Feb 17 3:35:33 2008.

  Okay. Self-damage. Lost again in FA cup, 4-0 to Man Utd (remember the Spurs defeat too). I hope Wenger knows what he is doing, this deliberate snobbery to domestic cup competitions for the League and Champions league.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Feb 17 4:05:28 2008.

  Thilak and Raiks
  
  4-0... without Ronaldo and Giggs... means United can cope without Cristiano but Arsenal cant cope w/o Manu Adebayor
  
  and how bout Adebayor's dive
  
  but yesterdays 'news of the day' was ofcourse about mighty Barnsley!!! goal in the last kick of the game!!!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Feb 17 4:16:30 2008.

  Nass bro,
  
  Manu's dive is disgraceful. But appadi paatha, United players pathi enna solradhu? Best of all, Ronaldo payyal-a pathi enna solradhu? Aven football adradhukku badil, swimming pogalam!
  
  Btw, I think it's a bad performance, with no cohesiveness to the whole unit, especially Rosicky-Cesc-Hleb working was disrupted with Rosicky missing, Clichy and Eboue has no real replacement in the back, Traore and Hoyte Eboue played out of position, and how badly he fared. Overall, no excuses granted.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sun Feb 17 4:18:02 2008.

  Thilak hehe
  
  JK...football ellam paathu pala varushamaachu
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Feb 17 4:19:57 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Nass bro, Manu's dive is disgraceful. But appadi paatha, United players pathi enna solradhu? Best of all, Ronaldo payyal-a pathi enna solradhu? Aven football adradhukku badil, swimming pogalam! Btw, I think it's a bad performance, with no cohesiveness to the whole unit, especially Rosicky-Cesc-Hleb working was disrupted with Rosicky missing, Clichy and Eboue has no real replacement in the back, Traore and Hoyte Eboue played out of position, and how badly he fared. Overall, no excuses granted.

  
  
  Hehe i accept that Ronaldo also dive but avan konjam proffesional'a pannuvaan But Manu's dive was obvious
  
  Hmm... best of luck for gunners against Milan
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Feb 17 4:20:00 2008.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Thilak hehe JK...football ellam paathu pala varushamaachu

  
  
  Paavam..Maha paavam. No manippu granted.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Feb 17 4:20:18 2008.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Thilak hehe JK...football ellam paathu pala varushamaachu

  
  
  
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Feb 17 4:22:22 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  Hehe i accept that Ronaldo also dive but avan konjam proffesional'a pannuvaan But Manu's dive was obvious

  
  
  
  
  

  Quote:

  Hmm... best of luck for gunners against Milan

  
  
  Aana Konjam doubt-u thaan. Paarppom.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sun Feb 17 4:22:53 2008.

  Antha kodumaya kekkatheenga . No company to watch football matches here
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Feb 17 4:23:17 2008.

  Ya we lost.. fair, Barnsley were excellent. There's something called "romance of FA Cup"..
  We have an important match on wednesday, i hope we can do better than this..
  Rooney vented his frustration at Gooners,
  
  ok, for now
  Rafa and Liverpool - You *** ******* ******
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Feb 17 4:24:43 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Rafa and Liverpool - You *** ******* ******

  
  
  Traitor alert for Scousers. J/k
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Feb 17 4:24:57 2008.

  oh.. i dint see loserpool's match, so i escaped..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Feb 17 4:26:02 2008.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Antha kodumaya kekkatheenga . No company to watch football matches here

  
  
  OhO, Roomies problem?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Feb 17 4:26:59 2008.

  Vidunga Raiks. Namba UCL-a Sandippom!
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Feb 17 4:28:36 2008.

  i'm not in angry mood, cause i'm still feeling dizzy after heavy outing yesterday
  But this is inexcusable, away-nalum, sari paravallanu vitturukalam..
  it's at MFUN Anfield... i have to catch the replay ASAP to comment on the clowns..
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Feb 17 4:31:35 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Vidunga Raiks. Namba UCL-a Sandippom!

  
  
  i'm more worried than ever, we can't even beat the punching bag that is Barnsley, and i don't even know how many goals Zlatan's going to score against the kop end..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Feb 17 4:37:13 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: Vidunga Raiks. Namba UCL-a Sandippom! i'm more worried than ever, we can't even beat the punching bag that is Barnsley, and i don't even know how many goals Zlatan's going to score against the kop end..

  
  
  The team's shrink should give the psychological boost. You're flatly right about the tremors of Anfield defeat to Barnsley.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Feb 17 4:38:12 2008.

  Raiks, it could've been 4-2 for Liverpool... But the young Steele(keeper) was great yesterday
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sun Feb 17 4:39:42 2008.

  Illa illa...No body is freakkin interested here. Ellam baseball, basketball, NFL nnu irukaanga ... Vidunga looks like you guys are having a good time . I am outta here
  

  thilak4life wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: Antha kodumaya kekkatheenga . No company to watch football matches here OhO, Roomies problem?

  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Feb 17 4:50:18 2008.

  ok shift topic.. small prediction game..
  
  2nd round matches
  
  Celtic vs. Barcelona
  --> Celtic are damn good at home, but Barca are Barca
  First Leg: 1-1
  2nd leg : 3-0 (Barca)
  
  Lyon vs. Man Utd
  --> Lyon have some stars like Benzema, Ben Arfa and Grosso.. but damn u is so strong
  1st leg: 0-1 (MU)
  2nd leg: 2-0 (MU)
  
  Schalke vs. Porto
  ---> Haiks.. what the sh is this
  1st leg: 1-0 (Schalke)
  2nd leg: 3-1 (Porto)
  
  Liverpool vs. Inter Milan
  ---> For the love of baby jesus, please let Torres to bring his shooting boots. Inter are great, they have best players in europe like Chivu, Stankovic and Zlatan
  1st leg: 2-1 (Pool)
  2nd leg: 2-0 (Inter)
  
  Roma vs. Real Madrid
  ---> This is the match i'm looking forward to, two teams with lot of good young players. Guti vs de Rossi, will rock
  1st leg: 1-1
  2nd leg: 1-0 (Real)
  
  Arsenal vs. AC Meeeeeeeeeeeeelan
  --> this is actually mouthwatering. If you take Kaka out of Milan's team, you basically have Wimbledon of Italy. Arsenal is Arsenal.
  1st leg: 2-1 (Arsenal)
  2nd leg: 1-0 (Meeeeeeeeeeeelan)
  
  Olympiakos vs. Chelsea
  --> Oi
  1st leg: 0-1 (Blues)
  1nd leg: 3-0 (Blues)
  
  Fenerbahce vs. Sevilla
  --> Sevilla are strong, but Fenerbache are great at home
  1st leg: 1-0 (Bache)
  1nd leg: 3-1 (Seville)
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Feb 17 4:53:04 2008.

  So raiks u predict both Milans to go through
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Feb 17 4:55:14 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  So raiks u predict both Milans to go through

  
  
  ya..
  Inter are really strong, probably the best in Europe..
  Meeeeeeeelan guys only turn up for Europe..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Feb 18 2:37:31 2008.

  Raiks,
  I'm not predicting. But Italian teams shouldn't beat English teams, they're just boring, except for flashes for Individual brilliance. Yeah, it's more strategized, and tight, but I prefer a more faster, attacking, and optimistic game.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Mon Feb 18 2:46:28 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Raiks, I'm not predicting. But Italian teams shouldn't beat English teams, they're just boring, except for flashes for Individual brilliance. Yeah, it's more strategized, and tight, but I prefer a more faster, attacking, and optimistic game.

  
  
  and the spanish is the most entertaining!!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Feb 18 2:50:40 2008.

  Right Nass. But again, there are only 4-5 teams we could relish in Spain. Unlike EPL, where even a relegation battle is much more entertaining.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Mon Feb 18 3:12:59 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Right Nass. But again, there are only 4-5 teams we could relish in Spain. Unlike EPL, where even a relegation battle is much more entertaining.

  
  
  Very true so Derby almost there in the championship.... looks like watford and west brom will be promoted
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Mon Feb 18 17:20:06 2008.

  Any idea abt Real's performance, Nasser
  

  ThalaNass wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: Raiks, I'm not predicting. But Italian teams shouldn't beat English teams, they're just boring, except for flashes for Individual brilliance. Yeah, it's more strategized, and tight, but I prefer a more faster, attacking, and optimistic game. and the spanish is the most entertaining!!

  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Feb 18 23:30:14 2008.

  That's what i said about Meeeeelan, guys. if u take Kaka out of the team, you have the Wimbledon of 2k8. But the reason is same, why italian football is boring, and spanish football is entertaining.. Italian football (and national team) emphasizes defence but Spanish teams rarely give a damn about the defence (although they have the best goalkeeper in the world)..
  We have seen many legendary defenders emerged from Serie A, Nesta, Costacurta,Cannavaro, Maldini and new crop of guys like Mexes, Chivu, Juan, Cassetti, Bonera, Jankulovski.. That's why it's very difficult to see any exciting new players emerging from serie A.
  Spanish football..ehm.. Hierro is the only one springs to my mind when talking about world class defenders. La Liga has been home for some of the best attacking players like Messi, Raul, Guti..etc..
  
  and i also don't like the commentary for La Liga here, it sucks to the core..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Feb 18 23:45:47 2008.

  Raiks,
  
  Cannavaro-Emerson play for Real, Zambrotta-Thuram for Barca now! (of coure, they're the traitors from the old lady )
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Feb 18 23:54:12 2008.

  Ya.. but are they famous as they used to be. Zambrotta and Thuram are getting first team action due to past achievements only. But as a fan i'm more worried for Italy in euro, cause they are in death group, let's face it. and their strikers are Toni is the only guy that can be trusted. Gilardino (who used to be my fav player in whole world) is not even getting field time at Meeeeeelan. Antonio di Natale is inexperienced. and don't get me started with Del Piero and Inzhagi..
  I think Spain has a great chance to get the trophy this year, and end the damn tag of underachievers once and for all.. Spain has always been my 2nd (national) team, after all Pool is managed by Spanish gaffer..
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Feb 18 23:54:48 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Raiks, Cannavaro-Emerson play for Real, Zambrotta-Thuram for Barca now! (of coure, they're the traitors from the old lady )

  
  
  He is now on loan with Meeeeelan..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Feb 18 23:58:32 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: Raiks, Cannavaro-Emerson play for Real, Zambrotta-Thuram for Barca now! (of coure, they're the traitors from the old lady ) He is now on loan with Meeeeelan..

  
  
  Yes. But the point is, La liga has a part of Seria A, and even EPL! From Henry to Van Nistelrooy, from Cannavaro to Zambrotta! The best players of the world are now in Spain.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue Feb 19 0:07:30 2008.

  Ya.. but many fans don't realize how important defenders are really are, but i do; maybe because i have played at left back during my high school days. La Liga actually scares me, that's the place for fine young talents. Bojan is doing great, Luis Fabiano is scoring for fun, and there's no better rightback than Dani Alves.. even Cesc was a product for Barcelona C' Team. but just like England, EPL is over rated and over exposed, but La Liga is probably the best out there.. but my heart always goes for Serie A...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Feb 19 0:18:39 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Ya.. but many fans don't realize how important defenders are really are, but i do; maybe because i have played at left back during my high school days. La Liga actually scares me, that's the place for fine young talents. Bojan is doing great, Luis Fabiano is scoring for fun, and there's no better rightback than Dani Alves.. even Cesc was a product for Barcelona C' Team. but just like England, EPL is over rated and over exposed, but La Liga is probably the best out there.. but my heart always goes for Serie A...

  
  
  Very true. Especially how the tabloids here overhype Rooney, and likes! Compared to the talents for spain, now Cesc is more gifted than Xavi. He made his debut at 16(or 17?) in a competetive community shield game facing Keane(!), and Centre midfiled must be the toughest position. I hope he goes on to become one of the greats of the game.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue Feb 19 0:23:02 2008.

  Cesc is up there, he just needs some consistency and an injury free run. But at the moment, Iniesta, De Rossi, Anderson are all ahead of him in the queue. i remember he was tearing house earlier in the season 10 goals in 11 games like that..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Feb 19 0:56:53 2008.

  Iniesta is a great talent, but again I see Cesc as a b*st*rd child of Xavi and Iniesta with his game. And, I'm not so sure about Anderson, he's been great, but I don't think he's an all round package ala Cesc has been. In fact, there are only two other players that I would rate over Cesc, that's Gerrard, and De Rossi! But Cesc has had a better season than 'em so far...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Feb 19 1:19:55 2008.

  News round up:
  
  The English press as usual licks Man utd's @$$. Of course, Arsenal deserved it!
  
  Now to the main story, Seedorf is a fan of Cesc Fabregas, calls him one of the best midfielders in the world but he feels Gattuso could keep him at bay.
  
  Kaka is full of praise for Arsenal,
  
  "Arsenal play football the way we like to see it in Brazil.
  
  "They play with style, changing position, moving the ball quickly. If you say Arsenal, that's what we think of. It is different to the normal English style.
  
  "Manchester United are similar but Liverpool are very English, direct and more tactical with the defence closing down quickly.
  
  "This tie against Arsenal will be more open and interesting than one against Liverpool or Chelsea. This is a game we can enjoy. It can be beautiful."
  
  Of course, we expect a "beautiful game".
  
  Capello again looks to be a fan of Arsenal. (From predictions to defense of the club)
  
  Meanwhile, Cesc is wary of Milan...
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue Feb 19 1:33:32 2008.

  Yup.. this could be the match of the tie, if Meeeelan boys bring their shooting boots.. and i want to see Adebayor vs Nesta, Cesc vs Pirlo, Hleb vs Gattuso (if Hleb starts on left),
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Feb 19 17:38:48 2008.

  Raiks,
  
  (I'm glad that at least 1 italian giant is knocked out (well almost), anyway let's wait for the next tie)
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Tue Feb 19 17:41:29 2008.

  Dig//
  Enna thilak sir neenga thungaleeya ?. Its time to hit the bed now
  dig//
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Feb 20 0:45:28 2008.

  Great win, i knew we were going to win even before the start.. but we cannot get carried away, Inter are strong at San Siro, but at this rate we can beat anyone..
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Feb 20 0:46:38 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  ok shift topic.. small prediction game.. 2nd round matches Schalke vs. Porto ---> Haiks.. what the sh is this 1st leg: 1-0 (Schalke) 2nd leg: 3-1 (Porto) Liverpool vs. Inter Milan ---> For the love of baby jesus, please let Torres to bring his shooting boots. Inter are great, they have best players in europe like Chivu, Stankovic and Zlatan 1st leg: 2-1 (Pool) 2nd leg: 2-0 (Inter) Roma vs. Real Madrid ---> This is the match i'm looking forward to, two teams with lot of good young players. Guti vs de Rossi, will rock 1st leg: 1-1 2nd leg: 1-0 (Real) Olympiakos vs. Chelsea --> Oi 1st leg: 0-1 (Blues) 1nd leg: 3-0 (Blues)

  
  
  Ahhh.. i got 1 right.. 3 are very close..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Feb 20 3:01:31 2008.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Dig// Enna thilak sir neenga thungaleeya ?. Its time to hit the bed now dig//

  
  
  I slept at 4 last night
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed Feb 20 10:22:57 2008.

  All The Very Best for Barcelona for 2morow's play...
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed Feb 20 10:26:06 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Celtic vs. Barcelona --> Celtic are damn good at home, but Barca are Barca First Leg: 1-1 2nd leg : 3-0 (Barca)

  
  
  Lets see how ur prediction for Barca...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Feb 21 0:43:49 2008.

  0-0 at Emirates is just "OK".
  
  San Siro 1-1 draw would see us through. I'm hoping for that result..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Feb 21 0:44:19 2008.

  Henry scored a great goal against Celtic. He's back to his best.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Feb 21 0:51:00 2008.

  After weekend, everybody and their grandmothers said Liverpool are in worst position for this round in Europe.. But in the end, we were the only British side to win a match.. Liverpool are like Shawn Michaels, we can pull great match out of anyone in Europe..
  
  I din see the Arsenal-Meeeelan match, but my friend at office (gunners fan) was pretty pissed with Adebayor. I still think Meeelan will go thru..
  
  Scums were lucky again..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Feb 21 0:53:40 2008.

  RAisk,
  
  Arsenal could have won 3-1 (if both the teams had converted clear chances)
  
  Manu had a good game IMO, making space, and keeping the defenders busy. Though he fcuked a pass to Cesc who was clean through, and also missing a last second header which should have been in(but only to find the crossbar)!
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Feb 21 0:57:11 2008.

  the other two games had 10 goals between them, more than other 6 games combined.. the 2nd leg is going to be awesome..
  
  i pick (Pool, Meeelan, Scums, Chelsea, Barca, Real, Sevilla, Scahlke)
  
  and there's a major final this weekend. Chelsea vs Spurs. I like Spurs, but Chelsea is just damn boring to watch.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Feb 21 1:01:49 2008.

  I would prefer Chelscums to Spuds!
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Feb 21 1:05:50 2008.

  i loved Chelsea when they had Duff and Robben tearing the wings.. after Jose left, Chelsea are even more boring than Wimbledon..
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Thu Feb 21 2:00:51 2008.

  Raikkonen bro,
  ungga prediction-ai naangga mengittom...
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Feb 21 2:04:09 2008.

  yenga naan enna crystal ball vecha prediction solrom.. athellam summa oru manakanakku than.. see yesterday's predictions, i got almost everything right.. i praise Celtic for playing suicide football..
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Thu Feb 21 2:06:07 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  yenga naan enna crystal ball vecha prediction solrom.. athellam summa oru manakanakku than.. see yesterday's predictions, i got almost everything right.. i praise Celtic for playing suicide football..

  
  
  Bro, naan sonna arththam veeru. Wat I meant was we surpass the draw (according 2 ur prediction)...
  
  Wat do u mean by suicide football???
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Feb 21 2:08:49 2008.

  Both the Messi goals were purely defensive errors, due to their positive attacking game. Maybe Raik refers that. Only Henry's goal is a stroke of genius.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Feb 21 2:12:13 2008.

  i would take 0-0 draw against Barca any day.. contain their flow and attack on the break just like Liverpool did last year, but Celtic shot on their foot, and conceded some silly goals, but they took the fight to them and paid heavy price.. Barce are pure gold by the way, i can see them reaching atleast final four this yr..
  
  its too late already
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Thu Feb 21 2:15:34 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Both the Messi goals were purely defensive errors, due to their positive attacking game. Maybe Raik refers that. Only Henry's goal is a stroke of genius.

  
  
  Well, we know dat goal is a goal...
  Defensive errors, yes but I would rather take it in the sense "well-used opportunity provided by the opponents"
  Its all about winning, isn't it...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Feb 21 2:23:54 2008.

  Thalafanz wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: Both the Messi goals were purely defensive errors, due to their positive attacking game. Maybe Raik refers that. Only Henry's goal is a stroke of genius. Well, we know dat goal is a goal... Defensive errors, yes but I would rather take it in the sense "well-used opportunity provided by the opponents" Its all about winning, isn't it...

  
  
  Of course, I was just spelling out Celtic's tactics (that Raiks refers to). As we could see, it didn't work for their good..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Feb 21 15:02:49 2008.

  Here's the final chance that hit the crossbar. He should have scored.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Feb 25 1:28:51 2008.

  Eduardo's injury Ouch!
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Feb 25 1:31:29 2008.

  This week...
  
  -- Torres was great
  -- Arsenal-Brum was too difficult to watch
  -- Ronaldo and Rooney were great, but they played against punching bags
  -- Chelsea are booooring, and they dsereved to lose..
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Mon Feb 25 1:39:14 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  This week... -- Torres was great -- Arsenal-Brum was too difficult to watch -- Ronaldo and Rooney were great, but they played against punching bags -- Chelsea are booooring, and they dsereved to lose..

  
  
  Chelsea mela romba kola veriya irukkeengga...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Feb 25 1:40:34 2008.

  Arsenal should have won 5-1 had they converted the chances.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Feb 25 1:43:58 2008.

  No.. you can see on my previous posts where i have said i like chelsea.. But under Grant, they are boring, sick to watch, they were somehow involved in one of the worst FA Cup final ever last year.. yesterday they were just out of place, only Carvalho emerged with any kinds of credibility..and Spurs were maginifcent, they had the hunger.
  
  btw, did u see Gallas' actions after the final whistle, disgraceful..
  
  

• From: sriranga on Mon Feb 25 1:45:01 2008.

  did barca win yesterday?
  by the way, it was a great goal by messi in the first half.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Feb 25 1:48:29 2008.

  Barca won 5-1, Eto' scoring a hattrick... Real lost..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Feb 25 1:59:06 2008.

  Yes, Arseblog, and Goodplaya have blasted his captaincy. I thought Clichy would have been insulted by Gallas' action.
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Mon Feb 25 1:59:39 2008.

  sriranga wrote:

  did barca win yesterday? by the way, it was a great goal by messi in the first half.

  
  
  Wow, seems I f a fellow Barca fan here...
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Mon Feb 25 2:02:03 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  No.. you can see on my previous posts where i have said i like chelsea.. But under Grant, they are boring, sick to watch, they were somehow involved in one of the worst FA Cup final ever last year.. yesterday they were just out of place, only Carvalho emerged with any kinds of credibility..and Spurs were maginifcent, they had the hunger. btw, did u see Gallas' actions after the final whistle, disgraceful..

  
  
  I missed the match...
  Wat he did???
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Feb 25 2:02:51 2008.

  He kicked the hoarding in the sidewalk..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Feb 25 2:04:38 2008.

  The best reaction of the match was Cesc, and Sagna feeling for Eduardo. Especially Cesc' concern for his teammate is touching..
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Mon Feb 25 2:04:59 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  He kicked the hoarding in the sidewalk..

  
  
  Thanks...
  Dats a bad example to follow I guess...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Feb 25 2:07:21 2008.

  Thalafanz wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: He kicked the hoarding in the sidewalk.. Thanks... Dats a bad example to follow I guess...

  
  
  Yes, just when your teammate made only his second mistake of his career (Clichy)
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Feb 25 2:09:36 2008.

  Thalafanz wrote:

  Raikkonen wrote: No.. you can see on my previous posts where i have said i like chelsea.. But under Grant, they are boring, sick to watch, they were somehow involved in one of the worst FA Cup final ever last year.. yesterday they were just out of place, only Carvalho emerged with any kinds of credibility..and Spurs were maginifcent, they had the hunger. btw, did u see Gallas' actions after the final whistle, disgraceful.. I missed the match... Wat he did???

  
  
  he kicked some banners and did a sit down protest on the filed after the final whistle.. already some FA guys calling for his armband to be stripped..
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Sun Mar 2 16:15:11 2008.

  inga ellam Gunners suport-a illa Milan-ku yaravadhu irukkela?
  
  [Last season it was Chelsea's turn to win/equalize in the last 10 min, ippo... ]
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Mar 2 16:16:44 2008.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  inga ellam Gunners suport-a illa Milan-ku yaravadhu irukkela? [Last season it was Chelsea's turn to win/equalize in the last 10 min, ippo... ]

  
  
  RendumE Arsenal-ku thaan!
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Sun Mar 2 16:21:30 2008.

  Adhu seri!
  
  First leg alarm vechu miss pannen.. over worrkkuu..
  indha thadava San Siro.. no missing
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Mar 2 16:22:26 2008.

  Regarding the San Siro game, If Arsenal play 4-4-1-1 (Ade up front with Hleb in the hole, and start with Diaby-Cesc-Flamini-Walcott in midfield), and maybe later give Van Persie a good run, There's a (safe and) better chance of getting the all important away goal than starting 4-4-2 with Bendtner-Adebayor. Forgive the cliche, Wenger should get it tactically right if we're to win this one. And, Hleb might as well be the key again. The lad matches the determined keenness of Liam Brady, to the rabid-fox-in-the-box-to-pass approach that would tall against the likes of Bobby, Freddy or Limpar (though our Hlebster hasn't got those spectacular goals yet, I'd really love it if he'd rather assist)! Needless to say, All IMO..
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Sun Mar 2 16:24:09 2008.

  Is Van Persie likely to start?
  
  Arsenal would be more dangerous than Man U were last year @ Milan, IMO (of course! nu solreengala).
  Andha Adebayor paya dhaan engalukku remba dangerous. Long ball la mattaama irundha seri
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Mar 2 16:26:57 2008.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  Adhu seri! First leg alarm vechu miss pannen.. over worrkkuu.. indha thadava San Siro.. no missing

  
  
  The late night stay is getting difficult here. Personally would prefer early morning timings, but waking up is the hardest job.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Mar 2 16:32:46 2008.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  Is Van Persie likely to start? Arsenal would be more dangerous than Man U were last year @ Milan, IMO (of course! nu solreengala). Andha Adebayor paya dhaan engalukku remba dangerous. Long ball la mattaama irundha seri

  
  
  RVP at bench, but most likely a sub role (I hope).
  
  Adebayor is failing to make full use of the long balls, and shockingly misses his headers in the past few games
  
  Milan team news: Kaka is forced to return from an injury, Seedorf is out.
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Sun Mar 2 16:34:54 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  RVP at bench, but most likely a sub role (I hope).

  
  Appadiye maindain panni vidu'tha...
  
  

  thilak4life wrote:

  Milan team news: Kaka is forced to return from an injury, Seedorf is out.

  
  Seedorf out-a??? naattu nadappe therila
  Kaka-va karam vechu thaakkarainga nu sarchaya kelvi patten...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Mar 2 16:40:12 2008.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: RVP at bench, but most likely a sub role (I hope). Appadiye maindain panni vidu'tha... thilak4life wrote: Milan team news: Kaka is forced to return from an injury, Seedorf is out. Seedorf out-a??? naattu nadappe therila Kaka-va karam vechu thaakkarainga nu sarchaya kelvi patten...

  
  
  Right, but IMO Serie A's players are much more effective in their tackles, than the bullish british clubs/players (and equally disgraceful press) I would like to see the press eating up the player who injures Rooney or Gerrard like Diaby, or Eduardo!
  
  Anyway, here's Inter's Mancini: In recent years the situation hasn't changed much. Sadly whoever's job it is to be an attacker will always suffer too many fouls. If one doesn't want tackles, they should become an accountant. (at Kaka)
  
  Wenger: In Italy, what do the teams do who play against Milan? They take Kaka, get him out of the game. We will play zonal and will not mark him man to man. We will be faithful to what we do usually. We will try to get him out of the game by cutting the connections with him. If you kick the great players out of the game, why should people go to watch football? Great players make football a bit special, they make it art. If you are there to kill them, it is not acceptable.
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Sun Mar 2 16:45:20 2008.

  True!
  Apparently, no wonder Serie A's throne has been usurped over the years
  
  P.S: What's that about the press? Excuse my ignorance. ippo ellam i call up my brother even to find out who is playing for which team...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Mar 2 16:59:21 2008.

  CR,
  
  English press have always been Anti-Arsenal. If they had anything positive to write about them, it's only because the team is that good! They badly want to see Arsenal loose, or rather write ***** about the team, or the player, or the performance or the manager!
  
  Reasons:
  1) The team doesn't pick the players for their passport but for their skills, and most importantly Wenger doesn't spend a dime on the supposedly talented british talents (yes, Walcott is talented enough, and fully worth it). IOW, the team is essentially foreign with exception of Walcott, and other extra-fittings like Hoyte, etc. The main starting 11 doesn't have a single britishman.
  2) They play the best football in EPL. The free flowing positive football fears the other clubs, that they end up tackling the players badly. To quote Arsene Wenger, This idea that in order to stop Arsenal you have to kick Arsenal. This (although true) came off as arrogant and a bait for the press to get back at the club!
  
  for more specific examples of hypocrisy and disgraceful journalism, here are the fantastic Arsenal blogs, Arseblog, and Goodplaya.
  
  PS: Even visible with the supposed ESPN-Star pundits, you just have to listen to Steve Mcmahon.
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Tue Mar 4 10:32:57 2008.

  thilak4life,
  All the very best for the upcoming game...
  
  Hope Arsenal be the first ever English club to beat AC Milan @ San Siro...
  
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Mar 4 14:01:25 2008.

  Thank you sir. It's been one of the unbelievably bad days, I hope this offers some releif...
  
  Update: "The real wonder boy":
  
  Goal and an assist in 2-0 drubbing of Juve at just 19.
  Dominating middle of the park against Real, and Barca.
  Thrashing Spurs with assists and a long range cracker.
  Important Equalizer against Liverpool(toe poke).
  Cool finish against Man united in dying seconds.
  A long drive from 25 yards out against Milan.
  
  And oh, he's just 20 years.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Mar 4 18:04:14 2008.

  Arsenal have beat Milan comprehensively 2-0, should have been more. The first and only english team to beat Real at Bernabeu, now does it again at Milan (yeah, have also beat both Inter and Milan).
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Tue Mar 4 20:57:21 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Arsenal have beat Milan comprehensively 2-0, should have been more. The first and only english team to beat Real at Bernabeu, now does it again at Milan (yeah, have also beat both Inter and Milan).

  
  
  
  
  P.S Barca
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed Mar 5 0:45:04 2008.

  Congrats Thilak http://www.espnstar.com/epl/newsdetails.cmd?id=7031086
  
  
  

  thilak4life wrote:

  Arsenal have beat Milan comprehensively 2-0, should have been more. The first and only english team to beat Real at Bernabeu, now does it again at Milan (yeah, have also beat both Inter and Milan).

  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Mar 5 4:33:31 2008.

  
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed Mar 5 4:45:19 2008.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  
  
  Anne, nEngga AC Milan fan-a???
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Mar 5 5:34:35 2008.

  Thala,
  Yeah...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Mar 5 7:15:29 2008.

  Thanks Feddy, Thalafanz. Sorry CR.
  
  I want Barca next.
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed Mar 5 10:26:18 2008.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  Thala, Yeah...

  
  
  CR anne, pOna season-la thAn champion AyitEnggalE.
  Intha season-la vera yaarukkavathu chance kodukalaamla...
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed Mar 5 10:27:53 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Thanks Feddy, Thalafanz. Sorry CR. I want Barca next.

  
  
  Barca next???
  U want Barca to be out next???
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Mar 5 14:53:10 2008.

  Thalafanz wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: Thanks Feddy, Thalafanz. Sorry CR. I want Barca next. Barca next??? U want Barca to be out next???

  
  
  I want the classic Arsenal-Barca tie again
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed Mar 5 18:08:31 2008.

  Pardon my ignorance if i am wrong but didnt barca beat arsenal and lift the trophy 2 years back (or) Are you talking about some other match
  

  thilak4life wrote:

  Thalafanz wrote: thilak4life wrote: Thanks Feddy, Thalafanz. Sorry CR. I want Barca next. Barca next??? U want Barca to be out next??? I want the classic Arsenal-Barca tie again

  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Mar 6 1:23:30 2008.

  Feddy,
  
  That's why I wanted the tie again. Moreover, A two leg tie is more desirable than just an one-off match which could go either way..
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Mar 6 2:07:26 2008.

  Finally I'm back.. seriously i dont have time for anything cause i'm so busy at work nowadays, thursday is a off day.. ok i stop..
  
  i din see any matches so i cannot comment on the matches. Milan-Arsenal pissed the s.... outta me because i supported Milan when i was a kid and im a arsenal enemy #1.. theyre struggling at serie a as well. They need to ship out deadwoods like emerson and inzhagi. Nesta looks like he might replace Bramble in Wigan one day. and Paulo should have retired last year.
  Anyway i praise young gunners for the famous victory, and i hope they will face MU in QF.. ()
  
  or did i just say that Torres scored a hattrick past West Ham
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Mar 6 2:43:20 2008.

  Sorry, we don't want ManU or Chelscums, we'd love to play against Barca (for obvious reasons ) or even Roma (a big Totti fan here, and I love to see De Rossi do his thing).
  
  To be brutally honest, Milan have always performed badly in Serie A. Even last year, they struggled hard to finish 4th. So, no excuses allowed. Nesta, Maldini, and co had a good game, but it's a fact that Arsenal totally dominated with a classy, and slick passing game. Both the goals speak volumes about the beauty of Arsenal
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Mar 6 2:56:41 2008.

  Scums are red hot fav now.. but i want Chelsea in QF, cause they are Pool's europe b.....h
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Mar 12 3:32:57 2008.

  we're in QF now. 3-0 against Serie A leaders. I can't ask for more. And Torres, sweet jesus, what is he thinking 26th of the season. And i can't believe this is his first season..
  
  Inter = BERRIED....
  
  For QF i want Scums, so we can bury them also..
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Sat Mar 15 12:18:47 2008.

  I expect Liverpool , Chelsea and Barca to move to the semifinals of the Champions League . Just a few minutes before, Torres scored the second goal for Liverpool in its BPL tie against Reading . Guy is just unstoppable. If he can maintain the same tempo for the remaining matches then Arsenal is in real danger
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Fri Mar 21 3:34:46 2008.

  This week --> Arsenal vs Chelsea, MU vs Liverpool.... damnna
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Sun Mar 23 22:21:16 2008.

  
  Superabbu! We're almost there but still got to hang on....
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sun Mar 23 23:25:07 2008.

  http://www.espnstar.com/epl/epl_standings.jsp
  
  Thilak arsenal below chelsea
  
  

• From: MrJudge on Mon Mar 24 1:12:47 2008.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  http://www.espnstar.com/epl/epl_standings.jsp Thilak arsenal below chelsea

  
  
  Yeah
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Mon Mar 24 12:08:52 2008.

  Liverpool vs Man U
  
  Very disappointed with the way this match went . Liverpool was found totally wanting in defense. The goals scored by Man U were pretty ordinary . And Mascherano , is this the way this guy usually behaves. Even madman Eric Cantona would have let out a big heavy sigh
  
  But this is just EPL. Champions League is a different game. We'll show our class then
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue Mar 25 1:50:56 2008.

  Darn.. I hate football
  
  

• From: villan007 on Tue Mar 25 5:21:01 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Darn.. I hate football

  
  
  idha champions league ku apram sonna koreeta irukum
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue Mar 25 10:24:57 2008.

  glory glory MAN UTD
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue Mar 25 10:26:30 2008.

  villan007 wrote:

  Raikkonen wrote: Darn.. I hate football idha champions league ku apram sonna koreeta irukum

  
  
  champs league kum namakku thaan na
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue Mar 25 10:27:44 2008.

  rocketboy wrote:

  Liverpool vs Man U Very disappointed with the way this match went . Liverpool was found totally wanting in defense. The goals scored by Man U were pretty ordinary . And Mascherano , is this the way this guy usually behaves. Even madman Eric Cantona would have let out a big heavy sigh But this is just EPL. Champions League is a different game. We'll show our class then

  
  
  even that boy Anderson outclassed Stevie G
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Tue Mar 25 10:28:02 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  glory glory MAN UTD

  
  
  Nass, do you think Tevez has adapted himself to EPL??? Or he should better off with non-EPL environments???
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Tue Mar 25 10:30:30 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  villan007 wrote: Raikkonen wrote: Darn.. I hate football idha champions league ku apram sonna koreeta irukum champs league kum namakku thaan na

  
  
  PArpOm... MAn U will face lots of hurdles with Barca & Arsenal...
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Tue Mar 25 10:32:06 2008.

  Un bittu thanga mudila...Raikkonen thotha i hate f1 ippo intha statement eh
  

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Darn.. I hate football

  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue Mar 25 10:35:26 2008.

  Thalafanz wrote:

  ThalaNass wrote: glory glory MAN UTD Nass, do you think Tevez has adapted himself to EPL??? Or he should better off with non-EPL environments???

  
  
  Yoga, maybe its too early to tell... but he has adapted quite well i think bcoz he scored a lot of goals(mostly important goals) for MU
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue Mar 25 10:37:05 2008.

  Thalafanz wrote:

  ThalaNass wrote: villan007 wrote: Raikkonen wrote: Darn.. I hate football idha champions league ku apram sonna koreeta irukum champs league kum namakku thaan na PArpOm... MAn U will face lots of hurdles with Barca & Arsenal...

  
  
  yeah in case both MU and Barca meet is the semi's ... it will be one heck of match Hopefully MU go all the way and win da trophy for the 3rd time
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Tue Mar 25 10:38:02 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  Thalafanz wrote: ThalaNass wrote: glory glory MAN UTD Nass, do you think Tevez has adapted himself to EPL??? Or he should better off with non-EPL environments??? Yoga, maybe its too early to tell... but he has adapted quite well i think bcoz he scored a lot of goals(mostly important goals) for MU

  
  
  The reason I asked was many of my frens (Man U fans) were complaining about him saying he is yet to jell well with EPL...
  Nway, as you say, Tevez is slowly adapting & scoring as well in important matches...
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue Mar 25 10:39:05 2008.

  RIO is the new England captain...... yayyyyyy
  
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/7312855.stm
  
  but im a France supporter
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue Mar 25 10:40:42 2008.

  Thalafanz wrote:

  ThalaNass wrote: Thalafanz wrote: ThalaNass wrote: glory glory MAN UTD Nass, do you think Tevez has adapted himself to EPL??? Or he should better off with non-EPL environments??? Yoga, maybe its too early to tell... but he has adapted quite well i think bcoz he scored a lot of goals(mostly important goals) for MU The reason I asked was many of my frens (Man U fans) were complaining about him saying he is yet to jell well with EPL... Nway, as you say, Tevez is slowly adapting & scoring as well in important matches...

  
  
  its MAN UTD or simply MU
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Tue Mar 25 10:41:24 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  RIO is the new England captain...... yayyyyyy http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/7312855.stm but im a France supporter

  
  
  Wow, thats strange a bit. Bcoz most Malaysians support England due to EPL popalarity/influential here.
  
  Nway, for me - Argentina all the way...
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Tue Mar 25 10:43:16 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  its MAN UTD or simply MU

  
  
  Yeah... But, some people calls Man U as well...
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue Mar 25 10:55:38 2008.

  Thalafanz wrote:

  ThalaNass wrote: RIO is the new England captain...... yayyyyyy http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/7312855.stm but im a France supporter Wow, thats strange a bit. Bcoz most Malaysians support England due to EPL popalarity/influential here. Nway, for me - Argentina all the way...

  
  
  yeah i do agree but im a fan of france since 1998 world cup!! man i just admire Zizou
  
  yoga, only man utd haters call them as Man U
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Tue Mar 25 11:04:49 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  yoga, only man utd haters call them as Man U

  
  
  Really??? I didn't know that.
  After this, I call them MU or Man Utd...
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Mar 26 1:15:49 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  RIO is the new England captain...... yayyyyyy http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/7312855.stm but im a France supporter

  
  
  proves how retarded the FA is, they are appointing someone who missed drug testing and banned for 8 months.. Good job FA.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Mar 26 1:16:56 2008.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Un bittu thanga mudila...Raikkonen thotha i hate f1 ippo intha statement eh Raikkonen wrote: Darn.. I hate football

  
  
  Naanum ethni varushatukkuthan liverpool cup- tookumnu solli vangi kattikirathu...
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed Mar 26 1:20:54 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  ThalaNass wrote: RIO is the new England captain...... yayyyyyy http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/7312855.stm but im a France supporter proves how retarded the FA is, they are appointing someone who missed drug testing and banned for 8 months.. Good job FA.

  
  
  yAravathu Liverpool-la iruntha select panninA nalla irukkum, appdi thAnE...
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed Mar 26 1:22:10 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: Un bittu thanga mudila...Raikkonen thotha i hate f1 ippo intha statement eh Raikkonen wrote: Darn.. I hate football Naanum ethni varushatukkuthan liverpool cup- tookumnu solli vangi kattikirathu...

  
  
  Liverpool's aim-E vEra - Champ. League Cup...
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Mar 26 1:26:21 2008.

  Thalafanz wrote:

  Raikkonen wrote: ThalaNass wrote: RIO is the new England captain...... yayyyyyy http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/7312855.stm but im a France supporter proves how retarded the FA is, they are appointing someone who missed drug testing and banned for 8 months.. Good job FA. yAravathu Liverpool-la iruntha select panninA nalla irukkum, appdi thAnE...

  
  
  No... Gerrard was England's captain last time.. i don't want him to be captain. I'm fine with Barry and even Terry. Rio is too rough. Ok that's only me, sorry.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Mar 26 1:28:15 2008.

  Thalafanz wrote:

  Raikkonen wrote: ajithfederer wrote: Un bittu thanga mudila...Raikkonen thotha i hate f1 ippo intha statement eh Raikkonen wrote: Darn.. I hate football Naanum ethni varushatukkuthan liverpool cup- tookumnu solli vangi kattikirathu... Liverpool's aim-E vEra - Champ. League Cup...

  
  
  Ya, that's better.
  You ask any scums fan which cup they want?
  Arsene Wenger has never won it.
  Chelsea have never reached the final.
  MU have won it twice.
  Arsenal + Chelsea + Mu = 2 Cups.. Liverpool = 5 Cups...
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed Mar 26 1:30:43 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Ya, that's better. You ask any scums fan which cup they want? Arsene Wenger has never won it. Chelsea have never reached the final. MU have won it twice. Arsenal + Chelsea + Mu = 2 Cups.. Liverpool = 5 Cups...

  
  
  As far as Champ. League Cup concrens, IMO, u should compare Liverpool to someone like...AC Milan...
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Mar 26 1:39:44 2008.

  Thalafanz wrote:

  Raikkonen wrote: Ya, that's better. You ask any scums fan which cup they want? Arsene Wenger has never won it. Chelsea have never reached the final. MU have won it twice. Arsenal + Chelsea + Mu = 2 Cups.. Liverpool = 5 Cups... As far as Champ. League Cup concrens, IMO, u should compare Liverpool to someone like...AC Milan...

  
  
  i don't understand the logic because every season, people talk about we struggle to qualify for Europe, but in reality we are the only team from England have done consistently well. The idea of top 4 finish is to qualify for Europe. Yet people (& thesun) always piss on us being poor.blah.blah.blah. Meeeeeeelan are a great team, i agree, i'm a big fan of Meeelan. We will reach their record in 5 years
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed Mar 26 15:24:03 2008.

  Seriously that I dont understand. They have a very good record in Champions league but the EPL record is quite opposite. . Raikki can explain that phenomenon
  

  Thalafanz wrote:

  Raikkonen wrote: ajithfederer wrote: Un bittu thanga mudila...Raikkonen thotha i hate f1 ippo intha statement eh Raikkonen wrote: Darn.. I hate football Naanum ethni varushatukkuthan liverpool cup- tookumnu solli vangi kattikirathu... Liverpool's aim-E vEra - Champ. League Cup...

  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Mar 27 0:57:20 2008.

  Liverpool has got a good manager in Rafa. He rides on luck sometimes with his questionable tactics and transfer buys, but he will get his grip in time. Alex Ferguson took 7 years(?) for that consistency, and the board was patient. Kop board should be patient and considerate, at least for the new found respect that Rafa has brought to the club. Come on, Houllier's treble is the only other biggest achievement in sight for the past two decades,and that was more from the players at their peak, Owen, Gerrard, Fowler, Hamann. Purely by achievements, Rafa's UCL success is the best after Kenny Dalglish reign.
  
  Now, talking about their history, none of the British clubs are close. Surely the late 70s, and early 80s magic is what the fans would want to see, but you got to be patient for that.
  
  And, I like to watch Liverpool more than Man Utd for the first time in a decade or so. Though all three teams (Man Utd, Chelsea and Liverpool) play straight forward, Pool has got the potential to move the ball around with that extra bit resurgence, and composure, than the long ball tennis matches. Rafa's Valencia played a similar brand of football "consistently", which he's been trying to get out of Liverpool too.
  
  Finally, I don't get this logic. I don't get this talk of "success", surely Alex Ferguson or Jose Mourinho call themselves a "success", but they hardly got "class" (especially Moanhinho the c***). I would stretch a bit more, Madrid has got no class today in spite of their La liga run, there's nothing too exciting about them frankly. I snore when Raul gets that trademark goal in Bernabeu. Ask the great footballers, Van Basten, Cruyff, Pele, Beckenbauer, Rijkaard, Gullit, etc or the tactical thinkers of the game, Del bosque, Capello, Ancelotti, Lippi, they all prefer Arsenal anyday of the week, and twice on sundays. And, surely Rafa is capable of emulating such class, and not s*ck Egoistic f*ck like Mourinho, or Arrogant self-indulgent bullish snobs like Ferguson who are mere "successes".
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Thu Mar 27 1:10:07 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Finally, I don't get this logic. I don't get this talk of "success", surely Alex Ferguson or Jose Mourinho call themselves a "success", but they hardly got "class" (especially Moanhinho the c***). I would stretch a bit more, Madrid has got no class today in spite of their La liga run, there's nothing too exciting about them frankly. I snore when Raul gets that trademark goal in Bernabeu. Ask the great footballers, Van Basten, Cruyff, Pele, Beckenbauer, Rijkaard, Gullit, etc or the tactical thinkers of the game, Del bosque, Capello, Ancelotti, Lippi, they all prefer Arsenal anyday of the week, and twice on sundays. And, surely Rafa is capable of emulating such class, and not s*ck Egoistic f*ck like Mourinho, or Arrogant self-indulgent bullish snobs like Ferguson who are mere "successes".

  
  
  Thilak bro... cool cool... Romba unarchi vAsa pattuta mAthiri therithu...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Mar 27 1:42:23 2008.

  I'm actually being honest. If you can't stomach that, then you're being emotional. :p
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Thu Mar 27 1:44:31 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  I'm actually being honest. If you can't stomach that, then you're being emotional. :p

  
  
  Me??? NO...
  Barca-va patti tappa ethunA sonnA thAn nAn emotional agiduvEn...
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Thu Mar 27 2:35:23 2008.

  Thilak,
  That and all ok man, attendance lacking i say!
  
  P.S: How's work?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Mar 27 7:45:51 2008.

  Hi Bala, I'm doing great. Work is cool, and I'm enjoying (I think). Yeah, reduced hubbing lately, was busy doing other things.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Mar 28 16:18:35 2008.

  Keane targeting a certain someone?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Mar 28 16:21:58 2008.

  Thalafanz wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: I'm actually being honest. If you can't stomach that, then you're being emotional. :p Me??? NO... Barca-va patti tappa ethunA sonnA thAn nAn emotional agiduvEn...

  
  
  Ronnie problem sorted out? Chelski already on alert I suppose...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Mar 28 16:24:20 2008.

  John terry stripped of captaincy is not enough. A drop from the squad is much deserved for the **** ******* ****! A disgrace really...
  
  And pray tell how Rio ferdinand, rooney, etc could even touch Gerrard's captainship.
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Fri Mar 28 17:39:52 2008.

  Thilak,
  

  Quote:

  Hi Bala, I'm doing great. Work is cool, and I'm enjoying (I think). Yeah, reduced hubbing lately, was busy doing other things. Very Happy

  
  Great!
  
  EPL pinising ivvalavu close-a irukku
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Mar 29 1:52:25 2008.

  Bala,
  
  It's close, but it's now United's to lose. Arsenal have had a superb season IMO. Great signings Sagna, and Eduardo, and the kids have improved a great deal. Flamster had an unbelievable season. The squad is young, talented, and Wenger has a long term plan for sure. With Vela coming back to Left midfield next season, it's going to be tremendous. All I want is disposing Adebayor and getting someone like Huntelaar, or Benzema. Get one more winger like Ben Arfa, Robinho or Robben. We will be unstoppable with such signings. Wenger is adamant about spending though...
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sat Mar 29 3:37:15 2008.

  Arsene should have concentrated on FA Cup.. after all he is one of the most successful managers in the FA Cup history. Now Arsenal (for the time being) are out of title race and face a tricky trip to Anfield on 2nd leg.. But they were fabulous in 1st half.. Agreed
  
  

• From: MrJudge on Sun Apr 6 23:32:12 2008.

  Yesterday's Middlesbrough vs United game was very good. Afonso
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Sun Apr 6 23:46:23 2008.

  Milan 3 vs Cagliari 1.
  Saw the first half. Wish they had played like that against Arsenal
  Kaka - What would they do without Kaka???
  
  MU - Middlesborough - EKSI
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Apr 7 16:12:46 2008.

  To Kopites,
  
  All the best! May the best team win...Hoping the ref doesn't happen to be Hyypia's neighbour..Jokes apart, I hope Arsenal win this one as they deserved it in the first leg. A bit of luck should help...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Apr 8 16:40:25 2008.

  Yet again, Referee helps the scousers. But anyway, Hope you beat the chavskis, and the scums too...
  
  

• From: kannannn on Tue Apr 8 16:56:23 2008.

  Disappointed. But the Gunners were to be blamed partly. Walcott's run was brilliant and was the highlight for me. But Adebayor didn't seem to be in his elements for some reason. As for the penalty, well some days you are the bug, somedays you are the windshield. Arsenal was the bug today.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Apr 8 16:59:54 2008.

  Kannannn,
  
  The biggest problem with such decisions is when you're on the losing side. Arsenal had a clear penalty not given in emirates, and Liverpool got the most controversial. IT's just cruel...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Apr 8 17:03:41 2008.

  And, the "english" press will eat Arsenal up yet again. They can't get pass the rose-tinted glass..
  
  By the way, Walcott should have started. It's a brilliant solo run. And, Arsene is too adamant with playing Mr. headless **** Eboue...
  
  

• From: kannannn on Tue Apr 8 17:46:53 2008.

  Agree about not awarding penalty in the last game. But I think the crucial difference was the clumsy way in which contact was made today. Hleb's on the other hand was not too obvious (atleast at that point).
  
  

  thilak4life wrote:

  And, Arsene is too adamant with playing Mr. headless **** Eboue...

  
  
  
  

• From: MrJudge on Wed Apr 9 0:09:45 2008.

  Arsenal dominated the game for the first 20 mins or so, but after hyypia's goal Liverpool was in the driver seat. Yeah, that penalty was a controversial one.
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 9 0:38:08 2008.

  Twice in a row they've been done in by the ref
  
  What a match, though! Played at a blistering pace right throughout.
  
  Arsenal played some stunning football initially and for brief passages later. Theo
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Apr 9 2:59:44 2008.

  Kannannn and Bala,
  
  It's not just twice. the Birmingham game when Eduardo's leg was broken, the penalty in the end was another big howler from the ref. And, the first Chelsea goal is a clear offside.
  
  Anyway, We need David dein back at the club (as much as I hate the bloody Russian Oligarch to take over the club)...or we'll see ourselves dwell in mediocrity (with only excuse of playing brilliant football) with our Arrogant old man. We certainly don't have a solid defence in the back. Our main superstar attackers Robin van persie, and Rosicky are both injury prone, and only turn up 10-20 matches max every year. We got lot of injuries at wrong time of the season, Eduardo for long term, and Sagna in this crucial Q/F tie.
  
  Moreover, Wenger's idea of Utopian football, and functioning of the club is clearly not paying good dividends. He needs to sack the defence trainer, and get Tony adams in. Also relegate Pat Rice to a lower role, and promote Liam Brady or bring Dennis bergkamp as the right hand man.
  
  On the positives from this season, we have two world class fullbacks in Clichy and Sagna, two world class midfielder in Cesc, and Flamini. A brilliant talent in Theo. The dancing master Hleb (who IMO is an underrated footballer among many circles), and an exceptional striker in Eduardo (who would have made massive difference) A passionate but flawed captain in Gallas. Few exceptional talents coming back next season in Carlos Vela, Fran Merida, and Gibbs. Sell Hoyte eyes closed. Give Gilberto a way out, and wave Lehmann a good retirement. Sell/Loan out Bendtner. An "okay" striker in Adebayor, who missed a sitter with a stupid first time slice at Anfield yet again. A tired, and burned out Toure, who has been a distant shadow of himself after ACN. A flawed, temperamental **** in Eboue, but I would keep him as a squad player. Use Traore, Diaby, Denilson, and Song sparingly next season. Sell either of Senderos/Djourou if they aren't good enough (Wenger should be knowing), and get Micah Richards.
  
  (I did predict this team to finish mid-table this season, and in retrospect, deeply overwhelmed with their improvement. But with the position attained pre-Eduardo injury, it's unacceptable to miss out on both the trophies)
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Apr 9 3:53:48 2008.

  WHAT A MATCH
  
  Unbelievable.. Balls to Walls Action. Penalties, Great saves, awesome match for everyone except Arsenal fans. The only match that could even rival this gem is Liverpool vs Milan in Istanbul 2005.. well just dont go there..
  
  Breakdown
  
  Arsenal played very well in first 25 minutes. I had my hands over my head after Diaby scored the goal. But Sami's header gace us some hope. It's funny to see how much confidence can a goal give. After that we never turned back, also Arsenal were Arsenal and their technical ability was far superior compared to us. Torres' goal was a beauty, but Walcott's run was fabulous and the goal really put me off really. I thought it was over, but there's still more. Ryan Babel came and changed the game, winning a penalty and scoring a goal.
  
  To be honest, we were s*** in first 30 minutes. Only Aurelio had any mood to play. But after that thunderous header, we picked up steam and never turned back. Adebayor should have scored with that one-to-one chance. Eboue being sick junk also should be noted.
  
  The last 10 minutes were just awesome. Anyone who says Liverpool can't provide entertainment, should watch those amazing 10 minutes. And if you analyze carefully, you will learn that we have been involved in some of the greatest football matches ever. Period. I was really proud with everyone involved with Liverpool. Such a glory night.
  
  I don't feel pity for Arsenal (i don't have to, but). when you take lead THREE times against your opponents over two legged cup ties, you should defend the lead. Arsenal didn't and they lost. I can agree with the penalty decision in 1st leg, this one was clear. Arsene was signalling everyone to slow the tempo right after Adebayor scored the goal, but Toure did something stupid and awarded a penalty for us. Losing Flamini was a blow. I thought Gilberto did nothing to warrant the subsitution. But this is football, you got to move on.
  
  The last goal was a bonus, but it just shows how thin Arsenal's squad really is. Fabregas couldn't catch Babel. That's the effect of rotation. Keep people fit even late in the season.
  
  Now Chelsea in semis again. I'm scared to be honest. Cause they won't be Rafa's B***h forever.
  
  But i'm confident, we will make it thru...
  
  First Half - Good action, with Arsenal controlling the first 30 minutes, then it's Liverpool's turn - ***1/2
  
  Second half - One of the best second halves i have ever seen, (below istanbul 2nd half of course). Amazing stuffs, Penalties, great Saves, Individual Brilliance, Great goals, open goal misses.. Un-Freakin-Believable - ****3/4
  
  Overall - Awesome, Awesome match.. I will watch the replay again. ****1/2
  
  

• From: sivank on Fri Apr 11 4:21:35 2008.

  I must quote Raikonne here. What a match. I was lucky to see a match which was so thrilling which was not easy to describe the feeling of the fans.
  
  The second leg of the quarterfinal match of the UEFA cup between Getafe and Bayern Munich was played in Madrid last night. The first leg which was played in Munich ended with a last minute goal from Getafe as 1-1. So to reach SF Bayern needs to win or 2-2
  
  At the very starting stage itself Getafe lost one of its players for Red card. But 10 Getafe players were stronmg enough for 11 Bayern players and scored 1-0 at the 43rd min.
  
  The second Half was repetion of the 1st half Bayern running through the field and failing to score (17-4 chances). At the very last minute (89th) Bayern scored the much needed goal to bring the score 1-1 and extra time.
  
  Immediately Getafe scored 2-1 and 3-1 in the 92nd and 93 rd minute. Even at the mini break aftr 105 min. you could see how demoralised the Bayern players were. But it was incredible to see how they came back. 115th min. 3-2 was scoed by Toni and 120th minute 3-3 was scored again by Toni. Bayern proceeds to SF against St. Petersburg.
  
  Really one of the most dramatic games I have ever seen
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Fri Apr 11 23:16:27 2008.

  i watched the extra time between Getafe and Bayern yesterday.. That was amazing, easily one of the best i have ever seen. Getafe deserves huge credit for playing their heart out for almost entire match..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Apr 12 2:51:26 2008.

  There's no justice in this world. Thanks to Laudrup or Wenger, the game still breathes, but they're not quite effective, are they!
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sun Apr 13 11:37:52 2008.

  Adabeyor rooney
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Apr 13 14:32:50 2008.

  Hmmm, hope united win over chavs..
  
  
  If Henry had played instead of Adebayor, Arsenal would have been 3-0 at half-time...Well that sums up last two weeks for Arsenal football club...
  
  Now bring David dein back I say..
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue Apr 15 11:09:32 2008.

  i feel sorry for Arsenal.. they deserve better than this, but they did all these with young kids, which is a quite an achievement.. so chin up Arsenal fans
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue Apr 22 8:03:45 2008.

  Pool-Chelsea again.. of course i'm backing Pool here (ah in case you dunno, i live(fo)rpool..) Chelsea are great defensive team.. But if you take Carvalho out, then their defence = boro/fulham defence..
  2nd leg on Bridge, i'm worried really. But you can never predict anything on Liverpool on those European nights..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Apr 22 9:26:37 2008.

  1-0 to Kop. I hope they trash Chelscum by 2 or 3. But that'd never happen. Anyway, I fancy liverpool. I predict a more active game this year. They're both tactical, but it'll be full of action, and definitely not to the boring levels attained last year.
  
  United-Barca could go either way. Count as individuals, Barca are miles better. For starters, Messi is from a different planet. He's class, and he's always in "form", and will always cause the opponents trouble. Ronaldo is on a scoring spree, but I don't see the technique and skill to be a patch on Messi, though he has a chance to turn up in this big game, and get the job done. Let's just wait and see. If United could survive his frightening pace, and movement, then they've got the job half done. And, United function much better as a team, and could possibly overpower Barca with their collective force, and drub 'em if they're lucky. Though I think it's just a myth than United play "better football". To quote Cruyff, United is a "long ball" team, and always will be. They utilize the flanks better with quick counterattack and crosses to the box. It's as direct as it gets. Barca play the conventional Oranje-formation 4-3-3, and that leaves the wider positions to be exploited by United (who play 4-5-1 with the striker swapping with wider positions, and drawing out bodies to give space to run for the midfielders to get their head to the crosses, it's pedestrian but quite effective form of play as you'd expect from Fergie). Finally, it also depends on Zambrotta and Abidal, if they could contain the attack from Ronaldo, Park ji-Sung or Giggs - whoever plays, then it's a big plus. As I said,don't mark Rooney man-to-man as he's the lone forward on paper, but always gets deep to start the move.
  
  As for Barca, Henry is in a stinker, and I'd take Bojan or Dos santos over him. OR I'd play a slightly more 4-3-2-1 with Deco and MEssi given free role, and just behind Eto'o, Iniesta-Toure-Xavi in the middle. Deco is still a doubt to start though, so I reckon it's going to be Bojan or Henry.
  
  I'd prefer all English finals this time, and preferably Liverpool-Manure. It's always fun to see rivals battling out.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Tue Apr 22 16:00:24 2008.

  just sometime back kuyt scored... thilak its kinda boring football without arsenal man who is the gunner in ur photo?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Apr 23 2:39:30 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  just sometime back kuyt scored... thilak its kinda boring football without arsenal man who is the gunner in ur photo?

  
  
  Yes, unfortunate that teams who play the best fall short by their shortcomings and other times, luck and bad decisions.
  
  Saw the game yesterday, it's a snore fest, BECAUSE of chelscum's garbage football. It's a miracle that such a bad collective unit got a goal in the last second. Liverpool were organized, and unlucky. My prediction was almost right. And, Terry the w*nk got lucky, he should have been sent off. Surely Carvalho is the saviour at numerous occasions. But as we found out in the Arsenal-kop tie, you need a bit of luck. I think they could still go through. But surely the individual talents keep saving Chelsea. How long will it last?! LEt's wait and find out. Anyway, I'm not a fan of tactical football. So, I don't think I'll watch the second tie with any expectations of free flowing footie.
  
  The pic - Jack Wilshire, 16 years, Youth/Reserves player. Remember the name, he'll be an exceptional player in few more years. Got a great technique, and vision. (Hleb meets Gascoigne in Joe cole's body, hope that he grows his physique) He's coming through the ranks, been at the academy since 9. Arsenal through and through...
  
  

• From: MrJudge on Wed Apr 23 2:57:19 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  1I'd prefer all English finals this time, and preferably Liverpool-Manure. It's always fun to see rivals battling out.

  
  
  I have started to watch soccer only recently, and my guess is Chelsea vs United in the finals.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Wed Apr 23 9:00:20 2008.

  hope messi does some damage today to Manure
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Wed Apr 23 11:48:41 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  hope messi does some damage today to Manure

  
  
  Its the other way. Ron and Roon will do much damage to Barca.
  
  and regarding last night's match : Riise
  
  

• From: kannannn on Wed Apr 23 17:04:39 2008.

  He he.. thanni kaatitaanga Barca. Better possession, better passes and very good discipline. Man United were actually in shambles with very little coordination. The scoreline does not do justice to the almost one-sided game .
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 23 17:55:16 2008.

  Looks like ronaldo missed a penalty and more importantly an away goal
  
  

• From: MrJudge on Thu Apr 24 1:15:28 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  Sid_316 wrote: hope messi does some damage today to Manure Its the other way. Ron and Roon will do much damage to Barca. and regarding last night's match : Riise

  
  
  That too in the last seconds of the match. This is the second time Riise has done it.
  
  

• From: MrJudge on Thu Apr 24 1:17:09 2008.

  This coming Saturday is going to be THE day for EPL and it will set the tone for next week's 2nd legs.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Apr 24 1:59:14 2008.

  kannannn wrote:

  He he.. thanni kaatitaanga Barca. Better possession, better passes and very good discipline. Man United were actually in shambles with very little coordination. The scoreline does not do justice to the almost one-sided game .

  
  
  
  Exactly. (Same happened at Roma, but ManU got two goals, this time, no luck I'm afraid)
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Apr 24 2:08:41 2008.

  MrJudge wrote:

  This coming Saturday is going to be THE day for EPL and it will set the tone for next week's 2nd legs.

  
  
  
  Yes, I fancy ManU
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Apr 24 3:22:40 2008.

  Its pretty depressing.. to play like that and concede a last minute (a freakin) own goal. Riise is one of my fav players in Liverpool.. i won't blame him 100%. I'm not panicked as other liverpool fans. I'm fairly optimistic that we will score in Bridge.
  Chelsea were horrible. They are effective, yes. Solid as defensive unit, yes. Get the result when matters, a resounding YES. But a good team, NO.. Carvalho and Essien (& maybe Cech) are the only players who can actually call themselves as world class..
  
  We will bounce back at Bridge.. Hey afterall we came back against Meeeeeeelan, Olympiakos & West Ham.. We have also got good results at away on knockout stages in the past (barca, juve, arsenal, bayer, inter).
  
  about the other match, i don't care.. because i don't have to.. Scums might think they are through, but 0-0 is very tricky.. so i hope Messi can reproduce the goods in OT..
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Apr 24 3:23:16 2008.

  and what about Avram Grant???
  If charisma were rain, Grant would be a desert
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Apr 24 3:58:18 2008.

  Actually I think the whole starting 11 could be world class if they had played under Jose. Under Grant, they've got no clue. So they simply push forward with Drogba-Cole-Kalou and Lampard-Ballack behind. They're too direct, and surely Benitez can stop that. They need to mix it up to get the result in Bridge. But seriously Avram is a miserable coach, and has been so lucky to get his results. Kop should do okay if they could get past the middle line (from midfield to goal) - Essien, Carvalho, Cech are as reliable as it gets.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Apr 24 4:00:54 2008.

  2nd leg gonna be mouthwatering.. who would have thought liverpool-chelsea gonna produce more goals than scums-barca..
  
  

• From: MrJudge on Sun Apr 27 1:37:04 2008.

  Chelsea Ballack
  Though the penalty is a controversial one, Chelsea held onto their nerves and deserve to win this one. Overall awesome match!
  
  I am expecting another showdown of Chelsea and United in the champions league.
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Sun Apr 27 18:15:26 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Saw the game yesterday, it's a snore fest, BECAUSE of chelscum's garbage football. ...

  
  (Rather late in replying but getting to post only today)
  Butt ugly game The very sight of the blues on the field is repulsive
  
  And ippo Man vera ikkattaana soozhnilai
  Was that penalty a fair one?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Apr 28 2:54:01 2008.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: Saw the game yesterday, it's a snore fest, BECAUSE of chelscum's garbage football. ... (Rather late in replying but getting to post only today) Butt ugly game The very sight of the blues on the field is repulsive And ippo Man vera ikkattaana soozhnilai Was that penalty a fair one?

  
  
  Yes, I simply loathe Chelsea football club, and for what they stand for.
  
  They run a business joint, and simply lost their soul to a rich commie's amusement.
  
  They've also played the most "anti-football" throughout the season. No passion, but just machines who want to produce result.
  
  I thought the game was alright. Chelsea might argue they deserved to win. Regarding that penalty, it was definitely ball-to-hand (and not hand-to-ball), and I think Carrick had no intention to play the ball. That being said, it was given at the back of the Gallas penalty in Old Trafford. Though the latter was more of an individual error as Gallas lost concentration and lost movement/bounce of the ball. Carrick's is much more harsh. I think Wes Brown clearly handled moments before, and that was sloppy to my liking. That was a more worthy shout of penalty from Chelsea. But in fairness, ManU have been the most lucky team in terms of decision. This penalty being the first and only one given all season tells the whole story.
  
  But this result is fair reflection of managerial naivety by Fergie. He should have played Ronaldo to Nani, and Scholes should have started, not Fletcher! Anderson played at bridge and not at Nou camp, seriously makes me doubt Fergie's reading of the game. Anderson is what ManU exactly needed against Barca, and Scholes at Chelsea! Nani is just another showpony. Actually, I'm no big fan of Ronaldo too in that respect, but he has been the most effective player for ManU this season. There is quite a few goals in him. Rooney looked alright. Again, he's far better as the lone man upfront. And it's amusing Fergie played him in the wing against Barca!? Ronaldo was too scared to play against Zambrotta and Abidal I guess. :p Mr.Fergie, Ronaldo plays his best when he times his run properly in counter, and could get into dangerous positions, so play him in the wing. Park worked his socks out and helped Evra massively against Barca. Against chelsea, Silvestre couldn't keep up with Cole, and United defended badly. Mikel/Ballack/Essien outclassed Carrick/Fletcher/Anderson down the middle. Essien is a powerhouse, the most underrated player in EPL. An odd error by Carvalho(arguably the most consistent defender for chelsea), and well capitalized by Rooney. (Is he playing against Barca) But signs of weakness aplenty, and I seriously think this season goes right down the wire.
  
  And how disgraceful with Ferdinand's outburst (hitting poor stewardess), and post-match fracas from Evra, and co. Proves that they're sore losers.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Apr 28 8:53:07 2008.

  Team of the year announced: 4 from Arsenal, 3 from Man United, 2 from Liverpool (No chelsea players)
  
  IMO, David james shouldn't be there - Friedel or Cech(if his injuries doesn't count). And Gerrard has been long way from Fabregas in terms of goals, assists, or pass conversion rate. He's still a great player, but I wouldn't pick him for this year's 11. I'd rather take his teammate Mascherano or Essien instead, who had a great season! (he always has!)
  
  No Adebayor for me, though he has scored 20. but if you look at stats, he takes 5 clear chances to put 1 away! That's really poor return. I'd have Roque Santa Cruz or Berbatov, clearly would offer more than Ade, and can compliment Torres (who had a great debut this year) Vidic-Rio deserved to be the centerbacks. As much as I hate to say it, rock solid combo, and reason why they're top of the league. Ashley young had a good season, and the lad has got a good future ahead. Deservedly picked for the team.
  
  Team announced:
  D.James
  Sagna-vidic-Ferdinand-Clichy
  Ronaldo-Gerrard-Cesc-Young
  Ade-Torres
  
  My team:
  Cech(or freidel)
  Sagna-Vidic-Rio-Clichy(some would prefer Evra as he commits lesser errors)
  Ronaldo-Essien(Mascherano)-Cesc-Young
  Berbatov(Santa Cruz)-Torres
  
  
  Ronaldo won PFA player of the year. Entirely deserved.
  
  Cesc has won PFA young player of the year! That's my boy!
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Tue Apr 29 3:48:28 2008.

  Thilak,
  Which do you hate more - MU or Chelsea?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Apr 29 4:28:44 2008.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  Thilak, Which do you hate more - MU or Chelsea?

  
  
  No question, Chelsea!
  
  

• From: sriranga on Tue Apr 29 6:39:00 2008.

  Barca win pannuma?
  
  first leg sema thanni kattinanga. hope they can do the same tonight.
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Tue Apr 29 7:31:47 2008.

  Barca were not that penetrative in the first leg.
  May the better team win and hope there are no dubious decisions
  
  

• From: sriranga on Tue Apr 29 7:48:03 2008.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  Barca were not that penetrative in the first leg. May the better team win and hope there are no dubious decisions

  
  
  adhu konchamacheem irundhirundha the scoreline would have been 4-0.
  
  i watched just the second half, i could see wayne rooney only once.
  ronaldo rendu moonu vaati thevayillama refree-a pathu enamo sonnaru.
  aparankaatiyunthaan theriyuthu avaru fenalty miss pannitarunnu.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 29 16:57:23 2008.

  Woah what a night. Amazing. Proudest moment as an United fan Its been a long 9 years since the last time we went to the final and today we did it again...
  
  Glory Glory Man United . Moscow here we come
  
  

• From: kannannn on Tue Apr 29 17:23:33 2008.

  I think Man U deserved this win. Except Messi and to some extent Deco, Barca didn't really trouble. And Abidal made me think if he was in Barca or Man U. I think their nerves got the better of them after the first goal.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 29 19:02:50 2008.

  zooberrabbbuuu
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Tue Apr 29 23:40:35 2008.

  sriranga wrote:

  adhu konchamacheem irundhirundha the scoreline would have been 4-0. i watched just the second half, i could see wayne rooney only once. ronaldo rendu moonu vaati thevayillama refree-a pathu enamo sonnaru. aparankaatiyunthaan theriyuthu avaru fenalty miss pannitarunnu.

  
  
  Yeah, a forgettable first leg for Man...
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Tue Apr 29 23:42:14 2008.

  Scholes nalla strike... Was fighting fatigue/sleep and tried to watch it.. Watched till the goal.. adhukkappuram victory celebrations la dhaan ezhundhen...
  
  Liverpool, please show Chelsea the exit!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Apr 30 0:04:28 2008.

  Great strike by Scholes, the long time pioneer of outside-of-the-foot shots from just outside the box. And couple of chances for ManU, especially Nani's header. I thought they were wasteful in attack. They were defending for the most part. Barca's possession game is a disgrace with no returns/goals. No "penetration" indeed. But the back four of ManU defended well. Credit where its due, ManU managed to put the ball into the net, Barca didnt. So in all fairness, Barca didnt deserve to go through.
  
  Now let's wait for Kop, and wait for the ultimate final.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Apr 30 2:06:07 2008.

  Gerrard owned by a kid. Priceless video:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ05alAQ5Oc&feature=related
  
  

• From: sriranga on Wed Apr 30 2:32:45 2008.

  ManU was lucky to get the goal. Poor clearance setting up the goal.
  
  I have to agree ManU had the better goalkeeper.
  
  hope chelsea/liverpool wins the title.
  
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 30 2:41:21 2008.

  sriranga wrote:

  hope chelsea/liverpool wins the title.

  
  
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Apr 30 3:02:21 2008.

  somehow i missed the match, cause i just came back from Jakarta Conference.. Luckily my mom has recorded the match.
  
  Man.. Rafa Benitez will proud of Utd's display.. That was so Liverpool-like. Attack early, Score Early, Defend, Defend, Tevez Up Top, Defend, Great Saves, Defend, Throw extra defender, Defend...
  
  Hey, it worked for them. So no complaints. This match is one of the prime examples why Ronaldo is over-rated and never shines at big games. He was anonymous. He didnt have a bad game, but he was just 'meh'. Carrick and Brown were excellent..
  
  Barca did well. Deco and Messi were outstanding. But they lacked cutting edge. Henry should've started instead of that scumbag Yaya Toure. And Abidal.. Who the F--- Hired this A--Hole????
  
  His crossing looked like a crossover between banana shot and long pass, but somehow worse than both. Congrats Abidal, you're like a negative Clichy. ABidal can have bad match against any opponents. The guy is a genius. Or a total embarrassment to football. One or the other.
  
  as for 2nd leg. I'm really scared.. So i don't want to talk about it now...
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 30 3:19:25 2008.

  Thilak,
  Did you read this week's (or was it last week) Sportstar?
  Ad paathen - Cover story on Cristiano Ronaldo
  
  P.S: nethu news la oru snippet about Brazil's Ronaldo.
  3 transvestites have lodged an assault complaint against him on assault charges. vilai maadhukkal nu nenachittu kootitu poitaraam, and when he found out he offered $600 each to keep quiet-amaam but they demanded much more-aam
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Apr 30 3:24:44 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Team announced: D.James Sagna-vidic-Ferdinand-Clichy Ronaldo-Gerrard-Cesc-Young Ade-Torres My team: Cech(or freidel) Sagna-Vidic-Rio-Clichy(some would prefer Evra as he commits lesser errors) Ronaldo-Essien(Mascherano)-Cesc-Young Berbatov(Santa Cruz)-Torres Ronaldo won PFA player of the year. Entirely deserved. Cesc has won PFA young player of the year! That's my boy!

  
  
  My Team..
  
  Green
  
  Sagna
  Carvalho
  Ferdinand
  Clichy
  
  Ronaldo
  Flamini
  Fabregas
  Bentley
  
  Adebayor
  Torres
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Apr 30 3:49:36 2008.

  Quote:

  Hey, it worked for them. So no complaints. This match is one of the prime examples why Ronaldo is over-rated and never shines at big games. He was anonymous. He didnt have a bad game, but he was just 'meh'.

  
  
  Abso-lute-ly! He hasn't done anything against the top teams! He's better off playing the likes of Bolton or Derby. ( I hear United fans shouting Lyon and Roma )
  

  Quote:

  Henry should've started instead of that scumbag Yaya Toure. And Abidal.. Who the F--- Hired this A--Hole????

  
  
  I think you're being harsh on Yaya. He had a great game. He's one of the best holding midfielders in the game today. Surely Rijkaard has molded him well. Can't expect him to play box-to-box like Xavi, who had an indifferent game. Henry should have started instead of Eto'o, who had a poor game yet again. And Rijkaard wants Henry to play in the left where he isn't half as good.
  
  Deco should have scored in the first half with couple of chances, but didn't. Zambrotta's mistake cost the team. It went straight to Scholes, and his shot couldn't be saved considering Valdes was much too close to the near post.
  
  

  Quote:

  His crossing looked like a crossover between banana shot and long pass, but somehow worse than both. Congrats Abidal, you're like a negative Clichy. ABidal can have bad match against any opponents. The guy is a genius. Or a total embarrassment to football. One or the other.

  
  
  No doubt. Abidal is overrated going forward. But defensively quite good. I'd have preferred Silvinho/Gio to him if I was Rijkaard, considering the fullbacks are vital to Barca's attack, and Nani is just a show pony and could be handled by 'em. I also think he's not a patch on Evra, who was effective the whole tie (I'm not convinced of the injury time "injury"). Yes, Messi did humble him at different occasions. But again Ferdinand organized the back four superbly. So in fairness, they were defensively solid. Also Barca lacked the confidence to interchanges passes in the final third, which they're quite good at. But overall, they didn't look all that dangerous.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Apr 30 3:54:43 2008.

  after the match, Ferguson said he would prefer to face Liverpool in the final... wonder what he has in the bag..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Apr 30 5:04:13 2008.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  Thilak, Did you read this week's (or was it last week) Sportstar? Ad paathen - Cover story on Cristiano Ronaldo

  
  
  Yes, I did see the bloated face of the diving winker on the cover page. Didn't read though.
  
  

  Quote:

  P.S: nethu news la oru snippet about Brazil's Ronaldo. 3 transvestites have lodged an assault complaint against him on assault charges. vilai maadhukkal nu nenachittu kootitu poitaraam, and when he found out he offered $600 each to keep quiet-amaam but they demanded much more-aam

  
  
  Amaam. Ellarum sirikkuranga. To me, it's really shocking but poor guy, he didn't anticipate this. One of my favorite players of all time. Used to call him "the God" before 99' Injury.
  
  

• From: kannannn on Wed Apr 30 7:02:52 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Quote: P.S: nethu news la oru snippet about Brazil's Ronaldo. 3 transvestites have lodged an assault complaint against him on assault charges. vilai maadhukkal nu nenachittu kootitu poitaraam, and when he found out he offered $600 each to keep quiet-amaam but they demanded much more-aam Amaam. Ellarum sirikkuranga. To me, it's really shocking but poor guy, he didn't anticipate this. One of my favorite players of all time. Used to call him "the God" before 99' Injury.

  
  Same for me. I am actually sorry for him. All I can think is "Eppadi irundha avar.."
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 30 7:34:43 2008.

  kashtama dhaan irukku but that incident was funny...
  What a player. He had unbelievable pace
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Wed Apr 30 7:39:03 2008.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  kashtama dhaan irukku but that incident was funny... What a player. He had unbelievable pace

  
  
  
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 30 11:06:11 2008.

  
  

  thilak4life wrote:

  Gerrard owned by a kid. Priceless video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ05alAQ5Oc&feature=related

  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Apr 30 13:25:21 2008.

  More of the stuff:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yXLnDEsqWI&feature=related
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wF87vHYDjc&feature=related
  
  We might not have missed the old' coot but we certainly loved these moments. hehe
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Apr 30 13:43:36 2008.

  These Brazilians can't control their excitement, and end up digging their hole.
  
  Three other R'o players of our era.
  Romario - Great player. AS they call it, he was born in the box. but Sick arrogant f*cktw*T saw his downfall.
  
  Ronaldinho - the twice best player in the world In no time, lost his fitness, can't wake up to train after the heavy nightouts, and what not! Well, thats what the press say!? Hope it's not true.
  
  Rivaldo - another great player who ended up nowhere
  
  And strangely enough they are all ill-treated, and misled by the Catalonia. And most importantly treated like sh*te when they are down by BarcelonaFC (No wonder those tw*ts had the nerve to snub Lord Cruyff at one time!)
  
  Even the man of the moment, Ronaldo gave an astonishing debut season at Barca to only be booed by the fans, the over-demanding bunch of t*ssers. No wonder he moved, and thankfully, set Serie A on fire!!!
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 30 15:51:33 2008.

  1. When Chelsea and Liverpool play, butt ugly sparks of mind-numbing boredom are bound to fly
  2. Arsenal fcuk the referee... "Pool" are lucky B's...
  3. Talkin about luck, Kalaou was offside when they scored the goal
  4. Drogba is one of the most dangerous strikers around, as annoying as he is
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 30 16:06:17 2008.

  Torres!!
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 30 17:20:56 2008.

  Chelscums are f-ing lucky!!
  Offside, penalty not given....
  
  

• From: Devar Magan on Wed Apr 30 17:37:04 2008.

  saw this match.. it was gud..
  
  drogba seems to be in great form.. first touch-laye goal adikkiraan.. the liverpool GK was caught by surprise on both the occasions..
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 30 17:39:22 2008.

  Devar Magan wrote:

  drogba seems to be in great form.. first touch-laye goal adikkiraan.. the liverpool GK was caught by surprise on both the occasions..

  
  yeah
  
  

• From: Devar Magan on Wed Apr 30 17:54:34 2008.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  Devar Magan wrote: drogba seems to be in great form.. first touch-laye goal adikkiraan.. the liverpool GK was caught by surprise on both the occasions.. yeah

  infact both the goals in first touch..
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Apr 30 22:46:44 2008.

  Wow...
  
  Gutted of course, but what a match. A penalty should've been given for the tackle on Sami but....heh, karma realigning I guess.
  
  Fiercely proud of my guys...We played really well, ran until the bitter end and were really hurt at least at the end by having to sub out Skrtel early.
  
  Here's hoping Putin starts World War III before May 21st.
  
  
  Side Note: People ho bit** about Liverpool's boring play should shut their stupid mouth and give credits to where it due.. We have given some of the best matches in Europe (including this, Chelsea did nothing apart from scoring), yet people still call us boring and un-entertaining..
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Thu May 1 0:53:29 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Chelsea did nothing apart from scoring), yet people still call us boring and un-entertaining..

  
  
  
  
  P.S Everyone knows that both the team were at their best...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu May 1 1:21:13 2008.

  Thalafanz wrote:

  Raikkonen wrote: Chelsea did nothing apart from scoring), yet people still call us boring and un-entertaining.. P.S Everyone knows that both the team were at their best...

  
  
  Tactically sound, and kept it tight. The chances came from lapse of concentration (except for Torres goal, which was predominantly due to Benayoun's cutting in), otherwise the mistakes were punished. Cech couldn't stop babel's shot, and liverpool defence took Drogba lightly. And they were punished twice when they didn't mark him man-to-man. Overall, no end-to-end stuff, but still the goals came. And, I thought it was much more entertaining than Barca-Manure match for obvious reasons.
  
  Now that we got an all-english final, the whole football world will keep b*tching about the boring final and "death of football and the beautiful game". Already Cruyff, Beckenbaur, and Rijkaard have lashed out. Now we got to wait for some more. But I'm inclined to agree with Frank,
  
  “I think the level of English teams is very high,” the Barcelona coach said. “If it was not for the fact that two of them [Liverpool and Arsenal] had to play each other in the last eight, they could very easily have had four teams in the last four. It is very difficult to beat them. They are very strong and very disciplined. They all get behind the ball quickly when they lose it and are very well organised. They play very good counter-attacking football. It is therefore very difficult to beat an English team.”
  
  So far, so complimentary. But there followed a more cutting remark. “I think in some ways it is a pity because the English teams have a lot more to give on the pitch that the public would like to see,” Rijkaard said, “but for them the result is all-important. It is strange to see English teams defending for their lives in Europe and trying to win games on the counter-attack. They can do a lot more than that.
  
  “They have their own spirit and can play football on the front foot, but you don't see it in the Champions League. I see it on the TV in the Premier League, but not in European competitions. I think it started when the foreign coaches came. English football in Europe became more cautious. It is great for them to do so well, but it is also a pity. It is not the most beautiful way of football.”
  
  Sour grapes notwithstanding, he has a point. There is a significant difference between United's cavalier style in the majority of their league matches and their cagey approach in Europe. In both legs against Barcelona Sir Alex Ferguson fielded two men up front and two out wide, but for the wingers - Rooney and Park Ji Sung at the Nou Camp, Park and Nani at Old Trafford - the emphasis was on perspiration rather than inspiration, just as it was for the tireless Carlos Tévez on Tuesday.
  
  Link
  
  If only Arsenal were in it, then we'd be hearing raving praise!
  
  Chelsea vs ManUre is going to be "anti-football" at very best. The wimps will stuff the box with all 10 men to defend!
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Thu May 1 1:27:20 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  ... and liverpool defence took Drogba lightly. And they were punished twice when they didn't mark him man-to-man. Overall, no end-to-end stuff, but still the goals came. And, I thought it was much more entertaining than Barca-Manure match for obvious reasons.

  
  
  
  
  

• From: MrJudge on Thu May 1 2:00:25 2008.

  Wow! The first goal of Drogba is just stunning
  
  Chelsea is
  
  I see Chelsea winning both EPL and Champions league this year. Go Chelsea go!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu May 1 2:04:44 2008.

  MrJudge wrote:

  Wow! The first goal of Drogba is just stunning Chelsea is I see Chelsea winning both EPL and Champions league this year. Go Chelsea go!

  
  
  Well I'd hate that personally. They represent everything that I hate about football. But anyway, all the best. I'd have liked Liverpool to have won this year for one of my best mates passed away recently. He's a great fan of liverpool, and is a very very good lad. I wish they had won for him. But not to be. Interestingly enough there are some good friends of mine who are fans of chelsea and Man United proving that every club have fans "deserving" to win something, they live for these moments.
  
  

• From: sriranga on Thu May 1 2:35:36 2008.

  chelsea in the first half
  liverpool great fightback in the second
  
  Drogba - first goal
  though the keeper made a slight mistake leaving a gap, he cud be forgiven as he made a great save just seconds before that blemish.
  
  Drogba - second goal just brilliant goalkeeper had no chance.
  
  excellent attacking football from both the teams unlike manU-Barca game.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu May 1 3:11:29 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  MrJudge wrote: Wow! The first goal of Drogba is just stunning Chelsea is I see Chelsea winning both EPL and Champions league this year. Go Chelsea go! Well I'd hate that personally. They represent everything that I hate about football. But anyway, all the best. I'd have liked Liverpool to have won this year for one of my best mates passed away recently. He's a great fan of liverpool, and is a very very good lad. I wish they had won for him. But not to be. Interestingly enough there are some good friends of mine who are fans of chelsea and Man United proving that every club have fans "deserving" to win something, they live for these moments.

  
  
  Well i feel for your friend..
  I went to other football sites (football365, sun, telegraph) most of the fans were rooting for Liverpool because, Liverpool - Scums is a DREAM match..
  But you know..
  I give huge credit for Chelsea, especially Fat Frank and Bulldozer Essien.. I've never been a fan of DogBark.. but he did extremely well, but the moment Skrtel limped off, i KNEW we were going to lose..
  
  Well i'm not very disappointed, we have been there and done that in spectacular fashion. I mean nobody can repeat out istanbul heroics and this time it won't even close to classic..
  
  Chelsea are my default pick in the final.. mainly because Fat Frank's celebration after the goal was emotional and my girlfriend supports them...
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu May 1 3:12:41 2008.

  sriranga wrote:

  chelsea in the first half liverpool great fightback in the second Drogba - first goal though the keeper made a slight mistake leaving a gap, he cud be forgiven as he made a great save just seconds before that blemish. Drogba - second goal just brilliant goalkeeper had no chance. excellent attacking football from both the teams unlike manU-Barca game.

  
  
  Who would have thought that???
  everybody expected Pool-Chelsea to be a snorfest and Scums-Barca to be a classic..
  
  

• From: MrJudge on Thu May 1 4:10:06 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Well I'd hate that personally. They represent everything that I hate about football. But anyway, all the best. I'd have liked Liverpool to have won this year for one of my best mates passed away recently. He's a great fan of liverpool, and is a very very good lad. I wish they had won for him. But not to be. Interestingly enough there are some good friends of mine who are fans of chelsea and Man United proving that every club have fans "deserving" to win something, they live for these moments.

  
  
  Sorry to hear about your friend. Yes, you are right about fans, every fan wants his team to win. Chelsea is slowly marching in and closing the gap with United. I think United is worried now and they know that Chelsea can pull them off.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu May 1 13:24:26 2008.

  History being made. Heard of Zenit St Petersburg? The current RPL champions. They're a revelation this year in UEFA cup. They are leading Bayern 2-0 at HT in the second leg, after getting a favorable 1-1 result at Allianz Arena. Go Zenit! And their attacking game would put likes of Man.United to shame! However, I fear Ribery and Toni to get back at them in the second half. Cracking match at hand!
  
  This year, Getafe, and now Zenith have broken the "myth" of "big clubs" (and big "leagues" in case of Zenit) in Europe! If you believe in your ability, you can win. Joga bonito!!!
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Thu May 1 13:34:48 2008.

  When is the 2nd leg thilak? and wat is all the fuss about hleb and flamini leaving arsenal .... and barca gona sell 10 players with rijkaard
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu May 1 14:03:24 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  When is the 2nd leg thilak? and wat is all the fuss about hleb and flamini leaving arsenal .... and barca gona sell 10 players with rijkaard

  
  
  Right now live in Zee sports and Ten sports!
  
  UpdatE: 4-0 to Zenit (3rd goal - bad defending, free header from 10 yards out. Good 4th goal again from the right flank), second half underway.
  
  As for Flamini, he might move to Serie A. But he's no Viera FFS, and will be relegated to the bench if he had to move to Juve or AC Milan. He's been offered 55k per week (before tax exemption) by our board while 60k (After tax) by AC. Sadly, he might move for money. Or, he might move to Juve because he's a longtime fan of Oldlady. Either way, he'd be the loser! Arsene made him the player he is. Moreover this is the guy who came for free from Marseille last day of the season. (he once again kept them waiting it seems, and came out of contract). It's sad that players are behind big bucks!
  
  Hleb "our Icecream man" wants to win some trophy and he's frustrated to remain empty handed. He's just 26, and apparently wants to play in more leagues. And, the effect of Eduardo injury, and lack of protection to creative players in EPL could also be the reason to move. It seems he'd prefer Inter as they need him, and are a big fan. I sincerely hope he stays. He's a great player, and definitely fantastic to watch. He can't shoot though, and has poor goals/assists. Though his passing, positional play, and movement is just fantastic. Most of the assits from Cesc, and the fullbacks are from Hleb's pass. But he's more of a Number 10 player, playing in the wing most of the season. He should play more in the "hole". But again, Arsene likes to play two strikers (preferably both RVP and Ade). Our Ro-SICK-y is another attacking midfielder who prefers to play in the center, but played in the wing.
  
  We need a worldclass GK (Gomes or Boruc please), and a no-nonsense CB (Vidic or Skrtel type) who is good in the air. Winger - most probably Ben Arfa. Robinho if for sale is a good buy, but he needs to take a pay cut to play for Arsenal. Respecting the wage structure is important to Arsene.
  
  But trust Arsene to bring 16-24 year olds from France, Togo, Mexico, Croatia, Ivory coast, Belarus, or god-knows-where for cheap. After all, he bought Sagna and Eduardo, two brilliant players. Sagna for me is the player of the season. And man, talk about commitment to your club, he has been just for a single year, and already claimed that he wants to be a Gunner for life. Unlike likes of Flamini and HLeb, if they want to move, so F- 'em! We have sustained even without likes of Db10, PV04, TH14, RP07, SC23, etc. And no one holds the club for ransom. Least of all for money!
  
  Will discuss later about Barca. Watching the Zenit game, and to type simultaneously is really difficult.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Thu May 1 14:48:22 2008.

  The match got over ... :O i never expected that result !!! how on earth did zenith do that?? i thought bayern was a good team with likes of toni,ribery,lucio,lahm,podolski and klose!!!.. and i am seeing oliver kahn after a long time like this sad ... and its sad that arsenal loses some of its best players year after year!!i certainly miss the french trio pires,viera and henry!! but f-- em players like cashley cole are such a disgrace for moving for money!!... i never expected this from flamini though. and arsenal hav just bought a australian full back
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Fri May 2 3:53:24 2008.

  Flamini is my favorite player in Arsenal.. Although everyone else is tied.. lol
  But i like him very much, he's a crossover between Alonso and Mascherano (Xabi couldn't tackle, Masch couldn't pass). But it's a shame if he leaves. But it's his decision and i hope he goes to Meeeeeeeeeelan.. well i don't think he will knock any of Pirlo, Gattuso and Ambrosini for the team. But he can't be a great utility player for them ala Mikel, Park, Benayoun....
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Fri May 2 4:33:57 2008.

  Thilak, naasthi avatar
  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on Fri May 2 4:36:12 2008.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  Thilak, naasthi avatar

  
  
  adhu nesamana match-a?
  
  maradona vo suthi ithana per cover pandrainga...opponen teamla paadhi
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri May 2 5:13:03 2008.

  Vivasaayi wrote:

  crajkumar_be wrote: Thilak, naasthi avatar adhu nesamana match-a? maradona vo suthi ithana per cover pandrainga...opponen teamla paadhi

  
  
  Thanks CR.
  
  Vicky, Yes. It's from 86' WC semis. Argentina vs Belgium. Diego scored twice, and most notably the other wonder goal (though not close to the one against England in quarters) in world cup history. It'd be no shame to say he won the world cup almost "single HANDedly" for Argentina. The look on each of the 6 Belgium players' faces says it all. His dribbling with pace and precision is unparalleled. People say "There's only one keown","there's only one keano" etc. but it goes without saying, "there is only one Diego".
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat May 3 1:25:14 2008.

  Fabregas from 16 till 19
  
  Advance happy b'day wishes..
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sat May 3 2:38:14 2008.

  1986 was one of, if not the best world cup of all time.. The final was amazing. Also the England-Arge QF, was a thing of beauty. It's funny how English people always bi*** about unfairness in their exit, sighting to 'hand of god', but they can't come up with any valid excuses for the goal of the century...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat May 3 4:30:07 2008.

  The Greatest Number10 player in a football pitch! He dominated the WC, and easily overshadowed the likes of Rummenigge, Platini, Socrates and Zico that year. Such exhibition of great players will never happen again. The game has become more athletic and physical, and less skillfull.
  
  

• From: jumbo on Sat May 3 4:45:11 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  The Greatest Number10 player in a football pitch! He dominated the WC, and easily overshadowed the likes of Rummenigge, Platini, Socrates and Zico that year. Such exhibition of great players will never happen again. The game has become more athletic and physical, and less skillfull.

  
  
  correct. 1986, england gamela second goal. simply oustanding.
  maradona will control the ball like a magnet
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sat May 3 4:57:55 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  The Greatest Number10 player in a football pitch! He dominated the WC, and easily overshadowed the likes of Rummenigge, Platini, Socrates and Zico that year. Such exhibition of great players will never happen again. The game has become more athletic and physical, and less skillfull.

  
  
  Diego is actually my 2nd fav No.10.. Bergkamp is my all time fav.. The man is a genius and gift to the sport..
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat May 3 15:00:30 2008.

  Zidane is my fav no 10 if i am not wrong i havent seen much of maradona! Bergkemp rocks too
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun May 4 2:54:08 2008.

  Hoping this triggers a good discussion.
  
  I'm not professing to have seen ex-great players like Maradona week-in week-out. That would be true of Cruyff, and Platini as well. But we have to put all things in perspective. I'm totally convinced of Maradona's greatness from what I've seen of him. The collection of goals, incidents, controversies, and most importantly some of the most astonishing freestyle videos is enough. The greatness is all the more apparent that he did it against the best of defence, and the golden-age of football. It' be no understatement to say he singlehandedly took Argentina to WC victory, and Napoli to Serie A titles. To be fair, players like Cruyff, Platini, Zidane, Van basten, Zico, and Ronaldinho had exceptional players around them. Diego on the other hand carried his team all by himself to glory. No other WC had a single player dominating the field like Diego. Even the massively overhyped (but "great") Pele had a ("Greater") Garrincha alongside him. Neesens or Rep that Cruyff had, Van basten had the most decorated squad of Gullits, Rijkaards, Koemans, etc. Platini had that legendary midfield four. Zico had a Socrates, and factory. Zidane had talents throughout the pitch, be it Vieira, Petit, Duggary, thuram, etc
  Diego had an aging Valdano and a lacklustre team. He defeated England and Belgium all by himself. Stunning individual skill at the greatest stage for a footballer.
  
  And this is something that Bergkamp couldn't do. For all his brilliance, he was in a superb dutch squad. Perenial underachievers in truest sense of the word, but there's no excuse that they lost 98' WC. It's interesting that the Dutch could never win a penalty shootout. (until very recently in 06' world cup) The best attacking side that year, but oh, they lost to Brazil in shootouts again. And, magic of Bergkamp will always be the side story to Zidane and Ronaldo (and even Davor Suker). His goal in Quarters against Argentina is simply quintessential (non-flying) Iceman. Finest first touch, control, technique and trademark finish. As cool as it gets. Had they won the Semis, and got to finals, who knows! Dennis might have been celebrated more than Zidane today. That's history now, and sadly, the dutch lost by penalties.
  
  That'd be true of Euro 92′ again. It was Schmeichel’s Euro that year, He saved Van basten's penalty, but Dennis had a superb tournament. 96′ quarters, France got lucky with shootout, and Dutch team lost again. I haven't seen the highlights of the tournament. But again the penalty jinx with the dutch!?
  
  Back to 00′ Semis, Toldo's show this time. The dutch can't take penalties. Kluivert and De Boer missed two penalties in normal time. Had that gone in, then we'd be speaking of Dennis and dutch. It's a case of 'ifs' for Netherlands team. It has always been.
  
  All said, Dennis is one of my favorite number10s, just the way Laudrup is. Both had incredible vision. It's a dream for the main striker to play with 'em. Maybe my Arsenal bias has got to do with the favoritism, I like DB10 more than Laudrup. Unfortunate that Db10 suffers from "fear of flying", and possibly the reason why Arsenal couldn't use him more in UCL away ties.
  
  But in terms of greatest number10s from what I've seen (which is admittedly very very less):
  
  Maradona
  Cruyff
  Zico
  Zidane
  Platini
  Bergkamp
  Laudrup
  Ronaldinho
  Rivaldo
  Figo
  
  Other than Maradona, and maybe dutch masters like Van basten, and Cruff, I haven't seen that much of other greats of the past, so I'd put my personal list that I'm absolutely convinced.
  
  Personal Favorites:
  
  Maradona
  Cruyff
  Bergkamp
  Laudrup
  Zidane
  Ronaldinho
  
  Ball skills:
  
  Maradona
  (daylight)
  Ronaldinho
  Zidane
  
  To quote Platini, What Zidane could do with the ball, Maradona could do with an Orange.
  
  First touch/Control:
  
  Cruyff
  DB10
  Laudrup
  Zidane
  Ronaldinho
  
  Vision:
  
  Cruyff
  DB10 = Laudrup
  Zidane
  
  Dribbling:
  
  Maradona
  Zidane
  Ronaldinho
  
  If we're talking of strikers:
  
  Ronaldo (the real one, not the diving disgrace)
  (daylight)
  Van basten
  Romario
  (daylight)
  Henry
  
  (I'm not entirely convinced about Pele and Garrincha, but I've downloaded the BBC documentary, "Gods of Brazil - Pele and Garrincha, maybe that would help a bit. More about that a bit later)
  
  

• From: jumbo on Sun May 4 7:56:50 2008.

  [quote
  To quote Platini, What Zidane could do with the ball, Maradona could do with an Orange.
  
  [/quote]
  
  
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun May 4 10:36:01 2008.

  @ Thilak.. That was a fine piece of analysis. of course i would like to talk about football to REAL football fans, but unfortunately i really can't buy time now..
  
  Technically Diego and Cruyff might be better than Dennis. Roberto Baggio was used to my favorite attacking player on the planet at 90's (of course, Maldini is my fav player of all time), until Dennis came with that goal against Argentina and blew everyone out of water...i really love that goal..
  
  Hmm, maybe we can start a topic on top 10 fav. goals..
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Sun May 4 13:55:54 2008.

  Thilak,
  arumai!
  Memories-a kindle pannitteenga
  
  enakkum Maradona first, rest next....
  
  Well, Pele-va overrated nu solreengaa.. interesting!
  
  Like you've said, Pele was part of some of the all time best Brazilians teams (esp 1970) but in case of Diego, it was a virtual one man show.
  
  And yes, Maldini is the greatest (along with Beckenbauer, perhaps)
  
  More later....
  
  P.S: Thilak, do you have the video of Pele "faking" it with a goalie (leaving the ball only to go around the goalie to pick it up), only to narrowly miss the post??
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Mon May 5 0:47:45 2008.

  oh i hav never seen much of maradona,cryuff,zico ...
  but still the memories of zidane mesmerizing the oppostion in real madrid colours before the "downfall" is fresh in my mind.. i thot no one else can do these stuff..shud look at maradona,cryuff and zico..
  
  off discussion:Milan claim they hav got flamini
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Mon May 5 3:20:46 2008.

  zizou is my all time fav player
  
  BTW, Real have clinched La Liga for 2nd consecutive year Hope United will do the same
  
  

• From: kannannn on Mon May 5 12:17:33 2008.

  Thilak, superb analysis Maradona is greatest for me as well. IMO, he epitomises the South American style - saving the goal for that last moment when he clear of all defenders and is one on with the goalie, making it so much more exciting and beautiful (another player with similar skills is Romario - for all his vanity, he is the best of the three R's).
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue May 6 2:21:25 2008.

  Thanks all.
  
  Raiks, I forgot about Baggio, and from recent times, Italy's number10 successor Totti. I like them both, and hitting myself for missing them out. Baggio is a better player, and a gentleman unlike the irritating dives from Totti. Yes, Maldini is right up there with the best.
  
  Bala, Thanks. Beckenbaur and Maldini will be perfect pairing in truest sense.
  
  I might be part ignorant in saying Pele is overrated. I plead guilty of the allegiance to Maradona. I'm totally ticked off by FIFA's sycophancy (and hypocrisy) to turn a blind eye to Diego and promote Pele. Diego's personal flaws, and problems aside, he's a genius. The man could speak to the ball, and is a God. From the existing videotaped footage, one can easily make out the superiority of Diego. Let's just take the popular BBC program "When Linekar met Maradona". It's irritating to hear Cruyff or Beckenbauer bringing Pele time and again when speaking about Diego. Beckebauer stating Diego had personal problems at the end of it. My favorite part of the show is when Boca fans sing (not in verbatim) "oh brazilians brazilians why do you look so worried, Oh...coz' Maradona is better than Pele of course"
  
  Sid and Thalanass,
  
  Zizou is God-level in modern era, and one of the best player in our generation (along with Ronaldo). No denying that. I'm not at all disputing that. My writeup is a subjective estimation.
  
  Kannannn,
  
  Romario is a great player. I admire him for his skill around the goal area. But in terms of dribbling and juggling it around with flair, Ronaldo is better I think. Needless to say, I like Ronaldo the best of all R's. Btw Romario's goal against Real is voted the best in a recent poll by Catalan fans, just ahead of Diego and Messi.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue May 6 2:25:14 2008.

  Sid,
  
  Flamster is a traitor and a big ars*h*le at that. As I said before, we should have known better from his Marseille treason. And he's no Vieira or "Manu" Petit. He's more like Edu with one good season, and leaving for free. We can replace him, no problem.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue May 6 2:26:08 2008.

  Here's my wishlist:
  
  Toulalan from Lyon or Cana from Marseille to replace the half-italian c*nt.
  
  

• From: sriranga on Tue May 6 2:56:18 2008.

  Maradona = GOD of football.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRG0kAcdppA
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdidRmYkWF0
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Tue May 6 5:24:03 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  zizou is my all time fav player BTW, Real have clinched La Liga for 2nd consecutive year Hope United will do the same

  
  
  KavathuduchE Barca...
  Next season-la pArpOm...
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue May 6 7:27:04 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Here's my wishlist: Toulalan from Lyon or Cana from Marseille to replace the half-italian c*nt.

  
  
  Toulalan would be great.. I really feel pity for Lyon cause they always produce (and lose) sensational defensive midfielders.. Essien, Diarra etc..
  i heard a lot of good things about Luca Modric, but unfortunately he signed for Spurs..
  
  But again, Wenger will buy a total stranger and make them world beaters in 2 seasons.. The man is a genius
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Tue May 6 13:15:14 2008.

  Thilak
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue May 6 14:04:58 2008.

  Raiks,
  
  Arsene is capable of getting some unknown youngster for cheap, and make him worldclass. But as you quite rightly said, it takes 2 years or possibly more. After four long years of "transition", can't afford that anymore. Time to splash the cash.
  
  Toulalan will be the next greatest in that position. In my estimation, better than Makelele, and looks to be a worthy successor to none less than Deschamps himself. Will cost a lot of money, but will be worth it completely. If not him, the beast of a man in Lorik Cana should do it nicely. Will rip apart the opponent, and got real attitude. Suspected to be part nutcase, but not to levels of Keane.
  
  Btw Shouldn't have missed Essien from his Bastia days, maybe Diarra and probably Toulalan. But to be fair, Arsenal can't compete with Chelsea and Real. Definitely not under Adamant Arsene who's a miser of highest order, and his utopian understanding of the game will not bring success. In current market, and state of the game today, you got to pay to get your success.
  
  With an unaspiring board thats desperate to quench the debt from new stadium, it's all the more unlikely. One would expect Wenger to promote Song, Diaby, and Denilson to work for their place. That's the most likely solution I'd assume. Under Wenger, the departure of Overmars, Petit, Anelka, Vieira, Henry, Edu, Flamini, Reyes, etc questions the stature of the club. We're more like a Top feeder club like Ajax, Lyon, etc than the range set by Milan, Inter, Juve, Bayern, Barca, Real, Liverpool, Chelsea, ManU, etc. Inspite of being a top club in revenues, and a top four club in England consistently for last decade or so. Is this cautiousness or lack of ambition?
  
  With Edelman gone, we need a vibrant figure like David dein back, basically a good director of football who has a good business acumen. That'd challenge Wenger, and take the club forward. Departure of Gary lewin means another club physio in. A shrewd one who could stop disasters like Ro-SICK-y, RVP,etc. A right hand man is needed. don't really know what Pat rice does, other than his trademark nods to whatever Arsene says. Tony Adams out-of-contract this summer will be an awesome addition. Dennis bergkamp should be appointed as a visiting coach before someone else does it. (heard he's on his way to help Van basten and Ajax next year). There's also a possibility of a tie-up with Ajax, thats good news.
  
  All said, The healthy functionality of the club needs healthy injection of funds for transfers. With every club spending 20-30 million on a player, Arsenal try to make a profit every summer by selling Vieira, Henry, etc and getting Sagna, Eduardo, etc for cheap. How about a big name signing? Just to show Arsenal can also compete with the best to get the "best". Toulalan, or Cana should be an ideal start. But reminding of last summer, expectations crumbled with Ribery moving to Bayern.
  
  Bala,
  Tad late. Here's the Pele dummy:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWD1JrcUVq8&feature=related
  
  Outrageous.
  
  (btw liverpool fans quite rightly claimed that Torres pulled off what Pele couldn't. Against Newcastle, He dummied the goalkeeper and scored. Though to be fair, it's not WC tie against Uruguay, and he didn't "round" the goalkeeper but instead faked to "meet" the ball, and confused the GK with the sudden run along with the movement)
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue May 6 14:13:05 2008.

  Thanks Feddy.
  
  A "" here as well. I'm beginning to find Chelsea solid and looks like they'll finish the season strongly. And....and..Avram Grant is better than Moaninho,etc in a very un-chavski way.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Tue May 6 14:18:18 2008.

  Thilak whom are your favorites for euro this year?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue May 6 14:30:46 2008.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Thilak whom are your favorites for euro this year?

  
  
  Oranjes.
  
  The Arsenal of World football today!! Young talented players, attacking football, but collectively underachieve. Have always been terribly unlucky. Though their playing style is much more like Barca, and Ajax.
  
  There's a bigger danger. They have a nemesis in Scholari and Portugal in recent times. But first, will they get out of the group of death? France, Italy, and Romania! I hope France will join the Dutch to reach KO stage.
  
  This year though, Spain, Portugal, Germany, etc are all favorites. Croatia and Czech are dark horses, a dark horse will make it to the Semis. Will Greeks do it again? I fear not. But there's just too much talent this year, you can never write off a high profile team. If I had to, it'd be the defending world champions, Donadoni's Italy.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Tue May 6 14:50:23 2008.

  Hmm ... Btw Unga avatar tharumaaru
  
  

• From: kannannn on Tue May 6 15:26:21 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  The Arsenal of World football today!! Young talented players, attacking football, but collectively underachieve. Have always been terribly unlucky. Though their playing style is much more like Barca, and Ajax.

  
  I would also like to say Holland, but history doesn't favour them. Ajax once used to be my favourite (Kluivert's time). Their Junior Camp is supposedly one of the best in Europe, but unfortunately they can never translate their talent to match winners.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 7 4:35:31 2008.

  Thanks Feddy.
  
  

  kannannn wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: The Arsenal of World football today!! Young talented players, attacking football, but collectively underachieve. Have always been terribly unlucky. Though their playing style is much more like Barca, and Ajax. I would also like to say Holland, but history doesn't favour them. Ajax once used to be my favourite (Kluivert's time). Their Junior Camp is supposedly one of the best in Europe, but unfortunately they can never translate their talent to match winners.

  
  
  Seldom do they hold onto their talents. They did that in the past, and they did well. Now, the younger players move to bigger leagues, and bigger teams. Without doubt one of the best youth setups.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed May 7 10:45:45 2008.

  i'm really digging Spain this time around. I'm a big fan of Azzuri, but i feel that this is the time for Spain. This is the golden generation in Spain's history.. I hope this time around, they will kick that ridiculous "under-achievers" tag out of the window.. Look at the key players
  
  Casillas - I don't care what English press say about Cech, Iker is the best keeper in the world. Mainly because Iker never had Carvalho (he might have him next season) or Terry ahead of him. He had some really bad defenders like Pavon, Helguera in front of him over the years..
  
  Ramos - Best rightback?, No.. But he's quite good, one of the best. His notorious behavior on the pitch might be a concern, but on his day, its very hard to beat him..
  
  Xavi, Iniesta, Fabregas - This IS the best midfield in the world. Period.. But i feel that all three are Too similar. Maybe that's why Aragones always prefer more defensive guys like Xabi and Albelda with any two of the three..
  
  David Silva and David Villa - They had terrible season with Valencia, but you can't deny that these two men are world class
  
  Fernando Torres - Best Striker in the world (cheap plug ).. No Not quite.. He needs to win trophies in order to justify that claim. But i think this is his time. He will shine in Euro, trust me..
  
  Joaquin - Joaquin was my favorite player in the WORLD, when he was in Betis.. but now he's linked with 2nd best club in Merseyside.. But Joaquin in his day is almost 10 times better than Ronaldo (diver, not the fat one)
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu May 8 2:41:16 2008.

  Other than Kopites like Torres, Reina and Xabi, Real's Ramos, Guti and Iker, the Spanish players are all jaded and out of form. Raul is okay, but will he play?
  
  Fabregas hasn't hit the peak after the injury. The current version looks average when weighed against the vibrant earlier one. And he has picked another injury, would he recover back to his best? Perhaps..
  
  Xavi has been **** lately (especially last night), Iniesta has been appalling after injury, and he's apparently recovering. Puyol will make lot of mistakes. Bojan looks underweight, and looked weak against likes of Man Utd, and Real.
  
  Valencia has been poor, and the players are part to blame. Villa, Silva and Joaquin have been uninspiring lately.
  
  All said, I'd never rule out Spain. There's just too much talent out there..
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu May 8 3:39:00 2008.

  the whole Spanish league this season was horrible.. I like Daniel Guiza, i hope he can shake up some things..
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Fri May 9 2:28:43 2008.

  Dont think there are any favorites this time in in Euro. I think any1 can win this 1 i prefer spain,france,holland to win it
  
  El Clasico was a 1 sided mismatch expected more
  
  Hleb leaves for inter milan.. some players dont know the meaning for being "loyal"
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Fri May 9 4:07:22 2008.

  they *know* the meaning of success
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri May 9 10:51:35 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  Hleb leaves for inter milan.. some players dont know the meaning for being "loyal"

  
  
  Yes, maybe not loyal, but to my mind, he's not a traitor like Flamster. He'll be sold if he wants to move. Of course, it's going to be hard to replace the unique qualities that he brings to the team, especially the possession football, and creating space with his trademark dribbles. That being said, he's one of the reasons why Arsenal is a purist team that fails to score more, especially the man can't shoot (11 in 3 f-ing years). Now we could get a talented player who could mix it up to help the team win more directly, like getting more goals/assists for the team. Like Pires, Overmars, Ljuenberg, etc - we need such players. Let's wait though, he might stay as well. In any case, Good times ahead. Eboue nods.
  
  However, As expected, the english press/media sounding as if we're in deep crisis. Cunts! Let me paraphrase Georgie graham, we're third from top, not from bottom. Yeah, no trophies for past four years, and who the f gives a **** for some glory hunting tosser not remembering the team/club in this particular phase. Especially to cunts/chavs like Cech -> GFY, scumbags! Maybe in 20 years, Roman might lose interest, and leave the chavs in deep ****. Talk about perspective.
  
  And yeah, the sun, telegraph, mirror, daily mail, Rke-f*cktw*ts, sky-cunts incl. Keys, Gray, etc, bbc-b*tches incl. Lawrenson, Alan hansen, Shearer, etc..Espn shitheads from Mcmahon, shebby, and other garbage collectors might just stick it up their arse! Van Persie got a clear message for you c*nts. Injured he might be, RVP is f-ing legend, period~!
  
  and oh, blame Arsenal for the supposed "worldclass team" England not qualifying for Euro 08'. Team now managed by an Italian tactician, for your coaches have no clue of passing the ball with precision, but rather put a long ball to the box Coming back to he foreign invasion, this is a country of racist hypocrites. I seem to remember EPL teams are owned by Americans, Communists, oligarchs, corrupt extradited politicians! So to such whining retards, F-you too..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri May 9 11:09:16 2008.

  Barca sacking Rijkaard is the world of glory hunting predators we live in. Frank has got the most success for the team as well as playing some nice stuff, and he had spent much lesser than Real in the same time. Catalonian madness, that's what this is...
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Fri May 9 11:24:00 2008.

  cool down cool down...
  In Arsene we trust!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri May 9 11:28:33 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  cool down cool down... In Arsene we trust!

  
  
  
  But sorry mate, count me out of AKB (Arsene knows brigade) Actually, I'm part of a new faction out there, that's called Le Grovers - who are actually, pro-Arsenal but never put Arsene before the club. Players, and managers go, but the club is eternal. So, In Arsenal we trust.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Fri May 9 11:35:57 2008.

  ah.. ya, i thought you were just like other arsenal fans. They are just blindly trust Arsene.. I have lot of friends who support Arsenal..
  Normally when we go out for drink, we prefer Arsenal matches.. Guaranteed Entertainment..
  
  Its a shame that their season had to end this way, but i really feel that Arsene will pull a rabbit from his hat next season..
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Fri May 9 11:43:58 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Barca sacking Rijkaard is the world of glory hunting predators we live in. ...

  
  
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Fri May 9 11:50:25 2008.

  Pep is not a bad choice.. he was a legend at Barca during his playing days... if i'm not mistaken, Cesc idolized him as a kid..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri May 9 11:55:33 2008.

  Arsene has committed complacent miscalculations, and his stubbornness in the transfer market, persistent belief in youth policy, etc. His philosophy of utopian football doesn't guarentee success. But thats okay, he comes with his imperfections. Players, fans and media want success, it'll take time for Arsene's imperfections. However It's about time he delivered next season. Or, there will be speculations, etc. One positive outcome from this transition period is repaying the debt for the new stadia. It's something of a miracle that the club is still in top-4 in this phase. This proves that functioning of the club is healthy. So, nothing to be panicky about. Maybe, he'll be conservative until 2010, by the time, the highbury apartment complex is ready, and gets sold, there will be lots to spend. Massive I believe. Though Arsene is reluctant, and I'd doubt if he gets someone above 20m in his coaching career. A bit narcissistic, and arrogant in that respect perhaps.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri May 9 12:02:53 2008.

  Pep was a good player. Like all Spanish CMs, technically astute, and had a good reading of the game even as player. He is Barca through and through. An ideal choice I think.
  
  Cesc idolizing him is a bit like Zidane idolizing Francescoli. In time, Cesc will become a far better player than Pep as Zizou has (over Francescoli). One Unique similarity Cesc has with Pep is the keen reading of the game aided by clever movement, and techinique making for their lack of pace. Even Xavi is similar in that sense. And, Pep like Frank Rijkaard is more defensive, and at very least a playmaker like Cesc/Xavi.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Fri May 9 12:09:49 2008.

  Quote:

  However, As expected, the english press/media sounding as if we're in deep crisis. Cunts! Let me paraphrase Georgie graham, we're third from top, not from bottom. Yeah, no trophies for past four years, and who the f gives a **** for some glory hunting tosser not remembering the team/club in this particular phase. Especially to cunts/chavs like Cech -> GFY, scumbags! Maybe in 20 years, Roman might lose interest, and leave the chavs in deep ****. Talk about perspective. And yeah, the sun, telegraph, mirror, daily mail, Rke-f*cktw*ts, sky-cunts incl. Keys, Gray, etc, bbc-b*tches incl. Lawrenson, Alan hansen, Shearer, etc..Espn shitheads from Mcmahon, shebby, and other garbage collectors might just stick it up their arse! Van Persie got a clear message for you c*nts. Injured he might be, RVP is f-ing legend, period~! .

  
  
  
  lmao that rocked!!
  
  
  
  
  

  Quote:

  Laughing But sorry mate, count me out of AKB (Arsene knows brigade) Actually, I'm part of a new faction out there, that's called Le Grovers - who are actually, pro-Arsenal but never put Arsene before the club. Players, and managers go, but the club is eternal. So, In Arsenal we trust.

  
  
  yeap in Arsenal We trust
  
  
  I saw some videos of the youngsters like wilshire fantastic.. i guess arsenal do have a bright future
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri May 9 12:17:40 2008.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: Barca sacking Rijkaard is the world of glory hunting predators we live in. ...

  
  
  Another shocker - Sven getting the sack. Yes, he sucked at Egland job. But he has brought stability and respect back to City. but Thaksin wants Scholari!
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Fri May 9 12:19:30 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Another shocker - Sven getting the sack. Yes, he sucked at Egland job. But he has brought stability and respect back to City. but Thaksin wants Scholari!

  
  Avana England la innum vechirundhadhe perisu but yeah City got some respect
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri May 9 12:23:14 2008.

  Sid. Wilshere will be our hero in few more years if everything falls in place. but he's just 16, and there's still fear he could end up being Pennant (mediocre), or Bentley (good but not good enough for Arsenal style of play). But from what I seen and hear, the kid will take piss at Rooney, etc if he keeps progressing and withstands pressure. And, I have loads of respect for Arsene to create "English players" than buy them. Just imagine how expensive some of these English fat c*nts are! Better to make your own than get overpriced overhyped players.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Fri May 9 12:25:00 2008.

  Btw Whats with this spanish football league
  one season valencia are title contenders and another season they r battling relegation
  Same with the club real socieadad which won the league sometime when real were in the peak with the galacticos and disappeared
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Fri May 9 13:33:44 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  Btw Whats with this spanish football league one season valencia are title contenders and another season they r battling relegation Same with the club real socieadad which won the league sometime when real were in the peak with the galacticos and disappeared

  
  
  that's because their qualification to Europe..
  they can't seem to decide which tournament to concentrate on later in the season..
  That happened to Fiorentina this season.. Spurs.. Liverpool, basically every season since Rafa has taken over..
  Sevilla.. which was my favorite team after Liverpool last season
  
  famous example.. Leeds!, can you believe that they're in 2nd division now?
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun May 11 5:31:11 2008.

  4 hours to go for the title decider.... Very nevous
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Sun May 11 5:43:19 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  4 hours to go for the title decider.... Very nevous

  
  
  Its gona be MU all the way!!!
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun May 11 6:19:05 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  4 hours to go for the title decider.... Very nevous

  
  
  puu.. 4 hrs ke ipdi.. naanga 18 varushama nervous-eh illame wait panrom..
  
  btw, i hate this stupid fergie and stupid mind games.. he is no rights to critisize Bolton players' off field behavior. If anyone critisize scums, he talks c*** about them.. There's one rule MU and another rule for every other team..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun May 11 6:33:42 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  ThalaNass wrote: 4 hours to go for the title decider.... Very nevous puu.. 4 hrs ke ipdi.. naanga 18 varushama nervous-eh illame wait panrom.. btw, i hate this stupid fergie and stupid mind games.. he is no rights to critisize Bolton players' off field behavior. If anyone critisize scums, he talks c*** about them.. There's one rule MU and another rule for every other team..

  
  
  Even the nutcase Roy keane took a dig recently, Purple nose is the biggest hypocrite without a doubt.
  
  Kop have fans who are patient for two decades, but every team has got a set of glory hunting backpagers around. A certain no-history team has the vast majority today - the Chavs. Thanks to Roman, now scums got competition along that front.
  
  I certainly think Manyoo will win EPL, but (forbid) I fear Drog dawg will fire against 'em in UCL.
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Sun May 11 11:01:13 2008.

  Half Time Score
  
  MU Vs Wigan 1-0 (Ronaldo '32)
  
  Chealse still Goalless...
  
  
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun May 11 12:28:00 2008.

  Glory glory Man united,
  Glory glory Man united,
  Glory glory Man united,
  As the reds go marching up up up!
  
  Just like the busby days and days gone by,
  We’ll keep the red flags flying high,
  Your gonna see us all from far and wide,
  Your gonna hear the Mancs that sing with pride.
  
  United, Man united,
  We’re the boys in red and we're on our way to Wemberly!
  
  Wemberly, Wemberly,
  We're the famous Man united and we're going to Wemberly,
  Wemberly, Wemberly,
  We're the famous Man united and we're going to Wemberly
  
  In ’77 in the stockham team,
  Back in December '83,
  And everyone will no just who we are,
  They'll be singing que sera sera
  
  United, Man united,
  We’re the boys in red and we're on our way to Wemberly!
  
  Wemberly, Wemberly,
  We're the famous Man united and we're going to Wemberly,
  Wemberly, Wemberly,
  We're the famous Man united and we're going to Wemberly
  
  Glory glory Man united,
  Glory glory Man united,
  Glory glory Man united,
  As the reds go marching up up up!
  
  Glory glory Man united,
  Glory glory Man united,
  Glory glory Man united,
  As the reds go marching up up up!
  
  Glory glory Man united,
  Glory glory Man united,
  Glory glory Man united,
  As the reds go marching up up up!
  
  
  
  1 down 1 to go.....
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sun May 11 12:57:08 2008.

  well played Manunited
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun May 11 13:18:57 2008.

  well played Steve bennett. The best team in the premiership? More like the team with the best referees have won the league. But hey, wouldn't mind 'em to Chavs and spuds.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sun May 11 13:20:34 2008.

  Manasaara parattavae maatengale
  

  thilak4life wrote:

  well played Steve bennett. The best team in the premiership? More like the team with the best referees have won the league. But hey, wouldn't mind 'em to Chavs and spuds.

  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun May 11 13:23:05 2008.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Manasaara parattavae maatengale thilak4life wrote: well played Steve bennett. The best team in the premiership? More like the team with the best referees have won the league. But hey, wouldn't mind 'em to Chavs and spuds.

  
  
  Nevaire fr scums. Sanceless...
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sun May 11 13:24:22 2008.

  
  

  thilak4life wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: Manasaara parattavae maatengale thilak4life wrote: well played Steve bennett. The best team in the premiership? More like the team with the best referees have won the league. But hey, wouldn't mind 'em to Chavs and spuds. Nevaire fr scums. Sanceless...

  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun May 11 13:27:55 2008.

  
  
  

  ajithfederer wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: ajithfederer wrote: Manasaara parattavae maatengale thilak4life wrote: well played Steve bennett. The best team in the premiership? More like the team with the best referees have won the league. But hey, wouldn't mind 'em to Chavs and spuds. Nevaire fr scums. Sanceless...

  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Sun May 11 15:26:24 2008.

  United
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Sun May 11 20:33:27 2008.

  Glory Glory Man United!!!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue May 13 5:55:39 2008.

  Gallas - worst ever captain? He exposed mental weakness at one point, but that was in context of a bad ref decision. Let alone the stupid english media/press can't cease to sensationalize it for gullible viewers. But I'd anyday take someone like him who cares about losing without petulance, like brawling with ground staff like a sore loser, and kicking lady stewardess.
  
  So how exactly is Monsieur gallas a bad captain? The so-called best United captain in their renewed history, called Old trafford fans as idiots who can't spell football let alone understand it, and worst of all, labelled 'em as prawn sandwich brigade! Injuring other players deliberately? Hitting the opponent's fans with a kungfu kick? Or, shooting the ball at a young kid in the stands? Or Did monsieur Gallas Dive, cheat or lie? He has been unlucky with harsh decisions, and targetted by media morons. Period.
  
  And yes, I personally think mancs are lucky b*stards, backed by "british" press, "british" media(thanks to Murdoch's sky, espn, and the gullible viewers), ex-mancs managed teams, FA and refs. As for entertaining, knew when it felt like Alcoyano at Nou camp!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue May 13 6:06:38 2008.

  We dont need no moderation.
  We dont need no thought control.
  No dark sarcasm in the-mayyam.
  Heyyyyyy, Mods, leave us hubbers alone!
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue May 13 10:52:29 2008.

  what happened to my posts?
  
  there's a famous quote among wrestling fans.. that's "You can't have bad matches with Shawn Michaels".. I can easily replace it for Ronaldo.. "Ronaldo can't have good match against Big Teams".. he basically bangs goals past lower teams like Derby and Reading (most of the times, not event open play goals)
  
  Torres and Adeb are much better than him..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 14 6:22:44 2008.

  Okay.
  
  Contenders for (only British teams) goal of the season:
  
  Adebayor vs Spuds
  Fabregas vs spuds
  Torres vs chelsea
  Torres vs newcastle
  Muntari vs villa
  Diaby vs derby
  Nani vs spuds
  Nani vs boro
  Mascherano vs Reading
  RVP vs Sunderland
  Ronaldo vs pompey
  Petrov vs derby
  Tevez vs West ham
  Flamini vs Newcastle
  Tevez vs middlesbrough
  Nolan volley vs blackburn
  Larsson vs spuds
  Miller v Newcastle
  Murphy vs Wigan
  
  My pick:
  Petrov vs Derby (40 plus yards out from his weaker foot)
  
  European competitions:
  
  Fabregas vs Milan
  Babel vs Besiktas
  Walcott assist to Ade goal vs Liverpool
  Torres vs Marseille (?)
  Torres vs Inter
  Scholes vs Barca
  Fabregas vs Slavia prague
  
  Would give it to Scholes' strike. The man can't tackle for nuts, but he has got those trademark long range shots in him.
  (Theodona, Fabregas, Torres, and Babel have plenty more seasons ahead, we'll see more of 'em for sure )
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 14 6:25:32 2008.

  And if pre-season is to be counted, there's a RVP "panna" goal vs Inter. Simply sublime that any Oranje fan could spot.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed May 14 7:30:17 2008.

  i pick Kevin Nolan's thunderous volley and babel's sweet back heel vs besiktas..
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Thu May 15 2:53:59 2008.

  Thilak,
  

  Quote:

  I felt like Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. - Diego enunciates

  
  explanasun pliss...
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu May 15 3:10:48 2008.

  Zenit Petersburg.. (cant even spell the name).. Ultimate underdog story..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu May 15 3:28:04 2008.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  Thilak, Quote: I felt like Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. - Diego enunciates explanasun pliss...

  
  
  when Diego had addiction issues and other psychological problems, he was admitted for psychiatric treatment. In an interview, when asked about his stint there, he remarked thus.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu May 15 3:37:15 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Zenit Petersburg.. (cant even spell the name).. Ultimate underdog story..

  
  
  Boy didn't they deserve it! Rangers played (both in formation and long ball game) like Man utd, defensively solid. But Dick advocaat goes for the proven (Oranje) 4-3-3 (4-1-5 in attack) formation like Barca/Ajax, thats why they attack brilliantly. Arshavin No wonder Wenger wanted him before. He'd be worthy enough for the #10 jersey. Enticing, and Effective playmaker. And, also Tymoschuk, one of the most solid and hardworking DM.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu May 15 3:40:22 2008.

  i didnt watch the game, but i have a colleague from glasgow here.. he branded Rangers as Anti Football. 5 goals in the comptetion... that's ridiculous
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu May 15 3:45:00 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  i didnt watch the game, but i have a colleague from glasgow here.. he branded Rangers as Anti Football. 5 goals in the comptetion... that's ridiculous

  
  
  your friend was right. Not just goals, but also the way they shape up in European nights.
  
  As against Zenit, a reason to watch football. Be it munich, leverkusen, villareal, etc, they played attacking game. Entertaining to watch. Btw, Getafe is the other great attacking team this year from UC, but unlucky I should say.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu May 15 3:58:54 2008.

  Getafe.. under Laudrup right??? they were even good under Schuster..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu May 15 4:48:34 2008.

  Yep, I'd welcome Frank Rijkaard or Laudrup to EPL, even if it's a certain Russian club. Nevertheless, It'd be excellent for the league and the game.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Fri May 16 3:03:46 2008.

  talking about excellence of the game, does anyone really care bout the HUGE european cup final next week? I'm honest here, i'm not going to watch it, i will be very surprised if the match even reaches 50% of previous year's final..
  ANyway, Chelsea is my defacto favorite, (no not because my gf supports them ), cause they beat us, the mighty POOL in Semis, so they deserve the title..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri May 16 3:50:51 2008.

  My opinion? Is it possible for both teams to lose? Both 'f em are ugly IMHO. But for obvious reasons, I'd hate Chavs to win it.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri May 16 3:51:53 2008.

  Btw Avram grant on ManU and Refs - Spot on!
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Fri May 16 3:57:47 2008.

  my fav player on both teams is, Carvalho.. although everyone else is tied..
  
  

• From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri May 16 3:59:56 2008.

  Thalanass & Thilak
  
  I have removed those craps. Take it in a good sense. Looking forward for your co-operation.
  
  Thank you
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri May 16 9:11:01 2008.

  Thanks for not banning.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Fri May 16 11:43:28 2008.

  Antha bayam irukatum
  

  thilak4life wrote:

  Thanks for not banning.

  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Fri May 16 22:16:02 2008.

  Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

  Thalanass & Thilak I have removed those craps. Take it in a good sense. Looking forward for your co-operation. Thank you

  
  
  Fine anna!
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Fri May 16 22:17:15 2008.

  FA Cup - Portsmouth should win, atleast for James!
  
  UCL - Very obvious United will win it for 3rd time!!
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Fri May 16 22:19:02 2008.

  EURO '08 - My fav is France but its gonna be very hard for 'em. Spain/Italy/Germany/Holland have a good chance.
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Sat May 17 9:46:11 2008.

  I will be supporting Portugal once again not for Ronaldo, not for Deco ,but for the stylish Quaresma. And yes Ronaldo is a far cry from the once prodigious player he used to be . He is nowadays more interested in hookers than in football .Its a disgrace to the game when people compare him with Messi or Kaka. And for me, I would still put Kaka above Messi . And coming to the topic of diving, Maradona was no saint. I still remember Maradona getting a yellow card for fake diving. I think it was the 1994 world cup. He used to wriggle , the same way a lizard's tail does after it gets snapped from the body. We don't see lot of those fake actions these days. But I won't be entirely wrong if I say fake divers of the 90s were inspired by Maradona. There is a pattern to be followed . First fall to the ground at slightest contact. It can even be a friendly pat from the opponent. Then clutch your face with both hands. This is the most important part. It is also important not to reveal your face . Then wriggle . Keep wriggling till the referee comes near you and awards you the free kick. Then get up and carry on with the game as if nothing happened. There you have, the Maradona act.
  
  

• From: sriranga on Sat May 17 9:54:29 2008.

  rocketboy wrote:

  I will be supporting Portugal once again not for Ronaldo, not for Deco ,but for the stylish Quaresma. And yes Ronaldo is a far cry from the once prodigious player he used to be . He is nowadays more interested in hookers than in football .Its a disgrace to the game when people compare him with Messi or Kaka. And for me, I would still put Kaka above Messi . And coming to the topic of diving, Maradona was no saint. I still remember Maradona getting a yellow card for fake diving. I think it was the 1994 world cup. He used to wriggle , the same way a lizard's tail does after it gets snapped from the body. We don't see lot of those fake actions these days. But I won't be entirely wrong if I say fake divers of the 90s were inspired by Maradona. There is a pattern to be followed . First fall to the ground at slightest contact. It can even be a friendly pat from the opponent. Then clutch your face with both hands. This is the most important part. It is also important not to reveal your face . Then wriggle . Keep wriggling till the referee comes near you and awards you the free kick. Then get up and carry on with the game as if nothing happened. There you have, the Maradona act.

  
  oh i see , i thought you are explaining the rivaldo act.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sat May 17 12:10:10 2008.

  Pompey
  
  atleast Diarra can now claim he left arsenal to win trophies
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat May 17 14:06:50 2008.

  Regarding the "Maradona act", before Diego there was a Platini who dived at slightest of contacts clutching his face or legs, so should it be Platini act, or maybe some other player who started it all. But since we worry about great players, it'd only be fair to name it after the greatest one, "Maradona act" it is. Moreover, he had inspired almost every footballer since then.
  
  Btw Maradona didn't get booked in 94'. However, it'd be 90' which exposed his worst side "in the field". If at all, there's something credible that makes FIFA disregard him, and promote Pele to be the show man, it's cheating, diving, and the whole package that makes him come off as a notorious midget. But I'd never disregard the magic. The difference between Maradona and the rest is he doesn't go down at hardest knocks when he's on the ball to produce that moment of magic, never goes down to hide down his weakness, and lack of talent. Yes, He goes down intentionally to get the opponent booked, etc. Yeah, it's disgraceful, but still I don't think half the supposed great players would be in their feet, with all the tackles flying/targetted at him. Like today's logic to stop Arsenal, you got to kick Arsenal. those days it was, to stop Diego, you got to kick Diego. Because, there's no way you could stop him. He's just unstoppable. Take Kaka's dives, it'd be because he lost his footing at slightest, or Messi, it'd be because he can't get the ball to his left, and/or better position, I bet these players would have gone down against England '86 or Brazil '90, maybe one would argue Diego was gifted with low center of gravity for his height (which Messi has too), and strong legs of an ox, to keep going, even when your Dungas, Butchers, Van der Elst, and Reids come for your legs. But Latin style of dribbling/ability is in his cells. But todays Messi, Kaka, Ronaldinho couldn't do it as they go down at the kickstart, and haven't done it at all in the biggest stage of 'em all. But they've got time, let's see. One man who used to do it in his prime was Ronaldo (at PSV, Barca and Inter), but for all his talents, he couldn't do it in the WC. In all fairness, Diego doesn't dive to cover mediocrity, and lack of talent like a certain someone.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat May 17 14:09:19 2008.

  Btw, well done Pompey. I hate his tw*t of a son, but I'm glad Harry got this one. Should be great for the fans. They're after all real fans, not the types outside england who support the teams after reading the backpage previous day.
  
  Glad for Arsenal rejects, Lauren, Kanu, and Sol Campbell, ex-Arsenal reserve, Diarra, and most importantly for Mr.Arsenal himself, Tony adams. Now that you've assisted Harry in taking 'em to Europe, time to return to the grove
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sat May 17 14:14:20 2008.

  rocketboy wrote:

  I will be supporting Portugal once again not for Ronaldo, not for Deco ,but for the stylish Quaresma. And yes Ronaldo is a far cry from the once prodigious player he used to be . He is nowadays more interested in hookers than in football .Its a disgrace to the game when people compare him with Messi or Kaka. And for me, I would still put Kaka above Messi . And coming to the topic of diving, Maradona was no saint. I still remember Maradona getting a yellow card for fake diving. I think it was the 1994 world cup. He used to wriggle , the same way a lizard's tail does after it gets snapped from the body. We don't see lot of those fake actions these days. But I won't be entirely wrong if I say fake divers of the 90s were inspired by Maradona. There is a pattern to be followed . First fall to the ground at slightest contact. It can even be a friendly pat from the opponent. Then clutch your face with both hands. This is the most important part. It is also important not to reveal your face . Then wriggle . Keep wriggling till the referee comes near you and awards you the free kick. Then get up and carry on with the game as if nothing happened. There you have, the Maradona act.

  
  
  
  Quaresma is good, but great ||as he thinks he is
  
  he actually played for Barcelona (wearing no.7 nonetheless), but got kicked at the end of the season, mainly because of his showboating skills and poor form. So, i dont think he can make the cut in big clubs.. i absolutely despise Ronaldo, but he is light years ahead of Quaresma..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat May 17 14:30:15 2008.

  From youtube - Quaresma = Ronaldo more or less, except that the former is a winger, while the latter is a striker-winger who swaps a lot more with Rooney who is again a striker-winger, and admittedly has a great "scoring" record this season. And, I hear Quaresma is equally irritating, and majority consider him to be the official "show pony" of superliga, the equivalent of CRonaldo. While CRonaldo makes it up with goal scoring, Quaresma produces better results with his stepovers. And I think Quaresma has improved a lot more from that barca stint. He's still young, and could probably get better. Even Luis Figo recently remarked Quaresma is his successor. So I trust the best portugese player from our era. (another famous diver, but a talented one )
  
  This year, Portugal will suffer. I hope so. An overrated egoistic trio of Nani, Quaresma and CRonaldo. And add to it, anti-football messiah Scolari. Nevaire
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sun May 18 8:18:52 2008.

  Anti-football messiah scolari? y?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue May 20 7:13:04 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  Anti-football messiah scolari? y?

  
  
  Had enough of his defensive tactics, and wimpish counterattack strategy. Was gleefully glad when his nemesis Otto Rehhagel deployed the same, and defeated the cheats in 04' final. It was like Otto's, come to papa! to fat Felipe.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue May 20 7:28:39 2008.

  Btw, congrats Paddy on Scudetto. Too bad for Roma. Thoroughly Glad he had a strong finish to the season. Now, turn your focus to Les blues. Fla-money, rot in UEFA cup sod.
  
  Lyon sneaked Ligue 1. Time for Ben Arfa to make up his mind, come to Arsenal, and leave your ass print in Grove's bench. you'll be after Rosicky, Theo, Hleb, and Vela. And yeah, I'm more interested in Nasri. hope we'll sign him. Would cover Cesc, as well as play in the wings. Other interesting player is Bordeaux's Wendel. Brazilian, but got all round capabilities to come to the Physical league. hope Le boss signs him.
  
  Funny me, I thought chelsea-Manure match was tonight. And, I suspect Platini has b*tched enough. Will it be deja-vu for the man to see the diving contest between Ronnie, and Drog. Mouthwatering I accept.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed May 21 3:18:56 2008.

  no..this is probably the least anticipated major final since Portugal/Greece..
  
  everybody picking Drogba or Rooney to shine in this match. but i'm picking bambalakkadi jimba aapika uncle Essien to be the star of the match.. he is just so ridiculously good. You can put him at rightback and he will give you 8/10 performance.. He loevs big occasions. (Arsenal and Valencia should know this)..
  
  my prediction is Chelsea win by 1-0.. Shevchenko of all people to score..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 21 3:57:00 2008.

  Essien is a great player, the best from Chavs squad. One of the five players right now I'd have in any team. (others being Kaka, Messi, Iker, and Carvalho) Wish we had signed him from his Bastia days. The Cesc-Essien pairing would have been audacious, and unbeatable. Disturbing that he plays for the chavs.
  
  This final, prefer the Chavs to lose, or any likely event of matchfixing by chavs to win this final, and getting banned for indefinite years after investigation. That'd be icing in the cake. Btw, "mouthwatering" is for the Drog vs Ronaldo diving contest.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed May 21 4:47:18 2008.

  i dont even think Ronaldo will shine in this match.. i will be very surprised if he even gets past Cole/Bridge on right flank..
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Wed May 21 10:27:55 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Btw, "mouthwatering" is for the Drog vs Ronaldo diving contest.

  
  
  Drogba will win the contest... lol... Ronaldo nowadays very irritating, especially the way he gv up when opposite player touch him Nobody allowed to touch him also it seems Hope he dont do such thing today.... It will be great if Anderson got on the scoresheet today
  
  And Park should start .....
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Wed May 21 11:13:19 2008.

  Two of the most undeserving teams in the final.
  
  Enna Kodumai God ithu
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed May 21 11:19:33 2008.

  rocketboy wrote:

  Two of the most undeserving teams in the final. Enna Kodumai God ithu

  
  
  Care to explain???
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed May 21 11:19:54 2008.

  rocketboy wrote:

  Two of the most undeserving teams in the final. Enna Kodumai God ithu

  
  
  i'm 50/50 on this.. one on hand, i can agree with you because utd got very easy opponents in the knockout rounds and just steamrolled past everyone in group stages. But they did play some good football in their run, so i give them credit
  Chelsea too the same, they play the worst football in any top european championships, but they really have lion heart and extremely resistant..
  
  
  Nass, mothalla Anderson vilayadurarannu paapom. Scholes is a definite starter. either Carrick or Hargreaves or both will take other midfield berths..
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Wed May 21 11:28:12 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  rocketboy wrote: Two of the most undeserving teams in the final. Enna Kodumai God ithu i'm 50/50 on this.. one on hand, i can agree with you because utd got very easy opponents in the knockout rounds and just steamrolled past everyone in group stages. But they did play some good football in their run, so i give them credit Chelsea too the same, they play the worst football in any top european championships, but they really have lion heart and extremely resistant.. Nass, mothalla Anderson vilayadurarannu paapom. Scholes is a definite starter. either Carrick or Hargreaves or both will take other midfield berths..

  
  
  Anderson wont start, thats for sure. He may come i the later stage of the game.. Hopefully he'll score one
  
  Raiks, are u gonna watch the match? I just hope its not a boring game
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed May 21 11:29:38 2008.

  May the best Team wins !!!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 21 11:29:49 2008.

  rocketboy wrote:

  Two of the most undeserving teams in the final. Enna Kodumai God ithu

  
  
  
  I agree.
  
  Chavs got "own goals" in both their away games in QF and Semis, bloody lucky Russians.
  
  Manusa play 10 men behind the ball against Lyon, Roma, and Barca. Still they're in finals with that effective counterattack manoeuver. Enna kodumai ithu...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 21 11:32:32 2008.

  Anderson has been disappointing. The boy can't assist or score goals, or make clever runs. He's been underwhelming off-late. The reason why Ballack dominated against 'em in that 2-1 defeat. Got good pace, and could tackle superbly on his day. Maybe he could correct all that tonight.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed May 21 11:33:42 2008.

  no i'm not going to watch the match.. i think it will be a great match. but seriously it wont even come close to istanbul final.
  
  haha sour grapes..
  
  i'm actually pulling for Chelsea here.. they beat us at freakin europe.. CLEAN. So they deserve kudos. And Man U, just how can i support them. There's no way i can support them..
  
  
  i expect both teams' players to get involved in heavy physical battle and the ref sends off 5 players from each team and ends the game abruptly and make the game null and void.
  
  
  
  it wont happen.. Nass and Thalafanz.. Enjoy the game and good luck
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed May 21 11:36:06 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  i expect both teams' players to get involved in heavy physical battle and the ref sends off 5 players from each team and ends the game abruptly and make the game null and void.

  
  
  Enna oru wish...
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed May 21 11:40:56 2008.

  Thalafanz wrote:

  Raikkonen wrote: i expect both teams' players to get involved in heavy physical battle and the ref sends off 5 players from each team and ends the game abruptly and make the game null and void. Enna oru wish...

  
  
  yes...
  Final kulla Putin world war 3 start pannuvarnu nenachen.. nadakkala.. dammit.
  
  so heartbreaking to see these two teams in final.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Wed May 21 11:51:27 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  rocketboy wrote: Two of the most undeserving teams in the final. Enna Kodumai God ithu I agree. Chavs got "own goals" in both their away games in QF and Semis, bloody lucky Russians. Manusa play 10 men behind the ball against Lyon, Roma, and Barca. Still they're in finals with that effective counterattack manoeuver. Enna kodumai ithu...

  
  
  athaaane enna kodumai idhu..
  
  raiks..
  
  thanks for ur wishes
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Wed May 21 13:25:36 2008.

  I never ever imagined this kind of a final this is the worst nightmare of a final that culd ever happen in uefa!!!! Btw Arsenal Have Got Nasri Atlast!!!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 21 14:36:03 2008.

  Sid,
  
  Not yet. His agent has revealed there's an offer on table, which means they're waiting for an improved contract/signing fee. I'd be surprised if we signed him without much noise. The market has become crowded, and the voices spread far n wide.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 21 14:37:12 2008.

  I want Manusa to beat the Russians. That's it.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 21 14:41:33 2008.

  Stupid Makelele, couldn't he break Cashley's leg. He's getting old, the water carrier.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed May 21 14:42:12 2008.

  Thilak , Please provide live updates
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Wed May 21 14:43:08 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  I want Manusa to beat the Russians. That's it.

  
  
  Whats " Manusa " Manure was better
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 21 14:44:47 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: I want Manusa to beat the Russians. That's it. Whats " Manusa " Manure was better

  
  
  ManUSA - Glazer's united.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 21 15:12:18 2008.

  Ronaldooooooooooo
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed May 21 15:17:07 2008.

  
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 21 15:31:10 2008.

  shitttty shittty gooaaaalllllllllll
  
  wtf are utd doing??
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 21 15:33:18 2008.

  Essien will feel better with that goal after letting Ronaldo score.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 21 15:33:54 2008.

  1-1 at HT
  
  United dominate, but chavs got luck on their side. Period!
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed May 21 16:39:03 2008.

  sema tensan
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed May 21 17:36:39 2008.

  Man Utd wins 6-5 on penalties
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 21 17:41:02 2008.

  hahaha....Chavs "wonder" captain Terry...lol! they had double the shots than Utd in second half, but now they're empty handed. That's why you should shut your trap, Cech.
  Winker is crying a river already. He bottled up again, and his bloated face could have xploded if they had lost. hehe
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 21 17:42:06 2008.

  If a single player in the pitch who deserved it big time, that's got to be Giggs. Thorough professional.
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed May 21 21:53:31 2008.

  Leading goal scorers in CL:
  
  8 Cristiano Ronaldo Man. United
  6 Steven Gerrard Liverpool
  6 Fernando Torres Liverpool
  6 Lionel Messi Barcelona
  6 Didier Drogba Chelsea
  5 Dirk Kuyt Liverpool
  5 Ryan Babel Liverpool
  5 Raúl González Real Madrid
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu May 22 0:24:36 2008.

  Terry cries a big river, and the stadium in moscow has drowned thousands. Cech can't save penalties, can he?
  
  Had it gone the other way, Mr.Big game bottler would have cried an ocean. Hehe. Twice got his arse saved, thanks to Scholes & Van Der Saar. He'd be murdered by the English press had they lost. Simply because of "that" Rooney sent-off incident against England. Btw, is it just me or Rooney is completely found out in the final!
  
  But to be fair, over the run, United might have deserved than Chelsea. But Chavs dominated the whole game, and no wonder they feel disappointed. How's it to lose after playing that good, roman's boys! To keep springing up results, now it's about time they've been served one up theirs.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu May 22 3:03:20 2008.

  Oh lord... where to start
  
  Vidiya Vidiya football pattutu Ronaldo ethanai wicket edutharnu kekkuravan ellam ennakku mms anuppuran.
  
  champions league nigerivaulaya nadakkuthunnu kettavan ellam Giggs jersey pottutu varanunga
  
  Mercifully the season is over ..
  
  

• From: sriranga on Thu May 22 3:38:34 2008.

  luck seems to have deserted Chelsea.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu May 22 3:56:18 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Vidiya Vidiya football pattutu Ronaldo ethanai wicket edutharnu kekkuravan ellam ennakku mms anuppuran. champions league nigerivaulaya nadakkuthunnu kettavan ellam Giggs jersey pottutu varanunga

  
  
  Prawn sandwich brigade.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Thu May 22 4:42:34 2008.

  First half United dominated the match, and to my surprise Ronaldo played really well in 'big' game Essien had a nightmare to control this guy Brilliant Fergie for opting to play Ron in the left bcoz he knows Cashley can be a dangerous man in preventing Ron! But somehow the lucky Lampard got the ball infront of his foot just before the break
  
  Then the 2nd half was boring, with Chelsea dominated this time around, hitting the post! We never looked like scoring..
  
  Extra time, i thought United will recreate the atmosphere of '99 by scoring late injury time winner but they missed a lot of chances. Then comes the penalty and its hilarious to see both sets of managers substitutes Rooney, Scholesy and Joe Cole English players are very BAD in penalties, mind you!
  
  I already knows that Ron will miss his penalty, his body language says so. And i thought its all over when Terry went ahead to take his. I turned off the channel, very nervous you know. Then when i on the TV again, Anderson come in to take the kick.. I screamed like anything..
  
  The great Van Der Sar then saves Anelka's kick, and WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS again
  
  Its not great as it was in 1999 but still, we are the champions, and we DESERVES it! atleast for Giggsy and Scholesy
  
  

• From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu May 22 5:07:57 2008.

  Soccer fans,
  
  Please be careful of your language while posting. We are getting more complaints that stinky words have been used very often here.
  
  Someone was thanking for not banning and we don’t mind if this continues
  
  Thanks for your co-operation,
  Sridhar
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Thu May 22 5:16:51 2008.

  Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

  Soccer fans, Please be careful of your language while posting. We are getting more complaints that stinky words have been used very often here. Someone was thanking for not banning and we don’t mind if this continues Thanks for your co-operation, Sridhar

  
  
  Sri anne freeya vidunga.. United won the cup
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu May 22 5:22:14 2008.

  Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

  Please be careful of your language while posting. We are getting more complaints that stinky words have been used very often here.[/tscii]

  
  
  Nice to know. We're looking forward to more posters here. This thread was left scarce for a while, nice to know there are readers out there. Even if they get offended, the idea of using expletives is to provoke more postings from such secretive readers.
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Thu May 22 5:48:46 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Vidiya Vidiya football pattutu Ronaldo ethanai wicket edutharnu kekkuravan ellam ennakku mms anuppuran. champions league nigerivaulaya nadakkuthunnu kettavan ellam Giggs jersey pottutu varanunga

  
  
  Good one!!!
  
  

• From: MrJudge on Thu May 22 6:57:55 2008.

  Congrats to United for both wins, EPL and Champions. Chelsea deserved to win at Moscow, but.....
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Thu May 22 9:42:06 2008.

  Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

  Soccer fans, Please be careful of your language while posting. We are getting more complaints that stinky words have been used very often here. Someone was thanking for not banning and we don’t mind if this continues Thanks for your co-operation, Sridhar

  
  
  As long as we don't hurl personal abuse at each other its fine.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Thu May 22 10:51:30 2008.

  
  

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Vidiya Vidiya football pattutu Ronaldo ethanai wicket edutharnu kekkuravan ellam ennakku mms anuppuran. champions league nigerivaulaya nadakkuthunnu kettavan ellam Giggs jersey pottutu varanunga

  
  

• From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu May 22 11:43:01 2008.

  RB & all,
  
  Remember the hubbers here are of both the gender groups, different age groups.
  The words, slang might be 'ok' to you, even to me but not for all!
  Kindly understand, I am not demanding anything, I leave it to your commonsense!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri May 23 5:23:45 2008.

  Oh, Abusive/obscene language is insulting to "family audience". But, football = passion and fans react to the game in different ways. But since this control of expression is part of etiquettes here. End of rant.
  
  I suggest Thiru to keep changing the title of this thread for upcoming Euro matches, and also friendlies etc. And would prefer if the thread's title is un-Americanized.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Fri May 23 22:57:40 2008.

  United Celebrates
  
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Fri May 23 22:59:05 2008.

  Sridhar Please upload this picture !!!!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat May 24 5:26:29 2008.

  What a horrible sight.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat May 24 5:44:13 2008.

  A decent write-up by Platini in UEFA's site.
  
  "Now our focus turns to EURO, in the hope that the tournament will also be a great football festival, with winners as delighted as the forever-young Ryan Giggs, and losers who behave with the dignity of Chelsea's captain John Terry."
  
  Hope this EURO is violence-free, and no hooliganism. And Good news is, I might actually go to a match if lucky.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sat May 24 10:09:16 2008.

  Rasanai ketta hubbers
  Srdhar
  

  thilak4life wrote:

  What a horrible sight.

  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat May 24 10:32:17 2008.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Rasanai ketta hubbers Srdhar thilak4life wrote: What a horrible sight.

  
  
  
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat May 24 10:37:09 2008.

  Gullit rocks, Rocketboy
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sat May 24 11:42:59 2008.

  Wes Brown, John O Shea, Darren Fletcher, Louis Saha, Carlos Quieroz,Luis Nani... all are European Champions..
  
  Sweet Jesus, where on earth the game is heading to?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat May 24 18:20:53 2008.

  Watched my favorite team play against Ukraine. We dominated the game, and positive sign ahead of Euros. (Sidenote to Raiks: Kuyt and Babel scored)
  
  And, also caught few minutes from Inter-Roma cup final. Full of action. Good goal by Pele. Roma won, and I can't say they didn't deserve the cup this season.
  
  Ended up with Lyon's match. Clash of timings with the aforementioned matches, but thankfully it went to Extra time, and caught a bit of action there as well. Being a Ligue1 fan, I was mighty pleased for PSG to escape from relegation, the whole of Paris needed 'em. And nice to see 'em in final. With due respect, they could have won it too. But again, Lyon is strong, and ended their campaign with a victory.
  
  Ok, it's almost 4. Time to hit the bed.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun May 25 1:25:08 2008.

  thanks thilak for the info..
  
  i like roma very much, they have so many good young technical players like Aquilani (whom Arsene admires a lot) and De Rossi.. so its nice to see them getting a trophy..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun May 25 12:32:01 2008.

  True Raiks. I like 'em too.
  
  As expected, Grant Sacked. I hope it's either Rijkaard or Laudrup who take over. Would hate to see Lippi, or hitzfeld. Lest of all, Moaninho.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun May 25 12:53:20 2008.

  Mark Hughes is apparently the new favorite for Chelsea job..
  
  i'm thorn here cause he has great eyes for talents (Pedersen, Bentley, Mokoena, Santa Cruz).. but he has a pretty bad attitude.. Arsenal fans should remember his run in with fabregas.. maybe he is the perfect man for chelsea cause, their locker has lot of ego (Drogba, Terry, Ballack)...
  
  speaking of Chelsea, my fav defender in the world Carvalho has been voted has their player of the season.. gosh, they got something right finally.. :thumbsup"
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun May 25 14:09:27 2008.

  Hughes is okay. Cesc was petulant that day, and at 19, the lad would have learnt a thing or two. But surely what guts! He does have a point in saying Hughes' style of football is lacklustre, quite true.
  
  Btw I'd doubt if Buck-Kenyon miss Rijkaard as they'd want a big CV. Personally, I'd like someone like him or Laudrup to coach an EPL club.
  
  

• From: sivank on Mon May 26 12:03:24 2008.

  Bayern Munich is playing in Calcutta. German press is going bonkers about the fact that Oliver Kahn is so famous in India
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Mon May 26 20:02:16 2008.

  I can't imagine A Champ League without AC Milan next season...
  
  Hope they will win the UEFA.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue May 27 2:54:05 2008.

  Yes it hurts, but they deserved it because they were awful for most of the season. Carlo has no idea who to play in attack.. Gilardino was my favorite player in the world in 2004, but Carlo absolutely wasted his career by making him to play 2nd fiddle to Kaka..
  
  they also invested in Ricardo Oliveira and Emerson.. terrible signings.
  
  Zambrotta is joining Milan next season..
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue May 27 3:47:50 2008.

  sivank wrote:

  Bayern Munich is playing in Calcutta. German press is going bonkers about the fact that Oliver Kahn is so famous in India

  
  
  Yes against Mogun Baghan... Kahn's last match... What a legend he is
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue May 27 3:50:20 2008.

  Thalafanz wrote:

  I can't imagine A Champ League without AC Milan next season... Hope they will win the UEFA.

  
  
  Never mind, we have Fiorentina this time around Mutu + Gilardino will do magic in field
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue May 27 7:13:45 2008.

  Milan weren't good enough, as simple as that. They try to win UCL every season. Much like Benitez, Ancelotti has mastered out-tactic-ing opponents in KO games, than batter hard for 38 games. Personally, I have no sympathy for 'em or even Real, these teams have won enough UCLs already. Sometimes undeservedly too.
  
  Sivank,
  
  yeah. The Indian media dub the real "King Kahn" has arrived in Kolkatta.
  
  

• From: sivank on Wed May 28 2:12:22 2008.

  Yesterday, I saw the live coverage of the game between Mohun Bagan and Bayern Munich.
  
  It is very sad to see the quality of Indian football in such a football crazy region. Here the 4 or 5th league teams play better. No discipline, no clear concept just kick and rush sort of football.
  
  Anyway it was funny to see the number of shakehands which was done to Kahn. He was really out of concept as the refrees were shaking his hand even as he was standing at his goal post. It was also very funny to notice the number of mandarins shanking hands with kahn and giving him a trophy
  
  It was bitter to notice the two red cards which was issued at the 80th minute for serious kicking and hitting. Breno from BM and Cardozzo from MB got the Redcards after Breno kicked Cardozzo after a violent tackling.
  
  It was nice to see the satdion so full and so many young people were there to cheer. Great atmosphere
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 28 3:40:33 2008.

  Didn't see the bayern match.
  
  Watched France-Ecuador. Bloody boring in general.
  
  Always liked Gomis, I believe he'll be better than Adebayor and Drogba, easily! He's young, powerful and deadly! Always a threat. I hope Domenech has the bottle to drop Henry, and play Benzema-Gomis, it'd be lethal. Anelka shouldn't be in the squad IMO. Ben Arfa is okay, but unlike many others, I'm impressed with Nasri, plays like an Arsenal player. Wenger, sign him!
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed May 28 3:47:37 2008.

  Nasri is on his way to Arsenal.. while Hleb is heading to Meeeeeelan, not sure for which team..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 28 3:54:42 2008.

  Hleb to Inter, Real or Barca? I think Pep's Barca over Mancini/Mourinho's Inter, but what do I know!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 28 3:56:06 2008.

  And btw, nailed-on **** he might be, Hleb and Belarus played well to cause a Germany upset last night.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed May 28 4:04:54 2008.

  his slow, deliberate style of technical play will suit Serie A better.. i don't know where he would play t Barca, unless Pep changes the old school 4-3-3 formation, which has become synonymous for Barca under Rjjkard.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 28 4:08:44 2008.

  Hleb will play behind the main striker, or as wide man. He'll fit in both the leagues than EPL, thats for sure. Yeah, I'm not sure whether Pep would retain 4-3-3. Hleb is at his best in 4-4-1-1, with him playing in the hole. Though he can't shoot to save his life, he'll get assists, and has excellent ball retention ()
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed May 28 4:12:37 2008.

  i read in uk press that Cesc's best friends in the squad are Flamini and Hleb. Normally i would take uk news as a pinch of salt, but maybe this is true after all. He always celebrates with them..
  wonder how he's feeling now..
  
  in another news, Blue blood Fergie is ready to take actions against Real for their bid of Ronaldo.. a wise man would advise Fergie to look back at his attempt to sign Hargreaves..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 28 4:15:38 2008.

  ...and to sign Berbatov from spuds, Tevez from West ham. Double standards, and hypocrisy.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 28 4:16:40 2008.

  Cesc will miss Flamster, and Hleb. Yeah, the trio, and RoSICKy are best of friends. But now, only Cesc, and Rosick remain.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed May 28 4:16:48 2008.

  there's one rule for MU and another rule for everyone else..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 28 4:20:18 2008.

  ...backed by FA (Ferguson association)
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed May 28 4:23:56 2008.

  
  
  its funny how people never realized how many years he took to win the league and champions league after he took over at OT, and yet they crap on Rafas and Grants..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 28 4:30:32 2008.

  Further more, He needed lot of big cash to do it, spending heavily each year. All at expense of the club. Doubt it? Splash-the-cash frenzy last year is more than Chavs! The man wants glory to feed the glory-hunting fans, and does it at the expense of the club. Ever since Glazers took over, they are facing a huge debt. The club runs on 60-70% debt to feed the personal glory of a reckless manager! They'll be the next Leeds sooner or later, if they go on this rate. At least Roman is much much more richer than Glazers.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 28 4:34:38 2008.

  Mancs claim he's comparable to Paisley. They lose credibility that very second. Accepted about winning mentality, and all that. But got no class, and took long time, load of luck, negative football, and massive bucks to do it. Now, compare that to Shankly (for raising the club from nowhere to one of the top top clubs), and then Paisley (impeccable record at a shorter time period). Add to it, the class, and style of play these guys brought to the English game. Not a chance..
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Wed May 28 6:16:10 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  The man wants glory to feed the glory-hunting fans

  
  
  LOL.... This is too much, as if there's no glory hunter fans in Arsenal???
  
  BTW, what is this talk United becomes the next Leeds??? Are you OK Thilak?? Continuous season like this season is enough for Glazer family to settle all their debts.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Wed May 28 6:17:09 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Mancs claim he's comparable to Paisley

  
  
  Sir Alex is better than him!
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Wed May 28 6:18:34 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  its funny how people never realized how many years he took to win the league and champions league after he took over at OT, and yet they crap on Rafas and Grants..

  
  
  Rafa OK, athu yenna Grant intha list-la??? He NEVER won anything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Wed May 28 6:21:01 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Nasri is on his way to Arsenal.. while Hleb is heading to Meeeeeelan, not sure for which team..

  
  
  Nasri is one helluva of player Watched my fav team France play yesterday (only 1st half) . He and Ben Arfa was marvellous.. They were everywhere, left, right, up and down... Such an enthusiastic youngsters..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 28 7:19:16 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: The man wants glory to feed the glory-hunting fans LOL.... This is too much, as if there's no glory hunter fans in Arsenal??? BTW, what is this talk United becomes the next Leeds??? Are you OK Thilak?? Continuous season like this season is enough for Glazer family to settle all their debts.

  
  
  There are glory-hunting fans in every club, but it's comparatively less to United. I know for a fact that many United fans jumped to become a Chelsea fan as soon as they went trophy-less for three seasons running. Now, legend has it that the gypsies are back to united.
  
  Leeds reference is simple. Debts will swallow, and Glazers will not save the club if it goes below threshold. Expecting a repeat of this season, all the best for the optimism but I don't see that happening for three-four seasons running.
  
  Paisley's reign for 9 years is unmatchable, simple as that. Had he stayed for the same time like Fergie, he would have doubled Fergie's trophy haul. And, more than that, the class, and style of football. Simple as that really.
  
  That being said, I have more respects for Shankly, Chapman, Butsby, Clough who shaped their clubs. Fergie had enough cash backing, and had too much time on him, to do what he did. That's all I got to say.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Wed May 28 13:40:49 2008.

  http://www.goal.com/en/articolo.aspx?contenutoid=714389
  
  c'mon even van persie has started
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Wed May 28 13:42:31 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  Raikkonen wrote: Nasri is on his way to Arsenal.. while Hleb is heading to Meeeeeelan, not sure for which team.. Nasri is one helluva of player Watched my fav team France play yesterday (only 1st half) . He and Ben Arfa was marvellous.. They were everywhere, left, right, up and down... Such an enthusiastic youngsters..

  
  
  In what channel do they telecast these matches?? z sports eh? i dont get that channel
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 28 14:31:25 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  http://www.goal.com/en/articolo.aspx?contenutoid=714389 c'mon even van persie has started

  
  
  He has a point. I don't think he'll move anyway. His favorite place in the whole wide world is our medical table.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 28 14:33:07 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  ThalaNass wrote: Raikkonen wrote: Nasri is on his way to Arsenal.. while Hleb is heading to Meeeeeelan, not sure for which team.. Nasri is one helluva of player Watched my fav team France play yesterday (only 1st half) . He and Ben Arfa was marvellous.. They were everywhere, left, right, up and down... Such an enthusiastic youngsters.. In what channel do they telecast these matches?? z sports eh? i dont get that channel

  
  
  Nope. I watch it all online, Myp2p.eu (needs decent bandwidth, preferably > 512kbps)
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed May 28 14:43:42 2008.

  Hleb is not a moron after all.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Wed May 28 14:55:24 2008.

  yeap! Eng Vs Usa today! hey wats ur bandwidth thilak and when does these matches actually begin
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu May 29 2:07:35 2008.

  Sid, 1 Mbps
  
  England match was shite, except for Terry's goal (I don't know why, I was glad he got that goal), and that quick interplay for the second goal. Barry made an instant impact. And that first time ball to Gerrard, a Kop connection in the making?!
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu May 29 3:16:58 2008.

  no.. i don't want Barry in my team. He is over-rated just like every other English players (yes, including Gerrard). Most of his goals are from penalties. Xabi Alonso in his 50% his 90% better than Barry..
  
  speaking of Xabi, he is joining Juventus tomorrow. My fav player in Liverpool. Pass master, bet technical player in Merseyside. Shame that injuries has taken toll on him. If Barry replaces him next season, count me in the Arsenal bandwagon..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu May 29 3:50:41 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  no.. i don't want Barry in my team. He is over-rated just like every other English players (yes, including Gerrard). Most of his goals are from penalties. Xabi Alonso in his 50% his 90% better than Barry..

  
  
  Agreed. IMO, Leiva and Plessis (looks to have a great potential) should be okay. If Rafa trusts them, that is.
  
  Btw, Barry had a good season. He's a considerable talent in center of midfield. Good pass percentage, and tackles won ratio, but could he be consistent enough at top level, and for a top club? Maybe not..
  
  And add to that, MON, anti-liverpool in truest sense, he'll never sell him to the Kop. He'll be overpriced like any other English player. So, not an advisable buy.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu May 29 3:59:41 2008.

  but Aquilani > Alonso > Plessis > Barry > Leiva...
  
  Aquilani is the hottest property now. Montolivo is axed from Italian squad in favor of him..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu May 29 4:08:34 2008.

  Aquilani wouldn't move from Roma. If he does, it'd be an Italian club I reckon..
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu May 29 4:11:29 2008.

  Juve went for him and Alonso, at last they set on Alonso. this brings me to a classic line by Wenger
  
  "We were going for him (Nistelrooij) and Francis Jeffers, in the end we took Jeffers"
  
  
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu May 29 4:15:01 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Juve went for him and Alonso, at last they set on Alonso. this brings me to a classic line by Wenger "We were going for him (Nistelrooij) and Francis Jeffers, in the end we took Jeffers"

  
  
  I'm glad that he hasn't signed overhyped English players since that. Theoooooooo though is a great signing.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu May 29 4:21:58 2008.

  Some Wenger quotes
  
  a thread should be opened for quotes by Jose and Wenger. Pure Gold
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu May 29 4:31:29 2008.

  In context of the discourse, "I'm ready to take the blame for all the problems of English football if that is what he wants."
  Wenger responds to Ferguson
  
  
  Raiks, The difference being "class", and context. Jose takes cheapshots to defend his arse, and inflate his ego. On Wenger's negatives, he's defensive, and escapist ("I didn't see it").
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu May 29 4:38:12 2008.

  True.. but Jose is extremely silly and funny with his comments. "Park the bus" etc. Of course Wenger is much more philosophical in his comments. But UK press will only highlight his "i dint see it" comment..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu May 29 4:59:02 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  But UK press will only highlight his "i dint see it" comment..

  
  
  Reason being no English contingent in Arsenal. But watching last night's game, Arsenal youth academy has developed players for country. (Bentley and Cashley) Third after West ham (who develop the majority of English players), and Southampton. Jointly with Liverpool, ManU, Southampton, Boro and Villa.
  
  I suppose English media/press and FA (ferguson association) wants Arsenal to buy overpriced drivels for 20m, and play 'em just because they're english! Racism at its best. We develop our own, and if they're good enough, they'll play! Regardless of tripe, Wenger got Theo because he has got great potential and NOT for ethnics.
  
  "When you represent a club it's about values and qualities, not about passports" - Wenger.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu May 29 16:06:37 2008.

  Finished Netherlands-Denmark game. Disappointing for ORanje fan. A decent linkup play setting up a goal for Nistelrooy. But they looked a bit uninspired to add another, and then Danes played a bit themselves.
  
  From an Arsenal fan point of view, Bendy looks class, and set up the goal with a bergkampesque vision. He looked dangerous with couple of shots, and was very impressive tonight.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Fri May 30 3:32:23 2008.

  I dunno why the heck Domenech omitted Ben Arfa and included the likes of Boumsong and Govou
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Fri May 30 3:33:38 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Sid_316 wrote: ThalaNass wrote: Raikkonen wrote: Nasri is on his way to Arsenal.. while Hleb is heading to Meeeeeelan, not sure for which team.. Nasri is one helluva of player Watched my fav team France play yesterday (only 1st half) . He and Ben Arfa was marvellous.. They were everywhere, left, right, up and down... Such an enthusiastic youngsters.. In what channel do they telecast these matches?? z sports eh? i dont get that channel Nope. I watch it all online, Myp2p.eu (needs decent bandwidth, preferably > 512kbps)

  
  
  In Malaysia they telecaste most of the friendly matches in Astro Supersports. Dunno about India though
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Fri May 30 3:34:06 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Finished Netherlands-Denmark game. Disappointing for ORanje fan. A decent linkup play setting up a goal for Nistelrooy. But they looked a bit uninspired to add another, and then Danes played a bit themselves. From an Arsenal fan point of view, Bendy looks class, and set up the goal with a bergkampesque vision. He looked dangerous with couple of shots, and was very impressive tonight.

  
  
  Thilak, wats the score?
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Fri May 30 3:35:37 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  ThalaNass wrote: thilak4life wrote: The man wants glory to feed the glory-hunting fans LOL.... This is too much, as if there's no glory hunter fans in Arsenal??? BTW, what is this talk United becomes the next Leeds??? Are you OK Thilak?? Continuous season like this season is enough for Glazer family to settle all their debts. There are glory-hunting fans in every club, but it's comparatively less to United. I know for a fact that many United fans jumped to become a Chelsea fan as soon as they went trophy-less for three seasons running. Now, legend has it that the gypsies are back to united. Leeds reference is simple. Debts will swallow, and Glazers will not save the club if it goes below threshold. Expecting a repeat of this season, all the best for the optimism but I don't see that happening for three-four seasons running. Paisley's reign for 9 years is unmatchable, simple as that. Had he stayed for the same time like Fergie, he would have doubled Fergie's trophy haul. And, more than that, the class, and style of football. Simple as that really. That being said, I have more respects for Shankly, Chapman, Butsby, Clough who shaped their clubs. Fergie had enough cash backing, and had too much time on him, to do what he did. That's all I got to say.

  
  
  Thilak
  
  Sorry i dunno much about Paisley....
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Fri May 30 3:41:08 2008.

  Lots of News
  
  Mourinho has taken over at Inter... Any two of Carvalho/Lampard/Drogba could be joining him.
  
  Samir Nasri is inches away from landing at the Emirates.
  
  Barca are the prime candidates to land Alex Hleb
  
  Harry Kewell is on his way to Celtic
  
  Scolari is no.1 choice of Abramovich for the Chelsea job
  
  Henk Ten Cate has been sacked.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri May 30 3:48:50 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: Finished Netherlands-Denmark game. Disappointing for Oranje fan. A decent linkup play setting up a goal for Nistelrooy. But they looked a bit uninspired to add another, and then Danes played a bit themselves. From an Arsenal fan point of view, Bendy looks class, and set up the goal with a bergkampesque vision. He looked dangerous with couple of shots, and was very impressive tonight. Thilak, wats the score?

  
  
  1-1
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Fri May 30 3:48:57 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Lots of News Mourinho has taken over at Inter... Any two of Carvalho/Lampard/Drogba could be joining him. Samir Nasri is inches away from landing at the Emirates. Barca are the prime candidates to land Alex Hleb Harry Kewell is on his way to Celtic Scolari is no.1 choice of Abramovich for the Chelsea job Henk Ten Cate has been sacked.

  
  
  Super Friday
  
  AC Milan/Juve/Roma managers settaanungga
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Fri May 30 3:55:15 2008.

  Some Euro News
  
  David Villa is expected to be dropped from the Spain XI in favor of extra midfielder.
  
  Di Natale/Del Piero will start along with Luca Toni in attack.
  
  Joaquin isn't even in the squad. Damn, how the might has fallen..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri May 30 3:57:12 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  I dunno why the heck Domenech omitted Ben Arfa and included the likes of Boumsong and Govou

  
  
  He left out Clichy, Sagna, Flamoney, Trezeguet, Cisse, (instead prefers Anelka for some reason) and others. He also left out Pires for personal vendetta. And, I hope Mexes missed out because for injury, if he was dropped, then god save this man who picks old coot Thuram, and Boumsong! Disaster waiting to happen!
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Fri May 30 3:57:30 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Some Euro News Del Piero will start along with Luca Toni in attack

  
  
  
  
  read somewhere that Dos Santos is on his way to Spurs!
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Fri May 30 3:59:14 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  ThalaNass wrote: I dunno why the heck Domenech omitted Ben Arfa and included the likes of Boumsong and Govou He left out Clichy, Sagna, Flamoney, Trezeguet, Cisse, (instead prefers Anelka for some reason) and others. He also left out Pires for personal vendetta. And, I hope Mexes missed out because for injury, if he was dropped, then god save this man who picks old coot Thuram, and Boumsong! Disaster waiting to happen!

  
  
  Mexes out with injury Well, we still have Nasri, Ribery, Henry and Viera
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Fri May 30 4:00:50 2008.

  Mexican in England .. hmm, Borghetti was the last mexican to play in EPL. everybody know how that turned out. i really want to see some new blood in the league.
  Spurs already bought Modric and eyeing Wright Phillips, so i think they might just nick him.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri May 30 4:12:22 2008.

  Inter and Chelsea - laughing stock!
  
  Btw, I think Villa-Torres pair should start.
  
  Should be 4-1-3-2 (with Xavi-Fabregas-Iniesta playing just behind the strikers), but for Width, Aragones goes for 4-1-4-1 or 4-4-2 (as a result, either Fabregas or Villa are benched)
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Jun 1 3:45:58 2008.

  Bad news for Thilak,
  
  Babel out of EURO!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Jun 1 8:59:42 2008.

  Thanks Nass. Heard about it, not sure if he'd have got a start, but would have been useful as an impact sub, a tactical change.
  
  Btw, saw France, and Spain play last night. Spain combine well with different players. France, they look alright. Last night's result was expected, as Paraguay has a good defence. Ribery-Henry-Benzema had some good moves, but not to their best yet. And, I don't know why Domenech would play Toulalan and Makelele together, it doesn't work that way. And expectedly, French lost a driving force like Viera. As soon as Nasri came on for Toulalan, they looked more active! And what does Malouda contribute by playing as attacking midfielder?! Nothing much either. Defence looks good. I hope he retains Evra as LB, Abidal sucks..
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Jun 1 11:37:55 2008.

  Ryan is a good squad player, and a super sub. Arsenal fans should remember that.
  The problem is people playing in his position in the dutch squad are probably better than him..
  Best pure winger in the universe, Robben... Van der Vaart, Sneijder all are ahead of him in the pecking order. But it could have been a good experience for young Ryan, but nvm.. as a Liverpool fan i'm happy as he would be fresh for the summer
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Jun 1 12:43:18 2008.

  Yes, will never forget him, or Peter Frojdfeldt (and Pieter Vink from the week before)...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Jun 1 13:09:22 2008.

  As we know, Van basten prefers to play 4-2-3-1 these days, with Van Persie-Van der vaart-Robben playing in the attacking positions. The two holding midfielders must be from De Zeeuw, Landzaat, Engelaar, Nigel de Jong, Gio (not sure if all made to the final 23) Sneider will be a good option if reverted to 4-3-3 with just a single holding midfielder. Kuyt will also be a good sub, and a hardworking player that they might make good use of. And then there's a small matter of Afellay! With either Nistelrooy or Huntelaar to be that lone striker, the other attacking positions are flexible, and would be interesting to see how it pans out.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Jun 2 10:44:21 2008.

  Few gunners are calling for Ronaldinho!
  
  Leave fitness, etc. I think he'll be a bad influence (like Adriano,etc) on the kids. A night predator, and known for his dietary escapade, and not exactly the team player we're looking for. Wenger himself said he almost signed him from Gremio but for work permit regulations, and later recommended him to his PSG friends. Once missed, Arsene never goes for the same player. I hope he never signs for Arsenal.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Jun 2 11:32:44 2008.

  he's way past his prime. he wasnt even good in his prime
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Mon Jun 2 15:37:29 2008.

  no i dont think so..infact no way wuld wenger do that! so finally jose mourinho signed for inter milan !!
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue Jun 3 9:59:13 2008.

  let's talk about the favorites
  
  portugal
  
  Plus +
  
  Central defence (pepe - carvalho)
  Wingers (Quaresma-Ronaldo)
  Team Chemitsry (Not many newcomers)
  
  Minus -
  
  Leftbacks (i mean Ferreira, this guy isn't even good as rightback)
  Aging midfield (Maniche-Deco)
  No worldclass striker
  
  
  
  Spain
  
  Plus +
  
  Strikers (Torres-Villa-Guiza)
  Midfield (Fabregas-Xavi Hernandez-Iniesta)
  Goalkeeper (Iker, ftw)
  
  
  Minus
  
  Leftback
  Underachievers tag (won't affect, but the press would kill them)
  Favorites tag
  
  
  Italy
  
  Plus +
  
  Defence ( i mean , they're Italy)
  Midfield (Pirlo-Gattus-Aquilani)
  Strikers (Toni-del Piero - Cassano-di Natale)
  Goalkeeper
  
  Minus
  
  No 2nd formation (i still can't think of secondary line-up of the team)
  Favorites Tag
  Rookie Coach..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jun 5 15:12:55 2008.

  Good start Raiks
  
  My favorite: Oranjes
  
  Would also be glad if these teams won it: Spain, France
  
  Hate to see the following teams win it: Germany, Italy, Portugal
  
  Dark horse: Croatia, Russia
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Thu Jun 5 15:15:23 2008.

  France won 98 world cup and 2000 euro
  
  Can Italy do the same
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Thu Jun 5 15:24:21 2008.

  "I want to play for Real Madrid, but only if it is true they are eager to pay me and Manchester United what they have been saying they will," said Ronaldo.
  
  
  ha ha ha
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jun 5 15:28:25 2008.

  Dutch:
  
  +ve: Attacking midfielders, striker, Goalkeeper (I think Van der saar is capable of winning a Penalty shootout, an almost miracle for Oranjes)
  
  -ve: Van persie injury, defensive frailties
  
  France:
  
  +ve : Ribery-Benzema-Henry trio, strong defence, resilient team
  
  -ve: the trio could fail as they looked rusty so far in the friendlies, unfit Vieira, aging players could let down others, and Domenech is a nutcase
  
  Portugal has four men attacking in counter, so they have swapping winger-striker combination with Almeida playing the lone role. Possible with Ronaldo, Quaresma, Moutinho (any two out of 'em ) with pure AM like Simao/Deco. Great attacking lineup, and Scolari has left out Maniche, right? I think they are a strong bet. But I detest 'em with passion.
  
  Spain - Perfect when they combine like the first half against Peru. But still, Puyol is the biggest weak link IMO.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jun 5 15:33:16 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  "I want to play for Real Madrid, but only if it is true they are eager to pay me and Manchester United what they have been saying they will," said Ronaldo. ha ha ha

  
  
  
  Reason why today's footballers are not worthy of respect. Except if they're committed to the club like say, Mr.Arsenal Tony adams or the one-club man Giggs. football, and greed runs through their veins. Very rarely we get committed players. If ManU are to sell him for such a high fee, then they should be glad. FFs, he's not even near the class of Messi or Kaka, but on the hindsight, ManU will look bad, if not worse than Barca or Milan!
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Jun 5 23:57:04 2008.

  my fault, i was confused with maniche and petit. not sure why he left out maniche, he is the best dm they have, of course they can slot in meira too..
  
  among the dark horses, i pick swiss cause they are co-hosts and they have some decent players. my fav player is tranquillo barnetta. he looked good in the world cup, but never reached the heights in club level.
  
  
  //
  on other note, my fav striker in the world, Torres has hailed my fav defender in the world Carvalho as the best defender he has faced in england.. Life is great.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Fri Jun 6 3:25:23 2008.

  OK.. Lets predict the winners 1st match... i tink its gonna be a draw.. and the second one narrow win for portugal ....
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Fri Jun 6 3:35:16 2008.

  portugal are quite strong actually. i can see them going all the way to the finals, where they will eventually lose to Spain..
  
  ~Viva Espana~
  
  Swiss - Czech // i'm going for a shock 1-0 win for the hosts
  Portugal - Turkey // 2-1 for Portugal. Veloso to score
  
  group b is stupid, i wonder how much kaiser paid for the draw
  
  Holland - Italy// 1-2 for Azzuri, Toni & Pirlo
  Romania - France// 1-0 for Roms, Mutu
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Jun 6 14:14:06 2008.

  Swiss - Czech (1-1)
  Portugal - Turkey (1-1)
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Jun 6 14:21:11 2008.

  For those who are interested to play Fantasy manager. Please do:
  
  http://en.fantasy.euro2008.uefa.com/
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sat Jun 7 2:54:38 2008.

  this is my league code: 279362-42808
  
  you can join if u want..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Jun 7 9:27:21 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  this is my league code: 279362-42808 you can join if u want..

  
  
  joined. Hope other Football lovers do the same. It'd be great to have the hubbers league.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sat Jun 7 9:55:41 2008.

  thanks man.. hopefully others will join too. it would be nice to see how we fare in the league
  
  goodluck
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Sat Jun 7 17:00:58 2008.

  My team clears the first hurdle . And in great style
  
  
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Jun 8 0:35:30 2008.

  Portugal were very efficient. But Bosingwa = No good, and i don't know how en earth Simao is getting picked ahead of Quaresma and Nani. He (Simao) didn't do anything wrong particularly, but he just didn't do anything.
  
  As for the game, I wish the commentators would realise that there's another 21 men on the pitch aside from you know who.
  
  Swiss/Czech 1st half was mundanely boring. 2nd half was a bit better, but seriously the match put me to sleep.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sun Jun 8 1:02:37 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  As for the game, I wish the commentators would realise that there's another 21 men on the pitch aside from you know who. Swiss/Czech 1st half was mundanely boring. 2nd half was a bit better, but seriously the match put me to sleep.

  
  
  exactly! cristiano ronaldo! cristiano ronaldo ! oh my! when will they ever stop?
  
  Swiss/Czech was a pretty boring match
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Jun 8 2:08:38 2008.

  kristiana had a good game. Maybe didn't impact much like Pepe, who was the MOTM for me, for the goal, and solid defence at the back. I was particularly impressed by Moatinho, who lived up to the "next Rui costa" billing.
  
  I suppose we got to live with English backed media/press like Sky, bbc, espnstar (especially Murdoch owned), to hype and fall over EPL players. Expect more of the same about Torres, Cesc, Ballack, and others. And EPL-bound Modric, and co...
  
  

  Sid_316 wrote:

  Raikkonen wrote: As for the game, I wish the commentators would realise that there's another 21 men on the pitch aside from you know who. Swiss/Czech 1st half was mundanely boring. 2nd half was a bit better, but seriously the match put me to sleep. exactly! cristiano ronaldo! cristiano ronaldo ! oh my! when will they ever stop? Swiss/Czech was a pretty boring match

  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Jun 8 4:17:40 2008.

  Great play by Portugal... and IMO Moutinho resembles much of Scholes
  
  As for today's match i think 2-0 for Croats and 3-1 for Germany ..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Jun 8 4:25:45 2008.

  Yes, Moatinho is a more technical and younger version of Scholes, one could say.
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sun Jun 8 4:35:45 2008.

  Thilak, Espn la nethu Hindi-English rendu commentary simultaneous-a vandhicha
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Jun 8 4:58:25 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Raikkonen wrote: this is my league code: 279362-42808 you can join if u want.. joined. Hope other Football lovers do the same. It'd be great to have the hubbers league.

  
  
  Just joined
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Jun 8 5:39:30 2008.

  villan007 wrote:

  Thilak, Espn la nethu Hindi-English rendu commentary simultaneous-a vandhicha

  
  
  Yep. In audio settings, Toggle to left or right to hear either Hindi or English. Stereo is the default setting, that's why you hear both. Select either Left or right for commentary. Though Steve banyard's commentary was really bland, and so typical, last night.
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sun Jun 8 5:45:52 2008.

  oh.. thanks...
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Jun 8 11:58:52 2008.

  Group B is stupid. seriously. I dont even have any mood to watch any of these matches. Croat-Germ could be decent, but i hate the Germans..
  They are overhyped and boring to watch. Only Lahm can be considered as a genuine worldclass player. But Modric can be the real star from the group.
  
  BTW, dos Santos has joined Spurs; good for spurs has they have nicked two good young players. Hopefully they can push us to fourth place
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Sun Jun 8 12:00:27 2008.

  2-1 (Cro-Aus)
  
  3-1 (Ger - Pol)
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Jun 8 12:24:31 2008.

  Ah just after i typed... Goal by Modric..
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sun Jun 8 16:04:41 2008.

  Ger leading 1-0 nalaiku robben illa
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Jun 9 11:42:24 2008.

  Henry out with injury; Benzema and Anil Kutty in attack
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Jun 9 13:58:17 2008.

  Well, all I can say is, France missed a killer touch. Maybe Henry's presence could help 'em. Benzema disappoints today, but he's just 20. To expect great things out of him at this age, is a bit too much. Ribery was merely okay. Malouda is of no use, and the left wing combination with Abidal offers very less to attacking prowess.
  
  Btw, why o why would Robben and henry get injured!!!! I picked 'em both for my team.
  
  Anyways, Go Oranje go!
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Mon Jun 9 17:40:26 2008.

  wth
  
  Netherlands beat italy 3-0
  
  

• From: Nerd on Mon Jun 9 20:06:11 2008.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  wth Netherlands beat italy 3-0

  
  I have stopped following soccer after the '06 world cup, but enna koduma Azzurri idhu
  
  

• From: Sinthiya on Mon Jun 9 22:08:52 2008.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  wth Netherlands beat italy 3-0

  
  i know...i was surprised too...i saw the recaps in the news and couldn't believe it...
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Tue Jun 10 0:00:38 2008.

  France vs Romania
  
  Romania played well. Full credit to them for holding their fort against a team like France. France will not progress to the next stage if its men continue to indulge in selfish play. Man, I missed Henry ! I won't be surprised if Romania qualifies from this group. This is the toughest group with all teams playing well. It isn't fair when France , Italy and Netherlands are put in one group and a 'chappai' team like Germany is given an easy passage .
  
  Italy vs Dutch.
  
  Netherlands is a strong team. And the way they played yesterday I am quite convinced they will reach the finals unless they run into my team on the way. To hell with Toni and to hell with the coach who made Del Piero warm the bench in the first half.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Jun 10 2:44:07 2008.

  All hail Oranje!!! Great performance by Sneider, Van der vaart, and van bronckhorst.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Jun 10 2:44:58 2008.

  And most of all, kuyt. Who had a great game. Hardworking, and always involved.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Jun 10 2:47:03 2008.

  Rocketboy,
  
  They can't meet portugal until the finals. In Quarters, they have a possibility of meeting Spain and France/Italy again in the semis, which will be interesting, and tough for our defence. Let's wait and find out. IF not spain, we have to get past Russians or Greeks, which is also difficult. Swedes as well. But not yet, Still lot of work to be done against France and Romania. France (with Henry and Vieira) is a tough animal to tame. And, it's going to be hard to beat Romanians.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue Jun 10 4:15:46 2008.

  France didnt expect this from Benzema and Ribery Hope they can draw with Hollan and beat Italy
  
  Well, the 2nd match Oh my gosh, one of the best match that i'v seen in recent times... Well played by both of the team.. Italy lost because they failed to convert the chances into goal which the Oranje did well. Kudos to Sneijder,my fav Holland player.
  
  

• From: ramsri on Tue Jun 10 4:24:41 2008.

  rocketboy wrote:

  Netherlands is a strong team. And the way they played yesterday I am quite convinced they will reach the finals unless they run into my team on the way. To hell with Toni and to hell with the coach who made Del Piero warm the bench in the first half.

  
  
  The trident may be a good formation on paper, but it fails miserably when your giant frontman is left all alone upfront with no service from midfield. To Toni's credit, he did try to hold the ball up on a few occasions, only to find that neither Camoranesi nor Di Natale were there to receive. Pirlo, normally such a potent force in the Italian midfield, spent most of his time running round trying to recover from Engelaar and Van Der Vaart. Wonder if De Rossi starting instead of Ambrosini might have eased Pirlo's burden somewhat??
  
  Del Piero coming on energized things somewhat, but more often than not he seemed to be receiving the ball with his back to goal. He's clearly not set up for that kind of play - he's most effective when he can receive and run at defenders from outside the box, allowing his quick feet to work their magic to force an opening. On the couple of occasions when Pirlo did find him in the right position, he managed to register two solid shots on goal - too little too late.
  
  Stayed up all night to watch this one and was sorely disappointed by the Azzurri's insipid showing. Clearly, there was only one team that showed up for the big game. Netherlands held the ball, dominated possession, created chances and trampled all over Italy. Front to back they were by far the better team.
  
  Wonder what changes Donadoni will make for Romania... De Rossi in the middle of the park? Del Piero starting in place of Di Natale? Abandoning the 4-3-3?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Jun 10 5:10:00 2008.

  Hi guys, Italians under Lippi played 4-4-1-1 in WC, which is more famously deployed by the cigar man for Juve. Donadoni comes from Milan school of thought. He tried the famous Milan formation/style, 4-3-3, but for all the reasons that Ramsri says, it didn't work out against Dutch. Dutch teams are more accustomed in their 4-2-3-1 against a 4-3-3 as their three attacking midfielders posing threat to Milan's CM pair of Ambrosini, and Gattuso. Pirlo, needed to drop back and help 'em out. But Pirlo is the main playmaker, the channel between attack and defense. If he isn't making the killer pass through, then Italians need their forward line to create their own chances. Which they seldom did. Di natale/Camoranesi are both technical players, but not a continuous "threat" like say, a Robben. This let the dutch to breath easy, and gain more confidence. Overall, a lackluster display. But who cares! I have an intense disliking for Azurris, and their style of football. Oranje football any given day over Catenaccio.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Jun 10 5:16:42 2008.

  However both Catenaccio and total football doesn't exist anymore, in its purest forms. We can refer to the school of thoughts. Of which, I prefer Netherlands.
  
  

• From: MADDY on Tue Jun 10 6:37:03 2008.

  thilak, if i;m not wrong, one loss means they are out isnt it??? i mean italy
  
  

• From: ramsri on Tue Jun 10 6:46:40 2008.

  MADDY wrote:

  thilak, if i;m not wrong, one loss means they are out isnt it??? i mean italy

  
  
  not necessarily. a lot depends on subsequent results in the group. italy are up against romania next which is a must-win game - a loss (or even a draw?) there will mean they can kiss their hopes goodbye. if they get past romania and france lose to holland (a likely result given the early form of both teams), then the azzurri are back in business.
  
  if the italians get their act together, its quite likely we'll go into the last group game (italy v france) with italy needing maybe a point (at most) to qualify, while france might need to win. that should make it interesting...
  
  

• From: MADDY on Tue Jun 10 7:12:51 2008.

  ramsri wrote:

  MADDY wrote: thilak, if i;m not wrong, one loss means they are out isnt it??? i mean italy not necessarily. a lot depends on subsequent results in the group. italy are up against romania next which is a must-win game - a loss (or even a draw?) there will mean they can kiss their hopes goodbye. if they get past romania and france lose to holland (a likely result given the early form of both teams), then the azzurri are back in business. if the italians get their act together, its quite likely we'll go into the last group game (italy v france) with italy needing maybe a point (at most) to qualify, while france might need to win. that should make it interesting...

  
  
  oh ok...thanks for the info.....btw, r u Azzuri supporter too
  
  

• From: MADDY on Tue Jun 10 7:13:18 2008.

  ramsri wrote:

  MADDY wrote: thilak, if i;m not wrong, one loss means they are out isnt it??? i mean italy not necessarily. a lot depends on subsequent results in the group. italy are up against romania next which is a must-win game - a loss (or even a draw?) there will mean they can kiss their hopes goodbye. if they get past romania and france lose to holland (a likely result given the early form of both teams), then the azzurri are back in business. if the italians get their act together, its quite likely we'll go into the last group game (italy v france) with italy needing maybe a point (at most) to qualify, while france might need to win. that should make it interesting...

  
  
  oh ok...thanks for the info.....btw, r u Azzuri supporter too
  
  

• From: P_R on Tue Jun 10 7:15:25 2008.

  Pop in once in six months eh ramsri ?
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue Jun 10 8:00:13 2008.

  pretty sad that we lost so comprehensively. Grosso and de Rossi should star next games. Camorenesi is the most over-rated player in the italian team. Toni isn't bad, but he needs services from the wingers and attacking midfielder. Now italy have Pirlo, Gattuso, Aquilani, Ambrosini and De Rossi in centre, all defenesive minded players. Italy's best atatcking midfielder Montolivo never been picked..
  
  i wont be surprised if they lose next two games and leave with 0 points.
  
  now, i only hv Spain to back-up.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Jun 10 14:00:23 2008.

  Spain played well. And most importantly got me lot of points for Villa, and Fabregas in Fantasy league.
  
  As an attacking force, Spain look great. But Russia battered 'em from start of second half. They also had clear chances, thanks to poor concentration by spanish defence. Sergio Ramos is a typical spanish fullback. All that flair, and gets simple things wrong in the back. He got away twice or thrice, giving the ball to the opposition. Puyol, and Marchena is effing joke on paper. I'm sure they will be tested by better players (Especially when they face mighty Oranjes). Otherwise, the forward pairing of Villa and Torres simply rocks. Senna-Xavi is a great CM pair. When they reverted to 4-4-1-1 with Cesc playing in the hole, it took a lot of time to adjust. Cesc's display is one of the worst I've seen from him, but yet, he got an assist and goal. As an Arsenal fan, I hope to see more of him, and to see him at his best for Spain. More like the Italy friendly form he showed. But no complaints. Well played Spain. Watch out others.
  
  

• From: ramsri on Wed Jun 11 2:24:49 2008.

  Prabhu Ram wrote:

  Pop in once in six months eh ramsri ?

  
  
  greetings PR! once in six months? i thought the last time i "popped in" was well over a year ago?!
  been plotting a comeback for a while now - just never got round to doing it... now, what with football being the flavour of the season, i find the irresistible attraction of the Hub pulling me in again... hopefully this time i'm here to stay
  
  [dig]
  taking a casual dekko at the tamil films section yesterday, was saddened to note that most of the threads where we fought our great battles in the past have been consigned to the archives...
  not a good sign. is a revival possible? are there no backers for this Cause? is there a hero in sight?
  [/dig]
  
  

• From: ramsri on Wed Jun 11 2:46:10 2008.

  MADDY wrote:

  oh ok...thanks for the info.....btw, r u Azzuri supporter too

  
  
  i'm not an unconditional azzurri supporter, but for no particular reason I'd like to see them win i know some of the other teams probably deserve it more (netherlands, spain come immediately to mind) - but italy are a sort of sentimental favourite... maybe a throwback to the earlier days of watching football - memories of the loss to argentina at italia '90 (wasn't it donadoni who missed a penalty?) and the final disappointment in '94 (baggio almost single-handedly leading them to the final and ultimately blowing the penalty ) are images firmly etched in the mind...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Jun 11 13:59:22 2008.

  Portugal winning 3-1..Naansense
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Wed Jun 11 14:19:11 2008.

  At last Quaresma got a chance to play and wow he manged to even score a goal
  
  I think its in Portugal's best interest to use Quaresma and Nani as the two wingers in place of selfish Simao. Ronaldo should be the lone striker.That would make us the strongest team . But the defense is still vulnerable
  
  

• From: crazy on Wed Jun 11 14:35:04 2008.

  hayya portugal 3-1 czech
  
  
  and sweden 2-0 greece .....zlatan
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Jun 11 15:45:57 2008.

  rocketboy wrote:

  At last Quaresma got a chance to play and wow he manged to even score a goal I think its in Portugal's best interest to use Quaresma and Nani as the two wingers in place of selfish Simao. Ronaldo should be the lone striker.That would make us the strongest team . But the defense is still vulnerable

  
  
  Not just Simao, we'll find out as the tournament progresses, that all attacking midfielders from Portugal are selfish. And few disgraceful pricks among 'em, turns me off. That's for some other day.
  
  

• From: MADDY on Thu Jun 12 8:24:17 2008.

  ramsri wrote:

  memories of the loss to argentina at italia '90 (wasn't it donadoni who missed a penalty?) and the final disappointment in '94 (baggio almost single-handedly leading them to the final and ultimately blowing the penalty ) are images firmly etched in the mind...

  
  
  i think the image of Roberto Baggio slumping on his knees after missing the penalty shoot in 94' WC is a historic one and fetched italy, fans for generations
  
  

• From: Sinthiya on Thu Jun 12 13:22:44 2008.

  crazy wrote:

  hayya portugal 3-1 czech

  
  
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jun 12 13:24:43 2008.

  hayya Crotia 2-0 Germany....
  
  

• From: crazy on Thu Jun 12 13:25:22 2008.

  why dont we have a poll?
  
  anyway i really hopes Portugal win this time, if not Sweden (chances r very less and there r much better teams than Sweden )
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jun 12 13:26:43 2008.

  why you hope Portugal to win?
  
  

• From: crazy on Thu Jun 12 13:30:05 2008.

  coz they r my fav
  
  i supported them last time too
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jun 12 13:33:19 2008.

  crazy wrote:

  coz they r my fav

  
  
  
  
  

  crazy wrote:

  i supported them last time too

  
  
  Oh... I detest 'em with passion Starting from Figo-Rui Costa time, which is called "golden generation" of portugese football.
  
  

• From: crazy on Thu Jun 12 13:43:20 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Oh... I detest 'em with passion Starting from Figo-Rui Costa time, which is called "golden generation" of portugese football.

  
  
  
  
  
  anyway who do u support in euro2008?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jun 12 13:43:53 2008.

  Well it seems you don't read this thread. I support oranges aka Netherlands.
  
  

• From: crazy on Thu Jun 12 13:49:48 2008.

  Netherlands ....hm, i can only think of 2 players ...nistelrooy and van de sar
  
  good luck to them
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jun 12 13:52:47 2008.

  Thanks and bad luck to portugal (J/K)
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Thu Jun 12 14:04:06 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  crazy wrote: coz they r my fav

  
  
  What's so funny about that . Portugal plays 'sexy' football You may not like their players but there is little to find fault with their style of play.
  
  Btw saw todays match. And this what I call 'royal sc***ng '. The scoreline doesn't do justice to the quality of football played by Croatia . It should read something like 4-1 or 5-1 Modric
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jun 12 14:13:17 2008.

  rocketboy wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: crazy wrote: coz they r my fav What's so funny about that . Portugal plays 'sexy' football You may not like their players but there is little to find fault with their style of play. Btw saw todays match. And this what I call 'royal sc***ng '. The scoreline doesn't do justice to the quality of football played by Croatia . It should read something like 4-1 or 5-1 Modric

  
  
  Well, let's wait to see the un-sexy anti-football that Scolari so often plays in big games, and as the opposition gets tougher.
  
  

• From: ramsri on Fri Jun 13 2:12:28 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Well, let's wait to see the un-sexy anti-football that Scolari so often plays in big games, and as the opposition gets tougher.

  
  
  yeah... round-of-16 game at the world cup 2006 comes to mind immediately. a most entertaining game till the half-time whistle (maniche's goal was nothing short of stunning) - turned into an all-out slugfest in the second half. 16 bookings, 4 sending-offs (is that some kind of record??) - one of the ugliest games in history... of course the portugese could rightfully claim that they weren't the only offenders in that game and the dutch were no saints themselves... but still, this was probably scolari's men giving us a whiff of the "un-sexy football" thilak mentions...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Jun 13 2:48:18 2008.

  It all started with lack of fair play by Portugese. Robben and Van persie were lucky to come out of the game without career threatening injuries. And, you shouldn't forget Figo's disgraceful headbutting, kiristiana's theatricals, and time wasting by faking injuries. After that goal, Portugal played 10-men behind the ball. And their style of play reminded of Greece themselves. Disgraceful. (Agreed about poor gamesmanship by Van bommel, but to be fair, Figo's illegal offence ticked the whole team off, and got away with crime) And the following game against England simply blows. Another histrionics of anti-football demonstration. They were rightfully served whipping by France, and umm, Germany (who thrashed them). And, Scolari has always been a pioneer of wimpy football, right from his brazilian days. Another reason to flinch at 'em. (Of course, you could say my idol Maradona is no saint himself, which I agree)
  
  

• From: sriranga on Fri Jun 13 5:53:32 2008.

  I was rooting for Portugal in that infamous match. I think both the teams and the refree are to be held equally guilty.
  
  There was a lot of rough tackles the other day in the match involving portugal and the refree didn't do enough at the start.
  
  For some strange reasons, i never liked dutch style of play, thats probably the reason i supported portugal in their world cup encounter.
  But, seeing them thrashing Italy was cool.
  
  

• From: villan007 on Fri Jun 13 6:11:07 2008.

  sriranga wrote:

  But, seeing them thrashing Italy was cool.

  
  
  
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Jun 13 16:41:54 2008.

  First, (Sorry Nass bro)
  
  Beat the world champions.
  
  Beat the second best team in the world cup.
  
  Actually, we're on fire. Hope it stays long.
  
  4-1 is simply delicious to look at, we didn't dominate, but a bit like Italy game, they had their chances. But whenever we attack, it's fluid, and right no the money.
  With Robben and Van persie back, it feels awesomely great.
  
  Oranjes rulez!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Jun 13 16:44:36 2008.

  Man of the match - Not Robben for me, but Mr.Sneijder again. He's been the player of the tournament so far. Hands down.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Fri Jun 13 16:58:37 2008.

  Dutch just rock!! defn arsenal of world football lol! fantastic easily the best right now
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Jun 13 17:08:43 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  Dutch just rock!! defn arsenal of world football lol! fantastic easily the best right now

  
  
  Adhe thaan. Adhan konjam doubt-a irukku, Euros win pannuvangala-nu... But in terms of style, and finese,
  
  

• From: crazy on Sat Jun 14 3:33:30 2008.

  y'day match
  
  didnt really expect this from netherlands
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sat Jun 14 4:11:08 2008.

  The best team won and we can take heart from France's perfomance. They improved a lot from that boring game against Romanians. Lets hope that France beat Italy. Even if they lose, i'll keep on supporting 'em
  
  I'll be very very happy if Netherlands wins the tournament!!
  
  

• From: ramsri on Sat Jun 14 9:05:43 2008.

  crazy wrote:

  y'day match didnt really expect this from netherlands

  
  
  christ, what a game! it's tough to pick which one of goals 2, 3, 4 was the best. all early contenders for goal of the tournament IMO. only one word to describe arjen robben's form on the night - scary! blistering pace down the left flank, setting up van persie's goal (which was a cool shot btw ) and then running on to VDV's through ball to score from an impossible angle - awesome
  nothing that wesley sneijder does surprises me anymore, given his rollicking form of late - even so, his finish from outside the box was an absolute peach
  
  was looking forward to this game to find out how the dutch would carry on after the pounding they handed to italy - frankly, i was a little skeptical esp after watching germany being cut down to size by croatia despite their dominant start. but van basten's men really came to the party here - they're in scorching form and it's obvious they come on to the pitch not just looking to win, but wanting to blow the opposition away. despite the markedly improved performance, france clearly found them too hot to handle. wonderful to watch a dutch team playing this kind of football after a long time...
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Sat Jun 14 9:57:58 2008.

  I wanted to watch the whole match badly . However hard I tried , I could not keep my eyes open beyond Kuyt's goal. The Dutch are in roaring form . . But will they flatter to deceive? . I still have vivid memories of Kluivert scoring a hat trick (or was it 4? ) in Euro 2000 and team mates rushing to congratulate Davids for his assist . Back then I thought the Dutch will go on to lift the cup . Lets just hope this Euro is different
  
  Ramsri and Thilak how do you compare this team with the team of late 80s ? I mean the team which had the legendary Van Basten and Gullit. I don't think there can be a more 'complete ' footballer than Gullit . Would like to hear your views on this.
  
  

• From: ramsri on Sat Jun 14 11:04:55 2008.

  rocketboy wrote:

  Ramsri and Thilak how do you compare this team with the team of late 80s ? I mean the team which had the legendary Van Basten and Gullit. I don't think there can be a more 'complete ' footballer than Gullit . Would like to hear your views on this.

  
  
  maybe i'm playing the hardnosed brian glanville-type critic here , but IMHO this team will have to win the Euro to even merit a comparison with the Flying Dutchmen of the 80s. its the factor that has so often been the difference between teams that promised much and those that actually struck gold. time and time again, holland have shown the ability and potential to upstage the best in the world - but there hasn't been a single instance after that euro conquering team of '88, when they actually translated that potential into victories at big tournaments. agreed, with the team they have right now, it does look like this could be their moment under the sun, but haven't we said this about them before??
  
  we could go on and on about individual comparisons, trying to pick the van bastens and rijkaards of the current team - but it all counts for zilch unless they actually step up and exorcise some ghosts of the past...
  
  you're bang on target about gullit, though. he was probably the footballer that best epitomized the spirit of total football - having played, at various points in his career, as striker, attacking midfielder and holding man in deep midfield (almost in defence). although it must be noted (as previously mentioned by thilak, i think) that "total football" as a concept is no longer in vogue and was probably nearing extinction even when gullit's generation came around. but having said that, he was probably the one standout player of his time that could've flourished in a team playing total football. he certainly had the right attributes - a supreme athletic ability, great balance and prowess in the air meant that he fit in naturally in a variety of positions - it was this versatility that was repeatedly brought to the fore at both ac milan and holland - teams he represented while at the peak of his powers.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue Jun 17 3:53:32 2008.

  FRANCE vs Italy
  
  

• From: sivank on Tue Jun 17 4:06:14 2008.

  kandippa france out innikku. Italy eppadiyaachgum win panniduvaanga.
  
  

• From: sivank on Tue Jun 17 4:06:50 2008.

  Nasser, Turkey match paatheengalaa?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Jun 17 6:28:48 2008.

  ramsri wrote:

  rocketboy wrote: Ramsri and Thilak how do you compare this team with the team of late 80s ? I mean the team which had the legendary Van Basten and Gullit. I don't think there can be a more 'complete ' footballer than Gullit . Would like to hear your views on this. maybe i'm playing the hardnosed brian glanville-type critic here , but IMHO this team will have to win the Euro to even merit a comparison with the Flying Dutchmen of the 80s. its the factor that has so often been the difference between teams that promised much and those that actually struck gold. time and time again, holland have shown the ability and potential to upstage the best in the world - but there hasn't been a single instance after that euro conquering team of '88, when they actually translated that potential into victories at big tournaments. agreed, with the team they have right now, it does look like this could be their moment under the sun, but haven't we said this about them before?? we could go on and on about individual comparisons, trying to pick the van bastens and rijkaards of the current team - but it all counts for zilch unless they actually step up and exorcise some ghosts of the past... you're bang on target about gullit, though. he was probably the footballer that best epitomized the spirit of total football - having played, at various points in his career, as striker, attacking midfielder and holding man in deep midfield (almost in defence). although it must be noted (as previously mentioned by thilak, i think) that "total football" as a concept is no longer in vogue and was probably nearing extinction even when gullit's generation came around. but having said that, he was probably the one standout player of his time that could've flourished in a team playing total football. he certainly had the right attributes - a supreme athletic ability, great balance and prowess in the air meant that he fit in naturally in a variety of positions - it was this versatility that was repeatedly brought to the fore at both ac milan and holland - teams he represented while at the peak of his powers.

  
  
  Agreed Ramsri. Specially on Gullit. But let's not forget Koeman and Rijkaard, two great defensive Center half-midfielders who often join in the attacking third. Today's "experts" bring up "Total football" for any passing move from back to front, which is a mere counterattacking ploy. Total football is simple, every player has a positional interchange with any other, except maybe the target man. A defender becomes a striker, and vice-versa. This is not possible without quality players, and remains a risk.
  
  Van basten's Netherlands play simple football, with the team defending and attacking as a whole. Van bronckhorst joining the attack, attacking midfielders like Kuyt and Sneijder defending from the front. This certainly reminds a bit of 88' Netherlands. Sneijder is someone in between 88' #10 Gullit, and next 10 Bergkamp. A very vital player. Post 88', they missed Gullit's attributes, they had to adjust a bit, and with due respect, suffered a bit with Dennis, as he didn't defend as well, and can't give more defensive players license to get in front, it leaked goals the other side. Sneijder is a welcome replacement, as he often tracks back to help Van der vaart. De jong, and Engelaar join the attack at times, but again, not a penetrative threat like Koeman from 88' team.
  
  Forget the comparisons, this team is capable of winning if they defend as a whole. The individual players in defense aren't of highest quality. Should they do the job, it'll be well deserved for the Oranjes. Even with the best CBs like Jaap Stam, they often miss out in major tournaments, due to bad luck,etc. (penalties and such)
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Jun 17 16:42:52 2008.

  Italy through, thanks to us. We were yet again the far superior team against Romanians.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Jun 17 16:48:44 2008.

  by the way, to Domenech. Retardedness deserved spanking.
  
  The best French team (Without Vieira) would be:
  
  Coupet
  Sagna-Mexes-Gallas-Evra/Clichy
  Nasri-Toulalan/Makelele-Diarra/Flamini-Ribery/Ben Arfa
  Henry-Benzema
  
  If you play Malouda or Govou, you are as good as dead! And playing two holding midfielders! Toulalan or Makelele, only one should play. Diarra offers more than Toulalan if asked to move the ball around in the final third. Even Flamoney for that matter.
  
  Ben Arfa didn't even travel! With no such players, and tonight with No Ribery (Thanks to injury), no Nasri (Thanks to Abidal), no creativity!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Jun 17 17:04:00 2008.

  Btw, let's get ready for the clearout of Vieira, Henry, Thuram, Makelele, Coupet, etc. About time too..
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Tue Jun 17 18:25:23 2008.

  The decision to send off Abidal with a red card is harsh by my standards .That was the turning point in the match. My man of the match is Karim Benzema for his fantastic efforts . He gave a glimmer of hope to France and was a tad unlucky to leave without scoring a goal
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Tue Jun 17 18:28:19 2008.

  And Toni can very well take up some coaching assignments for kids.
  
  Ada thandam itha kooda score mudiyala onnala
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Wed Jun 18 8:58:26 2008.

  France NO Zidane, NO FRANCE simple as that! Hmm now gonna support Hollands..
  
  Go Oranje Go!!
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Wed Jun 18 9:00:31 2008.

  sivank wrote:

  Nasser, Turkey match paatheengalaa?

  
  
  parthaen Sivan anna wonderful match isnt? Hpe they can go all the way to the Final, by beating Croats and Portugal/Germany but they'll lose to Hollands in Final
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Wed Jun 18 9:01:42 2008.

  rocketboy wrote:

  And Toni can very well take up some coaching assignments for kids. Ada thandam itha kooda score mudiyala onnala

  
  
  Ithula kaamedy enna'na Tony and Gomes are top scorers in Bundesliga
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Wed Jun 18 9:15:48 2008.

  Besides Portugal I'll be happy if Croats win . Modric is an amazing player . He is the Yossi Benayoun of the Croatian side . Modric
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Jun 18 10:17:35 2008.

  rocketboy wrote:

  Besides Portugal I'll be happy if Croats win . Modric is an amazing player . He is the Yossi Benayoun of the Croatian side . Modric

  
  
  Good analogy Similar playing style, but Modric is more central I think.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Jun 18 10:18:33 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  rocketboy wrote: And Toni can very well take up some coaching assignments for kids. Ada thandam itha kooda score mudiyala onnala Ithula kaamedy enna'na Tony and Gomes are top scorers in Bundesliga

  
  
  But again, they look to suffer from their own lack of conviction. Missing sitters!?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Jun 18 10:19:28 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  Go Oranje Go!!

  
  
  
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Jun 18 10:20:10 2008.

  Petr Cech against Turks Heartwarming to see him flop big time.
  
  

• From: ramsri on Wed Jun 18 11:25:54 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Italy through, thanks to us. We were yet again the far superior team against Romanians.

  
  
  through, but at what cost?? no pirlo, no gattuso for the QF - and up against a spanish team that's clearly on the rampage - writing's clearly on the wall for the azzurri. donadoni must've started scratching his head for options even before the final whistle blew at zurich. on the plus side - cassano's finally had a full game and though he didn't show any of that mercurial form everyone was raving about, he did look like he could create an opening or two when given space. more than can be said of the rest of italy's "creative" midfield
  
  for france it was just one damn thing after another. hard luck with ribery, but the penalty looked good to me. it was a clumsy challenge by abidal - surely he should've known he was going for the last man. in fact, given luca toni's form on the night, he could prob'ly have left him to go for goal, betting on him to miss. the de rossi goal was a freak... could've gone anywhere after taking that deflection off henry's boot - that it went straight into the net probably summed up france's night
  
  but - as already mentioned - italy have huge problems now. midfield will be depleted, their wide men aren't doing anything (maybe it's just me, but i still think del piero's their best bet playing off the main striker - and the reason he flopped against romania was that the midfield just didn't let him see enough of the ball ) toni wasted too many chances for his own good - and the only reason italy will persist with him will be that they don't have another striker with similar attributes.
  
  

• From: Nerd on Wed Jun 18 11:27:57 2008.

  way to go azzurri but its gona take a herculean effort to reach the semis
  
  

• From: ramsri on Wed Jun 18 11:35:55 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  rocketboy wrote: And Toni can very well take up some coaching assignments for kids. Ada thandam itha kooda score mudiyala onnala Ithula kaamedy enna'na Tony and Gomes are top scorers in Bundesliga

  
  
  
  Gomez's wasted chance against Austria was sheer kodumai to watch unmarked in front of open goal, 'keeper miles away, beautiful cross from klose - and he spoons his shot for the goalie to head off the line...
  enna kandravi idhu?!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Jun 18 13:55:31 2008.

  Ramsri,
  
  Spain have always shown weakness against Italy. Of course, they won the last friendly with that superb Villa goal. Interestingly enough, the whole of spain expect 'em to be the underdogs against Azurris.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Wed Jun 18 15:08:39 2008.

  Yesterday i wanted france to win! but italy actually tormented france! luca toni missed several opp or else the score line wud b pretty diff france had a fair share of bad luck too! nice avatar thilak! ORangE RulE
  
  

• From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu Jun 19 2:05:53 2008.

  Since all the matches starts early in the morning IST I dont follow much of Euro Cup but matches between Turkey Vs CZR, Netherland Vs Italy 'wow' is the word! Sad that France is out of the tournament so early
  
  

• From: sivank on Thu Jun 19 2:11:47 2008.

  ramsri wrote:

  ThalaNass wrote: rocketboy wrote: And Toni can very well take up some coaching assignments for kids. Ada thandam itha kooda score mudiyala onnala Ithula kaamedy enna'na Tony and Gomes are top scorers in Bundesliga Gomez's wasted chance against Austria was sheer kodumai to watch unmarked in front of open goal, 'keeper miles away, beautiful cross from klose - and he spoons his shot for the goalie to head off the line... enna kandravi idhu?!

  
  
  Even though Gomez is having a contract with Stuttgart till 2012 Bayern Munich and Barcelona are offering Millions and this has really disturbed his concentration. Most likely he will playing for Bayern for the new season.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jun 19 7:34:36 2008.

  Prediction:
  
  Croatia - Turkey = Croatia
  xxxxXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX= Croatia
  Portugal - Gernamy = Germany
  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX = Holland
  Italy - Spain = Spain
  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX = Holland
  Holland - Russia = Holland
  
  I'd be very happy with that. But It's going to be really unpredictable. I hope we win it in the end...
  
  

• From: crazy on Thu Jun 19 12:17:04 2008.

  Croatia
  Portugal
  Italy
  Netherlands
  
  
  
  Portugal vs Italy - Portugal
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jun 19 12:41:52 2008.

  If that happens..then I'd rather take a natural disaster to wipe out Ernst stadium that day
  
  Btw, I'd never rule out Big Phil. He's the danger man, or danger mind if you will. And Hiddink as well. Both coaches remain top spin doctors of world football to this day. I could also see Russia upstaging us with their swift counterattack football (credit goes to the dutch style by Advocat's 4-3-3 in both Zenit, and Hiddinck's for National team) .
  
  About quarters, it's a classic young vs old. I hope the younger ones rule. Van basten, Donadoni, Bilic, and Low vs Hiddinck, Aragones(!), Fatih Terim (not so old, I agree), and Scolari. EOD, I hope the younger and more outlandish Van basten triumph, though backed by a more old school style of football. But I still fear Spain doing some damage.
  
  

• From: ramsri on Thu Jun 19 14:10:38 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Ramsri, Spain have always shown weakness against Italy. Of course, they won the last friendly with that superb Villa goal. Interestingly enough, the whole of spain expect 'em to be the underdogs against Azurris.

  
  
  Agree. also, one has to remember that their defence really hasnt been tested yet. they're quite different from the other european powerhouses - france, italy, germany - with regard to how they defend (or don't defend ) traditionally, those teams have always been compact at the back, strong in the air and appear quite comfortable sitting back in their own half to defend. the spanish, though based in europe, have a style of play that's closer in spirit to the brazilians (you-score-two-we-score-three). so far in this tournament they've had the luxury of being able to score first, which has allowed to take the game away. will be interesting to watch how spain react if they're 2-0 down at half-time. mind you, i'd still like to see spain go far in this euro, but i'd also like to see them earn it - a QF against italy seems like the perfect test. of course, judging purely on current form you wouldn't bet on the italians scoring 2 first half goals even against a below-average defence (if they do score first its more likely they'll sit back, soak up the pressure and defend their one-goal advantage to death ) aragones and the entire spanish football junta probably knows that - which could explain why they consider themselves underdogs going into this one.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jun 19 16:46:23 2008.

  Right Ramsri...
  
  Btw, as I predicted, and expected, Germany go through.
  
  I raised a point about selfish portugese midfielders sometime back, and I was proved right again. With about 10 shots from long range by various players, the show ponies don't deserve sympathy. Ronaldo is a major hype, and proved again today why he flops big time against half-decent defense who don't throw away goals. Only one underrated player (Deco) played for the "team", and he had not many shots, but rather working tirelessly (that said, Ballack and Rolfes played superbly to eclipse, and overshadow I thought) All said, the disgrace that is Portugal national football team, go back home.
  
  Though I don't think much of Scolari's style of play, I thought he was helpless, and quite rightly fully charged at end of it. He could see his players were wasteful, and ridiculously naive! Give 'em a spank on your way out.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jun 19 17:06:11 2008.

  Hope I don't jinx it, if Oranjes are to win it. I'll f-ing love it. Living a dream so far!
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Thu Jun 19 17:19:24 2008.

  Its a heartbreak for me . Of all the teams , Portugal, you chose Germany to lose to . What a shame . And btw what the hell did his highness Ricardo think he was doing when that Schweinsteiger
  came up with his second free kick. Did he think the ball will land in his
  hands?Also Gomes should have been awarded a penalty in the first half .
  
  Effectively this brings to an end my interest in Euro 2008. But I'll still have my revenge. Come on Croatia rip the Germans apart. Modric there is no one in the entire German team to match your flair man.
  And I hope you'll lift the cup too . All the best Croats
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Thu Jun 19 17:24:29 2008.

  And after watching Russia vs Sweden the other day I bet Netherlands
  won't have it easy against Russia either. Come on Arshavin and rest of the Russians . show them, the Dutch, the door.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Jun 20 2:38:09 2008.

  rocketboy wrote:

  And after watching Russia vs Sweden the other day I bet Netherlands won't have it easy against Russia either. Come on Arshavin and rest of the Russians . show them, the Dutch, the door.

  
  
  I too fear. But appadi nadanthal kuda, antha perumai Dutch-ku poi serum. (Guus Hiddink)
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Fri Jun 20 3:21:16 2008.

  rocketboy wrote:

  Its a heartbreak for me . Of all the teams , Portugal, you chose Germany to lose to . What a shame . And btw what the hell did his highness Ricardo think he was doing when that Schweinsteiger came up with his second free kick. Did he think the ball will land in his hands?Also Gomes should have been awarded a penalty in the first half . Effectively this brings to an end my interest in Euro 2008. But I'll still have my revenge. Come on Croatia rip the Germans apart. Modric there is no one in the entire German team to match your flair man. Please kick these neo nazi skinheads out of the tournament. And I hope you'll lift the cup too . All the best Croats

  
  
  Schweinsteiger already did it for the Germans in the last WC against Portugal to earn them the 3rd spot.... IMHO I lost faith on Portugal after their loss against Swiss... They bank too much on Ronaldo and Deco.... I accept that Ricardo is the Best man around and Lehman is not far behind... But it all comes to lifting up ur game on a particular day... Germans did that Y'day!!!
  
  Lucas Podolski Irukka Bayam Yen..Klose also opened his account y'day.. Germans are the Euro 2008 Champions!!!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Jun 20 4:47:34 2008.

  Quote:

  I accept that Ricardo is the Best man around

  
  
  Ennadhu? Lehmann is a far better keeper than Ricardo. Don't you think?
  
  Btw, Portugal relies on two players, Deco, and Moatinho. Deco couldn't get involved, thanks to poor understanding, and selfish long range shooting. While poor Moatinho got injured, the boy is quality. One of the "finds" from Euro2008, I would say.
  
  Now, for Croatia vs turkey. It's going to be difficult for Croats, if they breath easy at any point of the game. Looking back at what happened to Cech. I say "watch out". Nihat is there, and also the new kid, Arda Turan is another "find" of the tournament. They fight till the last minute. But yes, they got a weak defence with only perhaps the strong Servet marshaling (Is he fit for the game?). But It's not going to be easy for these Croatians, let me tell you.
  
  

• From: kannannn on Fri Jun 20 4:55:05 2008.

  rocketboy wrote:

  And after watching Russia vs Sweden the other day I bet Netherlands won't have it easy against Russia either. Come on Arshavin and rest of the Russians . show them, the Dutch, the door.

  
  I haven't had the time to watch most matches, but how the hell did Russia progress so far!! Their match against Spain was one of the dullest, insipid matches I have seen in recent times. And from my previous experience (vs England in qualifiers), I would say their luck wouldn't carry them much (of course, none would be more happy than me if it did )
  
  

• From: Kalyasi on Fri Jun 20 5:02:57 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Quote: I accept that Ricardo is the Best man around Ennadhu? Lehmann is a far better keeper than Ricardo. Don't you think? Btw, Portugal relies on two players, Deco, and Moatinho. Deco couldn't get involved, thanks to poor understanding, and selfish long range shooting. While poor Moatinho got injured, the boy is quality. One of the "finds" from Euro2008, I would say. Now, for Croatia vs turkey. It's going to be difficult for Croats, if they breath easy at any point of the game. Looking back at what happened to Cech. I say "watch out". Nihat is there, and also the new kid, Arda Turan is another "find" of the tournament. They fight till the last minute. But yes, they got a weak defence with only perhaps the strong Servet marshaling (Is he fit for the game?). But It's not going to be easy for these Croatians, let me tell you.

  
  
  No Thilak IMHO Ricardo took over from Oliver Kahn during the 2005 season.... Till now I feel he is the best...
  
  

• From: sriranga on Fri Jun 20 5:07:04 2008.

  from what i have seen so far.
  
  Dutch - firm favourites followed by Croatia.
  Russia - dark horse.
  
  Italy - hope lady luck deserts them soon.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Jun 20 5:08:09 2008.

  kalyasi,
  
  I rate Gigi buffon, Casillas, Boruc, Cech, Van der saar, (and even Lehmann) over him (in that very order).
  
  Kannannn,
  
  Russians against Spain were poor. The movement of Villa, and torres was darn too good, that day. They defended badly.
  
  But they have swift, and dangerous counterattacking game. I'd never write 'em off. OF course, I hope Oranjes demolish 'em.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Jun 20 5:10:39 2008.

  Kannann,
  
  Wanted to ask you this, which club and country do you support?
  
  

• From: kannannn on Fri Jun 20 5:29:34 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Kannann, Wanted to ask you this, which club and country do you support?

  
  Club - of late Arsenal (Juventus just until before the scandal and Ajax before that).
  Country - Holland, simply because they are the best of the lot now. Russia for emotional reasons (It is going to be a tough choice on Saturday )
  
  BTW, Henry return rumours unmaiya?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Jun 20 6:06:59 2008.

  Kannannn,
  
  
  
  "BTW, Henry return rumours unmaiya?"
  
  Not at all. Wenger wouldn't sign his ex-players, of course in a recent interview, when asked about Henry's return, he said he wouldn't "rule out". But thats just because of soft spot, and for media. It's a good thing that he got rid of henry, with a drop of form, backed by string of injuries in 07'. I heard he cost 10m that season alone. (as we are not owned by US gypsies, and Russian oligarch, I don't see 'em wasting money on prima donnas)
  
  OTOH, I'd sign Benzema, and get rid of Adebayor. If not Benzema, then Villa. (though I see AW not signing a striker as he has full faith in Bendtner, Walcott, Carlos Vela, and not to forget, Eduardo ) Eduardo IMO is more suited to Arsenal game than Villa, and offers pretty much everything that Villa offers. But it's his return from injury that I'm worried about.
  
  

• From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri Jun 20 6:25:06 2008.

  Well, I like Spain..! I want them to win..
  
  

• From: villan007 on Fri Jun 20 7:01:37 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  kalyasi, I rate Gigi buffon, Casillas, Boruc, Cech, Van der saar, (and even Lehmann) over him (in that very order).

  
  
  Perfect
  
  

• From: MrJudge on Fri Jun 20 8:35:11 2008.

  Kalyasi wrote:

  Lucas Podolski Irukka Bayam Yen..Klose also opened his account y'day.. Germans are the Euro 2008 Champions!!!

  
  
  Yes, me too want Germans to win the Euro 08!
  
  

• From: Nerd on Fri Jun 20 9:54:40 2008.

  Good luck azzurri forza italia
  
  

• From: crazy on Fri Jun 20 12:07:15 2008.

  rocketboy wrote:

  Its a heartbreak for me . Of all the teams , Portugal, you chose Germany to lose to . What a shame . Effectively this brings to an end my interest in Euro 2008.

  
  
  
  
  
  portugal lost ..sweden lost
  
  edho italy aachum jeichittu pogattum
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Fri Jun 20 20:54:26 2008.

  What a f-kin match!!! The match was bore to the death until the full time, suddently became an epic after extra time, that too in the dying stages Go Turkey Go!! Go and beat the Germans Its going to be Turkey vs Holland final Turkey players spirit was very high and we can see it in their last three matches... Shebby Singh after the match : They are not humans, they are superhumans
  
  BTW, pity for Modric...
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Fri Jun 20 20:57:48 2008.

  As Thilak said, its going to be very difficult for the Dutch team today.. The key battle is Arshavin vs Engelaar.. If Engelaar and De Jong/De Zeuww can control Arshavin (Im very impressed with this guy) , then the Dutch can go through...
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Fri Jun 20 20:59:01 2008.

  crazy wrote:

  rocketboy wrote: Its a heartbreak for me . Of all the teams , Portugal, you chose Germany to lose to . What a shame . Effectively this brings to an end my interest in Euro 2008. portugal lost ..sweden lost edho italy aachum jeichittu pogattum

  
  
  hehe.. Vaasi akka, ur supoorting Sweden?? because its a Scandinavian eh??
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Fri Jun 20 21:04:04 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  If that happens..then I'd rather take a natural disaster to wipe out Ernst stadium that day

  
  
  BTW, this Ernst stadium sucks to the core Swiss stadium is much better than Austrians...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Jun 21 3:20:25 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Now, for Croatia vs turkey. It's going to be difficult for Croats, if they breath easy at any point of the game. Looking back at what happened to Cech. I say "watch out". Nihat is there, and also the new kid, Arda Turan is another "find" of the tournament. They fight till the last minute. But yes, they got a weak defence with only perhaps the strong Servet marshaling (Is he fit for the game?). But It's not going to be easy for these Croatians, let me tell you.

  
  And they did, to the last second.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Jun 21 13:37:55 2008.

  Dear friends,
  
  Due to unavoidable reasons, I'm in a position of no access to pay channels, as well as high bandwidth internet. So, I'm not watching tonight's game.
  
  I'm going to bed after a long and tiresome day. But I'm convinced that it's going to be a great game. End of it all, I'd like to see the orange lad men on winning side. Though I see a tight challenge from Guus hiddink's men, I'm a bit positive that we'll do it. But hey, regardless of what happens, i'm going to support the Mighty oranjes. Even if they're to lose, they will be always remembered to have played the game the right way.
  
  Regards,
  Oranje fan
  
  

• From: Nerd on Sat Jun 21 13:51:22 2008.

  People (Esp. Thilak)
  Can you please PM me a link to watch the games online? I would love to watch tomorrow's game. Here it comes in a mexican channel with a torturous es-MX commentary
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Jun 21 14:15:52 2008.

  Nerd wrote:

  People (Esp. Thilak) Can you please PM me a link to watch the games online? I would love to watch tomorrow's game. Here it comes in a mexican channel with a torturous es-MX commentary

  
  
  Diz iz it.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Jun 21 17:07:59 2008.

  Saw the match somehow. It just ended 1-3. We lost "Deservedly" to the better team on the day, Russia. Arshavin has done the damage. Now I'll try to sleep (if I could)
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Sat Jun 21 17:14:21 2008.

  Arshavin
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Jun 21 17:21:51 2008.

  Russia played better than netherlands! where the f was robben? is he injured or wat? he wud hav provided much more options imo. anyway oranjes go as underachiever's once again..
  
  

• From: kannannn on Sat Jun 21 17:29:47 2008.

  Go Russia!! It was the better team today. Better passes, no half hearted 1-2's like against Spain and above all, great team spirit. If they could improve their marking at set pieces, they can go further. The icing was the commentator's last lines - Italy or Spain should be a bit worried now!!
  
  
  BTW, Thilak thanks for the info on Henry!! All said, he did hold the team together at one of their difficult times .
  
  

• From: sriranga on Sun Jun 22 1:38:49 2008.

  Russia hope they do well against teams with a tighter defense (Italy).
  
  Apart from the equaliser in the dying minutes of regular time, Netherlands were a bit flat.
  
  

• From: ramsri on Sun Jun 22 6:37:12 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Saw the match somehow. It just ended 1-3. We lost "Deservedly" to the better team on the day, Russia. Arshavin has done the damage. Now I'll try to sleep (if I could)

  
  
  good game. result was a tad disappointing considering i stayed up mainly to watch the dutch in action - but even the most discerning oranje fan would concede (as thilak has just done ) that russia deserved to come out in front - both arshavin and pavlyuchenko had a great game - the russians came out all guns blazing and that clearly unsettled the dutch. wesley sneijder shaking his head in disbelief after van der sar had been stretched twice in quick succession by two denis kolodin shots ( ), forms an enduring image of the game for me. from the outset, it looked as though van basten's men weren't expecting their opponents to adopt such an attacking strategy - not sure if it was complacency or what - but they prob'ly expected another romania-type performance (defend till the cows come home, rely on counter-attacks or set pieces to break through). guus hiddink obviously had other plans... great goals by arshavin and pavlyuchenko (not to forget torbinski's superb flick which gave them the lead). a game worthy of a euro QF - but sad that we wont be seeing holland in action any further...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Jun 22 10:44:38 2008.

  Watching this team for the last three major tournament has been really painful. Time and again, Oranjes go out "undeservedly" so to speak. I can't really build that case any more. They have been uninspiring post-2000 (hitting the low by not qualifying for 2002 ). They had an habit of losing PS in Semis, but now that feels like some "great achievement" in itself!
  
  Beating france, italy, etc is great. But all that promise goes down the drain. Thus the next coach should build on this. How much would the dutch give for someone like Guss hiddink in charge of 'em!?
  
  Next world cup, the deadline for Huntelaar-Robben-Van persie-Sneijder-Van Der vaart to become world beaters. (I know, I've been repeating that forever )
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Jun 22 10:49:29 2008.

  Tonight's game! Bloddy silly nonsense. Azurris to go out. Germany have already added insult to our injury. The last thing I'd want is Italy v/s Germany finals. I'd take Russia v/s Turkey anyday. (With due respect, Russia isn't all that glamorous, but they are indeed great, I had predicted 'em to be a dark horse before the tournament started, and they've proven that). Still, my next ideal winner after the Dutch is Spain. But as Ramsri said, they need to earn it. I'd hope it happens.
  
  

• From: Nerd on Sun Jun 22 15:33:08 2008.

  Thank you Thilak!
  Pretty intense so far. Advantage spain Silva is terrific so far, his fake (??) dive in the 40th minute notwithstanding
  
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sun Jun 22 15:38:36 2008.

  Italian defense . A clear foul near the D-box wasn't given to spain
  
  I'm up for spain !!!. Go spain. All the best
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sun Jun 22 15:46:11 2008.

  me too ! me goin for spain!
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sun Jun 22 16:08:59 2008.

  
  No offense to either thilak or azurri supporters here. This comment cracked me up big time
  

  thilak4life wrote:

  Tonight's game! Bloddy silly nonsense. Azurris to go out.

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sun Jun 22 16:23:26 2008.

  arivuketta naansenss koll posssttt
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sun Jun 22 16:25:59 2008.

  Toni
  
  

• From: Nerd on Sun Jun 22 16:37:29 2008.

  Still 0-0. Azzurri were slightly better this half. But Spain has been the most dominant team
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sun Jun 22 16:40:12 2008.

  Both Buffon and Casillas were
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sun Jun 22 16:42:36 2008.

  silvaaaaaaaaaa
  
  
  just missu
  
  

• From: Nerd on Sun Jun 22 16:45:26 2008.

  naaaaansans casillas
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sun Jun 22 16:47:05 2008.

  That was a great save
  

  Nerd wrote:

  naaaaansans casillas

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sun Jun 22 17:01:07 2008.

  ESPN Commentators are showing a list of June 22nd Jinxes for spain
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sun Jun 22 17:07:32 2008.

  shootout than pola
  
  Buffon-a adichu veliya anupungada
  
  

• From: Nerd on Sun Jun 22 17:12:58 2008.

  Its Casillas ( ) Vs Buffon ( )
  Why was Piero benched for 110 minutes
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sun Jun 22 17:14:29 2008.

  Penalties
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sun Jun 22 17:17:37 2008.

  C'mon Casillas
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sun Jun 22 17:18:07 2008.

  Casillas saves one
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sun Jun 22 17:20:32 2008.

  buffy saves one
  
  Casillas saves another
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sun Jun 22 17:21:37 2008.

  Spain
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sun Jun 22 17:21:56 2008.

  Spain are thru
  
  Buffon
  
  

• From: Nerd on Sun Jun 22 17:22:36 2008.

  
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sun Jun 22 17:26:07 2008.

  Cesc Fabregas spain are thru whooooooo hooooooo
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sun Jun 22 17:27:00 2008.

  Spain were the better team and they deserved to win today!!
  

  ajithfederer wrote:

  France won 98 world cup and 2000 euro Can Italy do the same

  
  

• From: Wibha on Sun Jun 22 17:29:47 2008.

  
  
  

• From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Jun 23 1:14:48 2008.

  Go..Go.. Spain!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Jun 23 1:46:25 2008.

  Italy were uninspiring, and quite rightly eliminated. They didn't deserve anything from this campaign. Toni is the main culprit I'd say. He never really converted those great chances to score. In the end, Spain showed good determination, and winning mentality. But now there's the new test, Hiddink is a far better coach than Aragones, he'll get his team up and ready for the Semis. You'd rather count on players like Casillas, Senna, Silva, Villa, Torres, Fabregas (Xavi hasn't done a great deal so far, continuing to go missing in big games, and suffers from lack of form along with Barca teammate Iniesta). Ramos had a good game. But he is inconsistent like any typical Spanish defender, so I'd not bet high on back four to keep it tight, as they could be ripped apart by Arshavin, and Pavlyuchenko. Beware Spain.
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Mon Jun 23 2:28:34 2008.

  Arshavin is too good a player to be contained by the Spanish defense.
  If all goes well Russia will be the champions and Arshavin will be the player of the tournament. He doesn't stick to a particular line of the attack . Sometimes he is seen on the left flank , sometimes on the right and sometimes he is in the center . He mixes up his play so well and also has the last burst of energy that separates him from the other good players. Its a pity that we had to wait for Euro 2008 to see this man in action. Go Arshavin Go Russia . The Spanish Armada cannot stop you
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Jun 23 2:37:20 2008.

  Rocketboy,
  
  IMO Arshavin was player of the year in UEFA cup. Now his price has doubled from 10m to 20m, so Wenger wouldn't go for him. Anyway, he's a big Barca fan, and could end up there easily.
  
  Arshavin's ability to run with the ball with low center of gravity, and picking the right pass to others players at high pace is superb. Clever player.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Mon Jun 23 4:14:06 2008.

  Italy out
  
  Well, i dunt mind whoever wins Euro now Hope Spain will win it!!
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Mon Jun 23 4:15:05 2008.

  HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZINEDINE ZIDANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! May god bless you..
  
  please return to football.. we miss you
  
  

• From: ramsri on Mon Jun 23 9:33:05 2008.

  its funny - we were talking just the other day about the dutch-russia game and how it produced a spectacle that was truly worthy of a european championship QF. italy-spain was just the opposite - a total disappointment . if the italians were dull and drab, there wasnt too much to be said for the spanish either. granted that they were the better team throughout and deserved to go through - but none of their much-vaunted flair and wizardry was on show this time. torres and silva were the only ones who looked dangerous every time they got the ball. otherwise it was a pretty indifferent performance. with the momentum behind them and the opposition in woeful form, spain should've beaten the sh!t out of italy and won hands-down in normal time (notwithstanding all the talk about them being underdogs - in this particular tournament there never were any doubts as to which of these two was the better team). that they had to go to penalties to settle it really speaks for spain's inability to impose themselves on a game in which they were quite clearly the dominant force am sure this would've been a major frustration for aragones.
  
  

  thilak4life wrote:

  Italy were uninspiring, and quite rightly eliminated. They didn't deserve anything from this campaign.

  
  
  right you are. when the tournament began i thought i'd be disappointed to see italy go out. their performance over the first 3 games made me reconsider that view - and the shocker against spain has made me reverse it outright. i never thought i'd say this but i'm pretty happy to see them go. there's not much to be said for the standard of european football if a team can play like italy did and still go as far as the semis in a tournament like this.
  
  

• From: ramsri on Mon Jun 23 9:54:23 2008.

  Nerd wrote:

  Why was Piero benched for 110 minutes

  
  
  yeah quite clearly they brought him on specifically for the spot kick which he never took
  i got the feeling even while the shootout was in progress, that DP should've taken the 2nd or 3rd penalty. everybody knows spain have a "thing" when it comes to penalties - there's every chance they would've choked in the latter stages of the shootout, if only italy could take them that far. so the worst thing to do was to go one down early on (thus handing the early advantage to the spanish) which is what happened when de rossi screwed up . considering del piero's impressive track record with penalties (he doesn't miss many ), he prob'ly could've given italy a better chance of keeping things even for the first 2-3 kicks, after which the probability of spain cracking under pressure would've increased manifold. as it happened, the spanish drilled in the first 3 pens quite easily and it was the azzurri who finally cracked.
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Mon Jun 23 11:36:46 2008.

  http://www.savefile.com/files/1625533
  
  Guys that is 'Samba de Janeiro' . IMO one of the best football songs ever composed. I thought you guys might be interested.
  
  
  I am looking for one particular video that goes along wiht this song. It was a compilation of some of the magical moments of World cup 2002.
  I have searched in youtube to no avail.
  
  

• From: sriranga on Mon Jun 23 12:14:44 2008.

  Italy - pathetic football, deserved to lose.
  To borrow the phrase from the espn commentators, "they showed no signs of a world champion."
  
  I am expecting a Russia - Turkey final now.
  
  No more defensive play like Italy ( England illatha koraiya thetthutaanga pa), I want an all out attacking game in the semis and the finals.
  
  

• From: crazy on Mon Jun 23 12:30:39 2008.

  
  
  EM 2008, total disappointment not going to watch the semis and the final
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Jun 23 13:29:49 2008.

  Crazy, even though our favorites are gone, this Euro 2008 has been the best major competition since Euro 2000, the other three tournies in between were that poor comparatively.
  
  
  Ramsri,
  
  

  Quote:

  that they had to go to penalties to settle it really speaks for spain's inability to impose themselves on a game in which they were quite clearly the dominant force am sure this would've been a major frustration for aragones.

  
  
  This is because they were over cautious, and Aragones was playing safe. We didn't see the "collective" push-and-move style at all. This is a bad sign for neutrals for good football, but a good omen for Spanish fans. Because they need that now. Spain have this habit of becoming worse tactically as the tournament progresses, just the opposite of Italians, they get stronger as it progresses. So often you feel Italians don't deserve to win anything, but they get the right result at right time, i.e the KO phase. Not just this time, but Italians have always been slow starters. Only this time, Spain got the right spirit and winning mentality from their players to stop that (and special mention to Toni). You could also see the Spanish penalty-takers wanted to score badly, and their body language was impressive*! Though I still doubt Spain beating Russians. It boils down to the whole team. Whoever turn up on the day, will win the match.
  
  

  Quote:

  there's not much to be said for the standard of european football if a team can play like italy did and still go as far as the semis in a tournament like this.

  
  
  but it has to be said again, had Toni put away few of 'em in, then we'd have seen the good old Italian job.
  
  *Not to say luck has nothing to do with it. Had Buffon went the right way, and Casillas went the wrong way, we would have another winner.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Jun 23 13:33:50 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  If that happens..then I'd rather take a natural disaster to wipe out Ernst stadium that day Btw, I'd never rule out Big Phil. He's the danger man, or danger mind if you will. And Hiddink as well. Both coaches remain top spin doctors of world football to this day. I could also see Russia upstaging us with their swift counterattack football (credit goes to the dutch style by Advocat's 4-3-3 in both Zenit, and Hiddinck's for National team) . About quarters, it's a classic young vs old. I hope the younger ones rule. Van basten, Donadoni, Bilic, and Low vs Hiddinck, Aragones(!), Fatih Terim (not so old, I agree), and Scolari. EOD, I hope the younger and more outlandish Van basten triumph, though backed by a more old school style of football. But I still fear Spain doing some damage.

  
  
  3-1 to the not-so-young.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Jun 23 15:57:28 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZINEDINE ZIDANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! May god bless you.. please return to football.. we miss you

  
  
  One of the best.
  
  Nass, you want him to return to footie. I suggest LA Galaxy for his fitness levels, another layer of golden paint for the Bentley in MLS.
  
  Btw, How about his best goals, etc?
  
  Best France goal:
  
  1. Against Norway: Great control to bring the ball down from Djorkeaff's pass (Zidane calls it "retro-control"), and he controls it (by bouncing with his feet) to the best position for side-footing the ball with his right foot. composure, and technique
  
  2. Against Italy (a year before 98' world cup): he controls the cross from Thuram with a superb first touch control, and finishes with the second. Bergkampesque.
  
  3. Germany: After Euro 2000, Parc des prince, he plays 48 hours after beating Milan 3-0 with a man-of-the-match display. With a great control from Sagnol cross, he takes it with his body's pace from the right thigh, and takes it away from the defender with the left foot, and finishes with the left, leaving Oli Kahn stranded.
  
  Best Cannes goal - Vs Nantes, I think it's his first goal (with bit more hair on the head ), he lobs the ball over the keeper.
  
  Best Bordeaux goal - Vs Seville, He hits a first time left foot volley from 40 meters out over the keeper. Beautiful!
  
  Best Juventus goal - Vs Reggina, Pessotto throws, Zizou does a quick one-two with Del piero, runs 10-20 yards to the D before dummying three defenders the wrong way, dribbling the nearest defender with quick side-step, and takes it down the narrow channel of space before shooting it the top corner of the goal with pace, making it an impossible goal. I think the whole Juve team were astouned (From Davids to Del piero), and celebrated crazy if I'm right.
  
  (Special mention: THAT Ajax goal, Zidane runs one way before dummy the defender to collide with the approaching Goalie, and he goes the other way to finish it off with typical Zidane nonchalance.)
  
  Best Real madrid goal: Against Depo, Zizou takes the ball inside with his left, before taking it back in by right, and back to his left, sidesteps the defender, before hitting a powerful shot over the impending GK. It's too beautiful to put in words, it's a terrific zidane goal leaving 4-5 defenders prancing around the goal area. Juggling-with-both-feet move has a bit of Reggina goal's closing move.
  
  Best volley - the famous one against Bayern Leverkusen, UCL final. Left foot at difficult height, making it almost impossible to replicate such finesse, and ability.
  
  Best demolition - Juve 6-1 Milan, San Siro. A Goal, and numerous assits.
  
  Most important goal(s) - the two headers (rarity for Zizou) in biggest occasion, and both nearpost with well timed runs.
  
  Best Assist - Vs Valencia, Zidane dribbling from one half to the other with roulette, and step over, to create the goal scoring chance for Raul.
  
  Best freekick - Vs Manchester united, beating Peter Schmeichel cleanly in 90th minute (match lost 3-2, and rest is history). Quite similar to Euro 2004 Freekick against England.
  
  Best penalty - Euro 2000 vs Portugal, Semis.
  
  Best move - La Roulette.
  
  Beaten to death cliche - Zidane wins the game singlehandedly (or, perhaps doubleleggedly )
  
  
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Tue Jun 24 3:15:05 2008.

  The Azzuri are out and life is freakin' cruel!
  With the Ducth also out, raman aandalum, ravanan aandalum......
  (
  
  P.S: Agree with hubbers here that Italia didn't deserve to take further part but aasai yaara vittudhu? In fact, they exceeded my expectations against Spain, being without Pirlo and Bull Terrier Gattuso! Losing in penalties against SPAIN!!
  
  And yeah, why do Italian coaches always stubbornly stick with one ineffective striker after the other??? Del Piero wasted yet again If benching Torres was absurd, persisting with Toni was outrageous!
  
  

• From: sriranga on Tue Jun 24 3:44:11 2008.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  If benching Torres was absurd, persisting with Toni was outrageous!

  
  
  athuvum silapala easy chances-a miss pannittu, Toni kudutha looku iruke... vadivelu thotharu..
  
  if somebody thinks Euro 2008 is disappointing in terms of entertainment value, they must be CRAZY.
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Tue Jun 24 3:59:00 2008.

  sriranga wrote:

  athuvum silapala easy chances-a miss pannittu, Toni kudutha looku iruke... vadivelu thotharu..

  
  Getup vera maathittaaru
  
  

  sriranga wrote:

  if somebody thinks Euro 2008 is disappointing in terms of entertainment value, they must be CRAZY.

  
  Since i have missed watching almost all the matches on TV except a few (logicstical and other reasons), from what i have read here and elsewhere, this year's edition seems to be of good quality.
  Of course, nothing can be worse than a team like Greece winning
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Jun 25 1:24:05 2008.

  Euro 2008 is very special. The team that has attacked more has won, and the team which has gone on a backfoot, and look uninspired go out. Proved by Holland. When they were sharp, and pumped up, they win. They looked tired, and ran out of ideas against Russia, and thus deservedly lost.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Jun 25 1:26:02 2008.

  Of course, I think the least popular Turkish team has also provided ample entertainment themselves. Terim has set 'em up to fight till the very end.
  
  

• From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jun 25 1:47:17 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Of course, I think the least popular Turkish team has also provided ample entertainment themselves. Terim has set 'em up to fight till the very end.

  
  
  If I am not wrong their performance in the previous worldcup was also noteworthy?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Jun 25 1:58:52 2008.

  Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: Of course, I think the least popular Turkish team has also provided ample entertainment themselves. Terim has set 'em up to fight till the very end. If I am not wrong their performance in the previous worldcup was also noteworthy?

  
  
  2002 World cup (3rd place) I call them 'least popular' for their lack of appeal among mainstream football viewers.
  
  My interest in 'em was actually more vested when the tournament started. I have a grudge against their coach Terim for making few months horrendous (in the millennium year). But now, I'm mighty impressed by their work rate, and winning mentality.
  
  Btw, got your PM. Thanks
  
  

• From: HBK on Wed Jun 25 2:30:39 2008.

  2002 was one of the dullest world cups ever. But i really liked Turkey, with Hasan Sas and Umit Davala. Luca Toni just replicated Hakan SUkur of 2002 in EUro here.
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Wed Jun 25 3:02:42 2008.

  2002 world cup Turkey team was a good team. Hasan Sas's goal against Brazil in the league stage was one of the best goals of world cup 2002 .
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Jun 25 3:09:38 2008.

  Hasan Sas's haircut is popular as well. Actually got as much attention as Becks. Btw, I don't think Toni's form in Euros could be compared in any way to Sukur, who was very influential for how the turks fared. Very Unlike Toni and Italy this year...
  
  But 2002 world cup is a major drop of standards. Negatives like Zizou's injury, France's dismal exit, the poor ref decisions, and other controversies were the highlights I would say. But the biggest drawback being Oranjes not qualifying. That was the lowest drop after 14 quality years of good (not great) Dutch football.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Jun 25 3:10:35 2008.

  The reason for that drop is there in my DP. Legend
  
  

• From: HBK on Wed Jun 25 3:31:50 2008.

  another reason is Korea's super run to Semis. Which is really ridiculous to be honest. Trust me i'm an Asian and i want an Asian team to succeed, but Korea's run was total joke. They beat Italy (Tommasi's goal disallowed, Totti was sent off), Spain (Morientes' goal was disallowed)
  
  Actually there were some funny moments in my school where all of us believed Korea will make it to the final and beat Brazil as well. lol
  
  The whole tournament was a disaster. Nigeria-ENgland match was officially the single worst match in WC history. Argentina (my fav) were horrible. They rightly named that Argentina-ENgland group as group of death. Yeah right, boredom of death.
  
  Ballack was suspended for the final, and it took all suspense from the final as well. Ouch, i really hate that WC. ALmost on par with Italia 1990.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Jun 25 4:08:06 2008.

  Any group with England is a potential borefest. Overhyped team of "hollywood" long balls, and negative football.
  
  I'd say Italy 1990 is far better than 2002, more so for individual brilliance and rivalries on display. Of course, controversies added more glitz. 2002 is by far the worst in terms of quality.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Jun 25 4:11:40 2008.

  Just noted you're an Argentina fan, I'm a Diego fan. (of course, I didn't see those matches live) I like 'em too (which is saying much, isn't it? ) I'd have wanted 'em to win that year. More so after the Germans made to the finals..
  
  

• From: sriranga on Wed Jun 25 4:17:22 2008.

  Argentina in 1990 shud've lost to brazil in the second round, they won just because of brazil's bad luck and a moment of brilliant passing from Diego. i remember the ball possession was like brzil 70 - argentina 30.
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Wed Jun 25 4:27:47 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Hasan Sas's haircut is popular as well. Actually got as much attention as Becks.

  
  
  I think you are talking about Mansiz here, the Turk with Mongoloid features .He is best remembered for his rainbow kick he used against Roberto Carlos .
  
  Also one another player who used rainbow kick very effectively is the man in my picture.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Jun 25 4:27:48 2008.

  sriranga wrote:

  Argentina in 1990 shud've lost to brazil in quarters(?), they won just because of brazil's bad luck and a moment of brilliant passing from Diego. i remember the ball possession was like brzil 70 - argentina 30.

  
  
  Argentina has loads of luck to reach 90s. But I'd say Diego's magic over that Brazil midfield ("Dunga era") remains a highlight of that world cup.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Jun 25 4:37:38 2008.

  rocketboy wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: Hasan Sas's haircut is popular as well. Actually got as much attention as Becks. I think you are talking about Mansiz here, the Turk with Mongoloid features .He is best remembered for his rainbow kick he used against Roberto Carlos . Also one another player who used rainbow kick very effectively is the man in my picture.

  
  
  Right it is Mansız, he is very much the turk's Beckham.
  
  Mistyped Sas. Sas of course is a bald headed moron. Btw Umit Davala's mohawk is also quite popular.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Wed Jun 25 5:26:00 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  ThalaNass wrote: HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZINEDINE ZIDANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! May god bless you.. please return to football.. we miss you One of the best. Nass, you want him to return to footie. I suggest LA Galaxy for his fitness levels, another layer of golden paint for the Bentley in MLS.

  
  
  Thilak,
  
  I said he should comeback as a coach Even he became Liverpool's manager, i'll support them.. lol...
  
  
  

  thilak4life wrote:

  Btw, How about his best goals, etc? Best France goal: 1. Against Norway: Great control to bring the ball down from Djorkeaff's pass (Zidane calls it "retro-control"), and he controls it (by bouncing with his feet) to the best position for side-footing the ball with his right foot. composure, and technique 2. Against Italy (a year before 98' world cup): he controls the cross from Thuram with a superb first touch control, and finishes with the second. Bergkampesque. 3. Germany: After Euro 2000, Parc des prince, he plays 48 hours after beating Milan 3-0 with a man-of-the-match display. With a great control from Sagnol cross, he takes it with his body's pace from the right thigh, and takes it away from the defender with the left foot, and finishes with the left, leaving Oli Kahn stranded. Best Cannes goal - Vs Nantes, I think it's his first goal (with bit more hair on the head ), he lobs the ball over the keeper. Best Bordeaux goal - Vs Seville, He hits a first time left foot volley from 40 meters out over the keeper. Beautiful! Best Juventus goal - Vs Reggina, Pessotto throws, Zizou does a quick one-two with Del piero, runs 10-20 yards to the D before dummying three defenders the wrong way, dribbling the nearest defender with quick side-step, and takes it down the narrow channel of space before shooting it the top corner of the goal with pace, making it an impossible goal. I think the whole Juve team were astouned (From Davids to Del piero), and celebrated crazy if I'm right. (Special mention: THAT Ajax goal, Zidane runs one way before dummy the defender to collide with the approaching Goalie, and he goes the other way to finish it off with typical Zidane nonchalance.) Best Real madrid goal: Against Depo, Zizou takes the ball inside with his left, before taking it back in by right, and back to his left, sidesteps the defender, before hitting a powerful shot over the impending GK. It's too beautiful to put in words, it's a terrific zidane goal leaving 4-5 defenders prancing around the goal area. Juggling-with-both-feet move has a bit of Reggina goal's closing move. Best volley - the famous one against Bayern Leverkusen, UCL final. Left foot at difficult height, making it almost impossible to replicate such finesse, and ability. Best demolition - Juve 6-1 Milan, San Siro. A Goal, and numerous assits. Most important goal(s) - the two headers (rarity for Zizou) in biggest occasion, and both nearpost with well timed runs. Best Assist - Vs Valencia, Zidane dribbling from one half to the other with roulette, and step over, to create the goal scoring chance for Raul. Best freekick - Vs Manchester united, beating Peter Schmeichel cleanly in 90th minute (match lost 3-2, and rest is history). Quite similar to Euro 2004 Freekick against England. Best penalty - Euro 2000 vs Portugal, Semis. Best move - La Roulette. Beaten to death cliche - Zidane wins the game singlehandedly (or, perhaps doubleleggedly )

  
  
  Wow Thilak... Nice analysis... I havent seen most of the goals that you've mentioned.. MY FAVOURITE GOAL OF HIM IS that goal agianst deportivo.. what a goal!!
  
  Best match - WC 06 vs Brasil.. when he made the brazillians looks like a bunch of clowns with his magical foot.. and that assist to Henry..
  
  Regarding, La Roulette, its a simple move (well maybe not that simple) but since Zizou used it more frequently, it became very sinonym with him..
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Wed Jun 25 16:54:27 2008.

  Damn Espn! i had to stream the match in the later part in my bloody 256k connection ! Germany go thru NAAANSENSEEEE!!!!!!! i hope russia or spain kill them in the finals
  
  

• From: sivank on Wed Jun 25 17:22:58 2008.

  Ein Land
  
  Ein Team
  
  Ein Ziel
  
  
  Finale
  
  

• From: MrJudge on Thu Jun 26 2:24:15 2008.

  Wow, great goal by Lahm. Go Germany Go!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jun 26 3:15:59 2008.

  I'm glad to see the back of Fatih terim, the lucky turk with an unlucky Turkey team.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jun 26 3:20:23 2008.

  Turks played superbly, and were not negative thankfully. This led to a great game of football. Germans were horrible first half.
  
  Meanwhile EPSN broadcasting
  
  I generally avoid that horrible post-game show led by BPL Dykes, with fat Mac, and another Irish fool. Unfortunately, this broadcast problem made me sit and watch their rubbish talk. Well my brother could predict every single opinion they spewed.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jun 26 4:38:03 2008.

  Nass, Other than Roulette, I'd go for his sidestep feint, it's his most dangerous weapon. His dummy is always well measured.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Thu Jun 26 7:12:51 2008.

  Too much happening Maldini's Bday today ! HAPPY BDAY TO THE LEGEND Very Happy. Adebayor move to milan 80% confirm and 1 report says gunners are moving in for crouch dont care if ade leaves.. but a better striker is needed ... Nasri has finally signed arsenal i guess
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Thu Jun 26 7:24:35 2008.

  and btw does any1 know y robben wasnt allowed to play against russia? i still dont get it!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jun 26 7:31:36 2008.

  No way would Wenger sign Crouch. Imfossible!
  
  I think Ade leaving could be true. He's demaning 120k per week (in Pounds), that's 400% of what he gets right now. Ade adds one different dimension though, that is physical presence.
  
  However, I'd like to see someone like Bendtner given a chance. His first touch, control, and passing is ideal for Wengerball (better than Ade in those qualities). then, there's Vela, RVP (20 games per season), Eduardo (after recovery). So, if at all there's one more striker needed, I'd like to point out that a playmaker role should be back to our formation. 4-4-1-1. If hleb doesn't move, he's ideal to play that role. If Nasri signs, he could play there as well. Walcott can play in different attacking positions. Rosicky could play as well, and could also play Cesc's role. Sid, I don't see the board signing someone like Arshavin, finished product in his top form. Not possible at all. They're looking to adopt youth policy. In coming seasons, we'll see more of Wilshere, Ramsey, Randall, Gibbs, Simpson, Barazite, Merida, etc.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jun 26 7:32:00 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  and btw does any1 know y robben wasnt allowed to play against russia? i still dont get it!

  
  
  Injury...
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Thu Jun 26 7:42:29 2008.

  U r right! Ade adds to the physical dimension ! but as a striker i see Edu more clinical than him. i guess he will struggle in milan.I think he is suited only for the free flowing attacking football that arsenal play.Surely arshavin kind of players wont be signed. but as u said i guess there are enough strikers and young guns in the team but many havent proven in the big stage.And regarding the young guns like wilshire i am excited for this upcoming season.I hope arsenal proves all the doubters wrong .And regarding nasri i found official website of marseille and nasri saying he has signed with arsenal !
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Thu Jun 26 7:43:31 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Sid_316 wrote: and btw does any1 know y robben wasnt allowed to play against russia? i still dont get it! Injury...

  
  
  Y was he allowed to play in Romania's match .. god i always thot he was one of the best in the dutch team
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jun 26 7:45:23 2008.

  Quote:

  And regarding nasri i found official website of marseille and nasri saying he has signed with arsenal !

  
  
  Whoa! Marseille official website French-la irukkom-la?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jun 26 7:46:32 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: Sid_316 wrote: and btw does any1 know y robben wasnt allowed to play against russia? i still dont get it! Injury... Y was he allowed to play in Romania's match .. god i always thot he was one of the best in the dutch team

  
  He is great, but injury prone. Like our RVP
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Thu Jun 26 7:47:03 2008.

  Theriyala! but i saw some goal.com or skysports saying its quoted there in the website
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jun 26 7:47:38 2008.

  Btw, B'day to Maldini, one of the best defenders of our time!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jun 26 7:48:42 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  Theriyala! but i saw some goal.com or skysports saying its quoted there in the website

  
  
  Oh...I have stopped browsing britain based papers, as they're load of **** regarding Arsenal.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Thu Jun 26 7:53:29 2008.

  Yesterday, France international Samir Nasri claimed that his move to Arsenal was all done. However, there was an immediate denial from Marseille, and the statement on Nasri's website disappeared shortly afterwards.
  
  
  Lol its nasri's website i guess . aaha appo innum sign pannalaya? enna than venumam . yea all these websites say ****. they hook up any young starlet with arsenal and write bloody rumours.. omg how the hell can they say crouch is coming to arsenal
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jun 26 7:59:51 2008.

  We should browse Arsenal.com once every week (considering the signings are a rarity for us). That remains our only reliable source.
  
  Then "BBC understands", "sky reports", etc will follow.
  
  

• From: HBK on Fri Jun 27 1:03:31 2008.

  Good performance from Spain once again. Senna neutralized Arshavin. I can see Spain nicking it finally (pardon the pun), but Bore(Ger)Mans are very well experienced in major finals. But i really hope Spain can win the thing.
  
  I hate the Boremans. They are anti-football. 1990 final is one fine piece of example. They did nothing apart from kicking Diego. Even in last world cup, they weren't that great and they needed 90th minute goal to beat a wounded Turkey.
  
  Fatih Terim is super great. A good coach makes good use of his players regardless of their abilities. Terim did just that. How funny that Kazim Kazim is Best English representative in the tournament. I pick Fatih as coach of the tournament.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Jun 27 1:29:56 2008.

  Terim is alright, but I still hate him for 2000 cup final. The word anti-football is an under estimation of what Galatasaray did that night.
  
  But credit where its due, the turks did play an open game, and dominated against Germans. In general, they had a good tournament with great fighting spirit.
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Fri Jun 27 3:19:59 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Btw, B'day to Maldini, one of the best defenders of our time!

  
  THE BEST
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Fri Jun 27 3:21:26 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Oh...I have stopped browsing britain based papers, as they're load of **** regarding Arsenal.

  
  Why is that so? Have they been "traditionally" like this or is it a recent trend?
  
  

• From: Hulkster on Fri Jun 27 6:49:27 2008.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: Oh...I have stopped browsing britain based papers, as they're load of **** regarding Arsenal. Why is that so? Have they been "traditionally" like this or is it a recent trend?

  
  
  British tabloids are worst than our junior vikatan and kumudham put together. When they get on hold of a story they can run it with different imaginative angles and spread it around their "sister" news till you get mad. Its like they run a agenda against you.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Jun 27 10:40:25 2008.

  Hulkster wrote:

  crajkumar_be wrote: thilak4life wrote: Oh...I have stopped browsing britain based papers, as they're load of **** regarding Arsenal. Why is that so? Have they been "traditionally" like this or is it a recent trend? British tabloids are worst than our junior vikatan and kumudham put together. When they get on hold of a story they can run it with different imaginative angles and spread it around their "sister" news till you get mad. Its like they run a agenda against you.

  
  
  
  
  CR,
  
  MAd towards Arsenal, because they don't sign overpriced and overhyped English players. Wenger doesn't play the player for his passport
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Fri Jun 27 21:26:30 2008.

  Managed to score 64 points in fantasy football (semi's alone)
  
  

• From: Hulkster on Fri Jun 27 22:37:37 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Hulkster wrote: crajkumar_be wrote: thilak4life wrote: Oh...I have stopped browsing britain based papers, as they're load of **** regarding Arsenal. Why is that so? Have they been "traditionally" like this or is it a recent trend? British tabloids are worst than our junior vikatan and kumudham put together. When they get on hold of a story they can run it with different imaginative angles and spread it around their "sister" news till you get mad. Its like they run a agenda against you. CR, MAd towards Arsenal, because they don't sign overpriced and overhyped English players. Wenger doesn't play the player for his passport

  
  
  He has signed Aaron Ramsey who seems quite a handful. Looks like he is under the right guidance as when it comes to skills Arsenal is the best place.
  
  

• From: crazy on Sat Jun 28 4:22:49 2008.

  go go Spain
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Jun 28 4:30:05 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  Managed to score 64 points in fantasy football (semi's alone)

  
  
  
  
  Nass, if you had played from the start, you'd have topped in that friends league, and also, been higher up in overall rankings. Good luck for the finals by the way.
  
  

• From: ramsri on Sat Jun 28 10:42:53 2008.

  HBK wrote:

  Good performance from Spain once again. Senna neutralized Arshavin.

  
  
  was a pleasant surprise to see spain play the way they did you don't normally associate that kind of stifling-the-opposing midfield play from them. but i guess they sensed the threat from russia and tackled it (forgive the pun ) the right away. senna was used almost exclusively to ensure that arshavin and pav got no service whatsoever from midfield. the fact that they had the extra midfielder in fabregas for the most part of the game probably helped in that sense. villa getting injured then was probably a blessing in disguise bcos i just don't see how spain could possibly have dominated midfield if they'd persisted with the twin striker formation in the second half. fabregas controlled the game from the time he came on, playing the link man to perfection, threading passes together and allowing spain to dictate the flow of the game with five men spread across midfield, xavi (later alonso) could push up front at will, while senna dropped back most of the time to cover defence (which in turn allowed for the surging forward runs of sergio ramos).
  
  good play from spain all round everyone had got them down as a flair team but here they showed the ability to outdo the opposition tactically as well - augurs well for them considering it's more of this they need against their opponents in the final.
  
  

• From: ramsri on Sat Jun 28 11:08:24 2008.

  HBK wrote:

  I can see Spain nicking it finally (pardon the pun), but Bore(Ger)Mans are very well experienced in major finals. But i really hope Spain can win the thing.

  
  
  dunno about that. as you yourself acknowledge, the germans go into the final by far the more experienced team in this sorta situation. the one thing they know better than any other team is the art of the winning when they're not playing well . it's a tough act to perform but germany seem to have perfected it by dint of long practice. that they've come so far in this tournament is itself testimony to this ability of theirs. they started with a bang but haven't really shown the spark in the latter stages. the game against poland was probably the only one where they really strutted their stuff as a team - the result was for all to see if they recover that form, they'll win and deservedly so. if they don't, they'll still be one hell of a tough team to beat. the germans have always been a tactically astute lot - they'll know exactly how spain will come at them and their strategy will be to give 'em hell.
  
  

  HBK wrote:

  I hate the Boremans. They are anti-football. 1990 final is one fine piece of example. They did nothing apart from kicking Diego.

  
  
  surprised you should say that i thought the current lot are among the more entertaining german teams in recent times. the fact that they're scoring more freely from open play and not relying solely on set pieces (exploiting their famous ability in the air) probably underlines that. they've shown decent link-up play in midfield, pace on the flanks (schweinsteiger, lahm) and good coordination between the strikers (podolski and klose play well together and hardly get in each others' way). admittedly gomez has been a dud (they play him when they've got kuranyi on the bench for christ's sake!! ) frings hasn't been all that influential (similar problems to italy's pirlo??) and lehmann gives them the occasional tense moment in goal. but other than that they've been a decent team to watch. refreshingly, unlike previous german teams (and most italian teams ) they go out and play football, wanting to win first - making life difficult for the opposition in only plan B.
  
  that doesn't imply i'm supporting them - i'd still like to see spain win for the sheer quality of play - for a long time football has been waiting for a team to come along and prove that you can entertain, enjoy and win, all at the same time.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Jun 28 11:44:25 2008.

  Spain have got the most creative midfielders in the tournament. Xavi gives a new dimension when Cesc gives him the freedom to express in the final third, and they need to play 4-5-1 to contain the Germans first and foremost. I'm not sure about Ramos/Capdevilla containing Schweinsteiger, and Podoloski, especially with both of 'em in form. So, it depends on how physically they cope up, and how tactically Spain play against the dangerous germans. Senna could keep ballack in his place, and Iniesta/Silva are sharper when they have Cesc around. Let's wait and see whether Fabregas plays. I fear Aragones that I wouldn't be surprised to see both Guiza & Torres upfront, and Cesc coming on for last 30 minutes to impact the game. Which could be too late. 30 or 90 minutes, Cesc will do the damage given a chance. That delicious first time chip to Guiza's goal, or be the maturity on young shoulders (what a pass that from Iniesta to Cesc) to pass the ball to Silva, that's what you get from the Little Maestro.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Jun 29 3:49:47 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  ThalaNass wrote: Managed to score 64 points in fantasy football (semi's alone) Nass, if you had played from the start, you'd have topped in that friends league, and also, been higher up in overall rankings. Good luck for the finals by the way.

  
  
  Thanks Thilak... Gudluck for u too....
  
  BTW, gonna support Spain... hopefully, they'll win it!! Naa support panna ella teamum sothapiduchu..
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Jun 29 3:58:34 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Spain have got the most creative midfielders in the tournament. Xavi gives a new dimension when Cesc gives him the freedom to express in the final third, and they need to play 4-5-1 to contain the Germans first and foremost. I'm not sure about Ramos/Capdevilla containing Schweinsteiger, and Podoloski, especially with both of 'em in form. So, it depends on how physically they cope up, and how tactically Spain play against the dangerous germans. Senna could keep ballack in his place, and Iniesta/Silva are sharper when they have Cesc around. Let's wait and see whether Fabregas plays. I fear Aragones that I wouldn't be surprised to see both Guiza & Torres upfront, and Cesc coming on for last 30 minutes to impact the game. Which could be too late. 30 or 90 minutes, Cesc will do the damage given a chance. That delicious first time chip to Guiza's goal, or be the maturity on young shoulders (what a pass that from Iniesta to Cesc) to pass the ball to Silva, that's what you get from the Little Maestro.

  
  
  It will be a shame if Cesc do not start the match...
  
  Probable line up (Spain) :
  
  --------------------------------Casillas-------------------------------------
  
  -----Ramos------------Puyol---------------Marchena-------------Capdevila
  
  -----------------------------------Senna-------------------------------------
  
  --------SIlva-------------Xavi-------------------Fabregas--------Iniesta---
  
  ------------------------------------Torres---------------------------------
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Jun 29 3:59:10 2008.

  I think its going to be Torres's day today!!
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sun Jun 29 15:39:01 2008.

  Yaaay ! torres scored
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Jun 29 15:49:01 2008.

  Good take by Torres. Lehmann did the same mistake as many Goalkeepers do, which is coming up as fast to cover the striker, and giving no time for the defender (lahm) to close down the player. Leaving Torres to catch up on the outside, I think Lahm could have still closed him. But hey, good that Spain are leading.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sun Jun 29 16:38:06 2008.

  Spain won
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Jun 29 16:39:33 2008.

  
  
  Spain deserved it!
  
  Torres performs in big matches
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Jun 29 16:40:29 2008.

  And again, they pull a more tactical victory (as against Italy). Aragones deserves an applause
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sun Jun 29 16:46:12 2008.

  Spain
  
  

• From: Nerd on Sun Jun 29 20:58:51 2008.

  naansans spain Anyway Germany is very naansansss
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Sun Jun 29 21:03:04 2008.

  Spain
  
  

• From: Sanguine Sridhar on Mon Jun 30 1:58:37 2008.

  Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

  Well, I like Spain..! I want them to win..

  
  
  Yeah!!
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Mon Jun 30 4:54:39 2008.

  Yeah Spain!!
  
  What a tournament.. i think its better than WC 98!!
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Mon Jun 30 4:55:06 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  I think its going to be Torres's day today!!

  
  
  
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Mon Jun 30 4:59:54 2008.

  Enna... orE self-praising-A irukku...
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Mon Jun 30 5:07:33 2008.

  Thalafanz wrote:

  Enna... orE self-praising-A irukku...

  
  
  athu illa Yoga, romba naal kazhicu ennoda prediction correct-a vanthirukku... athaan...
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Mon Jun 30 5:12:39 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  Thalafanz wrote: Enna... orE self-praising-A irukku... athu illa Yoga, romba naal kazhicu ennoda prediction correct-a vanthirukku... athaan...

  
  
  Bet ethAvathu pannEnggalA???
  I heard there was a Chinese boy/guy lost RM 90 000 in Euro bet. Money was borrowed from Chetti & he finally commit suicide out of fear.
  Did u hear the story???
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Mon Jun 30 5:18:18 2008.

  Thalafanz wrote:

  ThalaNass wrote: Thalafanz wrote: Enna... orE self-praising-A irukku... athu illa Yoga, romba naal kazhicu ennoda prediction correct-a vanthirukku... athaan... Bet ethAvathu pannEnggalA??? I heard there was a Chinese boy/guy lost RM 90 000 in Euro bet. Money was borrowed from Chetti & he finally commit suicide out of fear. Did u hear the story???

  
  
  Naan bet ellam panna maataen hehe...
  
  Yup it came in the Star right? SO sad... those Ah Longs...
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Mon Jun 30 5:19:21 2008.

  Cha no footy for 1 and 1/2 months
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Mon Jun 30 5:21:25 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  Yup it came in the Star right? SO sad... those Ah Longs...

  
  
  Why blame Ah Long??? The guy should be blamed totally. He was already made lots of debt for World Cup where his father had cleared.
  
  Naattula ippadiyum irukkAnungga pArungga...
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Mon Jun 30 5:24:45 2008.

  Thalafanz wrote:

  Why blame Ah Long??? The guy should be blamed totally. He was already made lots of debt for World Cup where his father had cleared. Naattula ippadiyum irukkAnungga pArungga...

  
  
  Oh sorry yeah he should be blamed and the bookies too
  
  

• From: MrJudge on Mon Jun 30 8:18:52 2008.

  Germans played like a tired team
  Congrats Spain, they deserved yesterday's game.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Tue Jul 8 5:48:13 2008.

  Y is this thread dead! change the name back to soccer ...
  
  Transfer season is hotting up!!
  
  Hleb has blasted gunners and selfish cesc
  
  Arsenal are linked with Huntelaar
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Jul 8 6:03:07 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  1.Hleb has blasted gunners and selfish cesc 2.Arsenal are linked with Huntelaar

  
  
  1. Twisting the words, typical press. They have rehashed and served it with some ambiguous statements. They went a bit overhead with the comment on Cesc. Hleb's best friend, and at best, would have meant he's not as "selfish" as Cesc. which is a fair statement. Cesc takes a pop at goals. But he wouldn't have meant Cesc is "selfish". Considering the assists, he created the most in PL, and also in Euro 2008. Hardly a selfish player.
  
  2. If it happens, then Ade will be sold I suppose.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Tue Jul 8 6:06:12 2008.

  Yea hleb is always decent i doubt it too.. and do u rate adebayor a great striker ? i always wanted him to go .. except for his physical presence i dont think he has any other exceptional qualities as a striker! Number of times he had failed to finish.
  
  too much linking going on Arshavin is even linked to arsenal if hleb and ade leave
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Jul 8 6:10:50 2008.

  Yeah, I'm not a big fan of Ade. He will be sold, which I think will happen (more so that Laporta is safe at Barca). Will be glad if they buy a replacement. Will not be, if the board takes 30m to their pocket, and invest 500,000 on 12 year old kids from Zimbabwe.
  
  Not Arshavin, doesn't look like a Wenger signing. He's a "star "already, remember we make our own stars at Emirates.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Tue Jul 8 6:13:50 2008.

  But Wenger recently stated this trend of selling their big players and investing on youth will carry on for a loooooooong time . Is Emirates stadium is the only problem.. havent any clubs have shifted to any big stadium or something? . Highbury was much like home Old times rule
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Jul 8 6:23:41 2008.

  I love Highbury myself, and we moved to compete with other superpowers of football (Madrid, Barca, Milan, ManU) both financially on matchdays, and also provide events/corporate facilities for extra revenue. We had the highest revenue from our stadium in England, I heard our season tickets are the highest in the world. That being said, they will be repaying the loan (for this stadium) every year. The "fake" quotes of '17 years of selling' in press is sh!te as usual. It's just Wenger's policy of getting youth than wasting on superstars, to help us stay financially sound. The chairman have said money is available, and they have never denied a player that Wenger wanted to buy. Few players (like Flamini and possibly Adebayor) act like mercenaries, and need improved wages. Hleb's case is one-off, the boy needs a change of residence apparently. Not satisfied in busy London. But what's surprising is the lack of ambition and pressure by the board on Wenger to get players for the squad. We had a weaker squad burning our fingers last year. So this year, they need to step up to fulfill the ambitions of the fans, and the size of the club.
  
  

• From: Sanguine Sridhar on Tue Jul 8 6:56:38 2008.

  Soccer fans,
  
  Do you want the title of this thread to be renamed? If so suggest me one.
  
  Thanks
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Jul 8 9:53:07 2008.

  Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

  Soccer fans, Do you want the title of this thread to be renamed? If so suggest me one. Thanks

  
  
  "Soccer thread" should read "Football thread". And addressing us "Football fans".
  
  

• From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jul 9 23:54:37 2008.

  Done!
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Thu Jul 10 2:44:47 2008.

  Hleb is off to Nou Camp, according to...... The Sun
  
  Sri anna...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jul 10 6:13:39 2008.

  Oh,Pleb will be a loss.
  
  Btw SS,
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Fri Jul 11 23:48:37 2008.

  Arsenal completed Nasri signing.. All the best for him!
  
  

• From: HBK on Wed Jul 16 0:54:53 2008.

  Samir Nasri is officially THE MAN for nailing Tatiana Golovin
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed Jul 16 20:31:36 2008.

  Ronaldinho joins AC Milan
  
  I thought he will never leave Barca
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Thu Jul 17 2:37:24 2008.

  Thalafanz wrote:

  Ronaldinho joins AC Milan I thought he will never leave Barca

  
  
  Ronaldinho waste, Yoga.. He's not more the "great" Ronaldinho.. 12million for him is a great business done by Barca
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sun Aug 17 5:00:48 2008.

  Epl Has Begun! Good that Arsenal Won the Opening match ... NasrI Could Well Be arsenal's MEssi
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Aug 22 14:45:38 2008.

  Nasri might as well live up to 'next zidane' billing. We are back to Pires-like role than the difficult hleb-type! Nasri can shoot, and provide direct assist, and that's what we missed a lot from Hleb. Moreover, Hleb needed someone like Cesc to make the runs, and thus leaving it exposed in the center (As he is not all that good in tracking back to cover). Nasri will play nice with Cesc, and would also do it without him (unlike hleb who needed a Cesc almost always). Also feel we might be better off with Rosicky than Theo, as I think Theo walcott has a lot more to improve to become a starting 11 player for us. He isn't particularly suited to our style yet. Wenger obviously wants him to play a Freddie ljuenberg style of run, but Theo hasn't done that when he starts the game (Except maybe three or four games). He is making an impact from the bench, of course. And, he never tracks back to defend as well. So overall, lot of improvement required in his play.
  
  And good to have alex Song back from olympics. Song-Denilson is a good pair. I know we all hate Eboue, but I'm inclined to believe he will start in RM ahead of Theo. The team will be:
  
  ----------Fawlty--------------
  Sagna-Gallas-Djorou-Clichy
  Eboue-Denilson-Song-Nasri
  ------RVP----------Ade---------
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Aug 22 14:48:47 2008.

  Also time to relax on our ball retention game, and start moving the ball quicker to final third. No need to slow it down, and let the opposition organize, thus leaving it open for their counter as well. We need to let our defence breath, and organize their back line as well, we seldom did in the last season (at least towards the end).
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Aug 23 1:56:34 2008.

  Guess Cesc aint fit still.. And Arsenal hav bought Silvestre :O
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Aug 23 4:43:52 2008.

  Tweety head is injured it seems. But highly likely to get a starting-11 berth right now. He will be there to cover Clichy as our young LBs, Gibbs, Pedro, and Traore are on loan, learning the art of fullback.
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Sun Aug 24 9:46:12 2008.

  Nowadays I don't watch TV . So I'm missing all the action. But saw a video of Liverpool's win over Middlesbrough . Gerrard does it again for Pool . Mascherano's absence is affecting the team.
  
  

• From: MrJudge on Tue Sep 16 7:59:27 2008.

  Go Chelsea Go!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Sep 17 9:13:17 2008.

  Today awaits a tricky tie to kiev. It's very tricky.
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Wed Sep 17 9:37:47 2008.

  Did anyone watch the match btw Liverpool and Marseille ? I managed to see the highlights . What a goal from Thalaivar . The goalkeeper was stunned. No one could have done anything to stop it. This year the cup is going to be ours . The league title as well.
  We own Chelsea . We own Arsenal. We own Manchester United . We are the kings. We rule the world
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Sep 17 9:40:05 2008.

  I wasn't impressed at all with liverpool's first few games, but they got stuck in, and got points. But more than that, they looked great against manure, and clicked well against Marseilles. But still the team to beat this year would still be Chelscums.
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Wed Sep 17 9:48:12 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  But still the team to beat this year would still be Chelscums.

  
  
  My friend who is another football maniac has the same opinion.
  He is a Newcastle united fan but puts all his money on Chelsea . I can never sit through a Chelsea game unless it involves Pool .
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Sep 17 9:50:28 2008.

  rocketboy wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: But still the team to beat this year would still be Chelscums. My friend who is another football maniac has the same opinion. He is a Newcastle united fan but puts all his money on Chelsea . I can never sit through a Chelsea game unless it involves Pool .

  
  
  This year, they look okay. Scolari will play more defensively in big games. Speaking of which, Liverpool's style is famously called '**** on stick' under Rafa benitez. It's that defensively drab and boring. However, their home games at anfield (like last week's against manure) is worth watching.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Wed Sep 17 10:06:45 2008.

  Tata sky sucks they dont hav z sports ... anyways i guess Arsenal wud win today's match...arsenal r in an great form ... except some bad defensive work here and there
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed Sep 17 11:34:24 2008.

  All the Best for MU for Champ League tonite
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Wed Sep 17 16:28:20 2008.

  If you have good internet connection then install sopcast to watch all these matches live. I am watching Arsenal vs Kiev now . Arsenal is losing the match
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Wed Sep 17 16:33:39 2008.

  Gallas hits the equalizer. Kiev players got a very good chance to make it 2-0 . They wasted it
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed Sep 17 20:29:42 2008.

  rocketboy wrote:

  If you have good internet connection then install sopcast to watch all these matches live. I am watching Arsenal vs Kiev now . Arsenal is losing the match

  
  
  Bro, is that a freeware???
  
  

• From: MrJudge on Thu Sep 18 1:06:14 2008.

  Thalafanz wrote:

  rocketboy wrote: If you have good internet connection then install sopcast to watch all these matches live. I am watching Arsenal vs Kiev now . Arsenal is losing the match Bro, is that a freeware???

  
  
  Yes, it is.
  
  

• From: MrJudge on Thu Sep 18 1:18:38 2008.

  Watched yesterday's MU vs Villa match, really a pathetic one.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Sep 18 5:56:27 2008.

  I watched kiev vs arsenal, we should have been 2-0 up at half time with sitters for cesc and rvp, we slept the opening half of the second half until they dived and got the penalty, it was like a kick to the teeth. Adebayor needs to step up, or he will be taken over by other young strikers like Bendtner or even Vela. Eduardo will certainly get his place back with RVP playing slightly off him. IMO, Eduardo is as talented as David villa, he's a fox in the box with good all round skill. I digress, back the game, I felt Gallas made up with that goal for his glaring errors, some of which were unpunished by poor kiev forward. Also, I think Walcott is coming of age. He needs to improve a lot more to justify the place. I'm still waiting to see our starting line-up with everyone fit. I assume the formation should either be 4-1-3-2
  
  --------------Almunia
  Sagna---Toure---Gallas--clichy
  ---------------Song/Diaby/Denilson---------------
  Rosicky/walcott/Eboue--Cesc/Denilson--Nasri/walcott/Rosicky
  ---------RVP/Vela---Eduardo/Adebayor/Bendtner
  
  or 4-2-3-1
  
  --------------Almunia
  Sagna---Toure---Gallas--clichy
  --------Song-----Diaby/Denilson---
  -RVP/theo/Eboue---Cesc/Rosicky-------Nasri/Vela------
  -----------Eduardo/Adebayor/Bendtner
  
  
  Song should always play, he will give defensive shield, and we need to build our backbone with him, it should always be Song-Cesc as DM-AM down the middle. Or, we need to play 2 CM like Diaby and denilson together. Cesc-Denilson is too light weight, and too attack minded.
  
  As and when Rosicky returns, play him in any of the midfield positions, save DM. He might be a sicknote pain-in-the-ass, but he is quality.
  
  Also, I'm not sure of Bendtner's improvement if Adebayor is in here, because he is looking so rusty everytime he comes on. Strikers like bendtner lack pace, and hence would be a lot more effective if they could be given at least 30 mts to measure the space, and pace of the opposition backline. That way, they can clock their speed, and timing of their runs to optimal levels. Hence, it's going to be difficult to big nik. He's obviously talented, but he's considerably inconsistent. This is only a thing of his age, he will be a great striker in future if he gets his temperament right. I'd loan him out to a mid-table team when Eduardo returns. I believe either Adebayor or Bendtner will be sold out next summer.
  
  Also wish to see more of Jack Wilshere, he's going to stun a lot of people when he breaks into the first team. One of the best 16 year olds I've ever seen.
  
  In all fairness, I'm optimistic as every other football fan. I'm glad we stick to our principles, and our style of bringing players to our system. Though it would not bring us quick glory, it's much more honourable than using a cash machine to steal 30million pounds ready made goods, from Robinho to Berbatov or what have you? Go Arsenal!
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Sep 20 15:12:33 2008.

  Arsenal - Top of the table
  
  First half we were on a rampage shud hav got more goals!!
  
  
  Defence is a bit fragile ... but other than that Arsenal are rocking
  
  

• From: MrJudge on Sun Sep 21 15:38:29 2008.

  Chelsea vs MU game was really good. Chelsea should have won it comfortably by atleast 2-1 but Anelka missed an easy one.
  
  

• From: MrJudge on Sun Sep 28 2:17:51 2008.

  Chelsea is back on top in the points table Go Chelsea Go!
  
  Geovanni's goal against Arsenal was
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Fri Oct 3 12:45:10 2008.

  Thalaivar has now scored 100 goals for Pool . Pool on top in both EPL and CL . What more could a Kopite want
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Oct 3 12:53:13 2008.

  It's great to be a gooner too. Scintillating football, getting results, but should avoid lapses like Hull and fulham.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Fri Oct 3 13:03:04 2008.

  Yeah ... except for our little bad defence we r simply rocking... every1 are playing well.. even eboue seems to play well lol .. i strongly think gallas is the 1 bad player in our team
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Oct 3 13:21:32 2008.

  Gallas is one of the better ball playing center half in the premier league. What We miss is the figure head like Keown, Adams or Sol, who can organize, and lead the line. Toure-Sol is a great pair, but Toure-Gallas is not. Just like Gallas-Thuram and Gallas-Terry, the pairs which have worked. It's not rocket science, we miss the tall aggressive center half mould (Sol, Thuram, Terry, etc). And that's why Rio-Vidic, and Terry-Carvalho, Carraghar-Skrtel are better pairs. In PL, we can't afford to play two ball winning tacklers like Toure and Gallas, we need a tall center half.
  
  But then again, we keep a high line, and hence we need an athletic back line. the whole back 4 of Sagna-Toure-Gallas-Clichy is fast, and great in the ground. But in corners, crosses, and long balls, there is no one to dominate the likes of Kevin Davies, etc. That's where we fail.
  
  We also lack a strong body in CM. Denilson is good, but he is still learning the craft. He is short in positional sense, and often falls when making a tackle. If he misses the ball, we have a problem there. That's why I would play Song ahead of him, and in every single game. If Denilson-Cesc can't sustain defensively as a pair (fulham and Hull saw that), then why should we burn ourselves with that experiment again.
  
  But this is Wenger, he loves his experiments.
  
  Moreover, Gallas needs to cut his pre-match pep talk, and get his a** rolling in the match instead.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Fri Oct 3 13:28:38 2008.

  Quote:

  Moreover, Gallas needs to cut his pre-match pep talk, and get his a** rolling in the match instead.

  
  
  
  Yeah exactly...he is a good player maybe.. but i hate his attitude.. the way he behaves and the way he doesnt stand up for our young guns sometimes.. for example the clichy incident last year..
  
  We hav a great team.. but i doubt if a single person has the characs of ppl who ever there in the "invincible" era .. good ol years
  
  and i too think song should be played instead of denilson...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Oct 3 13:36:20 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  We hav a great team.. but i doubt if a single person has the characs of ppl who ever there in the "invincible" era .. good ol years

  
  As characters, it's hard to replace winners like Lehmann, Vieira, Bergkamp, Pires, Ljuenberg, and Sol Campbell. In fact, Cashley too had a bitchy winning mentality, which he lack at these days. these players were awesome together. that's when mentally fragile but talented player like Theirry henry became world beater. Sad that RVP, or Eduardo were missing in that generation. I think these two got the right talent, and potential, but not the perfect team (just yet)
  
  And talent wise too, the invisible were far superior, perhaps maybe...
  Sagna for Lauren,
  Cesc for Gilberto/Edu..
  
  We also terribly lack a utility player like Ray parlour. He's a winner, and thorough professional. Emmanuel Eboue is apparently the new Parlour according to Wenger.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Fri Oct 3 13:41:29 2008.

  What about keown ? . .. remember the van Nistelrooy penalty incident ... i doubt any1 wud do that kinda of stuff now... we need players like that seriously... players with more physically aggressive nature!!
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Fri Oct 3 13:42:33 2008.

  Quote:

  We also terribly lack a utility player like Ray parlour. He's a winner, and thorough professional. Emmanuel Eboue is apparently the new Parlour according to Wenger.

  
  
  
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Oct 3 14:30:08 2008.

  Keown's rip roaring roar at Ruud made him piss his pants.
  
  Apparently, fat fergie thought we got away with murder.
  
  The corrupt FA (probably owned by the mancs with stupid refs, which riley proved that night as well) slapped us fine after fine, suspension after suspension. But then again, we still won the title without losing a game! Good times in deed!
  
  Watching battle of Algiers in World movies. Catch up later.
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Mon Oct 6 9:15:14 2008.

  And this is why I will support Liverpool FC 'till I die...
  
  http://bleacherreport.com/articles/65390-liverpool-vs-man-city-the-reason-i-love-my-team
  
  Liverpool forever
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Tue Oct 7 8:27:45 2008.

  http://bleacherreport.com/articles/65727-liverpool-fc-breaking-the-barriers-of-language
  
  One more by a fellow Kopite.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Oct 9 11:28:35 2008.

  that was a great match. loved every seconds of 2nd half. this is how champions play. whole team is playing well. Torres is a beast. Agger who is one of the best centrebacks in the world is only getting first team chances when Skrtel got injured. Damn, this is our year.
  
  Also, this is the third time already this season an opponent player being sent off for a foul on Xabi.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Thu Oct 9 11:43:34 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Damn, this is our year.

  
  
  hehe..keep on dreaming!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Oct 9 13:29:32 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Damn, this is our year.

  
  
  I got a sneaky feeling that Liverpool got a chance. However it all depends on how Chelsea fare, as they seem to look stronger of all teams.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Thu Oct 9 13:35:33 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Raikkonen wrote: Damn, this is our year. I got a sneaky feeling that Liverpool got a chance. However it all depends on how Chelsea fare, as they seem to look stronger of all teams.

  
  
  
  enna thilak neengale ippadi solliteenga ??? Gunners spirit man we can still bounce back cant we?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Oct 9 13:53:28 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: Raikkonen wrote: Damn, this is our year. I got a sneaky feeling that Liverpool got a chance. However it all depends on how Chelsea fare, as they seem to look stronger of all teams. enna thilak neengale ippadi solliteenga ??? Gunners spirit man we can still bounce back cant we?

  
  
  Sure we have. 7 games doesn't end a season, does it?
  
  

• From: MrJudge on Thu Oct 9 14:27:46 2008.

  This year is ours...go Chelsea.
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Thu Oct 9 15:10:51 2008.

  Chelsea, Man U , Arsenal - one of the teams will be displaced from the top 4 by Hull . I invite others to place a bet on this.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Thu Oct 9 15:12:40 2008.

  heh hehe
  
  Ungalai ellam paatha enaku paavama iruku
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Oct 12 10:30:03 2008.

  Anyone watched international matches?
  
  England played poorly, but got 5-1 against one of the worst sides in the world (kaz). Walcott sucked by the way. the whole midfield sucked. Lampard-Gerrard were poor, and proved they couldn't be a pair under any coach! somehow, they scored the crappy goals in the end, and the scoreline couldn't paint a wronger picture..
  
  And France come back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with Romania away. Some comeback to save Domenech's job (not again!) Gourcuff had a great game, setting up ribery for first, and scored a great debut goal reminiscent of Zizou's debut goal against Czech, except that it was from his right foot (zizou's was left). And hey, Gourcuff had "14" on his shirt, Zidane started with 14 too.I know, but I could speculate!
  
  Germany-Russia - one of the best games. As goes the cliche, it's a game of two halves. Germans dominated first, Russians got back in second. It ended 2-1. One of the best games.
  
  Sweden-Portugal - 0-0. Poor game. some of the overrated show ponies on show. Zlatan (he is capable of scoring good goals though), Crisitiano, Quaresma, etc. Couldn't take it!
  
  Spain looked strong as ever. they didn't really push, but comfortably won against...uh, Estonia.
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Sun Oct 12 12:15:07 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Anyone watched international matches? England played poorly, but got 5-1 against one of the worst sides in the world (kaz). Walcott sucked by the way.

  
  
  I did see the highlights . Walcott sucked I don't agree. I think he played well . Maybe the highlight was all about the good moves in the game. We will be happy to have Walcott in our team. He is a Pool fan in the first place.
  
  

  thilak4life wrote:

  Sweden-Portugal - 0-0. Poor game. some of the overrated show ponies on show. Zlatan (he is capable of scoring good goals though), Crisitiano, Quaresma, etc. Couldn't take it!

  
  
  
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Oct 12 12:36:25 2008.

  rocketboy wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: Anyone watched international matches? England played poorly, but got 5-1 against one of the worst sides in the world (kaz). Walcott sucked by the way. I did see the highlights . Walcott sucked I don't agree. I think he played well . Maybe the highlight was all about the good moves in the game. We will be happy to have Walcott in our team. He is a Pool fan in the first place.

  
  
  Admittedly, I'm one of the harshest critics of Theo walcott. (Btw, it's not that surprising to know he's a liverpool fan considering he's a massive Owen fan) Actually, He's okay for England. But the balls should be played nicely for him. His first touch is poor. Honestly, he doesn't possess good ball control like Joe Cole or Rooney or SWP or Ashley young, I don't know how he plays ahead of SWP or Young in RM. He's someone who relies on his pace more than dribbling. Sure, he does dribble with pace, but that wouldn't work against Maicon, Cuntley Cole, Ramos, Vargas, Evra, and any other world class fullback. Now, England lacks dribbling, and they would do better with SWP IMHO. Of course, Theo's crossing is improving all the time. But there are other problems too. He needs to improve his footwork, and he needs to be more composed with the ball. Sure, he is feeling confident with more games.
  
  And That said, I think he has a lot lot more to do to play in Arsenal midfield. For England, it's okay because most of their players lack the technique to play good ball retention, and good passing football. They try hollywood long balls, and direct counter attacks. For English team's standards, Walcott happened to be one of the better players yesterday. But he is yet to prove his worth in Arsenal first-11 (sure some of his magical runs like Anfield last year comes to mind, but thinking in larger scale, he hasn't done anything yet consistently). He can't fit the laces of Pires, or Wiltord, or Ljuenberg or Overmars or Parlour or Hleb or Rosicky, who have played in our wings over the years. He's long way from improving into a proper winger. Seriously, I'd be lot more comfortable to see him as a striker in stead of Adepaymore. But then again, Rosicky is still sick in his sick bed. We will only be seeing Walcott in the wings until then. He doesn't inspire confidence in that position. Yes, he has his moments, but in Wenger's system, it's more than "impact" and handful moments. His direct play is a good quality to have in reserve , but our collective play is affected with him in there. And in any case, even if Walcott is going to be our striker. Could he realistically replace Bendtner, Vela, RVP, and Eduardo? I don't think so. but he can offer a different option sure.
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Sun Oct 12 14:28:48 2008.

  Btw thilak , just now realized that your signature is linked to a football video. Wow !! Amazing ! Arsenal has got so much talent in the stable waiting to be unleashed . No wonder it plays such great football. I am an Arsenal fan too. Walcott , Fabregas and Persie are always there in my dream team. That said Arsenal is guilty of robbing small clubs of young talents . That way small clubs do not get a chance to develop and thats not at all good for football. Now what I am seeing. Messi's place at the top is no longer guaranteed. Aguero, Vela, Pato, Krkic and who else . All these guys are fabulous. Sometimes I wonder if getting into the Brazilian/Argentinian team is the toughest job in the the world. There so much talent around that sometimes people whom you deem to be damn good don't find a place in a bigger scheme. I am talking about Afonso Alves. I think he is a good striker . But the no of games he has played for Brazil is handful. 2- 3 Brazilian footballers used to participate in our own NFL a few years ago . Sunday for one . They outshone our guys be it scoring goals or ball possession or sheer skill and it was a kind of shock for me then when I learnt that these guys would struggle to get a chance to play for third division clubs back in Brazil
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Oct 12 14:37:36 2008.

  rocketboy wrote:

  Btw thilak , just now realized that your signature is linked to a football video. Wow !! Amazing ! Arsenal has got so much talent in the stable waiting to be unleashed . No wonder it plays such great football. I am an Arsenal fan too. Walcott , Fabregas and Persie are always there in my dream team. That said Arsenal is guilty of robbing small clubs of young talents . That way small clubs do not get a chance to develop and thats not at all good for football. Now what I am seeing. Messi's place at the top is no longer guaranteed. Aguero, Vela, Pato, Krkic and who else . All these guys are fabulous. Sometimes I wonder if getting into the Brazilian/Argentinian team is the toughest job in the the world. There so much talent around that sometimes people whom you deem to be damn good don't find a place in a bigger scheme. I am talking about Afonso Alves. I think he is a good striker . But the no of games he has played for Brazil is handful. 2- 3 Brazilian footballers used to participate in our own NFL a few years ago . Sunday for one . They outshone our guys be it scoring goals or ball possession or sheer skill and it was a kind of shock for me then when I learnt that these guys would struggle to get a chance to play for third division clubs back in Brazil

  
  
  You are right. I agree with whatever you say, including poaching of youngsters. But fact is, everyone does it. Chelsea, Liverpool, and man united included, but none of their managers believe in the youngsters, and only go for bigger names. Besides, Platini is a big dickhead. He's only worried about Wenger and English teams, and doesn't really worry about Italian teams like Milan, Spanish like Madrid, and most importantly Barcelona. They steal youngsters too. Since everyone does it, I wonder why it's called "stealing" if it involves English football.
  
  Shouldn't we say the young players just moved to get high quality training, and proper coaching. And they get to play first team football under the best coaches. Now that Wenger had the guts to do it, Platini has a problem with it. He doesn't have a problem with Messi playing in Barcelona, or Kaka in milan, because these players too were "stolen" at a young age, and made their name in non-English clubs.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Oct 12 14:41:45 2008.

  Rocketboy,
  
  If Indian footballers are to develop, they better get better facilities. Football field in our country is a stone factory compared to Brazilian or Argentinian for example. Moreover, we have a fascination to cricket. Generally Indians are good with sports that involves hand movement, and they are not that good with their legs. WE also lack the fitness levels, and hence the concentration levels to play in a fast paced international football games. Moreover, real footballers are not developed in football fields, but in street football. With the space confinement, they are made to develop close control and other finer skills. They create their own technique that way. And, we Indians only play street cricket, and not football!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Oct 12 14:45:12 2008.

  Btw, Vela plays for Mexico.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Oct 12 22:30:40 2008.

  Theo was the match's best player in the first half, and was the worst player in 2nd half. unfortuantely the three lions scored all of the goals in 2nd half.
  
  Ashley Cole deserved the booes. I don't care what Capello or Rio says. People paid the money and they have the rights to voice their opinion. He made a huge blunder, and gave them a chance to come back. I've never been a fan off him, but he was awesome when he was in Arsenal. Now he makes to many mistakes and thinks he's the undisputed no.1 choice at leftback. I hope Stephen Warnock gets a call-up and despatch Cashley from the line-up
  
  Spain were tremendous. Poor Torres still can't score. I'm still not sold on iniesta playing in wide positions. Xavi and Xabi were excellent. I still miss Joaquin . On his day he's about 20 times better than Cristiano Real Madrido.
  
  Italy were ok against Bulgaria. It's about time Lippi introduce new guys to the team. Very impressed with Riccardo Montolivo. Didn't see other matches.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Oct 17 5:55:33 2008.

  Any thoughts on Tues/Wed international matches?
  
  Gerrard-Lampard debate is still ON. Walcott was rubbish again, as I said, he will be superb 1 game, and shite next 2 games. That's for England. For Arsenal, it's like 1 every 5 games. I have all the time in the world for him. But I think the lad has lot to improve. We need Rosicky back.
  
  I watched Blues, Oranje, Spain and Portugal games.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sat Oct 18 3:51:07 2008.

  Walcott was at fault for their goal. Belarus were damn good. Reminded me of Arsenal. Gerrard was ok in left wing and but sure they have to dump him or Lampard sooner than later.
  
  i hate international mangoosteens, i mean matches. Now Torres and Babel both picked up injuries.
  
  and Kuyt hasn't.
  
  How sad
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Oct 19 7:07:42 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Walcott was at fault for their goal. Belarus were damn good. Reminded me of Arsenal. Gerrard was ok in left wing and but sure they have to dump him or Lampard sooner than later. i hate international mangoosteens, i mean matches. Now Torres and Babel both picked up injuries. and Kuyt hasn't. How sad

  
  
  Oh boy. how wrong was i..
  
  Thank god for that win. We would have lost it last season. But, watching Liverpool matches is not good for my health
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Oct 20 2:31:24 2008.

  And I was wrong on Walcott. His touch and control has improved. A good touch and go move with Diaby and nice finish. Overall, I'm not satisfied with the defence. Lot of improvement needed.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Oct 20 3:22:42 2008.

  Chelsea vs Us next week. Bloody pumped. Seeing Liverpool matches for last week, i'm sure atleast two things from the list are going to happen
  
  1) We will concede the first goal
  2) We will claw back from the death
  3) An opponent player will get sent off fouling Xabi
  4) Dirk Kuyt will score
  5) Gerrard will be the most average player on the pitch
  6) Dirk Kuyt will score
  7) Ryan Babel will come on as sub after 65 Minutes
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Mon Oct 20 3:29:58 2008.

  Poor Chelsea they don't have Riise to help them this time.
  
  
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Oct 20 3:32:51 2008.

  i miss the ginger prince (seriously).
  
  They're a damn good side, but i believe our determination and Dirk Kuyt will lead us to victory. And Also Xabi will draw a red card for Lampard.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Oct 20 3:41:35 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Chelsea vs Us next week. Bloody pumped. Seeing Liverpool matches for last week, i'm sure atleast two things from the list are going to happen 1) We will concede the first goal 2) We will claw back from the death 3) An opponent player will get sent off fouling Xabi 4) Dirk Kuyt will score 5) Gerrard will be the most average player on the pitch 6) Dirk Kuyt will score 7) Ryan Babel will come on as sub after 65 Minutes

  
  
  Torres returns?
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Oct 20 3:43:36 2008.

  No Torres is out for 2 weeks. No problems because we have Deadly Dirk..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Oct 20 3:54:00 2008.

  I can't see a Chelsea player getting red carded. The refs reserve special treatment for 'em (and United).
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Oct 20 3:55:36 2008.

  Anyone watched Bottomham Spudsters? They are beyond a joke. A "bad" (shite) fart (lane) joke.
  
  I hope I didn't jinx it, because the c**** might nick their first victory against us.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Mon Oct 20 7:57:29 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Anyone watched Bottomham Spudsters? They are beyond a joke. A "bad" (shite) fart (lane) joke. I hope I didn't jinx it, because the c**** might nick their first victory against us.

  
  
  
  lol lmao .. ok answer this question
  
  
  wat is the difference between a triangle and tottenham hotspurs?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Oct 20 8:04:50 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: Anyone watched Bottomham Spudsters? They are beyond a joke. A "bad" (shite) fart (lane) joke. I hope I didn't jinx it, because the c**** might nick their first victory against us. lol lmao .. ok answer this question wat is the difference between a triangle and tottenham hotspurs?

  
  
  Triangle got more points. And even the fork got too.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Oct 20 8:05:38 2008.

  Btw Sid, I love Butters from SP. Easily my favorite character from the series. And, the Series is lot of fun!
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Mon Oct 20 8:34:09 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Btw Sid, I love Butters from SP. Easily my favorite character from the series. And, the Series is lot of fun!

  
  
  
  Yeah its awesome fun!! dude check out this http://www.tv.com/south-park/show/344/top.html for top episodes....
  
  sorry for posting this in footy thread !
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Oct 20 9:11:53 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: Anyone watched Bottomham Spudsters? They are beyond a joke. A "bad" (shite) fart (lane) joke. I hope I didn't jinx it, because the c**** might nick their first victory against us. lol lmao .. ok answer this question wat is the difference between a triangle and tottenham hotspurs?

  
  
  Ya, they're doing terrible now. I'm pretty sure Derby had more points than them at the same stage last season.
  
  The problem is they buy players for the sake of buying. You can instill winning mentality on the new players. Zokora is even worse than Sisokko, Modric, Bentley, Dos Santos, Pavlyuchenko all are just happy to pocket 60k a week. They don't care about the team.
  
  They should sack Levy and bring back some new authority figures. Leave Ramos alone because he's a damn good coach (with his assistant of course at Seville) and brought guys like Dani Alves and Luis Fabiano to super stardom.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Oct 20 9:17:57 2008.

  Ramos is a good manager, but he is not the best of coaches. The game against stoke proved that they are clueless, and out of any coherent buildup play. It's too pathetic that it beggars belief.
  
  In fact, none of the players seem to have "adjusted", or brought into the cliched term.."team". so I think Ramos is little clueless on how to build his team. Who is going to both link-up and finishing, like Berbatov-Keane? That pair could both swap and change combination, that they overachieved over past few years. And as Kimi said, they have some poor players, and some very good players. But when you purchase in abundance, you are always going to struggle to fit them into your system (if at all there was a system).
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Oct 20 9:23:37 2008.

  Spurs are channeling WCW of 2000. Tons of talents, but clueless in using them wisely.
  i still think they will avoid the drop. They're too good to stay there. Stoke, Sunderland and West Ham (if they go to administration) are my choices.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Oct 20 9:25:46 2008.

  I hope spud get relegated. Few spurs fans told us they are going to break into top 4, and splurge into champions league.
  
  Now I got it.
  
  They meant Coca cola championship and not CL.
  
  And they meat top 4 in Championship, and not the PL.
  
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Oct 20 9:29:09 2008.

  they really lost it last season when they kept saying they will knock Pool or Arsenal from the top four.
  
  

• From: MrJudge on Thu Oct 23 2:07:47 2008.

  Terry's header was yesterday against AS Roma...
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Oct 23 3:29:05 2008.

  Basel 0-5 Barca. Messi was INCREDIBLE
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Thu Oct 23 5:00:33 2008.

  Fener 2-Arsenal 5... Europe will fear us now!
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Oct 23 9:46:10 2008.

  
  
  itheyathan 3-4 season-ah sollikittu irukaanga..
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Fri Oct 31 12:50:30 2008.

  Why the thread is dead? i know all of you are anti-liverpool
  
  Xabi gave me the perfect deepavali gift on sunday and it made my celebration even better. Xabi deserved the goal because he's been our best midfielder so far and one of the best players in the league this season. (he was the MoTM against Scums)
  
  Gotta say i was disappointed for Arsenal. They were amazing for 89 minutes (minus the cracker from Bentley). But they threw it yet again. Just like they did against us in the champions league quarter final.
  
  I saw that comeback coming when Song came on. He was just like want to celebrate the win and he was actually smiling to the camera. Don't celebrate before the final whistle, bloke . Also Adebayor's and Van Persie's crazy celebration for the fourth goal was tooooo much..
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Nov 1 2:19:44 2008.

  Raikkonen Enjoy till it lasts we will bounce back.. thursday was an annoying and an agonizing day for a gooner ... KEEP THE F**kin BALL !!! the match was amazing but the climax was stupid.. anyways we will bounce back
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sat Nov 1 2:48:43 2008.

  we have played against almost all top half teams. Arsenal have yet to play against any of the top teams (unless you consider Hull as one).
  
  i hope you will bounce back because we need a close battle this time around. I'm sick of Chelsea ans Scums on top of the table all the time.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Nov 1 3:43:10 2008.

  I think we will bounce back, and we have enough resources to win the league and CL this year. Our defence had their lessons, and our concentration will improve after "lessons" like the last game. It's good that our bad phase came early, and we're still in touching distance. Yes, the big matches are key. We deserved more than the 6 points, we got out of 18 against Manure, Liv, Chelsea last year. We threw away couple of away leads in the important away games against Chelsea and Manyoo last year. We also got a bad decision in both games. And the Liverpool CL tie is another example, where we should have closed down when we were 2-2, letting babel get into the box, and gave away a dodgy penalty. So with enough lessons like last year and this year, I'm sure the players should have learnt a thing or too, as Sid says, "keep the ball, and reorganize to keep the advantage". And I'm glad we got rid of Clichy's "freak moment" of the year. The lad was excellent apart from his.
  
  Cesc hasn't been in form since Euros. Denilson has been more consistent to be honest. With more matches, Cesc will get the rhythm, and Nasri-Denilson-Cesc-Walcott(Rosicky when he returns) will be lethal. However, I'm not yet convinced should we play 'em in away or big games. We need a holding midfielder, and Song is the only option. He is not yet proven, but he has enough in him IMO. And, Diaby is on his way up, and Ramsey looks quality as well. Yes, I'm excited about these players, and I think they should grab their chance. Fabianski for Almunia please, the young Pol is outstanding keeper, and deserves his chance.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Nov 1 5:21:01 2008.

  Yeah i wud like to c Fabianski for alumnia too
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Nov 1 10:16:15 2008.

  Our match is not shown. Possibly because of the top two teams playing at home. In any case, I'd not mind watching a delayed telecast after knowing the result. Had enough shocks on wednesday. Besides, swearing on the tv is getting others worried.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Nov 1 10:35:10 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Our match is not shown. Possibly because of the top two teams playing at home. In any case, I'd not mind watching a delayed telecast after knowing the result. Had enough shocks on wednesday. Besides, swearing on the tv is getting others worried.

  
  
  lol
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Nov 1 12:36:26 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: Our match is not shown. Possibly because of the top two teams playing at home. In any case, I'd not mind watching a delayed telecast after knowing the result. Had enough shocks on wednesday. Besides, swearing on the tv is getting others worried. lol

  
  
  Yeah, we are also losing 2-0 to Stoke. RVP sent off.
  
  Oh Arsenal, we love you. Yes we do.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sat Nov 1 12:44:02 2008.

  Stoke are a very good team actually. They drew with us at freakin Anfield.
  
  Had it been Liverpool or any other teams, we would have been hearing "Fire manager" chants. Thank god for Arsene, Arsenal fans are very loyal.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Nov 1 12:48:14 2008.

  There are some fans who are chanting "ARsene out". But then again, who do we get to replace him? Sam Allardyce. He has 3 league titles, and he knows the team inside out, I suppose he'll now be thinking of his own relucatance to sign players. But I don't think it's players. It's his team selection today, and substitution on Wednesday. It looks like those two errors has cost us 5 points.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sat Nov 1 12:51:18 2008.

  Look at this..... Hull are doing a Spurs at Old Trannyford..
  Just one more goal, please..please..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Nov 1 12:57:28 2008.

  Sagna is injured. Adebayor is injured. Theo walcott is injured, looks serious. RVP is out for suspension. I suppose it's a good test to our squad now.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Nov 1 12:58:37 2008.

  mudiyala!
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sat Nov 1 12:59:13 2008.

  Great time for Clichy to get his first ever goal..
  
  Anelka with the worst hattrick of all time.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Nov 1 12:59:18 2008.

  Fabregas is suspended too.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Nov 1 13:01:17 2008.

  Fab is suspended?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Nov 1 13:01:43 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  mudiyala!

  
  
  I'm going to watch the repeat telecast, talk about masochism.
  
  I think it's right time to support the club, even when they are losing.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Nov 1 13:02:59 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Sid_316 wrote: mudiyala! I'm going to watch the repeat telecast, talk about masochism. I think it's right time to support the club, even when they are losing.

  
  
  
  Arsenal 4 life dude ! Once a gunner ! always a gunner!!
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sat Nov 1 13:03:16 2008.

  damn it . Hull just missu
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Nov 1 13:04:32 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  Fab is suspended?

  
  
  He got another yellow. 5th in the season I reckon. Not entirely sure.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Nov 1 13:04:57 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: Sid_316 wrote: mudiyala! I'm going to watch the repeat telecast, talk about masochism. I think it's right time to support the club, even when they are losing. Arsenal 4 life dude ! Once a gunner ! always a gunner!!

  
  
  
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Nov 1 13:05:46 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  damn it . Hull just missu

  
  
  Didn't watch the game. But to come back 4-3 from 4-1 down is great. Especially against the pair of Rio ferdinand and Vidic.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Nov 1 13:05:47 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Sagna is injured. Adebayor is injured. Theo walcott is injured, looks serious. RVP is out for suspension. I suppose it's a good test to our squad now.

  
  
  Hmm next we hav Man Utd a good test for our squad indeed!
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Nov 5 13:09:28 2008.

  Oh oh.. Someone is in trouble
  
  This is crazy because i really can't imagine Arsenal without Arsene.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Nov 5 13:21:08 2008.

  No way Wenger is leaving, or going to be sacked, or any other crazy plot that press spins off. We challenged for the title last year, and bottled it towards the end. In some ways reminiscent of our 02-03 season. We went on to become invincible the following year. Sure, we don't look or feel that way this year, but I'd not write us off. Just yet.
  
  And Mark bright is one of those fair ex-footballer writer in the press. So it's nice of him to be all panicky for us. No thanks.
  
  Onto CL tonight, I think we should draw or win this. Play Vela. The boy deserves a run-in, and I think he will do well for us, the talented Mexican.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Nov 5 13:26:15 2008.

  Many arsenal bloggers have turned on Arsene. I was shocked because arsenal fans are usually loyal and intelligent.
  
  like this one.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Nov 5 13:33:16 2008.

  There's nothing wrong. When we are down, few bloggers follow the Kubler Ross model (thanks Complicateur). But they will cream over themselves when we are doing well. Like if we beat Man utd..I mean by any possible chance and football being an unpredictable game, if we beat man utd, it's going to be optimistic. If we lose, this will continue, and will go on until we do to the top of the table. It's been happening every year. And I'd be surprised if they don't moan. For the size of the club, and reputation of the coach, it's natural to expect great things.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Nov 5 13:35:56 2008.

  Btw, Raikkonen, what's your take on Gerrard's dive in the penalty box? Looks like pro-united press have picked on 'em. I'm slightly glad, because English players escape this, and being true hypocrites blame the foreigners. And, as expected, English pundits are not ready to pick on their own.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Nov 6 11:20:07 2008.

  Gerrard is great in that. English media as usual didn't pick up one that one. There were some contact, but Gerrard made a meal out of it.
  I'm slightly embarrassed, but he got what he wanted and saved us. So no complaints
  
  Also the standing ovation that Bernabeu fans gave to Del Piero was one of the most serene things i've witnessed this season.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Nov 6 13:52:46 2008.

  The last time Bernabeu fans gave one, it was 'Dinho.
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Sat Nov 8 10:59:34 2008.

  Arsenal VS MU -> 2 -1
  
  Got to agree, Arsenal played well with better coordination & excellent through passes.
  
  MU - Over confident???
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Nov 8 11:01:50 2008.

  Wat a cracking game!! Arsenal r back!! Hail gunners! fantastic comeback by arsenal by this young team to beat man ure!!
  
  lmao at ronaldo rooney berba! all money spending scums!
  
  ARSENAL FOR LIFE!
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Sat Nov 8 11:05:15 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  lmao at ronaldo rooney berba! all money spending scums!

  
  
  We will crush u in our home ground.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Nov 8 11:12:00 2008.

  Thalafanz wrote:

  Sid_316 wrote: lmao at ronaldo rooney berba! all money spending scums! We will crush u in our home ground.

  
  
  paapom .. suddenly i feel our confidence is back!! every player was committed today! we rocked! had there been someother striker other than bendtner .. who knows how much we wud hav scored
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Nov 8 12:00:19 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  Thalafanz wrote: Sid_316 wrote: lmao at ronaldo rooney berba! all money spending scums! We will crush u in our home ground. paapom .. suddenly i feel our confidence is back!! every player was committed today! we rocked! had there been someother striker other than bendtner .. who knows how much we wud hav scored

  
  
  
  
  A penalty on Nasri, and a resulting sending off for Vidic when we were 2-0 up, not given. Almost every free-kick appeal from us were disallowed. A hand ball by Neville (of course, they'd say Clichy handled Rooney's cross just outside the box for Man Utd).
  
  Anyway we won. We have to make sure we outscore our opponents from open play, as I clearly don't think we will get any favors from the refs, press, supposed 'pundits" (like the clown Steve mcmahon) and then there is the sweet ol' FA. So, We came out better after some of the most one-sided refereeing by Coward Webb.
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sat Nov 8 12:31:40 2008.

  Cesc & Nasri
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Sat Nov 8 12:35:52 2008.

  villan007 wrote:

  Cesc & Nasri

  
  
  This guy is just hyper active. Man of the match.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Nov 9 3:24:56 2008.

  He has a game like that once in every ten matches. That's not a sign of a championship winning team's player.
  
  anyway congrats for both Arsenal and Scums because that was a TREMENDOUS match and i loved every minutes.
  
  Ronaldo missed a sitter and Rooney had an atrocious game. Happy for that young rightback Rafael, who not only scored a great goal, but also was Utd's best player (with 20 minutes on pitch). He has a great future.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Nov 9 3:42:25 2008.

  Congrats to Arsenal But I think we can take heart from our display especially from rafael
  
  SAF made a big mistake by starting Gary.. Arghhhh... He should be sold in January transfer market!
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Sun Nov 9 3:45:46 2008.

  Could see only part of the 1st half. Terrific game
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Nov 9 3:55:31 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  Congrats to Arsenal But I think we can take heart from our display especially from rafael SAF made a big mistake by starting Gary.. Arghhhh... He should be sold in January transfer market!

  
  
  i don't think any team in Britain are willing to sign him. Just pack him to MU reserves.
  
  Btw, Liverpool are leading the league and 6pts ahead of Gooners and 8 ahead of Scums..
  
  Lovin Life!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Nov 9 4:31:25 2008.

  Goals were not the mistake of Gary neville. But yes, he is past it. I always thought he is a great servant for Man Utd, much like Dennis Irwin was, before Gary got his place. Oh, I just hate him though.
  
  Raiks,
  
  Nasri has been a great buy for us. Sometimes his involvement is quite underrated. He may not have a huge share of direct assists, but he could be relied to give the ball, and get a nice pass back, and he has improved his scoring since his move, I think it's something like a goal every 2 games. That's just great for a new buy. Pires took half a season to set into our system, Nasri has already fit-in. In fact, it's Theo who is inconsistent, and I can't wait for Rosicky to return.
  
  And it's great game, Ronaldo missed a great chance, Rooney too was hitting the stands, similarly we had Bendtner missing and f-ing up our counterattacks, couldn't begin to wonder how great we would have been with Eduardo there. But it sure was end-to-end stuff. Perhaps our best defensive display of the year.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Nov 9 4:47:38 2008.

  By the way, Barcelona look stunning in Liga. Though I'm hoping for Valencia to win the league, I have to say, with this form, Barca look unstoppable. Messi, Eto'o, Xavi, Yaya, Dani Alves, Pique, Marquez were all amazing last night. Henry, Puyol, and Gudjohnsen played okay. Hleb had a good cameo when he came on. They won 6-0, and it was far too easy. Eto'o is enjoying himself, and it's a good battle between him and Villa to top score the league.
  
  Barca are winning over the small teams, much like the way Chelsea are doing it in PL. To keep the PL-Liga combination going, would this be Barcelona-Chelsea year? I hope not.
  
  I also watched the Real-Malaga game, which was a pure spectacle. Real looked poor defensively, because of some pathetic display by Heinze (why he was signed in the first place by Real is beyond me). Higuain played his best game this season (took penalties as Raul was rested in the game), and IMO, deserves a run-in for Argentina. Is Diego watching? Or would he stick with his Son-in-law from Athletico, and his Protege successor in Barca? I hope Higuain is preferred over Tevez, who is having a bad season.
  
  Back to the game, The ref was a clown. Though he sent off Ramos for his studs on the player on ground. I always thought Ramos gets away with such cheap acts, and about time he got punished. But his other decisions beggars belief. He "orchestrated" the game all by himself, with penalties, freekicks, and what not. Surely, Liga refs are pathetic, and the worst bunch around. I hope we don't get to play in CL under their refereeing. Anyway, the game finished 4-3.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Nov 9 5:41:46 2008.

  ya. Higuain has been on fire this season. It's difficult to keep up with Spanish League here because of the time zones (i do check results online). He definitely deserves to be in Maradona's team as Crespo is nowhere to be seen, Aguero is not an out and our striker and Tevez apparently has replaced Quieroz on bench at MU.
  
  Ramos got booed by home fans against Juve. Rumors said he had a bust-up with Raul, which is not a good thing. He is reckless with tackles, but other than that he is usually solid (attacking wise)
  
  btw, Diego is begging Masch to become the new captain. I'm proud as usual (liverpool fan.. )
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Sun Nov 9 11:32:48 2008.

  Blackburn VS Chelsea -> 0 - 2
  
  Pitch was in bad condition. Blackburn did play well.
  
  

• From: MrJudge on Mon Nov 10 3:29:35 2008.

  Yes, Arsenal Vs ManU match was just terrific. Glad to see Arsenal pulled it off.
  
  Chelsea back on top of the table again
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Nov 10 6:31:50 2008.

  I'd hate to see Barcelona-Chelsea or Real-Manyoo correlation working out.
  
  I'd love to see Valencia-Arsenal pair again, but I know both teams are not even distant favorites this year.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Nov 10 6:34:24 2008.

  As we speak of Valencia, Joaquin beckons. He's getting back the confidence after some serious disruption by Koeman last year.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Nov 12 2:04:03 2008.

  Gunners beat Wigan in the mickey mouse cup match. Fabulous goal from Vela, btw.
  
  

• From: Hulkster on Wed Nov 12 2:18:16 2008.

  Although the youngsters were quite vibrant and vela was impressive..i think the standout performer was palacios. His hold up play and dribbling skills was mouth watering
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Nov 12 3:57:07 2008.

  Yeah, milk cup gives a chance to see the youngsters. They seem more passionate, committed, and energized to impress Arsene, and they play his Wengerball.
  
  Palacios was good on the ball, but didn't really stop Ramsey, or the cutting-in movements of Merida, and Wilshere. Not sure if he was positionally well placed off-the-ball or he was completely let down by his partner in the middle. But I still wonder why Wenger didn't sign him after the trial, and recommended him to Steve Bruce FFS.
  
  Wigan tried to play a bit of football. they did try to do a "Stoke" with long throws, etc. But they didn't try the tackles from behind, and tactical fouls. They let us play football, how stupid? Whatever happened to the "English mentality", and "English game"?
  
  As far as talented players who would make it with us! It'd be Vela, Wilshere, Djourou, Ramsey, and Merida. And IMHO, FAbianski is second coming of Jens Lehmann, he has his nervy moments as he tries to command his box, but his double save towards the end is just unbelievable. I'm impressed, he should replace Big Al already.
  
  Randall tried some stupid (over-confident?) back-flicks in middle of the area, and in dangerous ways, gave away possession. I'm not sure if he would make it for us, but he is certainly talented. What would be interesting though, would he do a Sidwell or a Ray Parlour? Simpson will make it in some other PL club. Good finish on both occasions, not that it deserved less - Wilshere's fantastic vision for the first, and Vela's run plus cool pass in 2nd. Vela's finish is just great. As Arsene said, he compiles his own "goal of the season" collection every time he plays. His finishing is top class, and his lobs needs no extra lobbing/hyperbole, great stuff. This is better than the one against Sheffield, because the ball was on the move, pressure from the defender, and he was on a run. Besides, Kirkland was playing a blinder.
  
  I was impressed with Gibbs going front, but not sure he excelled over Valencia. G.Hoyte looks far better than older bro Justin, which is not saying much.
  
  As for this being "best pack of youngsters" in Arsene era, it'd be meaningless unless he complements with right experience. He shouldn't let go of RVP, Rosicky, Gallas, Kolo, and others, but stick with few of 'em till they end their career. He should have stuck with Sol, Pires, and Vieira IMO. Shouldn't let that happen again.
  
  For the next game, I'd love to see Coquelin, and probably Bischoff given more time. And Bendy should play next game in place of Simpson.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Nov 12 3:59:42 2008.

  I hope we draw Spurs for next match. Their 5-1 rants get on my nerves easily.
  
  And it'd be a good level for the youngsters as they have passed the test of facing a PL team.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Nov 13 0:27:40 2008.

  2nd defeat to Spurs in 2 weeks. Just bad all around. 1st half performance was terrible and made Derby look like Brazil of 70's. Second half was a bit better with Xabi coming on.
  Fullbacks were pathetic,t and o be honest, the good thing about Degen is that he gives everyone hope that they too may one day play for Liverpool. I'm 14 stone plus, slow, fat and useless and had lost all belief that I could make the 1st team. Now I have a dream.
  
  Torres had his worst game in Liverpool shirt,btw
  
  Atleast this isn't the league.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Nov 13 0:58:03 2008.

  
  
  But Raiks, It's the milk cup, it's for the kids.
  
  I don't know. I think only Spurs would release DVDs of their milk cup campaign every year. And they call themselves a "big club".
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Nov 13 1:02:23 2008.

  Arsene makes me jealous. I don't know where he gets those players from and make them play so well.
  We had lot of senior guys out there, and still lost. Shameful.
  We threw some kids there, but they were pathetic. I have to check Lucas' passport if he's really a Brazilian.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Nov 13 1:34:24 2008.

  I know, after lot of promise, Lucas has let down. But again, let's not forget the liverpool players played their hearts out. Not to the Kuyt level, but still they fought till the end.
  
  Weren't you impressed you by El Zhar? Plessis got out-placed a bit by Huddlestone. But he still looks a good prospect. N'Gog showed a lot of promise in the start. Torres is rusty, and needs games to get back to his groove. I'd say the GK let down with buffoonery. Of course, Gomes returned back that favor for that Hyppia goal.
  
  But this being the milk cup, the only trophy Spurs could realistically win. I hope our kids beat 'em. I'm sure Spurs want to beat us in these cups, and release a DVD. They recently released one for the 4-4 draw
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Thu Nov 13 1:35:22 2008.

  Thilak
  
  Pardon me for my ignorance. Is arsene really quitting from arsenal or is it just some rumour?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Nov 13 1:35:35 2008.

  And there should have been a penalty, it could have been 4-3, and who knows what would have happened!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Nov 13 1:36:33 2008.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Thilak Pardon me for my ignorance. Is arsene really quitting from arsenal or is it just some rumour?

  
  
  He will never quit. He will honor his contract which ends 2011.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Thu Nov 13 1:46:49 2008.

  
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Nov 14 15:54:13 2008.

  We passed the first test vs United. Next enna aavumo?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Nov 14 15:56:00 2008.

  Do we have it in us to go on a good run through this difficult set of fixtures? Or would our senior players rear the ugly head of inconsistency and complacency? If they show 50% of what our youth/academy players show in commitment, pressure, desire, passion, and skill to play Wengerball, they'd do well.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Fri Nov 14 15:57:54 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  We passed the first test vs United. Next enna aavumo?

  
  
  predicting a win! a good win against villa! and thilak carling cup match with young guns playing around was just fantastic chance ila! Vela,Wilshire,Ramsey ellam chance ila ! as u said i am also hoping for tottenham to b drawn with us dvd ah release pannuranga! avanga savanum! en da ippadi pannom nu nenachu savanum kadhara kadhara
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Fri Nov 14 16:02:14 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Do we have it in us to go on a good run through this difficult set of fixtures? Or would our senior players rear the ugly head of inconsistency and complacency? If they show 50% of what our youth/academy players show in commitment, pressure, desire, passion, and skill to play Wengerball, they'd do well.

  
  
  I think we got our confidence back! i hav a feeling we will do well this season! but still u never know.. this is wat i was saying last season and all dreams just vanished in the final few matches
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Nov 14 16:02:39 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: We passed the first test vs United. Next enna aavumo? predicting a win! a good win against villa! and thilak carling cup match with young guns playing around was just fantastic chance ila! Vela,Wilshire,Ramsey ellam chance ila ! as u said i am also hoping for tottenham to b drawn with us dvd ah release pannuranga! avanga savanum! en da ippadi pannom nu nenachu savanum kadhara kadhara

  
  
  Yes, In short, Vela, Wilshere, Ramsey, Djourou, Fabianski - players who are good enough already. Vela should start ahead of Adebayor IMO. Not that Ade is bad, but surely you can't push Ade into action straight away. But Wenger would, he is partial to Ade, and his overrated scoring rate.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Fri Nov 14 16:04:36 2008.

  But ade is much better physically right? if edu comes back who do u think will start as strikers for us?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Nov 14 16:14:05 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  But ade is much better physically right? if edu comes back who do u think will start as strikers for us?

  
  
  If Dudu comes and gets his rhythm back - It should be Edu on the starting 11. That man has got so much talent. His finishing skill, his clever little runs to create space for midfield, and his underrated passing, his holding play, etc...I believe RVP's play will improve infinitely with Dudu in the team. I believe Ade's physical presence is a bit overrated. We never had such a "presence" when Wrighty, Thierry, Anelka played, and yet they were scoring goals. I believe Adebayor's profile has been improved by Wenger for a reason, and he could be one of those 25m sales next summer. I know I shouldn't be saying this, but I personally don't belong to the Adeists. I'd rather have 2 good strikers who both get 25 goals per season, and also help the team better. Ade needs about 3-4 good chances for a goal to come, and will probably get 30 goals again, but I bet it'd be at cost of other strikers' lower returns, because Ade takes too much space, and fumbles our attacks.
  
  The pairs that have worked for us most of the time: Ade-Dudu, Ade-Bendtner.
  
  The pairs I'd love to see: Dudu-RVP, Vela-RVP, Vela-Bendy.
  
  Ade-RVP is not that convincing IMO. And RVP-Bendy s*cks.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Fri Nov 14 16:17:59 2008.

  Ade shud hav been sold to milan or some1.. wat if he is a flop this season ... i dont like him either.. but sometimes he gets us important goals..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Nov 14 16:24:09 2008.

  Milan will get him next year. I have a sneaky feeling. Let it happen.
  
  I want to see more of Vela. I know i'ts madness to expect more from the unknown/unproven, and Ade being that 30-goal-a-year "monster" striker. But I personally think Dudu, RVP, Bendy, and Vela make a good reading, Theo could play striker as well. Dudu, and Bendy are strong, and hold their own against Defenders. I know I criticized Bendy a lot against Man utd, but he did get on end of couple of crosses, and many other chances, he certainly kept Vidic and Rio on check the whole game, and that was impressive.
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Sat Nov 15 10:51:58 2008.

  Bolton VS Liverpool -> 0 - 2
  
  Liv playes strategically. Bolton played aggressively here and there. Both teams missed couple of goals though.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Nov 15 12:59:56 2008.

  And we lost as I feared.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Nov 15 14:33:21 2008.

  thilak4life wrote:

  And we lost as I feared.

  
  
  yep worst gameu... we played very average football! free ..
  
  

• From: MrJudge on Sun Nov 16 2:28:24 2008.

  Villa missed couple of very good opportunities, if they have utilized them, they would have beaten gunners for 4-0 atleast, poor game by gunners.
  
  Chelsea's game was ok and top again at the table.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Nov 16 4:09:25 2008.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: And we lost as I feared. yep worst gameu... we played very average football! free ..

  
  
  Yes. And Valencia lost too.
  
  Real lost as well.
  
  I say it very much looks like Barca-Chelsea pair this year.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Nov 16 4:12:13 2008.

  And the Villa game is spineless, heartless, passionless performance I've ever seen us play at home. Something is terribly wrong with the team, and Wenger better get it sorted. His "reasons" seem to be "excuses", because they are far too cliched, such as "players look tired", "inconsistent", etc. I suspect our board should appoint some good CEO, and he should press for the CM, and CB we want. And I hope Djourou and FAbianski get their place, they are easily better than Silvestre and Almunia. Vela should take an higher place than Bendtner from his form, talent, etc
  
  Fabregas look tired, and worn out. Thankfully he is out of the Man City game by suspension. Clichy looks tired. Sagna is injured. Nasri and Walcott were clueless, and didn't involve into the buildup as Bendtner gave away possession far too cheaply, and didn't really hold up play. I don't know what purpose Diaby has in this team.
  
  Only good thing to hear is RVP returns, and possibly Dudu will be back for us in couple of weeks.
  
  And Denilson looks a perfect La liga CM, nothing like what we want. Positionally inequipped, and hardly ever stops the opposition attacks. Darn, we miss Flamini.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Nov 16 5:27:21 2008.

  Poor Stoke City
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Nov 16 22:50:06 2008.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  Poor Stoke City

  
  
  No. They drew with us at Anfield; Hence
  
  Stoke = Liverpool;
  We beat United (love saying this) so Liverpool >Utd..
  So Stoke >= Utd..
  
  JK. didn't watch the game, but Sorensen should have saved the first freekick.
  
  Watched the Bolton-Pool game. Should have 6,7 nil, but squandered chance after chance after chance. Gerrard,Keane (obviously), Torres and Lucas all missed sitters. Just worried that goal difference could come back to haunt us at the end of the season.
  
  Arsenal-Villa match was great and sad at same time. I've never seen Arsenal outplayed that much at the Emirates (liverpool & Chelsea matched them last season, but never outplayed). When Young missed the penalty, i thought there would be no way back for Villa, but they completely roasted Arsenal's midfield. Fabregas was terrible. I'm not his biggest fan, but have admired his abilities in the past, but he was really bad against Villa. Lots of misplaced passes. Clichy looked ok apart from that own goal.
  
  And (Hourelho) Gomes made another blunder this week. Whoever bought him deserves a medal. Already some jokes are surfacing on net
  
  What do Spurs goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes and Michael Jackson have in common? They both wear gloves for no apparent reason.
  
  Hull-Man City was Fabulous. One of the best matches i've seen since West Ham-Spurs.
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Sun Nov 16 23:12:31 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  No. They drew with us at Anfield; Hence Stoke = Liverpool; We beat United (love saying this) so Liverpool >Utd.. So Stoke >= Utd.. JK.

  
  
  What an analysis...
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Nov 16 23:46:31 2008.

  
  
  in totally unrelated (somehow related to pool) useless analysis, i feel that Xabi has been the best player of the season so far. He was MOTM against Bolton once again and he has been amazing this season.
  
  Gerrard has been sloppy this season with misguided passes and such. Masch has generally been okay, but it's Xabi who is having the season of his life.
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Sun Nov 16 23:53:18 2008.

  Raiks, I watched Liv. game after a long time. Got to say this, Gerrard & Torres have a very good understanding. Just my observation from Liv VS Bolton game.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Nov 16 23:57:59 2008.

  They are very good friends outside the field too, maybe that's why their chemistry is clicking like Jodi No.1..
  
  Rafa has massive problems now since Torres is back. He cannot drop Gerrard, and he won't drop Kuyt obviously. Xabi has been our best player so far and Masch is almost untouchable at away matches. So Keane has to make way now, bit sad because he's an intelligent player, but Torres really made him look like a kid in 2nd half.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Nov 17 3:37:45 2008.

  Cesc had a poor season so far. I hope he gets back his form. He should be dropped IMHO. Thankfully he is suspended for the next game, and will be back for the Kiev game.
  
  Clichy is not nearly Cashley in terms of defending. He has these "lapses", and "blunders" occasionally. Sagna is injured, now we need to play someone out of position until Eboue is fit. I hope he gets fit soon. And as I said, Djourou and Fabianski please! Silvestre and Almunia to the bench. Vela over Bendtner as well! And welcome back Dudu in a week or two.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sat Nov 22 2:41:27 2008.

  BREAKING NEWS
  
  William Gallas has been stripped of the Arsenal captaincy
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Nov 22 2:56:51 2008.

  Don't know whether to laugh or cry.
  
  But like the Gordon quote goes in The dark knight, Gallas is not the Arsenal captain we deserve, but he might just be the defender we so drearily need.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Nov 22 3:01:31 2008.

  But once again, all hail kneejerk fans, bloggers, etc who succumbed to the media, and their witch-hunt. They don't like Gallas, and he is not an endearing person. Whatever he said remains true, he's just facing the stick for washing dirty linen in public. I don't know if it was his whinging about the new generation youngsters, or his personal cover-up of his deficiency as a captain. But surely likes of Adams and Vieira would have approached this differently. But fair play to 'em, they had other strong characters like Parlour, Keown, Winterburn, Dixon, Bould, Dennis, Pires, Titi, Campbell, etc. What do we have now? Talented youngsters, but with not much steel. Gallas would have felt like a hated warden in a boys hostel. Poor sod.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sat Nov 22 16:34:02 2008.

  Big four teams have managed 0 goals among them tonight. When was the last time it happened.
  
  Not really sure what Lucas did to earn a starting place ahead of our best player this season and even more ridiculous that he managed 90 mins. Keane is an absolute joke.
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Sun Nov 23 2:01:15 2008.

  Watched the first half . Felt Fulham deserved to win more than Pool.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Nov 23 3:36:45 2008.

  i know why didn't u watch the 2nd half , it was a terrible match.
  i was watching the game in an irish bar, and the guys there asked the waiter to change the channel to watch chelsea/newcastle match for every 5 minutes (they were booing Keane as well)
  
  coming back to the game, it was poor. terrible and totally uninterested display. The only exciting moment of the match was when the anfield crowd chanting for Xabi Alonso after half an hour mark...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Nov 23 8:47:23 2008.

  Everyone at the club is down. But for some reason, I'm very optimistic.
  
  We've been through worse times. After things we've been through over past few weeks, it's difficult. But remember The Dark knight quote, The night is darkest before the break of dawn....
  
  Come on Arsenal!
  
  

• From: Hulkster on Sun Nov 23 9:12:46 2008.

  Looking at yesterday's game against Man City, i think its safe to come to a conclusion they are at a lack of a DMC and a CM, no one to put in the tackles like flamini and no one to hold up and push the team forward like gerrard does for liverpool. If they can do this which i wenger is trustworthy in this area of finding the proper talent they can go back to their 03/04 era.
  
  Sadly Wenger's current definition of a CM happens to be that of good dribbling ability and passing ability which is ruining his team against teams with proper CMs.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Nov 23 10:41:09 2008.

  Caught the replay. And it was a pathetic performance from Arsenal. I remember prasing Clichy as the finest leftback in europe and his mistake cost them the first goal. It's his 4th or 5th boo boo already this season.
  Denilson was absolutely horrible. They really need steel in the middle and start Ramsey and Vela often. I really can't see Fabregas staying after this summer.
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Thu Nov 27 0:27:37 2008.

  Thalaivar helps Pool reach the knockout stage of the Champions League
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Nov 27 6:39:27 2008.

  Good goal by Gerrard. Porbably his best game in long long time. Basically he has been below par all season for us. Masch had a shocking game.
  Lampard got sent off
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sun Nov 30 14:30:21 2008.

  Just when everyone thot we r down ! WE BOUNCE BACK !!
  
  "Revenge is a dish best served cold"
  
  TAKE THIS UP UR ARSES SO CALLED CRITICS
  
  
  
  VAN PERSIE -
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Nov 30 14:48:29 2008.

  Come on you reds!
  
  
  Yeah, and after a long long time, we had some luck (the first goal is a yard offside). As thalaivar Woody allen says through "Match point", "I'd rather be lucky than good"
  
  El Capitan is on 100% win record so far.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Dec 1 0:20:44 2008.

  Good win for Arsenal (and us). They have done a huge favor for us. Now it is up to us to win against Hammers.
  
  There's no standout performer in the game. but Deco and Bosignwa(2nd half) share the accolades of "worst performance of the decade".
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Dec 1 4:25:45 2008.

  Though the linesman had a part in his first, RVP was excellent in the game. He could have had a hattrick if not for Cech. I liked the fact that he won few balls in the air, shrugging off Ivanovic and Terry!
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Mon Dec 1 4:57:53 2008.

  When Arsenal were trailing 0-1 nearing HT, i thought that was it... Glad to see the result now
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Dec 1 6:07:04 2008.

  Thanks CR. Many fans lost hope after halftime, few of us kept the faith, and got repaid with the second half. Yes, as the cliche goes, it's a game of two halves!
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue Dec 2 0:35:02 2008.

  Reasong #73 why we won't win the league. Bunch of idiots. Another 0-0. another clean sheet. Oh that would do, Rafa..
  
  Just seriously pissed now. Atleast we're leading at the moment.
  
  

• From: HonestRaj on Tue Dec 2 0:41:20 2008.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Reasong #73 why we won't win the league. Bunch of idiots. Another 0-0. another clean sheet. Oh that would do, Rafa.. Just seriously pissed now. Atleast we're leading at the moment.

  
  
  We.. We nu solreengale.. neenga yaru, illai endha team supporter?
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue Dec 2 1:09:00 2008.

  Liverpool.. Sorry boss
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue Dec 2 17:49:51 2008.

  Vintage Burnley... knocked both Chelsea and arsenal out of the cup.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Dec 3 1:28:14 2008.

  Couple of defensive mistakes cost us in the end. And, Bendtner is an idiot (again), I don't think he could hit a cow's a** with a banjo. The idiot missed about 3 clear cut one-on-ones.
  
  Merida had a good game, it has to be said.
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sat Dec 6 13:15:46 2008.

  What an uninspiring win Eboue
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Dec 6 13:23:49 2008.

  pavam eboue total damage ! he was getting better and playing better than last season surely!! but wat the hell was he doing today? .. but i still felt sorry for him when wenger took him off .. very un-wenger like and c'mon emirates faithful shud extend their support! i suppose we r not even close how fans of other clubs like liverpool get behind the team..
  
  Anyways a win nevertheless! Arsenal and it shud hav been more goals!
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sun Dec 7 11:19:32 2008.

  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Potpourri/God_its_Mara_do_na/articleshow/3804448.cms
  The crowd around Diego Maradona in Kolkata had to be seen to be believed. Reports said that an estimated 30,000 people had rushed to the airportto welcome the football great to the city on Saturday, which left the Argentinian footballer a little puzzled.
  
  He soon realised how football-crazy the city is, and played to the gallery, coming down the dais at a function where he was to lay the foundation stone of the Indian Football School. He shook hands with the people, blew kisses to them, dribbled the ball with Bengali football players who played a match there, climbed on to the bonnet of his car to wave to them... And singer Babul Supriyo, who released a song composed as a tribute to Maradona by a Bengali band at the ceremony, was elated too.
  
  This is what he says:“I have received lots and lots of SMSes from jealous friends who saw me with him on TV. The club invited me to release the music CD – it’s a great song composed and written by a young group called Mokam... It puts into music the enormous affection that we Bengalis have for him... It was after a long time I found that my heart was beating hard at the prospect of meeting someone. When he climbed on to his car to say hi to the crowd, I was the one who helped him up.
  
  He didn’t know who I was and what I do. He was there for the entire match. The moment he entered the stadium, he ran into the ground, took the ball from the players and kicked it straight to the audience. He was completely absorbed in watching the game and giving tips to the players. He’s not just a celebrity, but someone who’s emotional about his game. When he stood up from his chair and ran to the ground, it showed his passion for the game. He had to leave the stadium a little prior to the scheduled time, due to the massive rush.
  
  The biggest drawback was that he doesn’t understand and speak English. There was no personal interaction, apart from all the hand-shaking. There were several high profile attendees – Somnath Chatterjee, Pranab Mukherjee... He got introduced to everyone. His secretary and girlfriend Veronica, was there with him.
  
  India might be 143 in the FIFA rankings, but we saw this – if there’s a ranking of who loves Maradona most, we’re in the top 10. To the people of Bengal, Maradona is God. We’re talking about the greatest footballer’s presence in India. And this is the first time that Maradona has come to not only India, but to Asia. For the hundreds of young football players and fans who were at the stadium, it was an inspiration. It was mind blowing! A few years ago, we only got to see an overweight, unfit Maradona, but it was nice to see him looking fit and lean. His daughter Gianina was also expected to come, but as she is expecting, she couldn’t make it.”
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Sun Dec 7 14:41:45 2008.

  
  
  

• From: MrJudge on Mon Dec 8 7:48:13 2008.

  What a goal by Young yesterday in the final seconds and those final 6 mins of the game were
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Wed Dec 10 10:14:01 2008.

  Babel should be brought on in place of Keane , the biggest flop for the rest of the season . I didn't watch the last match against Rovers. Is he still being used as a winger ? Benitez is wasting a superb talent by not letting him start. I want Benayoun and Babel to start especially when Torres is down with injury.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Dec 10 11:32:25 2008.

  Babel's a fine talent. No Doubt. But he has some confidence issues and went to Olympics against Rafa's wishes. So he's just facing Rafa's wrath. I'm pretty sure he will a big player for us in the future and he's being used in Aimar (Valencia) mode. Rest at first half of the season and unleash in 2nd half..
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Dec 14 7:25:43 2008.

  i'm pretty sure we won't win the league as long as Rafa is the manager...
  
  Beautiful goal by Messi, he was on fire the whole night. Real's defence was uncharacteristically solid for 80minutes. St.Iker made some fabulous saves.. but luck ran out and better team won..
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Mon Dec 22 12:51:55 2008.

  We squandered one more chance to steer clear of Chelsea . Gerrard missed a sitter. But I am not complaining. Last season we managed just 4 points in 6 matches against Chelsea, ManU and Arsenal.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Fri Jan 16 7:53:53 2009.

  Meeeelan has just Daniel Agger from Liverpool @ Rafa..
  
  Sometimes i really hate Rafa. i know he's the one who brought Dagger to Liverpool, but his treatment of Dagger really pissed me. He loves Skrtel to death and has no balls to drop Carragher, although he has been borderline crappy this season.
  
  Dagger is one of the best technical centre-halves i've ever seen. He's the 2nd best passer at Anfield behind Xabi. I'm Gonna miss him...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Jan 16 8:12:28 2009.

  This is madness. Stupidity to sell one of the promising CBs in the world.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Fri Jan 16 8:28:37 2009.

  ya, very bad decision. Atleast he will be a first teamer and his technical style will suit the slower pace at the serie A.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Jan 16 8:32:40 2009.

  Raiks,
  
  http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_4801543,00.html
  
  I think it's just a rumour..
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Fri Jan 16 8:38:03 2009.

  they had the pictures of Dagger's agent with Milan's officials earlier.
  redandwhitekop.com also saying he will be milan player by monday..
  
  i hope it's not true of course. but still not happy with rafa's bias towards Carragher and Skrtel..
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Sat Jan 17 4:25:54 2009.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_NU2G7A5k8&feature=related
  
  
  the top 10 dives in the 2006 world cup
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Jan 19 22:51:57 2009.

  Just hand the title to United already. Liverpool are such a disgrace... idiots, Benayoun just doesn't deserve to wear the Liverpool shirt
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Jan 21 3:56:56 2009.

  looks like Utd gonna win the title for 3rd time on row. Wow.. Talking about the most exciting league in the world. They are just so red hot right now. Everybody loves them, presses love them, fans love them. Ronaldo is the best player in the universe. Their defence is the best in the entire europe and they are the defending English, European and World Champions. And they are leading the league with a game in hand. I smell a record point advantage for them in May.
  I will be very surprised if the lose again this season and i fully expect Liverpool to get to the position that Rafa and fans love.. Dogfight for 4th place. Chelsea are rejuvenated, Arsenal on great form and Villa are miles better than Loserpool.
  
  We're rightfully nicknamed as Loserpool. We deserve the tag of fools. Rafa is BS, Anfield is BS, Fans are BS. People who stay up to watch Liverpool games are BS. People who telecast the Liverpool games are BS.
  
  Reina is BS, Cavalieri is BS, Carragher is BS, Arbeloa is BS, Degen is BS, Dossena is BS, Insua is BS, Fabio Aurelio is BS, Dagger is BS, Skrtel is BS, Hyypia is BS, Babel is BS, Pennant is BS, Alonso is BS, Gerrard is BS, Lucas is BS, Mascherano is BS, Riera is BS, Kuyt is BS, Benayoun is BS, Kuyt is BS, NgoG is BS, Torres is BS, Keane is BS
  
  Loserpool is BS. The league is BS. Football is BS, and I'm a BS for supporting this useless BS team. I'm done with soccer for now..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Jan 21 13:24:49 2009.

  Raiks, I'm sure you're being sarcastic, and not serious. Or Am I wrong?
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Jan 21 13:29:17 2009.

  that was a out of control rant i did after that stunning performance against Everton. over-the-top yes, but i'm not going to waste time on them for rest of the season.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Jan 21 13:33:08 2009.

  Read my sig, What are you running away from?
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Jan 21 13:35:04 2009.

  running away from the possibilities of yet another failed title push
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Jan 21 13:36:00 2009.

  So you wouldn't follow closely if they are not successful?
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed Jan 21 13:39:54 2009.

  Thilak, He is like a typical Indian cricket fan. Jeikkum podhu thalaila thooki vechu aaduvaru. Thotha odane appadiyae andar balti
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Jan 21 13:41:32 2009.

  i'm just on low on confidence right now. season started so brightly, now it's back to square one again. utd on top and looking too good. it's very hard to get excited to see liverpool's games again. Ah next season.. next season..
  
  will i watch their games? no, will i follow them? yes (so that i can ridicule them)
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Jan 21 13:42:40 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Thilak, He is like a typical Indian cricket fan. Jeikkum podhu thalaila thooki vechu aaduvaru. Thotha odane appadiyae andar balti

  
  
  might be. but this is the first i have turned on them like this.
  
  

• From: villan007 on Wed Jan 21 14:16:05 2009.

  thilak4life wrote:

  So you wouldn't follow closely if they are not successful?

  
  
  adhaana...naama ethana paathutom
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Jan 21 14:52:37 2009.

  villan007 wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: So you wouldn't follow closely if they are not successful? adhaana...naama ethana paathutom

  
  
  atleast you guys have seen Arsenal lifting the title 3-4 times. naan cup-ah museum-la than paathiruken. 19 yrs wait.. just sickeningly embarassing.
  
  

• From: NOV on Wed Jan 21 21:32:23 2009.

  Siva, as I told you yesterday, deserting your favourite is the worse thing a fan can do. Disappointments are part of life.
  
  Hope is the only thing that makes life worth living. For now pray that Benitez is sacked, and you may see some worthy changes.
  
  pEsugirEn pEsugirEn un idhayam pEsugirEn
  puyal adiththaal kalangaadhu
  naan pookal meetugirEn
  edhai nee tholaithaalum
  manadhai tholaikathE
  adangamalE alaipaaivathEn
  manam allavaa
  
  

• From: NOV on Wed Jan 21 21:37:21 2009.

  Indians out to clinch shirt deal with Man United
  
  
  

  Quote:

  MANCHESTER: A leading Indian business conglomerate are among the contenders to become Man-chester United’s next shirt sponsor. Sahara are in talks about having their name emblazoned across the red jerseys, although United say any company would likely have to pay more than the £19mil (US$27mil) a year that the current deal with AIG is worth. Sahara — which have interests in financial services, publishing and real estate and sponsors the Indian cricket team — confirmed on Tuesday they have an offer from United. “We’ve received an elaborate sponsorship proposal from Manchester United, which we are considering,” Sahara’s spokesman Abhijit Sarkar told The Associated Press. AIG, an American insurance group whose shirt sponsorship expires at the end of the 2009-10 season, is in the process of restructuring their business and shedding assets to raise funds despite receiving a US$150bil bailout last year from the US government. AIG have already ditched their decade-long sponsorship of the US Davis Cup team. They have not said whether their intends to try to renew the Manchester United deal. With United one of the world’s most marketable clubs, Sahara will face stiff competition despite companies scaling back their sponsorship plans due to the economic downturn. — AP

  
  
  http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2009/1/22/sports/3083280&sec=sports
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Jan 21 22:24:36 2009.

  life-le disappointments irukkalam, aana life-eh disappointment ayitta...
  nextu season pathukalam, SOS this season again.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed Jan 21 23:48:51 2009.

  
  
  sorry siva
  

  Raikkonen wrote:

  villan007 wrote: thilak4life wrote: So you wouldn't follow closely if they are not successful? adhaana...naama ethana paathutom atleast you guys have seen Arsenal lifting the title 3-4 times. naan cup-ah museum-la than paathiruken. 19 yrs wait.. just sickeningly embarassing.

  [/b]
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jan 22 4:21:13 2009.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  villan007 wrote: thilak4life wrote: So you wouldn't follow closely if they are not successful? adhaana...naama ethana paathutom atleast you guys have seen Arsenal lifting the title 3-4 times. naan cup-ah museum-la than paathiruken. 19 yrs wait.. just sickeningly embarassing.

  
  
  Don't worry you'll recover.
  
  Even if Liverpool or Arsenal aren't going to win the title in our lifetime, we'll follow.. Supporting a football club is a romantic affair. Some of the strongest romance(s) have been failure(s), but we still fall in love. If you know what I mean.
  
  As Villain said, we're the most underrepresented club in spite of the tradition and class with which we operate. But we still don't buy the media's BS about our "failure(s)". Despite the failure to lift trophies, we could keep our head high and firm about the positives. It's the small pleasures football brings to our lives. For example, I'm mighty excited about this young footballer in my picture. I think he is the real deal, and I'll derive pleasure out of his "success" in the game. Now will this "success" compare the "success" of bringing the trophy. I don't know, but we have our own estimation of success. Not the materialistic expectations the mainstream media and press fills us with. Just look at City, Chelsea and Utd spending huge bucks, and buying the trophy, literally. Footballers have become Mercenaries. Look at Cristiano. With a spiteful figure, I can't derive pleasure from my club. I'm so glad he is not part of our club.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Jan 22 5:23:39 2009.

  Thanks Thilak
  
  you're right 100%. football is all about excitement. sometimes it's easier when we look at the positives. we're level on points with Utd at halfway stage, i would have taken it at the start of the season..
  
  but i have given up my hope for this season already, i might follow the matches at Bernabeu and Anfield next month. Should be awesome.
  
  

• From: Warden on Thu Jan 22 17:12:23 2009.

  http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1458/atletico-de-madrid/2009/01/22/1073319/arsenal-reject-eboue-bid-report
  
  Comrade's staying
  Praying we'll atleast sign Arshavin to relieve him of his 'dinho role in the midfield.
  Playing the passmaster ahead of jack or vela makes no *in sense,particularly since hes now lost all of his defensive instincts and never even bothers to track back.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Jan 23 0:41:17 2009.

  Warden,
  
  Eboue is a RB, not a midfielder. I'd blame Wenger for the humiliation. But as you said, it makes no f-ing sense to play the passmaster () ahead of Wilshere or Vela, who are both much talented. And this is a manager who once said "experience" doesn't matter in "passing the ball". And as you said, Eboue isn't tracking back either, which is purportedly a "positive" attribute. Now that is gone too.
  
  I'd take Arshavin in a heartbeat!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Jan 23 0:54:36 2009.

  Now here's a video of Eduardo's return game vs Stoke reserves, including Wilshere's trivela goal. Quaresma, eat your heart out.
  
  

• From: Warden on Fri Jan 23 1:19:08 2009.

  That Wilshere goal is disgusting.Almost a mirror image of the one he scored with the inside of his left foot against west ham reserves.
  Special,unique and exciting Wish I had a time machine that cud take me 3 years fwd
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Jan 23 1:24:53 2009.

  A year from now, I hope he'd be involved more with the first team.
  
  

• From: Warden on Fri Jan 23 1:57:20 2009.

  Inject Rosicky with some of his healing genes.
  Hope Dudu makes it to the bench for the Everton game.The game at Goodison park last year was the defining moment of his Arsenal career.*kin long balls left Moyes crying like Shittina.
  
  
  

  thilak4life wrote:

  Now here's a video of Eduardo's return game vs Stoke reserves, including Wilshere's trivela goal. Quaresma, eat your heart out.

  
  

• From: villan007 on Fri Jan 23 2:04:30 2009.

  The mid-field sucks right now.. Denilson,Diaby all very very naansens... Wenger should seriously think about starting with Ramsey and Vela
  
  

• From: Warden on Fri Jan 23 2:18:23 2009.

  Denilson is as average as it gets.
  Diaby on the other hand has got all the tools-physical presence,pace,strength,tackling,finishing.
  With a bit more discipline and consistency he cud fit in as our DM,or atleast an improved version of Ray Parlour.
  
  

  villan007 wrote:

  The mid-field sucks right now.. Denilson,Diaby all very very naansens... Wenger should seriously think about starting with Ramsey and Vela

  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Jan 23 3:35:09 2009.

  Good points, Warden. Looking forward to read more.
  
  Villain, Denilson will improve. Diaby is hit or miss. I mean he could either become great, or end up being a defective footballer.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Jan 23 3:37:58 2009.

  [quote="Warden"]Inject Rosicky with some of his healing genes.[quote]
  
  His cruciate ligament would react badly to that.
  
  

  Quote:

  Hope Dudu makes it to the bench for the Everton game.The game at Goodison park last year was the defining moment of his Arsenal career.*kin long balls left Moyes crying like Shittina.

  
  
  Yeah. I still remember.
  
  Before that weeked, "would arsenal win with a Plan B - hoof the balls forward"
  
  Next week, "Arsenal don't play purist's football anymore"...
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Jan 23 5:42:42 2009.

  While we miss Bergkamps' artistic one touch, ball control and brilliant assists.. We will do good with Arshavin around..
  
  

• From: Warden on Sun Jan 25 11:26:18 2009.

  Replay
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sun Jan 25 11:29:34 2009.

  Pix morons had to watch a sucky streaming link
  
  

• From: Warden on Sun Jan 25 11:48:04 2009.

  http://www.pixtelevision.com/dev/fa_cup.php
  Guess there will be a repeat telecast
  
  
  

  villan007 wrote:

  Pix morons had to watch a sucky streaming link

  
  

• From: Warden on Sun Jan 25 13:00:15 2009.

  HT: Mallorca 3-0 Valencia
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sun Jan 25 15:05:32 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  http://www.pixtelevision.com/dev/fa_cup.php Guess there will be a repeat telecast

  
  
  Live telecast panna mudialana ennathuku rights vaangurainga..naansens thanamalla iruku
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Jan 26 3:04:10 2009.

  We love you Arsenal, We do, Oh Arsenal we love you
  
  

• From: Warden on Mon Jan 26 3:40:11 2009.

  The replay adds a couple of millions in our kitty.Use it and seal the Arshavin deal
  And its gonna be either West Brom or Burnley @ the Emirates for the fifth round.Should be a piece of cake.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Jan 26 3:56:46 2009.

  Will Jay Simpson play against us if we face West Brom in FA cup?
  
  

• From: Warden on Mon Jan 26 13:12:41 2009.

  Our new signing-The Little Mozart
  
  

• From: Warden on Tue Jan 27 5:16:15 2009.

  http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_4854546,00.html
  
  I like him.His pace,strength and directness reminds me of the Anelka of the late 90's.
  United's weakest defence in ages with either Fletcher or Carrick expected to fill in at right back.Hopefully he nicks in a goal or two and puts an end to the 10 match clean sheet run
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Jan 28 3:31:17 2009.

  Someone shoot Rob-f-ing-styles.
  
  

• From: Warden on Wed Jan 28 18:06:33 2009.

  OMFG What a Strike.That volley was magical.
  RVP Barclays Player Of the Month,Arsenal player of the season..
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Jan 29 1:41:06 2009.

  @ Loserpool. Thank god i didn't watch yet another stupendous performance from them
  
  Lucas should be sent to Doncaster or Acrington (whether he will get into their first 11 is another question)
  
  Rafa is a genius, or a total insult to football. One way or another.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jan 29 8:10:34 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  OMFG What a Strike.That volley was magical. RVP Barclays Player Of the Month,Arsenal player of the season..

  
  
  
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Jan 29 8:11:13 2009.

  Whatever follows from now till the end of the season, I'm just mighty excited for our club. COYG!
  
  

• From: Warden on Fri Jan 30 8:19:05 2009.

  http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/van-persie-continues-his-magnificent-month
  
  ARSENAL IN JANUARY: EIGHT GOALS
  VAN PERSIE IN JANUARY: THREE GOALS, FIVE ASSISTS
  
  Quite brilliant indeed.
  
  

• From: Warden on Fri Jan 30 19:45:38 2009.

  We've almost signed Arshavin
  
  * Andrei Arshavin is finally set to complete his £15million transfer to Arsenal.
  
  The 27-year-old Russian will leave Zenit St Petersburg’s Dubai training camp on Saturday.
  
  A major stumbling block to the Arsenal deal has been removed, with Arshavin understood to have agreed to payback a £2.35m loyalty bonus to Zenit which the Londoners were refusing to pay on his behalf.
  
  He is set to sign a four-and-a-half-year contract.
  
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1132750/Defoes-metatarsal-woe-leaves-Spurs-boss-Redknapp-transfer-window-panic.html
  
  
  
  
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Jan 31 6:20:49 2009.

  Arshavin
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sat Jan 31 11:23:12 2009.

  i wonder if he can cope with the pace of english football. he was virtually anonymous against Spain at Euro. I hope he will become a big success because he's just damn good and the idiotic english presses will blame the manager for NOT signing english talents if he doesn't cope well.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Jan 31 12:59:51 2009.

  Freakin Frustrating! i am just disturbed! we miss a playmaker !!
  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Jan 31 13:13:05 2009.

  Never thought Zola will join the 'park the bus' wagon.
  Well at least our defence was solid(Gallas was more physical and ate cole alive)and the draw was more due a lack of cutting edge than the usual lack of effort.Well have our shiny new Arshavin for the Spuds game.
  Nik was fine.Ade should've been subbed off,not him.The sooner he shakes of the titi syndrome,the better it is.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Jan 31 13:37:56 2009.

  Adebayor is complacent, and couldn't be more *rsed. I hope Eduardo returns back to the starting-11. RVP should have started today. He is on fire. Why would Arsene rest him now and not for the FA cup? I would never know.
  
  Anyway, we drew and positives are there to take home. COYG!
  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Jan 31 13:40:10 2009.

  Sell him this summer.
  4-3-3 with Arshavin-Eduardo-RVP will be lethal.
  

  thilak4life wrote:

  Adebayor is complacent, and couldn't be more *rsed. I hope Eduardo returns back to the starting-11. RVP should have started today. He is on fire. Why would Arsene rest him now and not for the FA cup? I would never know. Anyway, we drew and positives are there to take home. COYG!

  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Jan 31 13:59:36 2009.

  Simpson scored today
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Jan 31 14:20:04 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  Sell him this summer. 4-3-3 with Arshavin-Eduardo-RVP will be lethal. thilak4life wrote: Adebayor is complacent, and couldn't be more *rsed. I hope Eduardo returns back to the starting-11. RVP should have started today. He is on fire. Why would Arsene rest him now and not for the FA cup? I would never know. Anyway, we drew and positives are there to take home. COYG!

  
  
  
  and when rosicky, walcott,fab return we gotta great team! excited
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Feb 1 1:45:53 2009.

  Utd won again, with a penalty. another clean sheet.
  
  the league is so exciting nowadays.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Feb 1 2:06:18 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  Sell him this summer. 4-3-3 with Arshavin-Eduardo-RVP will be lethal. thilak4life wrote: Adebayor is complacent, and couldn't be more *rsed. I hope Eduardo returns back to the starting-11. RVP should have started today. He is on fire. Why would Arsene rest him now and not for the FA cup? I would never know. Anyway, we drew and positives are there to take home. COYG!

  
  
  That's a stunning trio at top. One hopes Rosicky to return. Then we could try:
  
  -------------Clown
  -Sagna---Willy-----Djorou----Clichy
  --Rosicky/Nasri--Denilson--Cesc/Nasri
  --RVP-------Eduardo----Arshavin
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Feb 1 9:52:58 2009.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Utd won again, with a penalty. another clean sheet. the league is so exciting nowadays.

  
  
  Don't-say-the-word-or-you-will-be-banned U*d. Couldn't be more *rsed. FA and refs are there for 'em. OTOH we could go against all odds and do well. That's more exciting and challenging!
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Feb 1 14:41:16 2009.

  taking back my comments from previous page.. (shameless plug )
  
  Torres is just like a new signing. And i guess Keane is off to Spuds.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sun Feb 1 14:43:58 2009.

  Lol wat a match lots of pushing ,diving and lampard getting suspended .. Torres Header was good Good that pool got better of scums!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Feb 1 14:51:30 2009.

  Ref had a howler. But again, Chelsea have had their share of luck over the years. U*d have always had it. I don't see why Liverpool shouldn't. It's not that I like Liverpool, but seriously I'd rather have them win. Chelsea need to play against us in Emirates, we have to beat them. We have to get into top 4. At expense of Chelsea, sweet!
  
  

• From: Warden on Sun Feb 1 15:25:24 2009.

  Chelsea r worse than us in the final third Big Phil's clueless.
  Next 5 games are vital.
  We've got the easiest set-Spuds,Sunderland,Fulham,WestBrom,Blackburn.All winnable.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Feb 1 15:30:52 2009.

  i won't count chelsea out of title race yet because they always get something against the weaker teams unlike pool or arsenal. they are horrible against the big four this season, but they have managed to get the better of useless teams at away especially.
  
  in wrestling = you can't powerbomb Billy Kidman..
  
  in football = you can't tackle Xabi Alonso 5th player to get sent off. that must be a record.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Feb 1 15:56:27 2009.

  WArden, Arshavin-a sign pannuvoma?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Feb 2 4:02:36 2009.

  Sign panna mattom depending onRussian sites... I have lost hope on the board. FU Fizman and PHW !
  
  

• From: Warden on Mon Feb 2 4:24:32 2009.

  Entha site
  //The Daily Mail says Wenger's doubts as to whether Arsenal will complete the £15million signing of Andrei Arshavin from Zenit St Petersburg before the deadline have surprised insiders because a press conference is being organised for Tuesday to introduce the Russian.//
  And most sites have reported hes flown over to London in a private jet
  Whoz making up these transfer rumours
  Wuzz that Usmanov **** doing.For once we need him
  Less than 9 hrs to go.No quality,character,youngster trust BS plz.
  
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Feb 2 4:25:18 2009.

  No we own a private jet. After all we are the mighty Arsenal. We also owe a Russian satelite from corrupt oligarch Usmanov.
  
  

• From: Warden on Mon Feb 2 4:32:46 2009.

  If he does land in London,kidnap him Berbatov shtyle and then negotiate
  Why are we doing everything the hard way This lack of urgency is so frustrating.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Feb 2 4:44:49 2009.

  The lack of urgency is translated from off-the-pitch to the pitch itself...
  
  

• From: Warden on Mon Feb 2 4:52:10 2009.

  http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11895_4884323,00.html
  
  Zenit sign an AM.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Feb 2 4:55:26 2009.

  We're dealing with Russkies here. They'd rather keep Arshavin a benchwarmer. We need him. They have no compulsion to sell him.
  
  I'm offski.
  
  

• From: Warden on Mon Feb 2 5:22:26 2009.

  http://goonertalk.com/2009/02/02/arshavin-in-hertfordshire-photo/
  
  
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Mon Feb 2 5:40:25 2009.

  is the deal officially done? seriously its getting frustrating!
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Mon Feb 2 5:41:53 2009.

  8.38 Sky Sports News' Bryan Swanson has the day's first news of Andrei Arshavin. He has been spotted in Hertfordshire close to Arsenal's London Colney training ground, fueling speculation he is closing in on a move to the Gunners. Sky Bet are pretty sure he will be an Arsenal player by the end of the day, rating him 1/8 to move to the Emirates.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Mon Feb 2 5:56:13 2009.

  9.47 Latest news on Arshavin. Sky Sports News reports he is heading back to a London airport with sources close to Arsenal claiming the Gunners are not prepared to meet Zenit's terms. Sky Bet have moved quickly to reflect this latest development with him now rated as 6/4 to move to the Emirates.
  
  Ada pongada!
  
  
  
  

• From: Warden on Mon Feb 2 6:17:38 2009.

  This is what we get for having an economist for a manager For god's sake wtf did he reject an upgraded 10 M bid for Eboue
  
  

• From: Warden on Mon Feb 2 6:19:11 2009.

  http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/wenger-we-don-t-need-an-instant-saviour
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Feb 2 7:46:56 2009.

  Our management = tight f***s.
  
  

• From: Warden on Mon Feb 2 11:04:34 2009.

  Talks are still going on
  English fans are mighty patient.Had it been Italy there wud've been some open revolts and by now Eboue wud've been torched.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Feb 2 12:25:08 2009.

  Some other done deals
  
  Shay Given to Man City and NZogbia to Wigan
  
  Almost done
  
  Robbie Keane to Spurs
  Jermaine Jenas or David Bentley to Internazionale (swap with Ricardo Quaresma)
  
  Talks onGoing
  
  Robinho - Drogba swap
  
  

• From: Warden on Mon Feb 2 13:01:31 2009.

  Tottenham sign Keane.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Feb 2 13:26:24 2009.

  Have we signed him yet?
  
  

• From: Warden on Mon Feb 2 13:30:01 2009.

  BBC reports deals not materialised
  
  

• From: Warden on Mon Feb 2 13:32:20 2009.

  1728: Nervous, nervous moments for Arsenal fans, these. The Associated Press are saying Zenit spokesman Alexei Petrov believes the deal for Andrei Arshavin has broken down. We are awaiting confirmation, though.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Feb 2 13:48:12 2009.

  You can't play with the Russians. Not until the final moment. FU Wenger. FU PHW. FU Fizman. FU Gazidis or whatever f-ing name it is..
  
  

• From: Warden on Mon Feb 2 14:02:29 2009.

  Honestly wud be glad now if the club misses out a Cl spot and finishes 5th or 6th.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Mon Feb 2 14:14:35 2009.

  Too much confusion.. some sites say he is signed .. some sites say its broken.. wtf?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Feb 2 14:19:45 2009.

  It's not just Indians who are awake at around 12. There are many Asians who are well into 2-3 am morning, and checking out the website. Arsenal.com is probably as frustrating as our manager.
  
  

• From: Warden on Mon Feb 2 14:24:28 2009.

  http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/wenger-our-different-path-to-man-united
  Read this meanwhile
  Hello UEFA cup.Here we come
  

  thilak4life wrote:

  It's not just Indians who are awake at around 12. There are many Asians who are well into 2-3 am morning, and checking out the website. Arsenal.com is probably as frustrating as our manager.

  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Feb 2 14:52:29 2009.

  Arsene had just said: He has got positive news to be announced. What? We have saved 15m pounds, and eventually going to miss out on CL spot?
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Mon Feb 2 14:58:10 2009.

  http://www.justin.tv/vipclub
  
  I think its gona happen lets c..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Feb 2 14:58:35 2009.

  Bayern had successfully signed Tymoshchuk Zenit's captain.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Mon Feb 2 15:10:16 2009.

  its about to finalize .. just saw videos of gunners jumping in the emirates whooooooo hoooooo
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Feb 2 15:11:40 2009.

  Yeah saw that. Number 29? Or something in 20s.
  
  

• From: Warden on Mon Feb 2 15:18:57 2009.

  Deal gone through Or another frickin rumour
  Cudn't take it any more and watched some Scrubs for the last hr.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Mon Feb 2 15:22:57 2009.

  Number 13. The deal is thru i guess! final conifrmation anytime now!
  
  

• From: Warden on Mon Feb 2 16:21:11 2009.

  Chelsea sign Quaresma on loan.Now their Portuguese contingent can match our French one.
  
  

• From: Warden on Tue Feb 3 0:19:04 2009.

  Innum confirmation varalaya If they pull it off,yet another transfer masterstroke.Arshavin(27) coming in cheaper than Bellamy(29),Bridge(28) or Robbie Keane(28)
  And Arshavin (if he joins Arsenal) will wear the No.23.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Feb 3 4:24:00 2009.

  Although we got him for a bargain, this is simply frustrating. Haven't yet heard official confirmation.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Feb 3 6:53:47 2009.

  As Obama would say, "YES WE CAN!!!!"
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Feb 3 6:55:56 2009.

  Click here to see included image.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Feb 3 13:06:55 2009.

  Get in guys! We have done it! Just when you thought we're only good enough for 16 year old Africans. Yes we CAN!!!
  
  Finally, COYG!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Feb 3 14:49:31 2009.

  “TRUST IN ME... TRUST IN ARSENAL”
  
  No truer words were uttered before...
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Tue Feb 3 14:52:09 2009.

  Finally! Arshavin is a gunner!!!!!!!!!
  Suddenly feels like the good old days r gona comeback..when all the others return! we r gona get the beautiful arsenal game back!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Feb 3 14:54:13 2009.

  Absolutely. Missed our style because of the injury list.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue Feb 3 15:03:10 2009.

  good addition to epl..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Feb 4 1:50:42 2009.

  First interview:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmmqFae6cqI
  
  Second interview:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=940qTyXzU4w
  
  Also heard some losers from the press suggesting the move was illegal as it had passed few hours after the deadline. F**k the whole lot of them.
  
  

• From: P_R on Wed Feb 4 2:22:38 2009.

  
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Feb 4 2:24:03 2009.

  Thanks PR.
  
  Where is Warden?
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed Feb 4 2:24:47 2009.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  Finally! Arshavin is a gunner!!!!!!!!! Suddenly feels like the good old days r gona comeback..when all the others return! we r gona get the beautiful arsenal game back!

  
  
  
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Feb 4 2:25:51 2009.

  Interesting choice of number, now we have our Russian Michael Jordan.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Feb 4 2:26:34 2009.

  Thalafanz wrote:

  Sid_316 wrote: Finally! Arshavin is a gunner!!!!!!!!! Suddenly feels like the good old days r gona comeback..when all the others return! we r gona get the beautiful arsenal game back!

  
  
  Yes we CAN!!!
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed Feb 4 2:29:36 2009.

  The prob with Arsenal is they start off very well but 'sink' as the league progresses.
  Something somewhere goes wrong.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Feb 4 2:37:22 2009.

  We almost sunk, but we will rise with the tide. As a supporter, I've got much faith in the club. We haven't been able to cope with the long list of injuries (Dudu, Fabregas, Walcott) and sicknotes (like Rosicky, Diaby, etc). We had to sort out the captaincy once for all. It's Gallas' fault to fall bait to the press. The dynamics of our play was affected with frequent changes of starting 11.
  
  The main factor being we're least favored by the refs, press, and FA. Although this didn't matter this season (like the previous, where we were practically f-ed over by the refs). Just leave our young team alone, they'll improve.
  
  

• From: Warden on Wed Feb 4 3:34:34 2009.

  "did you speak with pavlyuchenko"
  "hes no friend of mind"
  legendary.
  
  

• From: Warden on Wed Feb 4 3:45:40 2009.

  Jus saw his interview.Talkin abt 1930-33 .Gift him the invincible season review dvd plz.
  Wonder if there will be an orientation of some sort.
  "this is your captain fabregas.You must know him rite?.He fd your national team out of the euros.Take your revenge by stealing some spotlight"
  "this is van persie.Hes got legs made of glass.Hes the only person in this squad as arrogant as u"
  
  
  

• From: Warden on Wed Feb 4 3:48:26 2009.

  His english is pretty good for a ruskie.Play him against the spuds plz.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Feb 4 3:56:30 2009.

  Warden, I think we should give him few minutes in the Spurs game. I'd ideally play Eduardo and ARshavin, but knowing Wenger, it's unlikely. If it was some club like Spuds or manager like 'Arry, they would even wrap Rosicky up, and force him to play.
  
  

• From: Warden on Wed Feb 4 4:09:40 2009.

  Ade can take care of the spuds but a 10 min cameo will be a dream debut.He should make a full start against cardiff.
  
  

• From: Warden on Wed Feb 4 4:15:31 2009.

  Is it ArshAAvin or AArshavin
  
  

• From: Warden on Wed Feb 4 5:12:34 2009.

  He costs 9.5 m in fantasy footy.Chucked berbatov out of my team
  
  

• From: Warden on Wed Feb 4 7:45:10 2009.

  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/arsenal/article5655221.ece
  ivan gazidis interview.Sounds like an arsenal man through n through.
  
  

• From: Warden on Wed Feb 4 10:15:52 2009.

  Thilak,will we win the NLD this time?Its difficult to digest that we haven't beaten them for about a whole calendar year.
  And im in no mood to see any of that homecoming kueens trademark chimpsault celebrations.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Feb 5 3:13:53 2009.

  We should beat them. I'm really because it's a matter of prestige. They're still flaunting about the mickey mouse cup victory.
  
  

• From: Warden on Thu Feb 5 7:19:49 2009.

  epl top 20Now thats interesting.Without aa23 a top 10 finish would've been quite difficult.And ppl out there are talking abt failures and doomsdays.
  Spurs never cease to amaze me.Lets hope those clowns never get relegated for a hearty laughs sake.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Feb 5 7:28:39 2009.

  Warden: Assuming Arshavin and Eduardo aren't going to start. Diaby has joined Fabregas, Walcott, and Rosicky after the injury. Eboue had an injury, not quite sure he had faked it, or it's less serious. What would be our starting-11?
  
  I suggest:
  
  ----------Almunia
  Sagna---Kolo---Gallas---Clichy
  Nasri---Denilson---Song--Vela
  -------RVP---------Ade---------
  
  I thought about Djorou, but Kolo and Gallas look good in last few games. And Arsene might opt for experience.
  
  

• From: Warden on Thu Feb 5 10:56:08 2009.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Warden: Assuming Arshavin and Eduardo aren't going to start. Diaby has joined Fabregas, Walcott, and Rosicky after the injury. Eboue had an injury, not quite sure he had faked it, or it's less serious. What would be our starting-11? I suggest: ----------Almunia Sagna---Kolo---Gallas---Clichy Nasri---Denilson---Song--Vela -------RVP---------Ade--------- I thought about Djorou, but Kolo and Gallas look good in last few games. And Arsene might opt for experience.

  
  http://www.physioroom.com/news/english_premier_league/epl_injury_table.php
  Diaby and Eboue are fit I guess.Diaby(5yc) is supspended.Eboue must've faked it to save him from getting booed though.
  I'd go with the same set,except maybe bring Djourou in,owing to Spurs over reliance on crosses and the presence of that big Russian goon upfront.
  Vela wud be gr8,Nik in the right flank wud be ok too.But knowing Wenger we'll have Eboue playing a free role until hes substituted in the 60th min.
  Win it plz .Villa face Blackburn and hopefully Allardyce grinds out another draw to extend his unbeaten run.
  
  

• From: Warden on Thu Feb 5 13:16:33 2009.

  http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/article2206464.ece
  A genuinely interesting personality.Straight as a sabot.
  
  //One of those players, Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo, once refused to swap shirts with Andrey after a Russia/Portugal game.
  
  Andrey says: “I do not like to exchange shirts after the games with opponent teams’ players. I only attempted to do it once because my wife asked me to.
  
  “She wanted me to exchange with Ronaldo, who she likes as a player. But my attempt failed.” //
  
  Show these scum,what you're made of Theres no better platform .
  Hes got loads of talent,no question abt it.But its his ambition and desire which is gonna take him places.Exciting times ahead
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Feb 5 13:43:16 2009.

  Wow. What a man!!! Also quite right about the scum.
  
  Btw, brilliant Display pic. RVP - Arsenal through and through!
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Thu Feb 5 14:02:15 2009.

  Thala interview lam chance ila ... btw where did u get that disp pic?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Feb 5 14:03:45 2009.

  You talkin' to me?
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Thu Feb 5 14:05:36 2009.

  Thilak.(Pardon if it is a dumb question)
  
  Is he going to play from this season itself in EPL?
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Feb 5 14:15:03 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Thilak.(Pardon if it is a dumb question) Is he going to play from this season itself in EPL?

  
  
  Yes, only in PL. Not in CL as he already played for Zenit this season. Besides, he could play FA cup.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Thu Feb 5 14:16:37 2009.

  no the warden's pic.. is it van persie? was he an arsenal fan from the beginning ?
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Thu Feb 5 14:17:11 2009.

  
  

  thilak4life wrote:

  ajithfederer wrote: Thilak.(Pardon if it is a dumb question) Is he going to play from this season itself in EPL? Yes, only in PL. Not in CL as he already played for Zenit this season. Besides, he could play FA cup.

  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Thu Feb 5 14:18:15 2009.

  We must really concentrate on FA cup now.. PL and UCL romba kashtam
  
  

• From: Warden on Thu Feb 5 14:25:18 2009.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  no the warden's pic.. is it van persie? was he an arsenal fan from the beginning ?

  
  http://robinvanpersiefan.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/fpx.jpg
  
  

• From: Warden on Fri Feb 6 10:56:13 2009.

  Arshavin included in the squad for the Spuds match.
  Betting counters in official site for him to score anytime.
  So,can we expect a substitute appearance?
  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Feb 7 1:36:16 2009.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1138300/The-Saturday-Interview-Robin-Van-Persie--artist-draws-best-Arsenal.html?ITO=1490
  
  RVP on past life,football,teammates and ambition.
  //'This is not an individual sport and my first thought is what I want to achieve with my team. And only if you achieve something with your team can you then sit back and reflect on the contribution you made to that team.
  
  'My target is to win trophies with Arsenal. Lots of players only think about themselves. There's a saying in Holland:
  
  "If my street is clean enough, then I am happy". I am not like that. I want the whole club working well, not just my street. 'Otherwise I will work on my serve and play tennis.' Or ping pong, or darts.//
  
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Feb 7 1:52:34 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1138300/The-Saturday-Interview-Robin-Van-Persie--artist-draws-best-Arsenal.html?ITO=1490 RVP on past life,football,teammates and ambition. //'This is not an individual sport and my first thought is what I want to achieve with my team. And only if you achieve something with your team can you then sit back and reflect on the contribution you made to that team. 'My target is to win trophies with Arsenal. Lots of players only think about themselves. There's a saying in Holland: "If my street is clean enough, then I am happy". I am not like that. I want the whole club working well, not just my street. 'Otherwise I will work on my serve and play tennis.' Or ping pong, or darts.//

  
  
  I dedicate this song to RVP!
  
  Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun.
  Shine on you crazy diamond.
  Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky.
  Shine on you crazy diamond.
  You were caught on the crossfire of childhood and stardom,
  blown on the steel breeze.
  Come on you target for faraway laughter,
  come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine!
  You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon.
  Shine on you crazy diamond.
  Threatened by shadows at night, and exposed in the light.
  Shine on you crazy diamond.
  Well you wore out your welcome with random precision,
  rode on the steel breeze.
  Come on you raver, you seer of visions,
  come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!
  
  Couldn't have been more apt.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sat Feb 7 1:54:09 2009.

  i really don't get the rvp love tbh.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Feb 7 1:54:54 2009.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  i really don't get the rvp love tbh.

  
  
  why?
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sat Feb 7 2:00:25 2009.

  i love watching him when arsenal play good, he is the focus. When they get outmuscled (2005-06 season) he can be totally anonymous..
  
  i'm not an arsenal fan, so i don't follow his efforts in detail, but he really lacks 'something'. I'd still rate him as the best/favorite in Arsenal though.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Feb 7 2:18:02 2009.

  Not quite sure we were outmuscled as the press would like to believe. None less so when it is RVP. He produced his best against Blackburn when they were confrontational pricks who believed taking out players would get into our minds. In fact, RVP had no trouble trumping Neill, Reid, Savage, Nelson and others, who persistently tried to take him out. OTOH, he had anonymous games when he wasn't bothered at all. Nothing to do with brash style of defending. As for 05-06, We didn't have balance to the squad to sustain a league season. We had a good CL run, and yes, RVP had been inconsistent in producing brilliant moments. However, he became a vital player for the next 2 seasons. He was more influential than Henry in 06-07. But injury took him out from playing a complete season. This season has been positive for him, he has been the best player for us, and no serious injury troubles.
  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Feb 7 3:36:08 2009.

  The only thing missing maybe is the ability to score non-spectacular goals
  2005-06 was the period of those trademark goals from the right--acute angle shots dribbling past the entire opposition with the ball ending @ the roof of the net.He had to deal with rape allegations,imprisonment,humiliation and all which definitely left a permanent scar.
  Like Bergkamp he relies on skill rather than physical attributes like pace or strength and he can only get better.
  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Feb 7 12:56:58 2009.

  Chelsea draw.Their front line is worse than our present midfield.
  Something to hold on to if we draw/lose tomorrow
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Sat Feb 7 16:01:44 2009.

  Pompey vs Pool
  
  I started watching the match 10 mins after the beginning of the second session . Liverpool was playing without Gerrard (injury), Alonso, Torres, Kyut. Pompey opened the score with a 'one on one' goal. Liverpool replied with a stunner of a goal from Aurelio . Probably a candidate for goal of the month. Pompey went one goal ahead through a set piece . At this point I felt Liverpoll will lose . But they proved me wrong. The hardworking Kyut (who was introduced in the second half)produced a beauty of a goal standing very near the Dee. In the dying minutes Torres( who replaced Babel) headed a pass from Benayoun to give Liverpool a hard earned victory . Babel played like a fool for most part of the game. He could not hold on to the ball and missed a sitter from a Kyut cross. Terrific match. Benayoun was terrific .
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sat Feb 7 16:08:34 2009.

  i love football..
  
  i have still not given up on Babel. He's still raw and has been on the edges of bewilderment for a long time. He will get more chances since Keane is gone and Torres can't play 90 mins most of the time
  
  As for the game, it was a great match. Loved seeing Skrtel and Dagger together. Defence was a bit shaky, but i'm sure they will improve as they play the formation more often. Aurelio and Benayoun were fantastic.
  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Feb 7 16:12:15 2009.

  Lucky gits
  2 goals were gifted.Old Tony was furious.Guess Crouchy will grow 2 inches shorter by tomorrow.'Pool took those chances well though.
  And Raiks what was the formation played in the first half?
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sat Feb 7 16:16:31 2009.

  3-5-2
  
  With Arbeloa and Dossena as wingbacks and Aurelio and Masch in centre with Benayoun behind Babel and Ngog'..
  
  Rafa has done this formation on couple of occasions before.
  
  

• From: Warden on Sun Feb 8 9:00:10 2009.

  Eduardo and Arshavin on the bench
  Ive never been as excited for a loong loong time
  
  

• From: Warden on Sun Feb 8 10:25:47 2009.

  ************ Eboue.
  Ship him off to a Zoo
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Feb 8 11:30:47 2009.

  Tad hard on Eboue. At least he doesn't swear on Referee like a certain Wayne Looney. He just kept making whiny faces at him. I've seen MAncs and other club players get scot free for worse.
  
  Anyway a well fought 0-0. RVP was disappointing. Apart from that, I'm fine with that.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sun Feb 8 11:35:26 2009.

  Anyways atleast we got a point with 10 men.F**k eboue hope he doesnt play again ever!
  
  

• From: Warden on Sun Feb 8 11:40:14 2009.

  Thats Scums and Looney's English.
  For a club which prides so much on class and heritage,playing such a wanker who makes Shittiano Ronaldo look like Mother Teresa
  Atleast this will give him a permanent sopt on the bench.Ade's injured that means we will se a 4-4-2 with Arshavin on the Wings and Eddy up with RVP
  

  thilak4life wrote:

  Tad hard on Eboue. At least he doesn't swear on Referee like a certain Wayne Looney. He just kept making whiny faces at him. I've seen MAncs and other club players get scot free for worse. Anyway a well fought 0-0. RVP was disappointing. Apart from that, I'm fine with that.

  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sun Feb 8 11:43:47 2009.

  Yes I want to see Arshavin and Nasri in midfield. And Eduardo with RVP in front. Song was great today. Btw Nasri looked natural at CM!!!
  
  

• From: Warden on Sun Feb 8 11:46:52 2009.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Yes I want to see Arshavin and Nasri in midfield. And Eduardo with RVP in front. Song was great today. Btw Nasri looked natural at CM!!!

  
  Ya.And Billy Gallas is back to his best .Man of the match.If only he'd shown the same mental strength last season
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sun Feb 8 11:58:04 2009.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Yes I want to see Arshavin and Nasri in midfield. And Eduardo with RVP in front. Song was great today. Btw Nasri looked natural at CM!!!

  
  
  That will b awesome and looks like fab will be fit during the roma game. Lot to look forward in the coming weeks
  
  

• From: Warden on Mon Feb 9 10:29:31 2009.

  Clichy misses france call due to injury
  I was really looking forward to see how he does against Messi.Wud've been a cracker of a contest.
  
  

• From: Warden on Mon Feb 9 12:33:02 2009.

  Chelsea sack Scolari
  http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~1551166,00.html
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Feb 9 12:39:09 2009.

  just wanted to post this..
  
  can't say he didn't deserve this, but chelsea were already in turmoil even before he took charge.. They have an ageing team with lot of ego in dressing room.. so
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Mon Feb 9 12:54:39 2009.

  Beginning of the end (of RomanFC)
  
  

• From: Warden on Mon Feb 9 13:36:26 2009.

  Ranieri - League 2nd.CL Semis
  Mourinho - 2 cons. league titles.2 CL Semis.3rd yr 2nd+FA Cup winners.
  Grant - Finished 2nd in League, CL Runners up
  Now big Phil.
  The ques. is which self respecting manager will even dare to take the acid test
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Mon Feb 9 13:48:50 2009.

  chelsea ..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Tue Feb 10 2:49:07 2009.

  It was the crushing evidence this is not a serious football club. It is only masquerading as such. It is no more than a rich man's indulgence, and what this has to do with the real world of football is anybody's guess.
  
  http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/james-lawton-scolari-exit-exposes-chelsea-as-no-more-than-a-rich-mans-indulgence-1605409.html
  
  

• From: Warden on Wed Feb 11 10:14:52 2009.

  http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11670_4912206,00.html
  
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Feb 11 12:58:08 2009.

  Personally I don't care much for what Gilberto says. We couldn't afford to keep him, and other senior players for their wages.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Feb 11 13:49:36 2009.

  Flamini was way better than him anyway.
  
  

• From: Warden on Thu Feb 12 3:43:55 2009.

  I believe he's criminally underrated.
  Also he was allowed to leave after both Flam and Lass left and his wages were only around 55K a week during that time.
  
  

• From: Warden on Thu Feb 12 3:46:46 2009.

  http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90779/90871/6591095.html
  
  Arsenal sixth in money league.
  Bayern @ 4 without CL football
  
  

• From: Warden on Tue Feb 17 7:47:12 2009.

  Wow.Best football in ages.Not a single bad perf.
  Fairy tale return for dudu bendtner was very impressive ,except for some sloppy finishing.Can't think of a single reason why ade cant be sold this summer.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Wed Feb 18 11:05:00 2009.

  Cudnt see the match live.. just saw the highlights.. awesome! awesome performance.. looks like our style is back..
  
  and dudu welcome back!. Sat's match is gona b awesome with arshavin making his debut. Hope dudu starts
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Wed Feb 18 12:59:06 2009.

  We are on the way up. Arsenal...ARSENAL...ARSENALLLLLLLLLLLLLL...La la laala...
  
  

• From: Warden on Thu Feb 19 3:43:21 2009.

  None of the front 6 who started against cardiff were regulars last season,yet the football was as arsenalic as it gets.Wenger
  Was mighty impressed with Bichoffs cameo.Instantaneous pass and move of the rosicky type.Cud become a decent squad player.Our attacking prospects next season is too damn good on paper with atleast 2 top players in every single position.Exciting times ahead.
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Feb 19 4:51:29 2009.

  We are..WE ARE...THE ARSENAL...
  
  We love you Arsenal, We Do,
  We love you Arsenal, We Do,
  OHHH ArsenaL we love YOU!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Feb 19 4:58:40 2009.

  Lineup prediction for Saturday:
  
  -----------------------Almunia
  Sagna------Willy/Toure----Djorou----Clichy
  Nasri-------Denilson------Song--------Vela
  ----------------RVP----------Eduardo
  
  I'd play this because this is close to the lineup that would feature against Roma. Djorou should play as he is good in the air, and could nullify Jones/Cisse. Swap either of Toure/Gallas for the other, Bendtner, and Arshavin to come on too. I'd not play Arshavin from the start.
  
  Toure will start for the CL game, although not sure if he would be better suited to face Vucinic, and Baptista - Gallas-Djorou would be better in my opinion.
  
  Heard Walcott and Diaby will also make the bench. Not sure whether they would feature.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Thu Feb 19 9:42:35 2009.

  I wud rather play arshavin because he cant play in the champ's league! and did dudu hav a hamstring prob?
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Feb 19 11:00:54 2009.

  change thread's title to 'Arsenal Thread'
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Thu Feb 19 11:37:15 2009.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  change thread's title to 'Arsenal Thread'

  
  
  
  . Sure Arsenal = Pure Football . Atleast till last season so y not
  
  Btw Dudu is out for 2 weeks Gunners hav no F'kin luck this season
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Thu Feb 19 12:55:20 2009.

  It's okay. We will be back with a vengeance. The suffering will soon be fermented into something really beautiful and poetic. We aren't any other club, we are the ARSENAL. When we get all our players back, and play our original collective game, it would be like Second Coming of Christ..
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Feb 20 2:19:49 2009.

  Great DP and tag, Sid!
  
  

• From: Warden on Fri Feb 20 9:33:18 2009.

  What will be the lineup against Roma
  4-4-2 or 4-2-3-1
  Will Bendnter start or can RVP play upfront on his own
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Feb 20 12:15:12 2009.

  4-4-1-1 with RVP and Bendtner swapping their positions as the target man and the "hole". I'd love to see Vela play at LM. Nasri should start at RM. Song-Denilson would be CM pairing. Sagna-Gallas-Djourou-Clichy at the back. I'd love to see FAbianski between the sticks, but we all know Almunia is a certain starter.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Fri Feb 20 12:25:52 2009.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Great DP and tag, Sid!

  
  
  thanks
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Fri Feb 20 12:28:33 2009.

  4-4-1-1 shud b ideal with RVP alone
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Fri Feb 20 12:31:30 2009.

  Ten sports are showing the other match. Y do they always do this? our fans r so less in number or wat to vote for this? will they atleast show our away leg? damn!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Fri Feb 20 12:37:30 2009.

  Zee sports will surely be telecasting our game..
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Fri Feb 20 12:43:50 2009.

  thilak4life wrote:

  Zee sports will surely be telecasting our game..

  
  
  The prob is i dont get zee sports bloody TATA SKY online streaming dhan
  
  

• From: Warden on Fri Feb 20 13:58:57 2009.

  Same here
  Streaming sux though.I'd prefer to rewind my clock 90 mins back,switch off my mobile and wait for the 3 AM repeat.
  
  
  

  Sid_316 wrote:

  thilak4life wrote: Zee sports will surely be telecasting our game.. The prob is i dont get zee sports bloody TATA SKY online streaming dhan

  
  

• From: Warden on Fri Feb 20 14:07:37 2009.

  Theo will be back right? Expecting his trademark cl supersub cameo.
  
  

  thilak4life wrote:

  4-4-1-1 with RVP and Bendtner swapping their positions as the target man and the "hole". I'd love to see Vela play at LM. Nasri should start at RM. Song-Denilson would be CM pairing. Sagna-Gallas-Djourou-Clichy at the back. I'd love to see FAbianski between the sticks, but we all know Almunia is a certain starter.

  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Feb 21 12:58:46 2009.

  UEFA Cup.Here we come
  Theres nothing more to look forward in the league Titi and Jens saved us from a similar situation 3 yrs ago.Whos gonna step up now.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Feb 21 13:02:14 2009.

  Oh Come On! WTF? WTF?
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Feb 21 13:02:50 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  UEFA Cup.Here we come

  
  
  We may win it!
  
  

• From: thilak4life on Sat Feb 21 13:26:42 2009.

  We still got 12 more games. 6 and 7 points below 3rd and 4th.
  
  With a bit of luck, We might win the CL.
  
  Arshavin looked good.
  
  Dudu, Ade, Theo, Diaby, Cesc, and Rosicky to return in coming weeks.
  
  

• From: Warden on Sun Feb 22 4:22:14 2009.

  Juan,Vucinic and Aquilani are all injured.
  Roma play more or less a 4-6-0 in away games.Song and Denilson tracking offensive midfield runs give me the creeps.
  Whatever be the result(I guess we might sneak it) we are gonna be run over in the midfield.
  And with Arshavin bein cup tied we r gonna see the mighty Eboue once again on the right
  
  

• From: Warden on Sun Feb 22 13:44:43 2009.

  United 7 pts clear No stopping them.
  And Madrid's catching up wt Barca.For heavens sake let UNited and Barca win this season and put an end to the 8 yr curse.Tired of waiting for Valencia
  
  

• From: Warden on Mon Feb 23 13:20:13 2009.

  http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/diaby-set-to-return-for-champions-league-tie
  Quite pleased that Diaby's back.
  Guess we'll most prolly see him off the striker's shoulder.
  
  

• From: Warden on Tue Feb 24 16:48:35 2009.

  HT 1-0 up had Eduardo started instead of Bendtner it wud've been 4-0 by now though.
  I love this formation
  With Cesc and Rosicky in it we cud go a long way
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Feb 25 3:40:51 2009.

  Em.. very boring set of matches tbh. Mu-Inter match put me to sleep (nevermind it was at 4am )
  
  Pumped for Pool- Real match. Real are the best team in Europe on form alone, so it will be tough for Liverpool. I want Agger to start, Real defence are vulbnerable to long shots.
  
  

• From: Warden on Wed Feb 25 7:22:27 2009.

  Raikks,isn't Agger injured?
  And hope yesterdays missed chances don't come back and haunt us 2 weeks later.
  1-0 makes it more interesting though.Will we prefer to sit back like in Villareal 05-06 or take the match to Roma.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Feb 26 3:27:12 2009.

  Good win for pool. Real were shockingly average. and big for Sporting-Bayern match
  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Feb 28 13:16:41 2009.

  
  Everton r jus 2 points behind.Even a 5th place finish is gonna be difficult.
  The only way we r gonna get into the cl next year is if we r gonna f*ckin win it
  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Feb 28 14:26:11 2009.

  Arshavin in the hole is Bergkamp'ic
  I'd like this next season.
  
  
  -----------------------Al-------------------------
  --Sagna----Gallas----Djourou------Clichy-
  --------------Cesc-----WC DM----------------
  ---------RVP----Arshavin----Rosicky--------
  ------------------Eduardo---------------------
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Mar 1 23:56:46 2009.

  Ada pongappa ithu oru league-u ithukku fans vera
  
  There's no way Utd gonna lose the title now unless someone recreates dunblane massacre at Old Trafford. Felt sorry for Spurs as they played really really well, but something you need 'it' to win something.
  
  I will remember this season for a long time... The season which severely deteriorated my interest in football.
  
  

• From: cucushock on Thu Mar 5 7:44:53 2009.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Ada pongappa ithu oru league-u ithukku fans vera There's no way Utd gonna lose the title now unless someone recreates dunblane massacre at Old Trafford. Felt sorry for Spurs as they played really really well, but something you need 'it' to win something. I will remember this season for a long time... The season which severely deteriorated my interest in football.

  
  
  
  i still feel mu wont win the title
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Thu Mar 5 7:51:59 2009.

  cucushock wrote:

  Raikkonen wrote: Ada pongappa ithu oru league-u ithukku fans vera There's no way Utd gonna lose the title now unless someone recreates dunblane massacre at Old Trafford. Felt sorry for Spurs as they played really really well, but something you need 'it' to win something. I will remember this season for a long time... The season which severely deteriorated my interest in football. i still feel mu wont win the title

  
  
  We will see.
  
  Sunway-la entha part???
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Mar 11 3:29:18 2009.

  sporting
  
  Babel and Drogba
  
  so Pool, Bayern, Villareal and Chelsea through to last 8..
  
  i'd love to see Bayern/Pool in the quarters..
  
  

• From: Warden on Wed Mar 11 5:25:50 2009.

  That was sick.Without Iker the result wud've been even more embarassing.Sneijder was the only one who showed some heart.
  Raul's post match interview got me
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Wed Mar 11 7:11:55 2009.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  sporting

  
  
  Giri vadivelu dialaak thaan nyabagam varudhu seriously how come 12-1??
  
  

  Quote:

  Babel and Drogba so Pool, Bayern, Villareal and Chelsea through to last 8.. i'd love to see Bayern/Pool in the quarters..

  
  
  Bayern vs Pool wow aggregate 6-6.. Pool won 20-19 on penalties
  
  
  Im nervous bout todays match.. So much of possesion and chances in San Siro but MU failed to get that important away goal.. If Inter scores in Old Trafford than its end of the campaign for United..
  
  Anyway, you cant win UCL every season
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed Mar 11 7:16:40 2009.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  Anyway, you cant win UCL every season

  
  
  
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Mar 11 9:07:43 2009.

  believe it or not i'm actually pulling for scums this season to win every titles... ya i'm a masochist.
  
  seriously, it's bout damn time someone does that.. that will be awesome and set the standard for every single team in coming seasons..
  
  

• From: Warden on Wed Mar 11 19:19:50 2009.

  Now bring on Liverpool next.We want revenge
  On a serious note,wud like Villareal or Porto next.Cant see us getting past any of the other 5.
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed Mar 11 20:31:27 2009.

  Roma-Arsenal, such a boring match.
  Lucky Arsenal.
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed Mar 11 20:32:31 2009.

  MU
  Who's next???
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Thu Mar 12 0:10:06 2009.

  Seriously, indha MU team'a beat panna innoru team poranthu thaan varanum.. Even with average performance, we can beat an Italian champions, that too managed by the 'Special One' wonder hows d scoreboard would looks like if we performs like fa cup q/final vs fulham..
  
  I'll prefer MU vs porto/villareal.. but I can see a big match coming soon, perhaps against English teams or Barca/Bayern.
  
  Quintuple, here we come.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Thu Mar 12 0:20:14 2009.

  Read your post and Thalanass post and checked the scores in the website. Onnu to Pannenda
  

  Raikkonen wrote:

  sporting

  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Thu Mar 12 1:01:01 2009.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  I'll prefer MU vs porto/villareal.. but I can see a big match coming soon, perhaps against English teams or Barca/Bayern.

  
  
  I will be extremely happy if both MU and Barca meet in final.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Mar 12 1:22:16 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  Read your post and Thalanass post and checked the scores in the website. Onnu to Pannenda Raikkonen wrote: sporting

  '
  
  cricket score mathiri aachu
  
  i have only one team in my mind now for Quarters..
  
  i want scums, scums, scums and scums..
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Sat Mar 14 10:47:04 2009.

  What the hell...
  Liverpool bribed or what
  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Mar 14 10:49:25 2009.

  Wow,Wasn't that heartwarming
  Nice to see scums playing without their 12th man Hoping for a meltdown.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Mar 14 11:53:32 2009.

  Lmao awesome ! Liverpool manure
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Mar 14 11:53:56 2009.

  Arshavin scored his first with the help of someone
  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Mar 14 11:56:19 2009.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  Arshavin scored his first with the help of someone

  
  Looks like an own goal
  Blackburn are **** .Fat Sam's a disgrace to football.And Diouf is a grade A ****.
  Something different about our style today Both Song and Denilson are sitting back.Less possession play,more counter attacks.Reminds me of the infamous 4-2-4 during the invincibles.
  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Mar 14 12:59:55 2009.

  Shava has arrived
  Vintage Arsenal stuff in the second half.
  Hope Spurs do us a favor tomorrow.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Mar 14 13:06:08 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  Shava has arrived Vintage Arsenal stuff in the second half. Hope Spurs do us a favor tomorrow.

  
  
  So True Vintage Arsenal and Arshavin freakin awesome
  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Mar 14 13:41:20 2009.

  Hes a class act.Should've taken the penalty.
  Eboue scoring thrice this week Cygan'ic
  And Almunia has been immense this season.
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Sat Mar 14 14:39:24 2009.

  Second time this season we have mauled ManU and feasted on the carcass. The shame of it! ManU fans will have to stay indoors , brooding over the insult for at least a week.
  
  
  I don't care if Pool loses out to ManU in PL or even it exits early from CL . This is enough for me.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sat Mar 14 17:06:50 2009.

  
  
  can't say how i feel about the win now.. just dominated and demolished them.. they've conceded 16 goals this season, and we've scored 6 of them
  
  Vidic rooney Carrick ... easily utd's worst performance since....... their last defeat to us.
  
  

• From: Warden on Sun Mar 15 13:59:51 2009.

  Spurs rock
  Something inside me jus died when I said that
  What a week for Arsenal
  
  

• From: Warden on Tue Mar 17 12:59:23 2009.

  http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/03/16/article-0-03E97D14000005DC-737_306x564.jpg
  
  OMG
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Wed Mar 18 12:43:17 2009.

  Wembley Wembley
  
  Chelscums wud fear us now!
  
  

• From: Warden on Thu Mar 19 9:11:16 2009.

  24 hrs for the CL draw
  And happy B-day King Kolo
  
  

• From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu Mar 19 9:17:07 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  24 hrs for the CL draw And happy B-day King Kolo

  
  
  Hi Naveen,
  
  How are you?
  
  LTNS!
  
  Andha video unmaya?!
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Fri Mar 20 8:27:42 2009.

  darn.... scums just got handed a bye to final. seriously what the hell is that???
  
  i'm just sick of chelsea right now...
  
  porto/scums
  arse/vilalreal
  pool/chelsea
  bayern/barca
  
  all pointing towards scums/pool, imo.. which without a doubt, easily the biggest match left in champions league..
  
  

• From: Warden on Fri Mar 20 8:35:25 2009.

  Hi Sri
  Fine,neenga eppidi
  Entha video
  
  

  Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

  Warden wrote: 24 hrs for the CL draw And happy B-day King Kolo Hi Naveen, How are you? LTNS! Andha video unmaya?!

  
  

• From: Warden on Fri Mar 20 8:41:12 2009.

  Villareal
  High time old Bobby received a testimonial Might see a bit of our 'Zinedine' Cygan as well
  Scums in semis
  Quintuple my ****,How awesome will it be if we knock them out of both the cups.Tasty innit.
  We've beaten them 3 times in the last 6 meetings.With Fab,Rozza and Dudu we can and will beat them.
  An Arsenal-Barca final plz
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Fri Mar 20 13:10:57 2009.

  Where have all the nestle munch fans gone?
  
  
  
  There is no sign of them ever being here .
  
  

• From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri Mar 20 13:48:03 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  Hi Sri Fine,neenga eppidi Entha video

  
  
  Dei........ Pesitrukomla.......Silence.............
  
  
  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Mar 21 15:43:57 2009.

  Wuzz wrong abt that I honestly don't care
  
  

  Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

  Warden wrote: Hi Sri Fine,neenga eppidi Entha video Dei........ Pesitrukomla.......Silence.............

  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Mar 21 15:48:49 2009.

  Wow what a day,what a month,what a year
  Scums losing,Looney and that Ginger Twat getting sent off ,Chel$ki coming back to ground(They are jus six points ahead with a visit to Emirates remaining) and to cap it all Arsenal winning in style.
  Thats Arshavin's sixth assist in 7 games for Arsenal .6th league goal for Nicky B.His vision and build up play is first rate.Some better finishing and we'll have our own Zlatan
  Diaby in the second half was a beast. Clichy played like Clichy.Hes got 3 hearts and six lungs I suppose.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Mar 22 7:57:03 2009.

  What a self sestruction by United 3 red cards in 2 games, things just cant get worser
  
  Anyway, hopes Pools will lose/draw their match against Villa .. and we'll beat Villa next week
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Mar 23 2:17:07 2009.

  what an amazing fortnight.. awesome. i bet every mancs will claim they are a point ahead with a game in hand. but the form goddess is with us now.
  
  just a beutiful week all around. Rafa signs an extension, and chelsea and scums imploded in spectacular fashion.
  
  Reina was awesome. Xabi's passing was a sight to behold and will you believe if i say Torres was our worst player when he won 5-0 against a decent Villa side???
  
  the international break comes at the wrong time because we are on such fire right now, and scums and fergie can now regroup. but they still have the advantage. with looney,ginger kid and vidic suspended for the villa game, i'm quite confident atm.
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Mon Mar 23 2:34:16 2009.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  porto/scums arse/vilalreal pool/chelsea bayern/barca

  
  
  This is the hottest game of all. Romba bayam-A irukku.
  Barca should win.
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Mon Mar 23 3:14:17 2009.

  Thalafanz wrote:

  Raikkonen wrote: porto/scums arse/vilalreal pool/chelsea bayern/barca This is the hottest game of all. Romba bayam-A irukku. Barca should win.

  
  
  
  

• From: Warden on Tue Mar 24 13:58:23 2009.

  http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/internationals-sixteen-gunners-called-up
  
  Gunners on international duty.
  Hopefully Clichy gets the nod ahead of Evra.He was electric against Newcastle with some typical mazy runs.On form hes easily the best left back in Europe.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue Mar 24 14:21:40 2009.

  
  
  aurelio completely owned Robben (over two legs) and Ronaldo at OT. Both are considered as two of the best wingers in europe. He's a much much better attacking threat than clichy and evra.
  
  

• From: Warden on Thu Mar 26 13:40:23 2009.

  With that terrorist Mascherano and Riera who generally plays like a second left back,by his side.Clichy's got to do it with Denilson and Nasri inspite of playing a higher backline.
  And was Robben even playing that day
  The first thing that comes to my mind,When I think abt Aurelio was him tackling air and falling at Theo's feet (His magic run setting up Ade for our equaliser @ Anfield in the quarters).
  An on form Clichy is a typhoon with unparalleled energy levels who completely dominates his wing,transferring defense to attack in seconds.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Mar 26 22:59:47 2009.

  it's difficult to argue with an arsenal mark. enjoy
  
  

• From: Warden on Fri Mar 27 2:30:03 2009.

  
  Pumped up for the man city game.
  Every1 fit and the starting 11 will almost tell us the final shape of Arsene FC version 3.0
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Mon Mar 30 13:50:56 2009.

  enna Thilak konja naala kaanom?
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Apr 2 4:38:45 2009.

  bolivia 6-1 argentina
  
  ada karumame
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Thu Apr 2 5:46:42 2009.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  bolivia 6-1 argentina ada karumame

  
  
  idhula, enga annan WC la Argentina a follow panna porennu ticket vera pottuttaan!
  
  

• From: Warden on Fri Apr 3 0:34:13 2009.

  4 days for the CL quarters.
  Villareal are the slowest top tier La Liga team.With Cesc back and Bruno joining Senna and Cani on the sidelines we should be in control.
  A shame Diaby is injured.He always does well in the big games.
  Should start with
  ----------------Big Al-----------------
  ----Sagna-Toure-Gallas-Clichy---
  --------Denilson---Song-----------
  --Theo--------Cesc--------Sammy---
  -----------------Ade------------------
  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Apr 4 12:47:25 2009.

  Wow wasn't that delicious.Playing like a well oiled machine without a single bad performance.
  http://i43.tinypic.com/14u8jt3.jpg
  Look at the avg. positional chart for today's match.Gallas and Clichy are the only players in our half.
  Cesc
  Looks like the injury has done Theo some good as well.Hes put on about 10 pounds and is now tracking back and making tackles.Those long range drives were
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Apr 4 13:14:33 2009.

  Welcome Back Cesc Fabregas!
  
  Villareal NexTU!
  
  

  Quote:

  Look at the avg. positional chart for today's match.Gallas and Clichy are the only players in our half.

  
  
  
  
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Sat Apr 4 14:31:33 2009.

  Yossi , the man. Eighth time this season we scored in the extra time ,once again proving we are late goal masters.
  
  

• From: Anban on Sat Apr 4 14:56:17 2009.

  liverpool
  
  i used the hate football and HC fans of a particular club.. but now i like this liverpool.. nalla vilaiyaaduraainga..
  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Apr 4 14:59:48 2009.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  Villareal NexTU!

  
  
  http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/-we-had-a-strongly-balanced-performance-
  
  On shuffling his pack for the trip to Spain…
  “I don’t know [what changes I will make]. I don’t know if we lost Walcott today, I don’t believe so. We have a little opportunity to get Van Persie back, a very small one to get Nasri back. We lose Arshavin who is not eligible and we have absolutely no chance to have Diaby or Eduardo available.”
  If no one returns,should be the same formation we played today with Eboue filling in on the right and Bendtner on the left.Should still see it through.They r 3-0 down to Almeria today at HT
  
  
  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Apr 4 15:04:20 2009.

  Scums
  

  Anban wrote:

  liverpool i used the hate football and HC fans of a particular club.. but now i like this liverpool.. nalla vilaiyaaduraainga..

  
  

• From: Anban on Sat Apr 4 16:28:21 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  Scums Anban wrote: liverpool i used the hate football and HC fans of a particular club.. but now i like this liverpool.. nalla vilaiyaaduraainga..

  it shud have been ...
  
  HC fans of any particular club
  
  but yea.. all this due to the exaggerated interest shown by some of my friends in manU.. avingala kindal panrathukke football paakkurathu..
  
  and i am one of my room mate is a diehard arsenal fan..
  
  ivaingalukkum intha clubs-kkum enna uravu??
  
  its ok to follow a player.. or to follow ur hometown team like CSK..
  
  etho oru private club-kkaaga sandai
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Apr 5 1:07:10 2009.

  anban pugunthu veladrapla..
  
  it was a crazy game with we hitting the crossbar 4 times and mark was on form with some great saves..
  
  Yossi came, and scored a late late late goal.. amazing.. scums still have two games in hand.. hopefully arsenal and villa can do us a favor..
  
  

• From: Warden on Sun Apr 5 2:21:28 2009.

  Yeah
  Its our games with Pool and United which are gonna determine the final positions.
  Exiting finale ahead.
  How aweeesome will it be if we knock the scums out of the all 3 remaining competitions.
  Tasty dreams in'nit
  
  

• From: Warden on Sun Apr 5 3:39:22 2009.

  That's got to do with the quality of sporting events here
  We do need something to brag about week in and week out.
  What options do you have if you're not interested in Cric ?
  
  

  Anban wrote:

  Warden wrote: Scums Anban wrote: liverpool i used the hate football and HC fans of a particular club.. but now i like this liverpool.. nalla vilaiyaaduraainga.. it shud have been ... HC fans of any particular club but yea.. all this due to the exaggerated interest shown by some of my friends in manU.. avingala kindal panrathukke football paakkurathu.. and i am one of my room mate is a diehard arsenal fan.. ivaingalukkum intha clubs-kkum enna uravu?? its ok to follow a player.. or to follow ur hometown team like CSK.. etho oru private club-kkaaga sandai

  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 5 12:59:25 2009.

  Kiko Macheda............... a star is BORN Last week scored a hatrick in reserves and this week with that 'goal of the season".. man .... Love you.....
  
  Up yours scousers
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Apr 5 13:03:43 2009.

  
  
  ithuku mela up panrathukku ena irukku..?? 4 goal vangunathu maranthu pocha?
  
  i'm pretty sure arsenal will take something from scums..
  
  

• From: sivank on Sun Apr 5 13:22:47 2009.

  I´m ashamed to be a Bayern Fan. thothaalum 5-1 nna thoppaanga. mallaakka paduthittu kaal rendaiyum mela thookitaangale.
  
  modhalla indha klinsmann a thookkanum appo thaan vidiyum
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Apr 5 13:26:29 2009.

  sivank.. yes, juergen is the most overrated.. to think he would have been liverpool's boss had rafa left last month
  
  did Ribery play??? epdi ipdi taarumara tothanga?? it's not that they are going to beat barca on wednesday..
  
  

• From: Warden on Sun Apr 5 14:15:33 2009.

  Scums win
  Villa lose
  A lot of exciting young Italians in business.That strike was
  
  

• From: Anban on Sun Apr 5 18:38:12 2009.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  Kiko Macheda............... a star is BORN Last week scored a hatrick in reserves and this week with that 'goal of the season".. man .... Love you..... Up yours scousers

  one of the very few times ever, i clapped involuntarily ..
  
  

• From: sivank on Mon Apr 6 2:44:33 2009.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  sivank.. yes, juergen is the most overrated.. to think he would have been liverpool's boss had rafa left last month did Ribery play??? epdi ipdi taarumara tothanga?? it's not that they are going to beat barca on wednesday..

  
  
  Andha kodumaiya yen kekkareenga Ribery nu oru maram irundhuchu. magath summaa meinjuttu poittaar. enge thaan pudichaaro indha grafite payala.
  
  idhula oru periya thamaash ennaannaa bayern venum ne mosamaa aadinaangalaam barca va yemaatharathukku
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 6 3:32:54 2009.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  ithuku mela up panrathukku ena irukku..?? 4 goal vangunathu maranthu pocha? i'm pretty sure arsenal will take something from scums..

  
  
  S**t sometimes happens
  
  we are closing on 18th League title..
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Apr 6 3:45:48 2009.

  sivank.. ya barca kitta taarumara tokka poranunga..
  
  nass, we already have 18 titles .. it's ok if don't win it this year because this year we proved that we can hang with the big ones (in fact we beat all of them except arsenal).. next season we will win it..
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Mon Apr 6 5:23:31 2009.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  sivank.. ya barca kitta taarumara tokka poranunga.. nass, we already have 18 titles .. it's ok if don't win it this year because this year we proved that we can hang with the big ones (in fact we beat all of them except arsenal).. next season we will win it..

  
  
  Ippadi thAn pOna season-um sonnEngga (j/K)
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Mon Apr 6 5:26:12 2009.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  sivank.. ya barca kitta taarumara tokka poranunga..

  
  
  Barca semma form-la irukkAngga. Yet, I don't underestimate Bayern. Hope for a tight match.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 6 6:08:36 2009.

  Thalafanz wrote:

  Raikkonen wrote: sivank.. ya barca kitta taarumara tokka poranunga.. nass, we already have 18 titles .. it's ok if don't win it this year because this year we proved that we can hang with the big ones (in fact we beat all of them except arsenal).. next season we will win it.. Ippadi thAn pOna season-um sonnEngga (j/K)

  
  
  pOna season mattayum illa ella seasonum thaan sollraanga since 1992
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Apr 6 11:05:05 2009.

  apdi solliyum enga kitta ippathan varanga..
  
  neenga 28 varusham wait pannathu maranthu pocha???
  
  

• From: Warden on Mon Apr 6 11:07:40 2009.

  
  Our boys are men now.Provided we manage to keep em this summer,next season is ours
  
  

• From: Warden on Mon Apr 6 11:33:32 2009.

  http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/villarreal-squad
  RVP out.Nasri and Theo are fit.
  
  

• From: Warden on Tue Apr 7 17:00:56 2009.

  WOW what a goal.4th goal in 4 cl apps for Ade.
  Emirates should be easy picking with RVP,Diaby and Dudu back
  United 2-2 Porto
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Tue Apr 7 20:30:22 2009.

  MU played well. The last minute slip benefited Porto. There is still away game...
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue Apr 7 22:38:22 2009.

  what a result.. arsenal will go through, can't dismiss scums now..
  
  entha bench-le entha paambu irukumnu terile..
  
  arsenal vs scums in semis.. adichittu saavungada
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 8 2:28:07 2009.

  Looking forward to the Liverpool-Chelsea game.
  Liverpool, please do the needful and show them the door. Please!!!
  
  And may Barca win the title
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Apr 8 2:30:01 2009.

  don't worry ...
  
  rafa iruka bayamen..
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed Apr 8 2:52:16 2009.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  And may Barca win the title

  
  
  Ithukku thAn waiting...
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Wed Apr 8 10:52:57 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  WOW what a goal.4th goal in 4 cl apps for Ade. Emirates should be easy picking with RVP,Diaby and Dudu back United 2-2 Porto

  
  
  
  
  
  Ade but arsenal played very very badly. i am worried about the defensive midfield area. we dont have a proper holding midfielder.. And 2 injuries
  
  United comedy fellows!
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Wed Apr 8 11:02:53 2009.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  Warden wrote: WOW what a goal.4th goal in 4 cl apps for Ade. Emirates should be easy picking with RVP,Diaby and Dudu back United 2-2 Porto Ade but arsenal played very very badly. i am worried about the defensive midfield area. we dont have a proper holding midfielder.. And 2 injuries United comedy fellows!

  
  
  Idha Hull City kitta tOrta team fans solla koodathu
  
  What u expect when we play Porto less than 24 hours after that Villa match. I dont have high expectation for Champions League. EPL is important for this season, and Sir Alex knows that very well..
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Wed Apr 8 12:12:43 2009.

  God willing , we will win both the premier league and the champions league this time. Go Liverpool go . You'll never walk alone.
  
  

• From: Warden on Wed Apr 8 12:13:19 2009.

  Ya,looks like the Ade of last season is back (and so is his stupid hairshtyle)
  The underrated Fab-Ade duo has been as productive as their glorified kopite counterparts Yesterdays' makes it almost 25 goals in 2 seasons(all competitons).The relationship is more one-sided though.
  
  I dont think we were that bad yesterday.We sat back,kept it tight and hit them on the break.And inspite of their excellent possession play there weren't any clear cut chances.100% confident that we'll go through.
  
  
  
  

  Sid_316 wrote:

  Warden wrote: WOW what a goal.4th goal in 4 cl apps for Ade. Emirates should be easy picking with RVP,Diaby and Dudu back United 2-2 Porto Ade but arsenal played very very badly. i am worried about the defensive midfield area. we dont have a proper holding midfielder.. And 2 injuries United comedy fellows!

  
  

• From: Warden on Wed Apr 8 12:24:14 2009.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  Sid_316 wrote: Warden wrote: WOW what a goal.4th goal in 4 cl apps for Ade. Emirates should be easy picking with RVP,Diaby and Dudu back United 2-2 Porto Ade but arsenal played very very badly. i am worried about the defensive midfield area. we dont have a proper holding midfielder.. And 2 injuries United comedy fellows! Idha Hull City kitta tOrta team fans solla koodathu What u expect when we play Porto less than 24 hours after that Villa match. I dont have high expectation for Champions League. EPL is important for this season, and Sir Alex knows that very well..

  
  Fulham
  Ferguson did have an option to move the Villa game to Saturday,which he arrogantly refused
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Wed Apr 8 12:29:03 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  Fulham Ferguson did have an option to move the Villa game to Saturday,which he arrogantly refused

  
  
  Yes naveen, thats what I say.
  
  He's placing more importance on BPL.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Apr 8 12:38:32 2009.

  that's not arrogance actually.. it was a brilliant decision if u think carefully..
  
  rooney suspended, berbatov out, and tevez coming back from mars ().. so tevez had more time to recover, and he had to play since he's the only striker available..
  
  it could have worked for us since they were 2nd best until 81st minute.. damn the fergie wannabee martin o neil because he tried to be too clever and brought useless reo coker for milner. it changed and utd won..
  
  thank god it backfired yesterday..
  
  i won't count out them at the 2nd leg.. i still see arsenal/utd in the semis..
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Wed Apr 8 12:53:41 2009.

  Yea Warden,
  
  We will surely go thru.. but we played kinda badly in the first half.. but 2nd half we were good.
  
  Yea raiks u cant count them out.. 2nd leg la edhavadhu panniduvanga..
  
  semi's line up
  
  Arsenal vs Man utd
  
  Liverpool vs Barca
  
  
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Wed Apr 8 12:56:33 2009.

  nice avatar warden..
  
  

• From: Anban on Wed Apr 8 14:04:45 2009.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  What u expect when we play Porto less than 24 hours after that Villa match. I dont have high expectation for Champions League. EPL is important for this season, and Sir Alex knows that very well..

  dont find reasons..
  
  but for rooney's brilliance, it shud have been 2-0 to porto..
  
  

• From: Anban on Wed Apr 8 14:05:20 2009.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  Yea Warden, We will surely go thru.. but we played kinda badly in the first half.. but 2nd half we were good. Yea raiks u cant count them out.. 2nd leg la edhavadhu panniduvanga.. semi's line up Arsenal vs porto Liverpool vs Barca

  
  
  

• From: Anban on Wed Apr 8 15:53:03 2009.

  what a save by carrager..
  
  chanceless..
  superb match..
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed Apr 8 16:49:04 2009.

  Liverpool - Chealse -> 1 - 3
  
  Barca - Bayern -> 4 - 0
  
  

• From: Warden on Wed Apr 8 16:51:35 2009.

  Can't remember the last time I thoroughly enjoyed watching a rival epl team.
  Hiddink is a genius.Rafa was beaten both at Chess(1st half) and Football(2nd half).
  Cut off Stevie G and Liverpool are spineless.Essien
  Kalou had Aurelio for dinner and Malouda's best ever game for the blues.
  Barca-Bayern Ribery exchanging shirts with Titi in the first half says it all.
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Wed Apr 8 20:30:11 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  Cut off Stevie G and Liverpool are spineless.Essien

  
  
  Understanding between Stevie and Torres were not visible towards the end of game.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Apr 8 23:44:08 2009.

  well i wasn't excited for the match anyway, and i knew they were going to win when we scored early..
  
  pathetic performance all around.. now better save players for 2nd leg since we have arsenal to come to anfield in couple of weeks time.
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Thu Apr 9 4:41:14 2009.

  Nethum veettukku poga late aiduchu, missed the Liverpool-Chelsea match.
  Fk!, Chelsea jeichuttaingala?!
  
  Anyway, Barca
  Messi's the best
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Apr 9 4:57:05 2009.

  Iniesta was incredible too (oops that gave away which match i watched )
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Thu Apr 9 5:18:35 2009.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Iniesta was incredible too (oops that gave away which match i watched )

  
  Inga atta tayam oru match dhaan.. Barca match deferred live..
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Thu Apr 9 5:49:38 2009.

  Some Interesting Facts :-
  In UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HISTORY (in the past 6 tourneys):-
  
  2002-03 | Juventus beat Real Madrid in Semi Final | AC Milan beat Juventus in Final (AC Milan Champs)
  2003-04 | AS Monaco beat Real Madrid in Quarter Final | Porto beat AS Monaco in Final (Porto Champs)
  2004-05 | Juventus beat Real Madrid in Round of 16 | Liverpool beat Juventus in Q. Final (liverpool Champs)
  2005-06 | Arsenal beat Real Madrid in Round of 16 | Barcelona beat Arsenal in Final (Barca Champs)
  2006-07 | Bayern beat Real Madrid in Round of 16 | AC Milan beat Bayern in Quarter Final (AC Milan Champs)
  2007-08 | AS Roma beat Real Madrid in Round of 16 | ManUtd beat AS Roma in Q. Final (Man Utd Champs)
  
  And now :-
  
  2008-09 | Liverpool beat Real Madrid in Round of 16 | Chelsea beat Liverpool in the 1st leg of Quarter Final
  
  Will history Repeat itself ?????
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Thu Apr 9 5:50:11 2009.

  Im delighted that Liverpool lost
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Thu Apr 9 5:51:09 2009.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  Raikkonen wrote: Iniesta was incredible too (oops that gave away which match i watched ) Inga atta tayam oru match dhaan.. Barca match deferred live..

  
  
  Bala, r u in Singapore now?
  2.45 varaikum veetuku pogaliyaa..?
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Thu Apr 9 6:02:14 2009.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  Some Interesting Facts :- In UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HISTORY (in the past 6 tourneys):- 2002-03 | Juventus beat Real Madrid in Semi Final | AC Milan beat Juventus in Final (AC Milan Champs) 2003-04 | AS Monaco beat Real Madrid in Quarter Final | Porto beat AS Monaco in Final (Porto Champs) 2004-05 | Juventus beat Real Madrid in Round of 16 | Liverpool beat Juventus in Q. Final (liverpool Champs) 2005-06 | Arsenal beat Real Madrid in Round of 16 | Barcelona beat Arsenal in Final (Barca Champs) 2006-07 | Bayern beat Real Madrid in Round of 16 | AC Milan beat Bayern in Quarter Final (AC Milan Champs) 2007-08 | AS Roma beat Real Madrid in Round of 16 | ManUtd beat AS Roma in Q. Final (Man Utd Champs) And now :- 2008-09 | Liverpool beat Real Madrid in Round of 16 | Chelsea beat Liverpool in the 1st leg of Quarter Final Will history Repeat itself ?????

  
  
  So, Chelsea will be the champ-nu solla varEnggalA... Nah... We have Barca...
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Thu Apr 9 6:05:37 2009.

  Nasser,
  I'm in Bangalore now..
  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Apr 11 0:03:22 2009.

  Wtf..No live telecast today and they're showing Spuds match dt.
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sat Apr 11 6:44:15 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  Wtf..No live telecast today and they're showing Spuds match dt.

  
  
  http://myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=35322&part=sports
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sat Apr 11 6:45:59 2009.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  And may Barca win the title

  
  
  
  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Apr 11 9:03:25 2009.

  Easy pickings for pool.
  Samba playing as striker for B'Burn Fat Sam's one of a kind.
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Sat Apr 11 11:07:53 2009.

  villan007 wrote:

  crajkumar_be wrote: And may Barca win the title

  
  
  Semi Final
  
  Barca/Bayern VS Liverpool/Chelsea
  
  MU/Porto VS Villareal/Arsenal
  
  So Senthil, nAma Final-a meet pannuvOm (Barca VS Arsenal).
  Athukku munnAdi, MU-va kadanthu vAngO...
  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Apr 11 12:38:35 2009.

  JD looks to be seriously injured.With Clichy and Gallas out it looks like Sagna-Toure-Silvestre-Gibbs for our most important week
  Thats 2 goals and 5 assists for AA23 in 7 premier league starts.What a player Next season is gonna be special.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sat Apr 11 14:00:08 2009.

  macheda suttha mandaveengi naayi.. engerunthan kelambunano..
  
  dan agger ... best attacking centreback in europe. i have no idea why Rafa keeps picking Skrtel ahead of dagger..
  
  torres' first goal... you don't see that often..
  
  chelsea in 2nd half shambolic. that gave me some confidence, but we're better off at league anyway..
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sat Apr 11 14:29:45 2009.

  
  
  Everything looks good exept for our defense and Arshavin in the centre will work out very well with nasri in the left flank and Theo on the right.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 12 4:19:44 2009.

  Senthil, nee yeppo katchi maarune..?? :
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 12 4:20:52 2009.

  That boy Macheda does it again..
  
  

• From: Warden on Sun Apr 12 7:18:20 2009.

  So much noise for a wiked deflection
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 12 11:43:44 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  So much noise for a wiked deflection

  
  
  He meant it
  
  

• From: Warden on Sun Apr 12 13:57:29 2009.

  Even his teammates don't believe that
  http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_5179678,00.html
  Thank god he isn't English.The papers are overworked already.
  
  

• From: Warden on Tue Apr 14 16:47:50 2009.

  Wow what a match
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue Apr 14 23:21:55 2009.

  i second that.. what a match.. one of the best of all time.
  
  
  
  Rafa and the team made me proud yesterday. Amazing effort from the lads.Pulled it back to needing just 1 goal not just once but twice.And the travelling Kop were fab, as always. Alonso was magnificent (was Essien even playing in the 1st half )
  
  Reina's mistake cost us dearly. We were on fire during the star of 2nd half, and dogbark's flick fooled him, and the game changed..
  
  and talking about didier dogbark..
  
  He is the anti-footballer.he makes Cristiano Ronaldo look like a humble and fair sportsman.
  Words can't express how ridiculous the man is.
  Not blaming the ref - he was poor and gave away tons of freekicks against us, but he didn't cost us any goals regardless of what some may think.
  
  Proud of our boys though, and our fans, it was only little mistakes that cost us really.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 15 0:18:06 2009.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igjotPfaUF4
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 15 3:55:21 2009.

  So close....
  
  Only one team was plaing till the first 2 goals were scored. I guess Pool took their foot off a little bit after that
  
  Kuyt was sleepwalking for the most part
  
  Dogbar I just hate the sight of him and Chelsea but that doesn't change the fact that he is one of the deadliest.
  
  Well fought Liverpool
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 15 3:57:19 2009.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Not blaming the ref - he was poor and gave away tons of freekicks against us, but he didn't cost us any goals regardless of what some may think.

  
  Yes! Most of them were "give-aways" but the freekick from which Alex scored, i'd like to know if it was a genuine foul or not. If it was, it was needless and cost them dear. And Drogba's zero degree glance also came out of a bumble.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Wed Apr 15 4:38:54 2009.

  Hmm not the greates match but entertaining.. Both the keepers made a high class mistakes which leads to this high scoring match
  
  Petr Cech's position during Aurelio's goal then Pepe's own goal And chelsea are playing more "decently" under Hiddink compared to Mourinho's defensive-and-counter attack isstyle
  
  Overall very happy Liverpool went out of UCL MU vs Liverppol in EPL.. MU vs Arsenal in FA Cup (hopefully) and MU vs Chelsea in UCL final (again..??) but I prefer Barca..
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Wed Apr 15 4:49:26 2009.

  Remembering Hillsborough
  
  Rest in peace to those 96 souls.. Hope we will never see the repeat of this disaster in the future.. Every football fans must remember this tragedy, after all they also shared the same passion and was an ordinary football fans like us..
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Apr 15 4:54:04 2009.

  chelsea-ku vengala kinnam koda kedayathu
  
  barce vs porto final..
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Wed Apr 15 4:55:56 2009.

  Porto
  
  Villareal have good chance compared to porto
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Apr 15 4:58:23 2009.

  i just don't want any english teams in the final now..
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Wed Apr 15 4:59:56 2009.

  hehe ok raiks.. let us wait and see..
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Apr 15 5:00:41 2009.

  no i won't watch the cl anymore..
  
  nesstu season meet panren..
  
  

• From: Warden on Wed Apr 15 8:44:05 2009.

  Pumped up for the Villareal game Quite confident although Billy Gallas will be badly missed Hopefully that Man Utd potatohead doesn't **** it up.
  Will be better if King Kolo shifts to LCB and Diaby plays on the left with Nasri in the hole.Tweety,Gibbs and Nasri on the same side is recipe for disaster .
  
  

• From: Warden on Wed Apr 15 14:17:06 2009.

  Our best defender Sagna's injured
  This is our starting lineup
  
  -------------------Fabianski-------------------
  --Eboue---Toure-------Silvestre---Gibbs--
  -------------Cesc-----------Song--------------
  --Theo----------------------------------Nasri--
  --------------------------RVP--------------------
  -----------------Ade-----------------------------
  
  
  Can it get any more attacking Expecting one of those crazy high scoring games and hope we somehow nick it in the end.
  
  

• From: Warden on Wed Apr 15 16:39:08 2009.

  FT Arsenal 3-0 Villareal
  Porto 0-1 Manure
  Time for some serious scum hunting
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Wed Apr 15 16:41:08 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  FT Arsenal 3-0 Villareal Porto 1-0 Manure Time for some serious scum hunting

  
  
  
  Arsenal Rocked! cha just missu porto were getting some chances.
  
  Anyways MANURE here we come
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 15 16:53:51 2009.

  Lack-lustre Porto-Man United game... after last night's match, this was anti-football...
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 15 16:54:32 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  FT Arsenal 3-0 Villareal Porto 1-0 Manure Time for some serious scum hunting

  
  Adhu seri!!
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Thu Apr 16 0:29:02 2009.

  Stop calling Man***
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Thu Apr 16 0:31:36 2009.

  Man Utd vs Arsenal.. huhu.. the match that I always expecting in EPL, now gonna play in UCL too.. Can expect an entertaining football for both the legs..
  
  My predo..
  Man Utd 2-1Arsenal
  Arsenal 3-2 MU
  
  
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Thu Apr 16 0:36:59 2009.

  crajkumar_be wrote:

  Lack-lustre Porto-Man United game... after last night's match, this was anti-football...

  
  
  But both teams had decent amount of chances, the only prob is they didnt utilize it..
  
  That Ronnie strike was out of the world.. No word to describe.. 40 yard screamer.. Rooney, the best ever team player.. woah amazing work rate.. and our defence is stronger again, Rio-Vida Its going to be a tough match against Arsenal but I've a strong feeling Man Utd will make it to the final.. Barca vs MU final.. 1999 spirit is stll alive..
  
  

• From: Warden on Thu Apr 16 7:10:34 2009.

  Jus watched a repeat of the united game.
  Nani
  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Apr 18 14:28:49 2009.

  An exact repeat of the Carling Cup finals 2 yrs back
  An offside goal,a penalty not given amd a bunch of diving ***** .
  Happy B'day Fabianski,you moron Thank you for ruining my Birthday !
  Toure,Walcott and Gibbs
  Everton for FA cup
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Apr 18 14:36:42 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  An exact repeat of the Carling Cup finals 2 yrs back An offside goal,a penalty not given amd a bunch of diving ***** . Happy B'day Fabianski,you moron Thank you for ruining my Birthday ! Toure,Walcott and Gibbs Everton for FA cup

  
  
  Disturbed . Silvestre,Eboue,Diaby,Denilson r defn not arsenal worthy! and y was arshavin and nasri on the bench so late? i dont get it. we hav only two cups to go for .. and atleast arshavin?? how cud diaby play instead of him
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Apr 18 14:37:42 2009.

  B'day wishes warden!
  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Apr 18 14:57:12 2009.

  Thx
  Bring on Chel$ki in the CL final.
  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Apr 18 15:01:05 2009.

  Terry diving and cringing when Fabregas feathered him was a disgrace.
  Gibbs is really some talent.Run for your life Cashley
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sat Apr 18 16:18:46 2009.

  happy birthday naveen
  
  it was an uneventful match. Ballack was really good in 1st half. Say what you want about DropBa (lol, i called him a disgrace), but that dude is such a beast and unplayable against the big four.. Fabianski had a shocker. Malouda is showing glimpses of his Lyon (?) magic.
  
  I hope Arsenal players are really tired and Arsene hopefully will rest them for tuesday against Liverpool..
  
  And ya, i'm rooting for Everton all the way (never though i'd say that)
  
  

• From: Warden on Sat Apr 18 16:48:50 2009.

  Tq
  Why is it always intolerable trolls like Drogbas and Rooneys who end up breaking our hearts
  @ Anfield,wel'l have a fresh Arshavin,Nasri and Eduardo leading our attack.Should be more than capable of finishing off a Gerrard'less Liverpool.
  Ill be rooting for Pool anyway With Villa drawing today there's nothing more to look forward in the league *except possibly leading the big 4 mini league table as in 06-07 )
  CL's all that matters.
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sat Apr 18 23:30:44 2009.

  Happy b'dat Navin
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 19 3:56:56 2009.

  Happy Bday Naveen
  
  Fabianski Expected Arsenal to progress but.. whatever.. lolz..
  
  Arsenal vs Pool this Tuesday.. Come on Arsenal..
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 19 3:58:08 2009.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  Warden wrote: An exact repeat of the Carling Cup finals 2 yrs back An offside goal,a penalty not given amd a bunch of diving ***** . Happy B'day Fabianski,you moron Thank you for ruining my Birthday ! Toure,Walcott and Gibbs Everton for FA cup Disturbed . Silvestre,Eboue,Diaby,Denilson r defn not arsenal worthy! and y was arshavin on the bench so late? i dont get it. we hav only two cups to go for .. and atleast arshavin?? how cud diaby play instead of him

  
  
  Because Hiddink knows how to stop Arshavin
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 19 13:43:47 2009.

  NO quintuple for United..
  
  Anti-United fan, i know u guys celebrating. Enjoy
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 19 13:44:13 2009.

  Berba
  
  

• From: Warden on Sun Apr 19 13:47:49 2009.

  Quintuple crap U cant get lucky every single time
  Everton've done thier job.Time for Pool and Arsenal to do theirs
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 19 13:50:45 2009.

  Pool will miss gerrard badly, and they'll finish 3rd behind Chelski
  
  United vs Barca is very much on the card.. No chance for Arsenal
  
  

• From: Warden on Sun Apr 19 13:54:10 2009.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  Pool will miss gerrard badly, and they'll finish 3rd behind Chelski United vs Barca is very much on the card.. No chance for Arsenal

  
  Wuzz the last time you convincingly beat our full strength team
  The only time in the last 3 seasons was due to a cheap penalty and a trick free kick.
  Try playing football with us and you will be humiliated
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 19 13:59:31 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  ThalaNass wrote: Pool will miss gerrard badly, and they'll finish 3rd behind Chelski United vs Barca is very much on the card.. No chance for Arsenal Wuzz the last time you convincingly beat our full strength team The only time in the last 3 seasons was due to a cheap penalty and a trick free kick. Try playing football with us and you will be humiliated

  
  
  That was league games and thats totally different compared to knock-out European games.
  
  You cant depends on 'beautiful' football only, konjam tactics irukanum This time it will be a differnt story, we'll attack from start and will try to score as many goals in OT.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sun Apr 19 14:04:10 2009.

  Good job everton
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sun Apr 19 14:05:06 2009.

  Quote:

  Try playing football with us and you will be humiliated

  
  
  
  
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 19 14:06:03 2009.

  Enna good job? It was a boring match and Everton rarely attacks.. lol
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 19 14:07:09 2009.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  Quote: Try playing football with us and you will be humiliated

  
  
  We'll see who's having the last laugh on 4th May
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sun Apr 19 14:08:19 2009.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  Enna good job? It was a boring match and Everton rarely attacks.. lol

  
  
  good job in sending out u guys . yea terrible match. sathiyama mudila.. i saw around some 20-25 mins adhuve mudila. berba
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sun Apr 19 14:09:58 2009.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  Sid_316 wrote: Quote: Try playing football with us and you will be humiliated We'll see who's having the last laugh on 4th May

  
  
  Lets c
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 19 14:11:01 2009.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  ThalaNass wrote: Enna good job? It was a boring match and Everton rarely attacks.. lol good job in sending out u guys . yea terrible match. sathiyama mudila.. i saw around some 20-25 mins adhuve mudila. berba

  
  
  Berba ..Laziest penalty by the laziest ever player
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Apr 19 14:37:23 2009.

  what a boring match. two awful semi final matches and they call it "the showpiece of british football"??
  
  mr.ferguson should have never opened his mouth about rafa disrespecting everton (and they deserve to be disrespected ).. look who comes out like a fool today.. he put a 2nd string team, giving the bird to the entire FA Cup. he basically humiliated Everton and the FA Cup.
  
  Utd however have done a great job so far. they're bound to get eliminated from some championship at one stage, and i'm glad it's now because they will be dejected and tired for the league
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Apr 19 14:43:00 2009.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  Pool will miss gerrard badly, and they'll finish 3rd behind Chelski United vs Barca is very much on the card.. No chance for Arsenal

  
  
  this is a common misconception really...
  
  we have done well without him in the past, including beating United at Anfield earlier in the season. Sure he's a great player and heartbeat of the team, but it's not like "Hey gerrard is out, we'll sure lose" kinda deal.
  
  in fact he played in both of the matches that we have lost in the league this season. he had a bad start to the season and he was embarassed by Alonso week in week out with terrific perfomances until January. Only for last two months, he's been rejuvenated and performing excellently.
  
  i will miss him for sure, but benayoun is no slouch and he offers something different from Gerrard. it's easier to mark gerrard (like Essien and Flamini in the past). Benayoun is more of a forward and will cause problems for Arsenal's patched defence.
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Sun Apr 19 14:53:06 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  Try playing football with us and you will be humiliated

  
  
  
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Apr 19 15:08:58 2009.

  http://i44.tinypic.com/21o4rjs.jpg
  
  
  hilarious.. charlie uniform november tango.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Mon Apr 20 8:45:42 2009.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  http://i44.tinypic.com/21o4rjs.jpg hilarious.. charlie uniform november tango.

  
  
  
  
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Tue Apr 21 3:59:27 2009.

  "They are a team who always look to play football so I'm not expecting them to defend," he added.
  
  Rafa talks about the upcoming match between Liverpool and Arsenal with an obvious reference to scums and Chelscums.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 21 6:47:17 2009.

  LOL as if those scousers plays "football"
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue Apr 21 6:49:37 2009.

  
  
  oh really? we have scored more goals than ANY other teams in the league..
  
  so you're right.. we only defend for 90 mins and pump the goal from somewhere without playing football..
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 21 6:55:37 2009.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  oh really? we have scored more goals than ANY other teams in the league.. so you're right.. we only defend for 90 mins and pump the goal from somewhere without playing football..

  
  
  Yes you guys defend for 90 minutes and score the wining goal in injury time
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue Apr 21 7:18:48 2009.

  
  
  have you followed the season?? we have made many comebacks this season (which includes TWO against Utd)..
  
  epitome of anti football is a team like Stoke. they defend, defend, defend...launch the ball from throw in and score..
  
  a team which has scored most goals in the league shouldn't be accused of not playing football.. we had some terrific matches with the likes of man city, wigan, boro... same cannot be said about many other teams.
  
  Utd won half of the matches 1-0, 2-0.. can i say the same thing too??
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 21 9:55:53 2009.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  have you followed the season?? we have made many comebacks this season (which includes TWO against Utd).. epitome of anti football is a team like Stoke. they defend, defend, defend...launch the ball from throw in and score.. a team which has scored most goals in the league shouldn't be accused of not playing football.. we had some terrific matches with the likes of man city, wigan, boro... same cannot be said about many other teams. Utd won half of the matches 1-0, 2-0.. can i say the same thing too??

  
  
  I didnt say Pool are anti-football.
  
  Its just piss me when u guys says United do not play beautiful football when Liverpool itself not following that.
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue Apr 21 11:51:35 2009.

  ok..
  
  but from what i've seen so far.. liverpool have played (and playing) much better than Utd..
  
  granted that i've only watched few utd games this season (the two against pool notwithstanding).. they are good, but relying too much on Ronaldo.. and their recent performances are not up to their usual mark.
  
  (i agree they were awesome last year.)
  
  Arsenal is still the best footballing site. but if they don't transform their style to soild end products (no trophies, fought with villa for half of the season, 4th place), then there's no meaning for their beautiful football they play though..
  
  // i cannot stand most of the arsenal fans in my office/housing area. they gloat and gloat and gloat about how they play best football, blah, blah..
  
  i use to love them when they had the likes of keown, winterburn, bergkamp, overmars and wright.. now i just cannot stand them.. too much kids, nothing on pitch, and just talk..
  
  sorry naveen
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 21 11:57:54 2009.

  today,
  
  its arsenal vs liverpool right?/
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Tue Apr 21 11:59:43 2009.

  ya Af in 3 hours..
  
  // your avatar sooperappu
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 21 12:07:00 2009.

  Thanks
  

  Raikkonen wrote:

  // your avatar sooperappu

  
  

• From: rocketboy on Tue Apr 21 17:03:27 2009.

  S***e . This is a game Liverpool should have won
  
  

• From: Warden on Tue Apr 21 17:13:56 2009.

  5 mins of stoppage time and a goal disallowed.Webb ****'s it up for us once again.Wud be better if he actually starts wearing a Liverpool shirt
  Arshavin LEGENDDD! Wud even say that hes the best player in the league.6 goals and 5 assists in the last 6 league starts
  Games like tonight and the ones against Spurs and Villa are why we are still way off the title Our defense is a joke.All 4 goals were consequences of poor clearances.
  Sell a striker and get a world class CB and CM and we can go all the way next season!
  Sell that Man Utd potato headed **** immediately.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 21 22:15:10 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  5 mins of stoppage time and a goal disallowed.Webb ****'s it up for us once again.Wud be better if he actually starts wearing a Liverpool shirt Arshavin LEGENDDD! Wud even say that hes the best player in the league.6 goals and 5 assists in the last 6 league starts Games like tonight and the ones against Spurs and Villa are why we are still way off the title Our defense is a joke.All 4 goals were consequences of poor clearances. Sell a striker and get a world class CB and CM and we can go all the way next season! Sell that Man Utd potato headed **** immediately.

  
  
  You mean our spy Tweety Silvestre?
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 21 22:15:45 2009.

  Arshavin.. Would have loved if Arsenal won it though!
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Apr 22 0:00:09 2009.

  i don't know how many watched the game tbh. we battered them straight up for 90 mins. Arshavin was horrible if you take the goals away from him. (and his celebrations charlie uniform november tango).. Fabregas.. i didn't see him in 2nd half..
  
  we were unlucky but if you're going to defend like THAT, then you don't deserve to win anything. But still we proved that we are the comeback kings by coming back not once or twice.. But THREE times..
  
  

• From: Warden on Wed Apr 22 3:04:38 2009.

  He took every single chance and half chance and was still tracking back,winning tackles even after 90 mins.A midfielder scoring FOUR against LIVERPOOL in arguably their most important game of this season.
  The mans a winner.Don't you dare take anything from him
  http://i44.tinypic.com/2r3wbw4.jpg
  Pool obviously played with more desire.It was as though all of their players had been injected with some of Kuyt.Benayoun's twinkle foot is a lot similar to Hleb.
  Shava,Nasri and Song had very good games and its no coincidence that they were all rested against Chelsea Our unbeaten run continues.And 16 goals scored by the Gunners in the last 5 trips to Anfield.
  
  

• From: Warden on Wed Apr 22 3:31:53 2009.

  Cesc as AM was never gonna work.Hes weak physically and his lack of pace is obvious.He should've kept it simple without getting too flashy.
  With him up front its all about that killer pass though and he did produce one.
  
  

• From: rocketboy on Wed Apr 22 9:58:40 2009.

  Arsenal fans should consider themselves very lucky for drawing their match against Pool. The first three goals were made possible only due to defensive blunders. Arshavin was fantastic. Benayoun-Torres combo works very well. The team should come up with a plan to accommodate Yossi in the playing 11 even after Gerrard returns. He adds new dimension to the attack. Next year the title will be definitely ours.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Wed Apr 22 10:30:10 2009.

  On the occasion of Scholesy earning his 600th cap for United, here is what other superstars told about PS18, one of the finest footballer of his era
  
  
  Micah Richards : "He's always in the right position, always seems to be at the end of the box when the ball drops in. The complete midfielder - when he's fit, he's the best. Some go missing but he's in the right place at the right time. He's my favourite player of all-time, unbelievable. If you give him a chance it's a goal, isn't it?"
  
  Glenn Hoddle : "There isn’t a player of his mould anywhere else in the world."
  
  Terry Venables : "He’s the best one- or two-touch passer in the country. He sees the game unlike any other player."
  
  Alan Shearer : "If you ask footballers to pick out the player they most admire, so many of them will pick Paul Scholes. He can tackle, and his passing and shooting is of the highest level. He’s the most consistent and naturally gifted player we’ve had for a long, long time."
  
  Eidur Gudjohnsen : "I'm more an admirer of Paul Scholes than I am of Ronaldo. Ronaldo is a fantastic player, but he has 10 other great players around him every week...Scholes is one of the most complete footballers I've ever seen. His one-touch play is phenomenal. Whenever I have played against him, I never felt I could get close to him."
  
  Edgar Davids : ""Every one of us (midfielders) is just trying to become as good as him. Everyone can learn from Paul Scholes."
  
  Edgar Davids : "I'm not the best, Paul Scholes is."
  
  Tony Adams : "I really rate Paul Scholes, because he hasn't got the high profile of many of the Manchester United players, he doesn't get too much attention, but he is one very good player. He is an intelligent player, he works hard and he scores some great goals. He is not flamboyant and is a quiet lad off the pitch but he is a tremendous asset to Manchester United and to England. He has already got my vote as player of the year."
  
  Cesc Fabregas : "He is the one whose level I aspire to. He is the best player in the Premier League."
  
  Patrick Vieira : "The player in the Premiership I admire most? Easy - Scholes
  
  Thierry Henry : "I can't understand why Scholes has never won the player of the year award. He should have won it long ago. Maybe it's because he doesn't seek the limelight like some of the other 'stars'."
  
  Zinedine Zidane : "My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder."
  
  Zinedine Zidane : "Scholes is undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation."
  
  Sam Allardyce : "There is not a better midfield player in the world."
  
  Kevin Keegan : "What United have got that Chelsea haven't is Paul Scholes. I think he is different to anything else in English football."
  
  Marcello Lippi : "Paul Scholes would have been one of my first choices for putting together a great team - that goes to show how highly I have always rated him. Scholes is a player I have always liked, because he combines great talent and technical ability with mobility, determination and a superb shot. He is an all-round midfielder who possesses character and quality in abundance. In my opinion, he's been one of the most important players for United under Sir Alex."
  
  Ray Wilkins : "I'm saddened because I think we as spectators, not only in this country but right through out Europe and the rest of the World, will be missing one hell of a footballer."
  
  Gordon Strachan : "Paul Scholes has been the best England midfield player for 30-odd years. You'd probably have to go back to Bobby Charlton to find someone who could do as much as Scholes. When the ball arrives at his feet he could tell you where every player on that pitch is at that moment. His awareness is superb."
  
  Veron while at Chelsea being asked in an interview who's the best english player : "Paul Scholes."
  
  Peter Schmeichel : "People say he is a great player, but you have to define what a great player is, For me, it is a player who has a bottom level that means his worst performance is not noticed.If he is having a bad game, a team-mate might feel Paul Scholes is not quite on his game, but a spectator wouldn't notice. Scholes, of all the players I have played with, has the highest bottom level. His reading of the game is unsurpassed.He has an eye for a pass, for what the play or the game needs at that precise moment, that I have never seen anyone else have. He controls and distributes the play and the game better than anyone I have ever seen."
  
  Peter Schmeichel : "Still the best player in that United midfield."
  
  Laurent Blanc : "Scholes is the best English player. Intelligence, technique, strength... all the attributes are there. At Manchester United I saw what he could do on the training field. Phew!"
  
  Michael Carrick : "Paul Scholes is just fantastic. When you play alongside him, you realise what a special talent he is."
  
  Michael Carrick : "He is a legend and he's going to be remembered for a long time. Just to play alongside him and learn from him has been an absolute pleasure. I think he is a footballer's footballer; he has been at this level for so long. As long as he is part of us we always feel we have a chance. We appreciate the way he goes about his business. I have never met a character like Scholesy; certainly not someone who is that good."
  
  Park Ji Sung when asked by the club’s official home page which United player he would like to see in the red shirt of the Taeguk Warriors : “It has to be Paul Scholes.”
  
  David Beckham said that, among his teammates at Real Madrid, which included Zinedine Zidane, Raúl, Ronaldo, Luís Figo and Roberto Carlos, Scholes was the most admired opponent : "He's always one of those people others talk about. Even playing at Real Madrid, the players always say to me 'what's he like'? They respect him as a footballer, and to have that respect from some of those players is great."
  
  Brian Kidd : "Paul Scholes had the best football brain I'd ever seen in a kid. Let's face it. Paul Scholes is in a class of its own."
  
  Rio Ferdinand : "I can honestly say Paul is the best player in the England squad. For me he is the complete player."
  
  Rio Ferdinand : "For me, it's Paul Scholes. He'll do ridiculous things in training like say, "You see that tree over there?" - it'll be 40 yards away - "I'm going to hit it". And he'll do it. Everyone at the club considers him the best."
  
  Phil Neville : "Paul, for me, is the best player in the England team. It worries teams. Speak to any other international team and they will single Paul out as England's key player. For me, he doesn't get the full credit that he deserves. He is a world-class player and deserves to be up there with the likes of Zidane and Figo."
  
  Gary Neville : "I wouldn't swap Paul Scholes for anybody. He is quite simply the most complete footballer I have ever played with. He is the best."
  
  Gary Neville : "Paul Scholes is the best player I've ever played with. There's talent in every part of his game."
  
  Steve Bruce : "He's the best player in Britain in my opinion and he has to get himself fit just before we are due to play at Old Trafford. I cannot pay Paul a bigger compliment than to say that he's the most complete footballer in the country. The best bar none."
  
  Roy Keane : "An amazingly gifted player who remained an unaffected human being."
  
  George Best : "To be honest I think England have lost their best player. Certainly he's the most consistent and naturally gifted player we've had for a long, long time."
  
  Sir Bobby Charlton : "I am sorry for England because they don't have any player like him. You can talk about others but there is no one else like him. He is the best technical player England has without any question. He could have had a lot more caps if he had carried on. And if I was the manager he would have ended up with more than I did – easy"
  
  Sir Bobby Charlton : "He’s always so in control and pinpoint accurate with his passing – a beautiful player to watch."
  
  Sir Bobby Charlton : "Paul Scholes is my favourite player. He epitomises the spirit of Manchester United and everything that is good about football."
  
  Sir Alex Ferguson : "Very few players can do that, but Scholes is one of them - and I knew he was one of them. That's why, without question, I think Paul Scholes is the best player in England. He's got the best skills, the best brain. No one can match him."
  
  Sir Alex Ferguson : "He has an awareness of what’s happening around him on the edge of the box which is better than most players. As a kid he always had a knack of arriving in the penalty area just at the right time, but he’s proving just as effective from outside the box because he’s using his experience in the right way. It doesn’t matter who I am thinking about bringing into my midfield, Paul Scholes will be included, as he would in any side in the world."
  
  Sir Alex Ferguson : Sir Alex Ferguson gave evidence in court on behalf of one of his former trainees and listened to the prosecution barrister's list of United's top players.
  
  "You've missed Paul Scholes - and he's my best player," Ferguson chided her.
  
  My favourite player is Paul Scholes,Pavel Nedved on Ucl magazine show
  
  CREDITS:REDCAFE
  
  

• From: Warden on Wed Apr 22 12:34:20 2009.

  Defensive blunders.Wow,and you scored from ? All you did was jam the ball upfront and our defense did the rest.With Gallas,Clichy and Almunia we'd have won by a landslide.
  Its football mate,not boxing.If points were given for dominating games,we'd be head and shoulders top of the league table.
  In the end of the day we scored four,got a goal disallowed with both of our top scored having been rested.
  

  rocketboy wrote:

  Arsenal fans should consider themselves very lucky for drawing their match against Pool. The first three goals were made possible only due to defensive blunders. Arshavin was fantastic. Benayoun-Torres combo works very well. The team should come up with a plan to accommodate Yossi in the playing 11 even after Gerrard returns. He adds new dimension to the attack. Next year the title will be definitely ours.

  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 22 12:36:40 2009.

  Fk, missed the match!
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Apr 22 12:48:25 2009.

  it's ok warden... peace .. v
  
  i hope arsenal will do the same at OT (machi pannala, pinniruvendi)..
  
  i was angry at first because arsenal was there for the taking yet we made some horrible mistakes. we just need to win all remaining games..
  
  honestly i don't expect us to win the title now.. too late.. but just try what we can do..
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 22 22:12:16 2009.

  http://www1.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/talkfootball/blogs/newsid=821570.html
  
  Six of the best: Manchester United v Arsenal
  22 April 2009, 15:02
  Manchester United FC will host Arsenal FC in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League semi-final on 29 April, the latest contest between two rivals who have produced some thrilling and controversial matches over the years. They first met 115 years ago, a 3-3 draw, and have played each other a total of 204 times, with United holding the edge courtesy of 82 wins to Arsenal's 77. Here are six of their best matches since 1894.
  
  Manchester United 0 Arsenal 0
  21 September, 2003
  Premier League, Old Trafford
  Remembered for a tumultuous finale in which Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira was sent off, Arsenal players were involved in a melée which later led to four bans and a record fine for the club for failing to control its players, and United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy missed a late penalty. The miss kept alive Arsenal's fledgling unbeaten league run which did not end until the following season, when Arsenal were beaten 2-0 by United at Old Trafford in October. That game was marred by post-match incidents which became known as the 'battle of the buffet'.
  
  Manchester United 0 Arsenal 1
  8 May, 2002
  Premier League, Old Trafford
  Arsenal headed into the game knowing that victory would make them champions, wresting the crown back from United and avenging a humiliating defeat suffered at Old Trafford the previous year. France forward Sylvain Wiltord scored the breakthrough goal in the 57th minute, following up after United keeper Fabien Barthez had parried a Freddie Ljungberg shot, as Arsenal completed the double, four days after having beaten Chelsea in the FA Cup final at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
  
  Manchester United 6 Arsenal 1
  25 February, 2001
  Premier League, Old Trafford
  A hat-trick for striker Dwight Yorke inside the first 22 minutes set United on their way to a sensational victory, and a day of torture for Arsenal defenders Igor Stepanovs, Oleg Luzhny, Gilles Grimandi and Ashley Cole. Further goals from Roy Keane, Ole Gunnar Solskjær and Teddy Sheringham compounded what was arguably the visitors' worst-ever performance under manager Arsène Wenger, one that all but assured United of the Premier League title.
  
  Arsenal 1 Manchester United 2
  14 April, 1999
  FA Cup semi-final replay, Villa Park
  Memorable for one of the best goals scored in English football, let alone the FA Cup. David Beckham's early strike for United was cancelled out by Dutchman Dennis Bergkamp, but Ryan Giggs settled the tie in extra time with a wonder goal, picking up the ball in the United half before dribbling through Arsenal's entire defence and smacking an unstoppable angled shot past David Seaman into the roof of the net.
  
  Arsenal 3 Manchester United 2
  12 May, 1979
  FA Cup final, Wembley
  First-half goals from Brian Talbot and Frank Stapleton gave Arsenal a commanding 2-0 lead before four minutes of madness at the very end turned an unremarkable final into one of the most dramatic finishes ever. Gordon McQueen pulled one back for United in the 86th minute, two minutes before a superb dribble and shot by Sammy McIlroy made it all square and set for extra time. United looked transformed, only for Arsenal's Alan Sunderland to slide home the winner in the 89th minute.
  
  Arsenal 4 Manchester United 5
  1 February, 1958
  First Division, Highbury
  A United team at the height of its powers conceded four times but still came out on top, five days before the Munich air disaster would change the course of the club's history. Five members of the Busby Babes who played at Highbury – Roger Byrne, Eddie Colman, Mark Jones, Tommy Taylor and Duncan Edwards – were to lose their lives after United's plane crashed at Munich Airport after a failed take-off. The game at Arsenal the previous Saturday witnessed the last goal to be scored by Edwards, tipped to become one of the greatest footballers England has ever produced, and the final brace from Taylor.
  [/tscii][/tscii]
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Thu Apr 23 3:06:40 2009.

  cheh.. Crouch vengaya paya..
  
  chelsea 3rd place thandi..
  
  everton-kellam support panra nelamaikku vanthutten..
  
  next season..
  
  we will meet
  will meet
  meet.
  
  

• From: Warden on Thu Apr 23 11:01:12 2009.

  Trucey
  So league standings more or less decided with 5 matches to go Same in Spain and Italy.
  Amidst negativity,4th in the league,FA cup semis and CL semis (so far) 'spite of tons of injuries.
  Not bad,for a team in transition,Not bad at all
  
  

• From: Warden on Thu Apr 23 12:22:50 2009.

  Well less than a week for the CL semi against against the Scums.
  Djourou and Almunia are both fit and should start
  Should be something like
  ----------------------Al----------------------
  -Sagna--Toure--------Djourou--Gibbs-
  --------Cesc---------------Song-----------
  -Theo----------Diaby-------------Nasri---
  ------------------Ade------------------------
  
  With Dudu making a cameo.How Gibbs deals with the Cry Baby will be interesting.
  After Pool and Chel$ki its obvious how much we miss Flamini and Hleb running like headless chickens..A free role for comrade Eboue would be ok .
  Pretty excited.Only the second Semis in the Wenger era and we always do well when no one expects anything.
  Will most prolly be my last game at my College TV Hall.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Thu Apr 23 12:28:23 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  Well less than a week for the CL semi against against the Scums. Should be something like ----------------------Al---------------------- -Sagna--Toure--------Djourou--Gibbs- --------Cesc---------------Song----------- -Theo----------Diaby-------------Nasri--- ------------------Ade------------------------ With Dudu making a cameo.How Gibbs deals with the Cry Baby will be interesting. Pretty excited.Only the second Semis in the Wenger era and we always do well when no one expects anything.

  
  
  Why not Arshavin instead of Diaby? And Gibbs seems to be a decent player! There's a high possibilty that Ron might play in central role.
  
  

  Quote:

  Will most prolly be my last game at my College TV Hall. :cry

  
  
  Why?
  
  

• From: Warden on Thu Apr 23 12:35:41 2009.

  Shava's cup tied
  Final year na.
  And looks like both Gary Neville and O Shea are injured.Bad news for us
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Thu Apr 23 12:42:04 2009.

  Oh OK forgot that.. Then its even easy for us
  
  LOL.. I agree Gary sucks but not O'Shea one of the most versatile player ever.Period!
  
  

• From: Warden on Thu Apr 23 14:15:50 2009.

  All headless chickens who can throw in a half tackle are supposed to be versatile.
  Even our passmaster Eboue can/has played at 5 different positions and is infinitely superior as an RB going forward.
  Brown will be back rite? And that kid Rafael isn't half bad either
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Thu Apr 23 15:42:29 2009.

  Brown already back in training, but I prefer Rafael though!
  
  His goal against Arsenal was nothing short of magic
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Fri Apr 24 0:43:03 2009.

  http://www.offthepost.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/balloon.gif
  
  
  
  

• From: Warden on Fri Apr 24 9:01:18 2009.

  
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Apr 25 14:27:08 2009.

  Spuds will always be spuds As it goes in Green street hooligans : spurs - sh*t football sh*t firm
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat Apr 25 14:29:08 2009.

  No van persie this wednesday for us.. Bendtner then? or will edu play for us tom and get a chance this wed
  
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 26 3:58:25 2009.

  We have done that before.. We did it yesterday and we'll do it in future
  
  Some team can only come back to draw the match..
  
  What a determination by us.. My goodness.. Come on United.. Mr Wenger will have sleepless night until wednesday
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sun Apr 26 5:41:51 2009.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  We have done that before.. We did it yesterday and we'll do it in future Some team can only come back to draw the match.. What a determination by us.. My goodness.. Come on United.. Mr Wenger will have sleepless night until wednesday

  
  
  
  oh really?? if that penalty wasnt given?? i doubt it.. anyways lets c on wednesday
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sun Apr 26 5:56:37 2009.

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/apr/26/arsenal-manchester-united-champions-league
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snNtsc9lyzw
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 26 11:53:34 2009.

  Sid_316 wrote:

  ThalaNass wrote: We have done that before.. We did it yesterday and we'll do it in future Some team can only come back to draw the match.. What a determination by us.. My goodness.. Come on United.. Mr Wenger will have sleepless night until wednesday oh really?? if that penalty wasnt given?? i doubt it.. anyways lets c on wednesday

  
  
  That penalty was not a penalty, I know, but surely they would've done that even if the penalty was not given.. Thanks to Fergie's half time hairdryer
  
  Im excited for Wednesday.. Should be one helluva of match!! 2-1 for United!
  
  

• From: Warden on Sun Apr 26 13:49:21 2009.

  Sid,it will be Ade upfront on his own with most prolly Nasri linking play.Left wing's the only weaklink.Judging from today Diaby will most prolly be given the nod.He adds some steel and should help the young Gibbs.Hopefully he breaks a bone or too
  Nasri as CM was delicious today.Was always available and distributed exceptionally well.His passing range is quite remarkable,with his 30 yarders finding Theo and Arshavin with ease.
  Sammy interchanging with Fabregas will be the key as Fergie's most likely to play Anderson who enjoys dogtailing Fab.
  Away from home,in big matches there will be less possession play and more a direct counter attacking approach.We def. will score an away goal or too
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Sun Apr 26 23:36:58 2009.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  We have done that before.. We did it yesterday and we'll do it in future Some team can only come back to draw the match.. What a determination by us.. My goodness.. Come on United.. Mr Wenger will have sleepless night until wednesday

  
  
  yen thambi ipdi research pannama pesureenga...
  
  i don't want to talk about it anymore. but you should know better...
  
  

• From: villan007 on Mon Apr 27 6:39:04 2009.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  Mr Wenger will have sleepless night until wednesday

  
  
  nvm..Wednesday ku apram Fergusen thoonga maataru
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Apr 27 11:00:53 2009.

  Ryan Giggs is the player of the year
  
  One of the more farcical off-field decisions of the year.
  
  it's embarassing. He was not the main force in Manc team and he get the award. At least, at least, a player who wins is someone who can be said to be the driving force of his team. Vidic, before being embarassed by Torres, is one of them. Gerrard for us. Ireland for Citeh. Annelka who unti was immense for Chelsea for half a season (better than Giggs, anyway) or Lampard now. If you can't be the best player of your own team, how can you be the player of the year. Those who voted have made this award a joke!
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 27 11:48:55 2009.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Ryan Giggs is the player of the year One of the more farcical off-field decisions of the year. it's embarassing. He was not the main force in Manc team and he get the award. At least, at least, a player who wins is someone who can be said to be the driving force of his team. Vidic, before being embarassed by Torres, is one of them. Gerrard for us. Ireland for Citeh. Annelka who unti was immense for Chelsea for half a season (better than Giggs, anyway) or Lampard now. If you can't be the best player of your own team, how can you be the player of the year. Those who voted have made this award a joke!

  
  
  Its been voted by fellow proffesionals including liverpool players! I think you didnt watched much of United games this season! Sir Giggsy has been brilliant! All those players you mention is in top form alright!
  
  But there's a huge difference between top form when you are 25 and that of top form when you are 35..
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Mon Apr 27 11:53:42 2009.

  he actually has started only 12 games... that's beyond explanation really...
  
  i'm no utd fan, but vidic should have won it.... Giggs has been good in those games, but over the course of the season??? nah.. i think he should be grateful that he even got nominated in the list..
  
  (liverpool fans actually respect Giggs, which is a testimonial for the player and his character... )
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Mon Apr 27 12:03:34 2009.

  Raikkonen wrote:

  he actually has started only 12 games... that's beyond explanation really... i'm no utd fan, but vidic should have won it.... Giggs has been good in those games, but over the course of the season??? nah.. i think he should be grateful that he even got nominated in the list.. (liverpool fans actually respect Giggs, which is a testimonial for the player and his character... )

  
  
  My fav for PFA awards would be Vidic for this season. But I think most of the BPL players have decided to vote for Giggsy since he deserves this award more that anyone for his contribution to the league and the game itself for more that 15 years
  
  Salute to Giggsy!! My most fav United player, ever!
  
  

• From: Warden on Mon Apr 27 13:27:14 2009.

  With Solskjaer gone Giggys's easily the most/only likeable one of those ****'s Player of the year's outrageous but anything other than Khristina Ronaldo will do fine
  Surprised Fat Frank's not even been mentioned anywhere 12 goals and 10 assists including several match winners.
  Not a single Arsenal player in the team of the year
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 28 3:21:42 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  Not a single Arsenal player in the team of the year

  
  
  Nobody consistent
  
  Anyway for today's match.. Camaan Barca.. Chelsea not fit enough to be in the final!
  
  

• From: Warden on Tue Apr 28 8:37:32 2009.

  Sagna,RVP cud've easily made it.
  And why the **** is Patrice Evra there His positional sense is laughable at times.Both Aurelio and Cashley have been far better this season.
  Barca-Chelsea
  

  ThalaNass wrote:

  Warden wrote: Not a single Arsenal player in the team of the year Nobody consistent Anyway for today's match.. Camaan Barca.. Chelsea not fit enough to be in the final!

  
  

• From: Warden on Tue Apr 28 8:40:12 2009.

  Undercover agent Tweety talks about Fergusons dressing room attitude
  http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/137/england/2009/04/28/1234377/silvestre-reminisces-about-fergusons-infamous-boot-throwing-at-be
  Should get him some more time
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 28 9:25:21 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  Undercover agent Tweety talks about Fergusons dressing room attitude http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/137/england/2009/04/28/1234377/silvestre-reminisces-about-fergusons-infamous-boot-throwing-at-be Should get him some more time

  
  
  He's just repeating all the things that already been told
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 28 15:14:31 2009.

  Watching a football match after like ages now. Chelsea barca 0-0 at 28 minutes in first half. Barca dominating the game, ballack receives a yellow.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 28 15:24:46 2009.

  drogba almost scored.
  
  

• From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 28 15:55:00 2009.

  chelsea defensive play
  
  

• From: Warden on Tue Apr 28 16:45:18 2009.

  Its as negative as it gets
  Possession Stats 71-29.Still better than the 26 which united managed last season.Congrats Chelsea
  Just a single shot attempted,that too owing to a defensive error :sigh:
  Theres no way they can both score and keep a clean sheet in the second leg.
  
  

• From: Warden on Tue Apr 28 17:00:30 2009.

  Fergie-Wenger HTH
  Played-37
  United-13
  Arsenal-14
  
  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Tue Apr 28 17:11:32 2009.

  Chelsea dastards are the ugliest. They are the worst thing associated with football in this planet
  And the English commentators
  
  Uphill task for Barca
  
  

• From: Warden on Tue Apr 28 17:20:41 2009.

  Yaya Toure is a beast.Fully confident that he'll own the midfield in the Bride too.How I wish we hadn't let him go
  Messi once again fails to deliver at the highest level.
  And why isn't Henry taking the freekicks.Xavi,Alves Not a single one even cleared the wall.
  
  

• From: Thalafanz on Tue Apr 28 20:39:13 2009.

  ajithfederer wrote:

  drogba almost scored.

  
  
  Yeah, silly mistake by the Barca defend. Thank God...
  Barca missed quite a number of scoring chances...
  Stamford-la pArthuppOm...
  
  

• From: villan007 on Wed Apr 29 0:58:23 2009.

  Pep in his post match interview
  
  

  Quote:

  We played a good game, we were just missing a goal. It's never easy when your opponents are not willing to play football.

  
  

• From: crajkumar_be on Wed Apr 29 2:45:22 2009.

  Quote:

  We played a good game, we were just missing a goal. It's never easy when your opponents are not willing to play football.

  
  Appadi podu!
  
  

• From: Warden on Wed Apr 29 9:51:15 2009.

  5 hrs to go
  Eduardo is fit and traveling.Got a gut feeling that Wenger'll start him upfront.United's not as strong as Chelsea or Pool in the middle of the park and an inform Cesc and Song can keep us at bay.
  
  

• From: Warden on Wed Apr 29 16:52:40 2009.

  Our worst offensive performance in 10 years Even Chelsea did better yesterday.
  United were way better but you can't concede such silly goals if you wanna progress.
  Almunia Jus realised that he hasn't made a single glaring mistake all season and he's kept us alive in about half a dozen occasions including 3 penalty saves.Criminally underrated,even by our own fans.
  Nasri playing deeper than Song and Cesc once again playing AM
  A shutout at Emirates is on the cards and I don't know how we're gonna respond.
  The stage is set for some RVP magic
  
  

• From: mareen on Wed Apr 29 18:33:39 2009.

  Come on United. Although we should've scored more. We should be able to score one at emirates and bury this tie.
  
  Rome, here we come.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Wed Apr 29 21:02:33 2009.

  We played with real power.. a high tempo game which suits us really well Little bit dissapointed because we should've scored another 2 goals atleast!
  
  But Almunia is really on top form.. I dunno why every goalie turns to god mode when they are playing against United
  
  battle of Emirates going to be a treat to real football fans! cant wait!
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Wed Apr 29 21:03:14 2009.

  mareen wrote:

  Come on United. Although we should've scored more. We should be able to score one at emirates and bury this tie. Rome, here we come.

  
  
  Heyya Mareen are you going to Emirates coming Tuesday?
  
  

• From: Raikkonen on Wed Apr 29 23:59:34 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  Our worst offensive performance in 10 years Even Chelsea did better yesterday. United were way better but you can't concede such silly goals if you wanna progress. Almunia Jus realised that he hasn't made a single glaring mistake all season and he's kept us alive in about half a dozen occasions including 3 penalty saves.Criminally underrated,even by our own fans. Nasri playing deeper than Song and Cesc once again playing AM A shutout at Emirates is on the cards and I don't know how we're gonna respond. The stage is set for some RVP magic

  
  
  naaa...
  
  Spurs..Spurs.. 4-4..
  
  

• From: mareen on Thu Apr 30 4:35:42 2009.

  ThalaNass wrote:

  mareen wrote: Come on United. Although we should've scored more. We should be able to score one at emirates and bury this tie. Rome, here we come. Heyya Mareen are you going to Emirates coming Tuesday?

  i was offered a ticket for 110 pounds. I just rejected it. Too expensive.
  
  Some ppl are alreay selling Tickets for rome
  
  

• From: Warden on Thu Apr 30 9:57:16 2009.

  http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/2937/gibbs.gif
  More of these plz
  
  

• From: Warden on Thu Apr 30 11:16:03 2009.

  Ya,yids at home and perhaps Stoke away r the only black marks.
  Still,our player of the season by a mile If only he'd started at Wembley
  

  Raikkonen wrote:

  Warden wrote: Our worst offensive performance in 10 years Even Chelsea did better yesterday. United were way better but you can't concede such silly goals if you wanna progress. Almunia Jus realised that he hasn't made a single glaring mistake all season and he's kept us alive in about half a dozen occasions including 3 penalty saves.Criminally underrated,even by our own fans. Nasri playing deeper than Song and Cesc once again playing AM A shutout at Emirates is on the cards and I don't know how we're gonna respond. The stage is set for some RVP magic naaa... Spurs..Spurs.. 4-4..

  
  

• From: mareen on Fri May 1 6:21:11 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/2937/gibbs.gif More of these plz

  that is about the only brightest asnl did the whole game.
  
  

• From: Warden on Sat May 2 12:06:12 2009.

  Thats 6 goals and 8 assists in the last 8 apps for AA23.Next season's gonna be legendary
  
  

• From: villan007 on Sat May 2 12:18:57 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  Thats 6 goals and 8 assists in the last 8 apps for AA23.Next season's gonna be legendary

  
  
  
  
  Ramsey and Vela were impressive too.. they shud be given more chances.
  
  

• From: Sid_316 on Sat May 2 16:48:37 2009.

  el clasico 6-2
  
  

• From: Warden on Sat May 2 17:24:58 2009.

  Season over for Madrid.
  Barca deserve it all though.Hoping for something similar at the bridge.The Chelscums deserve some humiliation.
  
  

• From: Hulkster on Sun May 3 3:09:38 2009.

  Warden wrote:

  http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/2937/gibbs.gif More of these plz

  
  
  Although funny, its not like he did that against ferdinand or vidic, ronaldo is no tackler.
  
  Barcelona just took their anger on not winning against chelsea on real madrid. But Chelsea aint no real madrid. Their tactics usually have their wingers cutting in(barcelona hate that) and drogba will have a field day as puyol and marquez are out. Lets just remember that chelsea have essien and lampard who can counter barca's midfield. Ashley cole is back as well.
  
  

• From: interz on Sun May 3 5:04:14 2009.

  Visca EL Barca.
  
  What a great day, i didnt think Barcelona stood a chance cuz Real Madrid just kept winning and winning in Primera Division.
  
  6-2! I really like the last goal by Pique, he played an outstanding match.
  
  I dont think their opponents are weak, its just Barcelona playing one touch Football, and possesion Football at its best.
  
  I just hope the smurfs (Chelsea) get beaten in Champions League on wednesday, pls GOD. This Barcelona team is the best i seen in my life. They are my biggest enemies since they played dirty on Camp Nou.
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun May 3 5:11:12 2009.

  Damn, I think i just saw the match of the century pure entertaining match!! Barca Holy-Trinity is unbeatable..
  
  I wont mind if they win Champions League on the expense of United
  
  

• From: ThalaNass on Sun May 3 5:46:07 2009.

  PR, indha thread'ku pootu potudungga
  
  Please continue here