MAN UTD!

12/9/2006 5:06:33 PM

looks like defense took the week off. a lot of games had lop sided scores.

heres to a wmd hitting stamford bridge and killing both teams tomorrow.

12/9/2006 10:48:26 PM

haha thats my xmas wish right there

12/9/2006 10:57:17 PM

download sopcast and watch the games man. I have been watching all the weekend games on it for sometime now. Its clear and doesnt buffer at all. Orit, time to get some shut-eye before i wake to watch the gunners destroy chelsea.

12/10/2006 1:50:10 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhITzE7bT4M&eurl=

Just saw this Matt Taylor goal courtesy of Deadspin for the first time, sweet as hell... alot like the one he had last year

12/11/2006 2:03:08 AM

good lord, i read about a 45 yard strike, but thats not what i envisioned, that thing was cruisin into the back of the net

12/11/2006 2:08:48 AM

HOLY SHIT!

Poor Timmy.

12/11/2006 2:17:08 AM

haha oh wow, i was in amazement enough that i didnt realize that was tim howard

12/11/2006 2:31:59 AM

gotta love those south coast blokes who tawk li' they'f got a mouf full of Fs

12/11/2006 4:32:02 PM

I'll just post this here even though it's not Premiership instead of creating a new thread.

If you want to get season tickets for the Carolina Railhawks for cheaper than normal, you have until December 31st to order. Members of Triangle Soccer Fanatics, the fanclub that will have its own section and try to be an English-style supporter club, can get season tickets next season for only $89. But it is only good til the end of this year.

More details of this and how to sign up at this link. http://www.trisoccerfan.com/index.php?itemid=477&catid=11#more

12/12/2006 9:01:45 PM

$4.50 per match?

Tempting.

Verrrrrry tempting.

12/13/2006 12:17:19 AM

If I was still in the area I'd get on board with that.

12/13/2006 1:28:42 AM

ooooooh

12/13/2006 8:05:23 AM

essien goal from the arsenal game...incredible

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qK2S_0baOJw

12/14/2006 10:10:09 AM

Quote :

"Admire a strike of unbelievable quality, unbelievable, unstoppable, unsave-able."

I haven't been able to stop watching it since it happened... that reverse angle is the best

12/14/2006 10:15:02 AM

I have no love for Chelsea whatsoever, but I get chills when that thing hits the inside of the post.

12/14/2006 3:23:13 PM

its up there with these...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YgjhiVUtnqA
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OsLDIl4CKuw

and of course the greatest clip of all time...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uMj2o1GJsp4

12/14/2006 10:32:19 PM

I clicked on those links expecting to see a Gerrard goal, but that's not the one I was thinking of.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFstS8y4GzU

and of course,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3-LVH6XO6U

12/14/2006 10:44:17 PM

I dunno guys, Matty's goal from Saturday was rediculous.

12/14/2006 10:44:52 PM

all these goals rock

12/14/2006 11:14:32 PM

My favorite part of goals like these is the commentators' reactions.

I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but other sports (with the exception of hockey), simply by their design, rarely feature such amazing feats that come from nowhere and these men are charged with saying something about what's just happened when, as fans of the game, they sit in the same gleeful astonishment that befalls Joe F. Punter.

12/15/2006 2:12:36 AM

CL Round of 16 pairings

Chelsea-Porto
Liverpool-Barcelona
Bayern Munich-Real Madrid
Manchester United-Lille
AC Milan-Celtic
Arsenal-PSV Eindhoven
Lyon-Roma
Valencia-Inter Milan

12/15/2006 7:13:20 AM

^^ yeah, that's cool to me too. In that Rooney goal up there, he calls him a "true footballing genius."

12/15/2006 11:58:35 AM

i like that Rossoneri matchup...bayern/madrid will be a treat

12/15/2006 12:16:02 PM

As shit as Milan are playing currently, Celtic fans aren't too displeased with that matchup either

12/15/2006 1:03:42 PM

yea but milan had their group won with 2 games to play which may have been a reason for their play...although they are doing horrible in serie a...celtic didnt exactly light it up in their last game

12/15/2006 1:38:33 PM

damn milan for letting Lille sneak in the back door over AEK

but with a 2-2 draw with anderlecht with the final 16 on the line, you really don't deserve to be there anyways i suppose

12/15/2006 1:44:44 PM

^^very true. Qualification for the knockout round was already secured (something they have never done), so mentally I think they let their guard down in Denmark. I think Milan might sleep on them thinking that they got an easy draw and with the 1st leg at Parkhead, i definitely like our chances to pull the upset.

12/15/2006 2:28:09 PM

Lyon - Roma is the tie of the round

12/15/2006 6:34:56 PM

I'm more excited for Liverpool-Barca

It might be cliche but I really think this could be entertaining. Liverpool's form has been getting better in EPL and since they're done in the league race, they definitely have something to play for in these next two games. And I think they have a legit shot (although I don't think they'll win it) because one of these games is at Anfield and they are awesome at home.

12/15/2006 11:17:25 PM

Steven Gerrard is going to have the last say on that one....you just know it!!!

12/16/2006 9:56:44 AM

meh, everyone expects liverpool-barca to be good, but it's going to be one-sided, I think.


Lyon - Roma is going to be balls to the wall good in both matches.

12/16/2006 10:16:22 AM

^Dunno, i think lyon have too much quality for roma to handle. Look out for inter valencia, that could be a cracker. I would love to see munich dump out madrid. Utd have it the easiest in my opinion, good thing too!! anyone see a dramatic 15 mins during the arsenal pompey game? i couldn't believe how that game just lit up.

12/16/2006 7:39:31 PM

Great start for the new manager no matter what happens the last 5+..

[Edited on December 17, 2006 at 12:55 PM. Reason : finally, something to be happy about this year..]

12/17/2006 12:46:36 PM

Quote :

"and of course the greatest clip of all time... http://youtube.com/watch?v=uMj2o1GJsp4 "

agreed

12/17/2006 12:59:11 PM

Fuck, how did I know that was going to happen?

12/17/2006 1:05:55 PM

man u is always in for a loss to a team they should cream

12/17/2006 3:43:22 PM

Quote :

"REDKNAPP HUMOUR: The Pompey boss revealed the details of a bizarre transfer that stopped young loanee Manuel Fernandes playing in this game. 'If he plays three games in a row for us, we have to pay £12m to buy him, so I had to leave him out. He's a good player, but he 'ain't worth that much.' "

ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

12/17/2006 8:40:13 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb5_-Tggtw8

Drogba's winner. There have been some great goals coming from Chelsea recently..

[Edited on December 17, 2006 at 9:11 PM. Reason : x]

12/17/2006 9:11:05 PM

tim howard is never gettin anywhere in the premiership unless he fixes his positioning problem, or giving some effort, that was just terrible, he barely slapped at it...there really is no reason for that goal to go in

12/17/2006 9:45:26 PM

^ I disagree.

12/17/2006 10:39:17 PM

watch that clip again, how are you gonna play goalie at a world class level and just slap at it....its his job to keep the ball out of the net, he has to show more effort in keeping out of the net, hes a freakin goalkeeper...

the shot was nice, but i think in the mls he relied too much on athleticism and not on technique...why do you think man u shipped him off on loan for a 37 yr old(or however old he is, point is hes old), goalie is more about technique and positioning, tim howard doesnt posess this enough to stay in the premiership

12/17/2006 10:59:10 PM

you can see the everton defenders put their hands up in disbelief after it went in...i think that was directed at howard's effort

12/18/2006 3:40:36 AM

^^ I doubt Cech, Van der Sar, or Buffon could've done better trying to stop that. Give credit where credit's due, that shot was a fucking blazer.





and don't you know keepers only get better with age?

[Edited on December 18, 2006 at 8:00 AM. Reason : .]

12/18/2006 7:59:56 AM

How's this for pure idiocy?

Apparently some Greek Cypriot fans of Arsenal were upset about seeing a Turkish Cypriot flag flying at Ashburton Grove (the Turkish part of Cyprus is split off from the main Greek part for 25-30 years) . They then went and complained to Arsenal management about it. Arsenal management, mindful that they could not ban one flag and still allow others, then banned all national flags, including the England flag. They should've just told the Greek Cypriots to bugger off.

Let 'er fly!

12/18/2006 8:47:16 AM

WOW!! love how Tim Howard is getting blamed for that Drogba wondergoal!! Give the Ivorian some credit man, its amazing how goalkeepers are expected to be superhuman sometimes!! It was a screemer, that's that. Utd didn't loan howard out because he lacks technique, Van der Saar is more experienced and clearly out of place at Fulham.

12/18/2006 6:09:38 PM

I agree. One could argue that if he'd read the play a bit better he might've had a chance at tipping it over the bar, but to suggest that it was a shot that definitely should've been saved is ludicrous.

12/18/2006 6:32:21 PM

^agreed

As a goal keeper he could have been positioned a little better but drogba didnt really give him much time to get back. He chested it and then kicks the shit out of it.

That shit is knuckling from left to right too. Those types of balls are the hardest to stop cause you have no idea where the hell they are going coupled with the fact that they are hauling major ass.

12/18/2006 6:51:37 PM

Anybody see yesterday's Spurs/Newcastle match?

CRAZINESS in the first quarter of an hour, Dyer (3') and Martens (7') for United and Danny Murphy (15') for Spurs.

12/24/2006 2:27:30 AM

Man U 4 points clear again

12/27/2006 11:39:13 AM