[Thelomen Toblerone]

Hooray, sp*rs have done us a favour and it's back into 4th place for us Gunners. With the form Villa are in atm and with Arsenal getting players back from injury and starting to click again, things are looking promising for Arsenal to solidify a claim on that 4th spot.

[Infernikus]

Thelomen Toblerone, on Mar 15 2009, 06:13 PM, said:

Hooray, sp*rs have done us a favour and it's back into 4th place for us Gunners. With the form Villa are in atm and with Arsenal getting players back from injury and starting to click again, things are looking promising for Arsenal to solidify a claim on that 4th spot.

Ha hell yeah... was getting doubtful when we dropped 5 or so points behind Villa but now we can draw ahead with a full team almost fit... a bit like to have one but it beats losing etc.

[Satan]

polishgenius, on Mar 14 2009, 05:01 PM, said:

Holy fuck we were dreadful. Well done Liverpool for taking advantage.

And we were fucking fantastic. It's weeks such as the last one when I really start to wonder just what the fuck happened in January and February. Then I see the bench you had compared to ours, and it all makes sense.

Macros, on Mar 15 2009, 02:10 PM, said:

good god i got drunk after the match yesterday.

united must feel like shit, even dossena scored
ahahahahaha/1!!!1

Fucking ace goal, though!

[Thelomen Toblerone]

It'll be the same in the end though, Man U will win the league, and Benitez, especially once he sees the 1/4 final draw, will push for the CL, as is his tendency.

[Macros]

We love you fulham, we do!

Dannu murphy once again

and united head to villa sans paul scholes, rooney and vidic.

The premiership just got interesting

[polishgenius]

Macros, on Mar 21 2009, 05:05 PM, said:

We love you fulham, we do!

Dannu murphy once again

and united head to villa sans paul scholes, rooney and vidic.

The premiership just got interesting

We'll miss Rooney. Vidic is a blow but not too much, if Evans does alright - especially with the recent dismantling and Villa's pace which they'd obviously use in his direction, he probably needs a little time off anyway. Scholes isn't really a miss at all, I mean I love the man but starting him and Giggs today and not Carrick just seemd to be Fergie throwing a strop - a Carrick-Fletcher/Anderson midfield will do fine.

I'm more concerned that Fergie's let the Liverpool result get to him - that never happens. We're at our best after bad losses. We need to get it back sharpish.

[Macros]

Anderson is ineffectual against a reasonably organised midfield.
Carrick can throw out woeful performances handy enough, asmuch as i hate him, fletch is the best of the 3.

2 more draws and its all out there!

[polishgenius]

Fletcher is not better than Carrick. Latter's had a couple of dodgy performances the last couple of games but he's been one of our most consistent performer for this season and last.
Anderson's not a great attacker, but he works well with Carrick, because he unsettles teams with his physicality and then Carrick sweeps up the pieces. It's a tossup who's better out of him and Fletch really. Anderson will be better in future though.

It's weird that Arsenal, who still have all three of us to play, could decide the title.

This post has been edited by polishgenius: 21 March 2009 - 09:38 PM

[Thelomen Toblerone]

I think we'll have less of a say than you'd think, I can see two draws against Liverpool and Man U, then a win against Chelski at home. They've not been convincing lately and we're getting back Cesc, Ade, Theo and Eduardo to throw into the mix, so I think we'll win that. But I think we lack that holding midfielder necessary to grind out a win at OT or against Liverpool in the form they're in atm. With all our attacking options I cant see either team keeping us out, so a score draw for both seems on the cards. Liverpool only ever beat us when they get ludicrously dodgy penalty decisions, so keep an eye on who's reffing.

[Macros]

The international break is definitely badly timed for us, united wi" steady an we Could lose momentum-: (

[Use Of Weapons]

I don't know. It could work either way. Psychology of pressure is such a hard thing to call. Either the break will allow Man U players to put their losses in perspective, realise that they're still top, and get them back to their game. Or it will prey on their minds, making them unsure about decisions they've made, and pull the rug from under their season. Good sports psychologists (and both teams will have plenty of these) will recognise either possibility, and work to make sure the desired one takes effect.

I'm pretty much of the opinion that we (Liverpool) should focus our attention on the PL, not the CL. I hope that Rafa by now understands the importance of the league drought in the minds of Pool supporters!

[Thelomen Toblerone]

F*cking hell, has UEFA stepped in about CL prices or something? Prices for the Villareal game (CL 1/4 final) are £72, yowch.

The relegation battle's shaping up, with only a few games left who are your picks to go down?

WBA and Boro are dead certs for me, and out of Newcastle Blackburn Stoke and Hull I can see Stoke and (unfortunately) Blackburn getting enough points. But Hull and Newcastle are both on big slides atm and look to be in real trouble.

[polishgenius]

I think Newcastle just because I can't see them getting five more points than Hull. They both have a lot of the big teams in the runin but out of the other games, despite Hull's terrible run, I think the gap will just be enough.

[Macros]

oh I do love united fans.
Yesterday when we won via a 92nd minute goal, all I got was abuse from scum fans about being jammy bastards and th elike.
when I pointed lut that united routinely won games in the 97th minute at old trafford, and how THAT final would still be being played today had they not scored, there was dirty looks galore and muttering. Not one good natured rebuttal, they simply can't take any abuse.
Cue a 93rd minute winner today, and a host of messagees "did you enjoy being to of the league for a few hours? ahahah" and the like, my response was suitably witty calling them a bunch of last minute winning hypocrites and suggested if he hadn't scored, the match would still be goin, as it was at all old trafford.
Stony silence or bad manners. Boy they can give it but not take it.
I lol'd,m since I admited yesterday it was still uniteds championship to lose

[Thelomen Toblerone]

I loved the stat that came up, Riley has given Man U 9 penalties in 17 games at olf trafford.

That 4th spot looks locked down now, a win against Chelsea at the Emirates and we could well end up pushing for 3rd. Unlikely though.

[polishgenius]

Macros, on Apr 5 2009, 06:29 PM, said:

oh I do love united fans.
Yesterday when we won via a 92nd minute goal, all I got was abuse from scum fans about being jammy bastards and th elike.
when I pointed lut that united routinely won games in the 97th minute at old trafford, and how THAT final would still be being played today had they not scored, there was dirty looks galore and muttering. Not one good natured rebuttal, they simply can't take any abuse.
Cue a 93rd minute winner today, and a host of messagees "did you enjoy being to of the league for a few hours? ahahah" and the like, my response was suitably witty calling them a bunch of last minute winning hypocrites and suggested if he hadn't scored, the match would still be goin, as it was at all old trafford.
Stony silence or bad manners. Boy they can give it but not take it.
I lol'd,m since I admited yesterday it was still uniteds championship to lose

Pffffft.

You just can't take that we win last minute through skill and resilience and you win last minute through sheer luck and Steven Gerrard being a cheating cockend.

[Use Of Weapons]

I have to admit, I was hoping Man U would draw, but I don't mind them going top as a result of a goal of that quality. That 17-year-old (17? If he's 17 then I'm 50!) looks like a great player in the making.

[Thelomen Toblerone]

It was a great finish, but at the same time most of his other touches on the ball were cack. He needs a few years to develop, I'd say.

[Cougar]

Macros, on Apr 5 2009, 06:29 PM, said:

oh I do love united fans.
Yesterday when we won via a 92nd minute goal, all I got was abuse from scum fans about being jammy bastards and th elike.
when I pointed lut that united routinely won games in the 97th minute at old trafford, and how THAT final would still be being played today had they not scored, there was dirty looks galore and muttering. Not one good natured rebuttal, they simply can't take any abuse.
Cue a 93rd minute winner today, and a host of messagees "did you enjoy being to of the league for a few hours? ahahah" and the like, my response was suitably witty calling them a bunch of last minute winning hypocrites and suggested if he hadn't scored, the match would still be goin, as it was at all old trafford.
Stony silence or bad manners. Boy they can give it but not take it.
I lol'd,m since I admited yesterday it was still uniteds championship to lose

What a hilarious viewpoint. I love how one eyed this is. Mac, the staunch silent paragon of virtue, standing up against hypocrisy by the nasty United fans who are all ill educated and ignoble, were there a lot of Mancs and Scousers about on the weekend or are we talking about the Irish here.

This post has been edited by Cougar: 06 April 2009 - 12:56 PM

[masan's saddle]

Don't know if there are any Toon fans out there, or whether this has been discussed before, but could anyone explain the completley delusional fantasy realm you guys live in ?

I've lost count of the number of insane things that have happened to or been said about Newcastle over the years, but the last 12 months have been something else, and now this. Shearer was a fantastic player, commited to any cause he was involved in however as a manager he's out of his depth, with NO experience ( other than talking bollocks with Hansen and Lawrenson)

I hope it works out for the Toon with Shearer, I really do. I've always liked the way Newcastle try to play football, what I struggle with is the insular, almost incestuos environment that everything takes place within. I mean, if Coco the Clown was a geordie, he'd probably get the manager's job over anybody else applying !

There was even a guy on the TV saying that Shearer could lose all of the remaining 8 games and it wouldn't be a problem cos' Shearer's " one of ours" ! This is nonsense on a monumental scale, but indicative of " Circus Newcastle"

Maybe a season kicking your heels in the Championship is what's needed, but then saying that I wouldn't bet on you coming straight back up, it's a tough league and once all the "superstars" have buggered off after relegation your gonna be left with journeymen and locals......, maybe then the fans will be happy !

This post has been edited by masan's saddle: 06 April 2009 - 08:00 PM