The AET Soccer/Football Thread

AxlUlrich

danielheyes wrote:

Cisse needs to go,he's not good enough. should have put that chance away.....

hes a very frustrating player to watch and manage...one week he can be on fire..then completely turn off for the next 3 weeks.
Morientes was awful as well...Crouch needs a better strike partner..heard Rafa's keen on Defoe but with Mido away on international duty,looks like Sperms will keep him for January.

danielheyes

AxlUlrich wrote:

hes a very frustrating player to watch and manage...one week he can be on fire..then completely turn off for the next 3 weeks.
Morientes was awful as well...Crouch needs a better strike partner..heard Rafa's keen on Defoe but with Mido away on international duty,looks like Sperms will keep him for January.

we have been linked with shaun wright phillips on loan so he can get to the world cup,we need a natural goalscorer though. Since owen left wee havent got one and thats all we need......

ladygooddiva

danielheyes wrote:

fucking robbing bastards..............we dominated most of that game and cisse should have won it.

should have left crouch on and took cisse off.

gerrard was poor.

FUCKIN MANC BASTARDS.......!!

Ah well,ladygoodiva,have your moment of joy cos we'll still be above you with our two games in hand.....

Bet,what bet......................??

i just hope you´ll loose it !!!!

AxlUlrich

danielheyes wrote:

we have been linked with shaun wright phillips on loan so he can get to the world cup,we need a natural goalscorer though. Since owen left wee havent got one and thats all we need......

SWP has been off form cos he hasnt had many games and i dont think he might be good enough.
yeh we need a natural striker badly..Crouch will benefit as well.
Crouch was taken off cos of a dead leg by the way..thats why Cisse stayed on

ladygooddiva

Sorry but i can´t help myself:

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AxlUlrich

ladygooddiva wrote:

Sorry but i can´t help myself:

http://picsrv.manutd.com/?fif=/manu/img_10_12267.jpg&obj=iip,1.0&wid=245&hei=118&rgn=0,0,0,0&cvt=jpeg

its ok..you have every right to celebrate a massive victory..i would have done the same lol..
with this loss..i think 2nd place is the best target even if we do beat Chelski.

ladygooddiva

AxlUlrich wrote:

its ok..you have every right to celebrate a massive victory..i would have done the same lol..
with this loss..i think 2nd place is the best target even if we do beat Chelski.

for us bec. we allready beat chelsea:p:D

ladygooddiva

Last-gasp Ferdinand gives United 1-0 win over Liverpool
Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:01 PM GMT16
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MANCHESTER, England, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Rio Ferdinand thumped home a header in the 90th minute to give Manchester United a 1-0 Premier League win over Liverpool on Sunday.

The second- and third-placed teams appeared to have cancelled each other out in a midfield-dominated clash high on effort but short of goal chances.

In the 62nd minute Ferdinand cleared a Mohamed Sissoko effort off the line, Edwin van der Sar saved Harry Kewell's subsequent shot and Djibril Cisse blazed the rebound over the bar.

United snatched the points when Ryan Giggs curled in a free kick from the left and England centre back Ferdinand rose unchallenged to head past Pepe Reina.

The win takes United to 48 points and closed the gap to leaders Chelsea to 14 points after the champions were held to a 1-1 home draw by Charlton Athletic earlier. Liverpool stay third, four points behind United but with two games in hand.

danielheyes

ladygooddiva wrote:

Sorry but i can´t help myself:

http://picsrv.manutd.com/?fif=/manu/img_10_12267.jpg&obj=iip,1.0&wid=245&hei=118&rgn=0,0,0,0&cvt=jpeg

any need??????

ladygooddiva

Ferdinand sinks Liverpool:p:p:p

Posted at 7:02am on 23 Jan 2006

An injury time winner from Rio Ferdinand was enough to give Manchester United a 1-0 win over third place Liverpool at Old Trafford and move United 4 points clear of their rivals in second place in the English soccer Premiership this morning.

Meantime Premiership leaders Chelsea could only manage a 1-1 draw with struggling Charlton at Stamford Bridge, where they also had defender Ricardo Carvalho sent off.

In Scotland, leaders Celtic were 3-1 winners away at Motherwell, whilst in the African Cup of Nations, Tunisia lead Zambia 2-1.

AxlUlrich

ladygooddiva wrote:

for us bec. we allready beat chelsea:p:D

thats sad actually...Manure have beaten all their closest rivals yet havent secured a good position themselves.
im fucking depressed now..but i would be more depressed usually but not this time cos Manure have proven that they only show up for the bigger games..so yeh..the only way Manure will finish 2nd is if Liverpool fail to win their games in hand or start a losing streak which i don't see happening.

ladygooddiva

AxlUlrich wrote:

thats sad actually...Manure have beaten all their closest rivals yet havent secured a good position themselves.
im fucking depressed now..but i would be more depressed usually but not this time cos Manure have proven that they only show up for the bigger games..so yeh..the only way Manure will finish 2nd is if Liverpool fail to win their games in hand or start a losing streak which i don't see happening.

i dont see that too (i feel a bit bad bec. i am happy )-sorry...

AxlUlrich

ladygooddiva wrote:

i dont see that too (i feel a bit bad bec. i am happy )-sorry...

i just hate losing...Manure or Sunderland..losing is painful...the positive side to it is we have improved from last season.

ladygooddiva

AxlUlrich wrote:

i just hate losing...Manure or Sunderland..losing is painful...the positive side to it is we have improved from last season.

i feel with you-;)

ladygooddiva

Rio not worried about Blues

Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand insists his side are focused on maintaining their momentum rather than catching Chelsea after beating Liverpool at Old Trafford.

Ferdinand snatched the winner with a minute remaining, heading past Jose Reina from Ryan Giggs' cross from the left.

United's win put them 14 points behind champions Chelsea, closing the gap on the champions after Jose Mourinho's men drew at home against Charlton.

Ferdinand told Sky Sports: "We have to make sure we do our own job and if other teams drop points then so be it."

Giggs was effective in central midfield, and he added: "You never give in. Late in the game you think it could be a draw but you never give up.

"Liverpool are one of the best teams in the world and the rivalry is massive. It's nice to play them and even better to beat them.

"Everyone worked hard as a team and that's what you have to do."

Ferdinand also produced a fine clearance off the line after confusion in the penalty area when the scores were level.

"If that had gone in it would have been a different," the centre-back added.

United boss Sir Alex Ferguson was delighted with snatching the win after predicting a tight encounter.

"When you win so late on it's a great feeling," he told Sky Sports.

"Liverpool are a very difficult side to play against, a very powerful side. But we thought we had a bit of quality and because of the last 20 minutes we thought we deserved it.

"It was a very tight game, about two chances in the whole match. It's such an important fixture that you have to expect that.

"We were forced a little because John O'Shea went off and we had a problem with that to do with Wayne Rooney. We had an option to play three up front, which made us a threat again."

Liverpool came closest through Djibril Cisse, who blazed over the bar from close range as he picked himself off the ground from an earlier challenge.

"It was a surprise but it was clear," Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez told Sky Sports.

Benitez, whose side could still overtake United into second if they win their games in hand, felt his side had the better of the game.

He added: "We lost a game we were controlling, we have to think about that. It was the last minute, so it was a disappointing day.

"It's always difficult to lose in the last minute. We know we have two games in hand, we know it's a long way and we have to keep going."

ladygooddiva

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ladygooddiva

WEST HAM UTD v FULHAM
Barclays Premiership
Monday, January 23
Live on Monday Night Football
7.30pm, Sky Sports 1 (KO 8pm)
This should be a very good game I have to say. West Ham and Fulham both like to attack and play their football, and Upton Park under the lights always seem to make for a great atmosphere.

It also helps that the Hammers have got back to winning ways after a tricky Christmas and that Fulham have brought in a couple of players to enhance the quality at his disposal.

It should be an end-to-end affair with plenty of chances, which will give us the perfect opportunity to see what a good signing Anti Niemi is. He will make a big difference to Fulham.

Even when he was at Rangers and couldn't oust Andy Goram and then at Hearts, I always thought he was tailor-made for the Premiership. He is a great stopper and very calm, which should help a defence that has made too many basic errors this season.

Tony Warner and Mark Crossley have both done well, but with both there was always going to come a time when they were going to make a costly mistake and I was not surprised when Chris Coleman brought Niemi in.

I also think Wayne Bridge is a shrewd piece of business as well, because whenever I have seen Fulham this season, they have always looked vulnerable down the flanks. Now with Bridge and Luis Boa Morte down the left and Steed Malbranque getting back to form on the right, they look a lot more solid.

They will miss Papa Bouba Diop in the middle but I still think they need one more in there and think Stilian Petrov at Celtic would be perfect. Fulham tend to attack from wide positions and Petrov is great at making those runs into the box - Boa Morte and Malbranque do love to, and are encouraged to, bomb forward, but they usually do so from out wide.

This will also be a good chance to compare two sets of strikers, who many people doubted would get goals in the Premiership, me included.

Both Brian McBride and Collins John have found the net for Fulham and you have to admire the American in particular. He knows his limits but week in week out he gets the best out of his ability and even if he doesn't find the target, never stops working. John has done OK, but is still a little rough around the edges - perhaps someone experienced in the Andy Cole mould would also help Fulham - but both of them are a handful.

The same goes for Marlon Harewood and Bobby Zamora, who have not only surprised me, but a lot of Premiership defenders this season. Teddy Sheringham has also played his part and although he has been out for some time, I am sure he is a massive influence on the training field as well.

But as well as the strikers have done for Alan Pardew, it has been the West Ham defence that has surprised me most. I thought, the way the club has always been geared towards attacking football, that they would be alright going forward. If they were going to struggle anywhere, it was going to be in defence.

That just hasn't been the case. Anton Ferdinand, Danny Gabbidon and Tomas Repka - who will be a big loss and tough to replace in a tight-nit squad - have all done extremely well and West Ham are going to be safe this season because of that defensive resilience.

In fact, Pardew and his entire squad deserve some credit. They have a great togetherness and that is why even when they go a goal behind you cannot rule them out. The whole squad clearly gets on, they know what they are doing and I have been impressed with the way everybody knows their role and how they fit into the pattern.

Unfortunately for the Hammers, I'm afraid I fancy Fulham to win this. They are good going forward and as tight at the back as they've been, West Ham do let you express yourself out on the park. Either way it makes for a great game for the neutral.

tucker carlson

real madrid just played real well and i'm thinking the new coach is making the difference..............beckham was fucking spectacular

ladygooddiva

tucker carlson wrote:

real madrid just played real well and i'm thinking the new coach is making the difference..............beckham was fucking spectacular

I heard about that who again?

ladygooddiva

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and on wendsday manu vs Blackburn rovers(CC)
go United!!!