football: the beautiful game

[readytoignite]

we were just asking for it weren't we.... england international, peno that would put us through... only one way that was going to end up, really.

anyway, get used to following the uefa cup in a lot more detail for next season

[polishmike]

anyway, get used to following the uefa cup in a lot more detail for next season

i have my paypal ready for the $20 you'll owe me

it will be the worst summer ever if the blue shites take 4th, unless we win the champions league than i really wouldn't mind

[readytoignite]

it'll go down to the last match and i'll be at whl to see us seal the deal... GLORY GLORY

[Darkeside]

BTW if a lower div team wins FA Cup, does that mean they can go to Europe next season?

Cardiff vs Pompey for the final.

Cardiff City for Europe.

[polishmike]

it'll go down to the last match and i'll be at whl to see us seal the deal... GLORY GLORY

seal what deal? staying in the top half of the table? last game of the season spurs-liverpool, i think we'll put at least 3 against you

[readytoignite]

we're going to win 4-3, we're going to win 4-3.... i reckon we'll finish 9th btw

[polishmike]

Arsenal v Liverpool

AS Roma v Man Utd

Schalke 04 v FC Barcelona

Fenerbahce v Chelsea

cska london as always paid some fuck to get an easy draw

as for Liverpool everything looks peachy, Arsenal first than Chelsea in the semis and Mancs in the final. I need to get some pills...

[fatchino]

Chelski obviously have the hardest draw.

[readytoignite]

i can't believe schalke is still around - they haven't won in the competition except against rosenborg! the turks can definitely get it done against chelsea & i'm looking forward to seeing the wheels come off on that one.

i say liverpool, roma, barca and fenerbahce though i bet chelsea and the arse will get through just to annoy me

[Leumas]

Im happy we dont have to face an English team until the finals if all goes the way I see it.

We should be able to beat Roma and I think we are ready for Barca if they beat Schalke hopefully Schalke pull off an upset.

[beast]

Chelski obviously have the hardest draw.

Yup. With Mateja Kezman leading the line and looking to score against his old club, and Fenerbache full of unknown Brazillians and the legendary Roberto Carlos, they will do the double over Chelsea and Grant will be sacked the second the final whistle blows and Chelsea is dumped from the Q finals.

[beast]

Arsenal v Liverpool

AS Roma v Man Utd

Schalke 04 v FC Barcelona

Fenerbahce v Chelsea

cska london as always paid some fuck to get an easy draw

as for Liverpool everything looks peachy, Arsenal first than Chelsea in the semis and Mancs in the final. I need to get some pills...

Pool dont exactly have a good record against Gunners but Chelsea would be a pushover for them.

Finals would be Arsenal or Pool v United or Barca. If United go to finals, they will win.

[Quixotic]

i think this means we (arsenal), play liverpool three times in nine days? ..should be interesting!

[chchchip]

indeed we do play liverpool 3 times in a row. we have chelsea this weekend then bolton liverpool 3 times then man utd. tough schedule coming up.

[Harry Sledge]

Can see Arsenal drawing again on Sunday...

[chchchip]

it wouldn't surprise me if they did and supposedly barcelona is interested in emmanuel eboue.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11670_3313839,00.html

dont know why. eboue is garbage.

[Harry Sledge]

Prolly cause Zambrotta is set to go back to Italy...SMH at Wenger & Co putting a spin on drawing lately though...like you get 2pts for that!

[beast]

it wouldn't surprise me if they did and supposedly barcelona is interested in emmanuel eboue.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11670_3313839,00.html

dont know why. eboue is garbage.

Yup easily worst of the gunners. Heavy on the touch and clumsy.

Dont know what Wenger sees in him since Wenger would ditch you in a second if you are no good.

[chchchip]

Agreed. i dont know why wenger starts him. he has other options yet he still resorts to eboue. sadly enough eboue was one of the top players in the game against middlesborough. that says a lot about the game.

[beast]

SMH at Wenger & Co putting a spin on drawing lately though...like you get 2pts for that!

Thats a shame.

Gunners should aim for all 3 points even at the Bridge. Chelsea is ripe for the picking.

Drogba was ineffective at Sunderland. The less spoken about Sheva and Pizarro the better and Anelka who averaged 1 goal every 2 games have scored like 1 in every 10 games in Chelsea.

Ballack didnt look good at Sunderland as well. Malouda and SWP are blowing hot and cold. Grant isnt good enough and can be outwitted by Wenger.

And Pool less Torres outplayed Chelsea at the Bridge just last month.

So if Gunners go all out, they can nick all 3 points and smash Chelsea's I think 4 years unbeaten streak in BPL. That almost happened last season if not for Essien (who would be benched this time round I bet).

[plongin]

err. in order to pick on teams that are ripe for the picking, you gotta make sure that you're not in that state yourself. and unfortunately, arsenal are in that same state.

draw game.

nil fucking nil.

[polishmike]

Tomorrow and Sunday could either clear up the rest of the season or make it a lot more interesting. I think Man Utd will beat Bolton but I thought that the first time they played this season. Spurs can surprise here and score a goal or two but Chelsea shouldn't have a problem bagging few as well. Should be an interesting game. I also think that Chelsea - Arsenal will be 0-0 but I hope Liverpool can pull a miracle 1-0 win over United.

[beast]

Tomorrow and Sunday could either clear up the rest of the season or make it a lot more interesting. I think Man Utd will beat Bolton but I thought that the first time they played this season. Spurs can surprise here and score a goal or two but Chelsea shouldn't have a problem bagging few as well. Should be an interesting game. I also think that Chelsea - Arsenal will be 0-0 but I hope Liverpool can pull a miracle 1-0 win over United.

Man U v Bolton: Man U wins. Bolton got a chance in Reebok. No chance in Old Trafford.

Spurs v Chelsea: Spurs' season has ended but Spurs hate Chelsea and they can raise their game at WHL (No more 3 Points Lane for Chelsea) against the big guns as witnessed by their match with Man U and Carling Cup final. Result: Can be either one of the 3.

Man U v Pool: Rafa has only beat Fergie once in FA Cup Semis. Despite their so called revival claimed by Rafa, Pool's chance of winning BPL is long gone. But their rivalry with Man U is very very deep. Rio may be injured and Foster is not good enough and Ronaldo doesnt turn up for big matches. Dont know about Tevez who may be injured. Result: Man U wins or draw.

Chelsea v Arsenal: Grant is talking about Anelka and Drogba again which has been useless. Chelsea will play their hard players like Mikel and Essien and Mikel is a powder keg from exploding. Gallas and Toure have blundered of late but they will raise their game with Gallas being an ex-blue and Toure knowing Drogba.

Also, the last match showed how much Gunners hate Chelsea by raising their game against them. Expect more of the same with Fabregas and Flamini finding their form.

Grant will either dont sub, sub wrongly or too late. Wenger will sub and wait and wring his hands at the sidelines. Result: Draw or Arsenal wins.

[readytoignite]

the deciding factor in utd / liverpool is whether or not torres can score away from home. the statistics seems to suggest not. united win comfortably by 2, i'm saying 2-0 but 3-1 if the unthinkable happens. in the remote chance that liverpool nick it, it will not be 0-1.

i pip chavski to win 1-0, however if it's a draw it will be a score one.

did anyone catch jose on world soccer daily? is it worth checking out?

[chchchip]

supposedly alexander hleb met with inter milan agent's the night before the ac milan game. so maybe hell be departing arsenal this summer for some italian "ice cream"

http://arseblog.com/WP/index.php

[polishmike]

i pip chavski to win 1-0, however if it's a draw it will be a score one.

score it is. i had a feeling this will go the distance. good jobs spurs.

[LaiShin]

damn, the london derby was an absolute epic match. Made the right choice watching that

Spurs should have won. Chelski's back four was so0o0 shaky throughout. Avram Grant just proved how much of an idiot he is. Substituting kalou for alex was a really dumb move.

[Magsåvningsreserven]

fuckin cuntacini, we should have won!

if Ramos gets some more quality in the summer, i think next season will be nice. Maybe. Possibly.

/pessimist

[readytoignite]

score it is. i had a feeling this will go the distance. good jobs spurs.

although i accept your praise, my prediction was for the chavscum / scum match... i figured today at 2-2 but didn't want to say it. we were unlucky today, if you count between today and last match we had 1 goal for disallowed that shouldn't have been and 2 against that should have.

[beast]

damn, the london derby was an absolute epic match. Made the right choice watching that

Spurs should have won. Chelski's back four was so0o0 shaky throughout. Avram Grant just proved how much of an idiot he is. Substituting kalou for alex was a really dumb move.

As Villa have shown, if you take it to Chelsea and you've got quality, you can get something out of it and this is a Chelsea first team. Cudicini is no slouch either.

Spurs did what they did against Man U. Keep passing at a high pace and Chelsea kept losing the ball again and again.