Football (Soccer)

[MPS]

well.. dissapointed too by sweden. what fuc**in amateurs they are, Poland won, but Sweden didn't move their as,s to stop latvia, and got beaten by them. when we played the decider in stockholm few yrs back, they fuc***in put all the effort in it, now they even missed a penalty for fux' sake! a pathetic performance by Swedes, showing how unfair those as,s-oles are. fu,ck 'em.

good play by england, surprisingly no Poland, Belgium, Ireland and Serbia & M. in the Euro 2k4.

i made a little draw myself and i got such playoff pairs: CRO-NED, LAT-SLO, RUS-TUR, SPA-WAL, NOR-SCO <- let's see if these match any of the real pairs (if they all do, i see Netherlands, Slovenia, Turkey, Spain and Norway in the Euro's).

[Oriphus]

Scotland against wales would be a good would i would guess. A close call on who goes through.

[MPS]

how about Spain-Netherlands, Latvia-Russia and Croatia-Slovenia?

[Oriphus]

lol - They sound like equal matches alright. I here the Swedes also got beat in the womens football by Germany 2-1. Not a good day for Sweden

[MPS]

serves them right

[MPS]

btw, we've got a new saying here in Poland: "from now on, no Abba, Volvo, or Ikea"

[MPS]

here are the playoff pairs

Latvia - Turkey
Scotland - Netherlands
Croatia - Slovenia
Russia - Wales
Spain - Norway

well... i guessed croatia-slovenia

looks like Latvia, Scotland, Slovenia & Norway are on their way out then, Russia or Wales ?

[Oriphus]

Scotlnd arent going through thats for sure. I doubt wales will go through either.

[admin]

Turkey vs England : Brilliant penalty (miss) by Beckham and some scenes that put the ManU-Arsenal fracas in perspective (that is to suggest how insignificant it was).

Which probably explains why Arsenal are top of the fair play league :

http://www.arsenal.com/sportsappcontroller.jsp?command=setSelectedId&nextPage=displayheadline&type=com.sportapps.news.NewsItem&id=4133136

Not bad for a "team of thugs" ...

[Oriphus]

lol - Thats because they won the fair play cup last year - thats the only reason!!!!

Chelskov will hopefully draw or get beaten by Birmingham tonight and then hopefully Arsenal and Chelsea will draw at the weekend.

We didnt really get to see the England vs Turkey match problems. If it had 15 different camera angles like te Man Utd vs Arsenal match, maybe there would be a few more problems. I can understand what you are saying about insignificance, it happens all the time at the university team we play for. A bit of pushing and shoving doesnt harm anyone. But professionals cannot and do not get away with it and i think thats perfectly right!

[admin]

The fair play league table is only for the last 7 league games - we had a lower score than ManU in the red/yellow card area, but we made it up with our positive play and respect for refs.

So Chelsea draw against the Brum, and now are equal on points with Arsenal (but ahead on goal difference). Arsenal to win 2-1 on Saturday.

[MPS]

Arsenal-Chelsea 0-0 i say

btw, admin - check ur email

[Oriphus]

I'd rather see Arsenal winning (thinks in disgust) than Chelsea winning, but a draw would suit me fine and hopefully a good win against leeds for Man Utd. Yeah, that would be great

[admin]

I waz right : 2-1

[Oriphus]

You were lol. As i said, id rather see Arsenal winning than Chelsea because although i hate Arsenal, I really hate Chelsea. My granny was also the most devoted Arsenal fan ever until she died. You daren't say a bad word against them in her presence or you would be in her bad books for a long time. She was disabled yet evey Saturday she managed to move and shout about Arsenal. LOL

United won 1-0 a game that should have seen us winning by atleast 3-0. Ronaldo should have gotten a penalty in the first 6 mins, but it wasnt given. Keane scored a header and then Scholes hit the bar with one that should have been easy. Im still happy though. It goes to show you that Arsenal and Man utd are still the two teams to beat. Chelsea...who are Chelsea??

Liverpool yet again lose a game to Portsmouth (a game they were sure to win in their opinions), 3 in a row and their 4th in the first 9 of the season. As i say every week, get rid of that twat Houllier, he isnt a good manager for the premiership. His style would be more suited to the french league. How long do you think players like Owen and Gerrard are going to stay in a team that finish middle of the league and dont qualify for the Champions League. They may not even get into Europe either on their current form.

Manchester City had a good 6-2 win over Charlton today with some cracker goals. Also, Wolves move off the bottom of the table for the first time this season. Go on Incy and Irwin LOL

Celtic won today also, winning 5-0 at Hearts.