W e e k e n d G a m e s

[W00TZEH]

Who is your team playing?

Stoke kick off their campaign away to yamyamyam wanky wanky wanderers(wolves), 2-1 win to stoke i rekcon kenny jones getting both!

edit: haha that isnt filtered SCORE

[Nalfar]

bristol city @ home.

win or die

[Rock]

WBA. Come on you blueees. Wanted Ramires to start but very unlikely.

[Minstrels]

Spurs away. Loss.

[::Art::]

Newcastle. 3-0 would be a nice start to the season.

[Geraint]

Derby away.

[Shockwave.2CC]

Middlesbrough @ Home

[Mexel]

Boom!

http://i34.tinypic.com/dy0ieo.jpg

If you cant see by that, Sunderland away.

[W00TZEH]

bulk? Do you have to use an extra large turnstile?

[Mexel]

No you clown, its when the home team sends out bulk tickets to the visiting team to sell :)


On another note, i would love you to beat Wolves tomorrow. Stop my manager banging on about Fletcher.

[Arron]

Newcastle.
I hate season openers at United, we always win 1-0 in a sloppy game.

[W00TZEH]

Newcastle.
I hate season openers at United, we always win 1-0 in a sloppy game.
Please don't refer to Manchester United as United, you're playing newcastle united at the weekend so I'm confused whos at home now :rolleyes:

[Arron]

Please don't refer to Manchester United as United, you're playing newcastle united at the weekend so I'm confused whos at home now :rolleyes:

ha sorry (:
it's at OT.
Return of Monday Night Football, so really this post shouldn't be here because Monday isn't part of the weekend :/

Newcastle.
I hate season openers at Man U, we always win 1-0 in a sloppy game.

[JackBuddy]

City at home. No idea what to expect, I just hope Giovani has done enough to warrant himself to at least be on the bench. Seems like he has sorted himself out going by what Harry is saying.

[StefanWolves]

Who is your team playing?

Stoke kick off their campaign away to yamyamyam wanky wanky wanderers(wolves), 2-1 win to stoke i rekcon kenny jones getting both!

edit: haha that isnt filtered SCORE

lolol, wolves 2-1

[Minstrels]

Can't wait, wish I didn't turn the Spuds tickets down but oh well! Can't see us winning today though... think we're missing Boateng, Silva and Balotelli. Maybe Tevez.

[Arron]

+ Given with his shoulder injury. but you got Hart playing. This could be the game which makes him no.1 at City.

[Minstrels]

Given is fit... Hart is our #1

[Arron]

well i pray that Given leaves the club.

[Minstrels]

So do I, handed in a TR.


Hart starts. Good luck to Given but Hart is the future for England, we'd be stupid to play Given and lose Hart in the longterm.

[Arron]

Given should've gone to Arsenal tbh

[Browney]

8 million not so bad considering Jones gets injured. ;)

[StefanWolves]

lolol, wolves 2-1

Aren't I amazing?

Kenwyn Jones - £8M, hits crossbar, injured and subbed in 15th minute.

Steven Fletcher - £7M, scores winning goal and terrorised Stokes defence until he was brought off.

I know who I'd rather have :).

Kenwyn Jones? WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY (8)

(8)Wanky wanky wanky Wanderers (8).

UTW.

[Nalfar]

What a farce.

[Arron]

(8)Wanky wanky wanky Wanderers (8).

Wanky wanky wanky wanky Warrington sounds so much better..

[Nalfar]

Wanky wanky wanky wanky Warrington sounds so much better..
This isn't rugby.

[Arron]

I was under the impression it was, with the chanting and all?

[JackBuddy]

We need a striker. Thought some of our passing today, particularly in the first half was very good.

[Jibbish]

villa play good attractive football without o'neill, fact.

[JackBuddy]

villa play good attractive football without o'neill, fact.
Not denying O'Neill's managerial ability but players like Young, Downing, Milner etc weren't used to their potential under him.

[Soy]

who cares about man city

[CHA!NGANG]

We will lose or draw.

[Jibbish]

Not denying O'Neill's managerial ability but players like Young, Downing, Milner etc weren't used to their potential under him.
yep agree with you completely :)
o'neill was actually 'too' oldschool

[Tash.]

Relatively happy with that result considering the circumstances. Sure i'd have preferred we won but the way I see it is:

10 men, 1 of which was concust and it still took a liverpool player to score for Arsenal. On the whole, given the defensive shortcomings and dodgy bit of goalkeeping I see light at the end of the dark dark tunnel Liverpool are emerging from :)

[JackBuddy]

whoops

[CHA!NGANG]

Relatively happy with that result considering the circumstances. Sure i'd have preferred we won but the way I see it is:

10 men, 1 of which was concust and it still took a liverpool player to score for Arsenal. On the whole, given the defensive shortcomings and dodgy bit of goalkeeping I see light at the end of the dark dark tunnel Liverpool are emerging from :)

That game isn't any indication of Liverpools season. Liverpool have always had a strong first XI, the problem is depth and they had no-one bar Torres missing today. We had Fabregas, Van Persie and Song all missing and Diaby and Arshavin were only half fit anyway but the game was away for us. I was expecting us to lose as said above and i'm happy with the draw.

[Minstrels]

Liverpool and Arsenal both didn't impress me much, had high hopes for Arsenal this year aswell.

Chelsea
Arsenal/Man City
Man City/Arsenal
Man U
Spurs
Liverpool
Villa
Everton

[Nalfar]

Liverpool and Arsenal both didn't impress me much, had high hopes for Arsenal this year aswell.

Chelsea
Arsenal/Man City
Man City/Arsenal
Man U
Spurs
Liverpool
Villa
Everton
1 game...

[Minstrels]

1 game...
And? They both looked vulnerable. Liverpool need to be careful coming into the Manchester City game because if Johnson bombs it down the winger at COMS then he'll be legging it back trying to catch Balotelli/Tevez/Ade/Yaya as Carragher doesn't have any pace. It's madness that they keep playing Carragher.

Arsenal looked the same old Arsenal. Not up for a fight, go out thinking they deserve to win because they play pretty football. I'll be unhappy with anything less than four points off Arsenal this year considering we took four points off them last year and beat them in the CC (albeit the youth team).

Arsenal, just like Liverpool, are confusing the hell out of me why they're not purchasing a keeper (Liverpool a CB). They've signed a striker to hopefully apply a finish to the pretty football but it's no use trying to play pretty football if your keeper is going to be letting a goal in every ten minutes because he's so gash.

People bang on about 'one game' however you can tell the area teams will finish in with five or ten minute glimpses from upfront and defence and how they play they look on the ball & off it. Arsenal and Liverpool both look vulnerable.

{Chelsea
Arsenal
City
Man U}
{Spurs
Liverpool}
{Villa
Everton}
{Sunderland
Stoke
Birmingham}
{Fulham
Blackburn
Wolves}
{Bolton
Newcastle
West Ham}
{Blackpool
Wigan
WBA}

[Nalfar]

blackpool for champions league then

[Minstrels]

blackpool for champions league then
Not really considering Wigan are utter gash...

[JackBuddy]

I like Wigan. Yes, they are rubbish but they don't deploy anti-football tactics and they make sure they play the game the right way.

[Tash.]

That game isn't any indication of Liverpools season. Liverpool have always had a strong first XI, the problem is depth and they had no-one bar Torres missing today. We had Fabregas, Van Persie and Song all missing and Diaby and Arshavin were only half fit anyway but the game was away for us. I was expecting us to lose as said above and i'm happy with the draw.

Well actually I think you're wrong. Fair enough we've not gone to the extent that Man City have and bought copious amounts of players but then who exactly has? We have Cole now, who obviously didn't show his talents in that game but we all know what he is capable of. We bought Poulsen, I think in anticipation of Mascherano departing though Hodgson insists otherwise. In the midfield I do believe we are getting stronger, Aquilani didn't play yesterday and neither did Poulsen so you forget that we do have more depth now than we have done in a long while. Jovanovic has also joined. We need a LB thats evident but apart from that and the striker issue which we've had for quite some seasons now those are the only positions I consider to be weak in depth. I know Ngog is nowhere near the same class as Torres, Van Persie, Rooney, Drogba etc but he gets the job done in the absence of Torres.

As for Arsenal, Van Persie why did he not play? No indication he was injured so why not? For all your attacking prowess it didn't get you very far. We all know Arsenal can play exceptional football but its just so unpredictable which Arsenal you get.

[JackBuddy]

Well actually I think you're wrong. Fair enough we've not gone to the extent that Man City have and bought copious amounts of players but then who exactly has? We have Cole now, who obviously didn't show his talents in that game but we all know what he is capable of. We bought Poulsen, I think in anticipation of Mascherano departing though Hodgson insists otherwise. In the midfield I do believe we are getting stronger, Aquilani didn't play yesterday and neither did Poulsen so you forget that we do have more depth now than we have done in a long while. Jovanovic has also joined. We need a LB thats evident but apart from that and the striker issue which we've had for quite some seasons now those are the only positions I consider to be weak in depth. I know Ngog is nowhere near the same class as Torres, Van Persie, Rooney, Drogba etc but he gets the job done in the absence of Torres.

As for Arsenal, Van Persie why did he not play? No indication he was injured so why not? For all your attacking prowess it didn't get you very far. We all know Arsenal can play exceptional football but its just so unpredictable which Arsenal you get.
No he doesn't. Arsenal battled for the title throughout the whole of last season without Van Persie wheras Liverpool were useless without Torres. West Brom wanted to sign N'Gog, which speaks volumes. For many years you have been too reliant upon Gerrard and Torres and their injuries last year proved that.

[Geraint]

I like Ngog. People criticise him and he may need a few chances to score but every time I see him play, he scores.

[CHA!NGANG]

Ngog is a good young striker, but he isn't good enough to be 2nd choice for Liverpool. I mean, 8 Goals/Assists in 33 Games for Liverpool last season. That isn't good enough at Liverpool, not even for a young striker.

Look at Bendtner. People slate him, yet he managed 18 Goals/Assists in 29 Games last season for Arsenal, which is better then alot of strikers in the league, let alone young strikers and compared to Ngog, he was in a different league.

Van Persie didn't play the whole game as he wasn't match fit, same with Fabregas. They're not injured though. I'm happy with a draw, as we came into the game with 9 players either not fit, or injured and half of them would have started, whilst Liverpool had 1/2 out. Liverpool fans should be upset about not winning.

[JackBuddy]

I like Ngog. People criticise him and he may need a few chances to score but every time I see him play, he scores.
He's not that bad, but Liverpool should have higher standards.

[Geraint]

Ngog is a good young striker, but he isn't good enough to be 2nd choice for Liverpool. I mean, 8 Goals/Assists in 33 Games for Liverpool last season. That isn't good enough at Liverpool, not even for a young striker.

Look at Bendtner. People slate him, yet he managed 18 Goals/Assists in 29 Games last season for Arsenal, which is better then alot of strikers in the league, let alone young strikers and compared to Ngog, he was in a different league.

Van Persie didn't play the whole game as he wasn't match fit, same with Fabregas. They're not injured though. I'm happy with a draw, as we came into the game with 9 players either not fit, or injured and half of them would have started, whilst Liverpool had 1/2 out. Liverpool fans should be upset about not winning.

of those 33 games, how many did he start?

[Deak]

well my sig gives away who i support... still anyway...

Played Queens Park Rangers at home - lost three nil (wooopeee lol)

Mr Warnock n Mr Kenny's return turned out good for them :(

GOOD POINT : Blackwell got sacked - Yey best news all weekend.

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ps - not read whole posts, been at norfolk for a wedding all weekend!

[Tash.]

I take your point about him not being good enough to be Liverpools number 2, but like I said we obviously need another striker. I don't think it's particularly fair to blame last season on the absence of Gerrard and Torres, even when they played we weren't very good. I choose to see last season as a blip. Torres and Gerrard were injured the season before yet we managed second? People forget very easily, selective memory I think.

Yes Ngog didn't score very many when you put it that way, but like Geraint says he isn't as bad as people make out, not for a young guy. He makes mistakes and has serious lapses in judgement but I don't think he's that bad. He looks it in comparison to Torres, but then not many people don't look bad in comparison.

As for Bendtner, fair enough he scored more than Ngog but he started a lot more games than Ngog did.. major difference. I wouldn't go as far to say he's in a different league, they're very much the same.

I'm upset about not winning, but only because of the nature of the goal we let in, not because of the actual result overall.

[CHA!NGANG]

I take your point about him not being good enough to be Liverpools number 2, but like I said we obviously need another striker. I don't think it's particularly fair to blame last season on the absence of Gerrard and Torres, even when they played we weren't very good. I choose to see last season as a blip. Torres and Gerrard were injured the season before yet we managed second? People forget very easily, selective memory I think.

Yes Ngog didn't score very many when you put it that way, but like Geraint says he isn't as bad as people make out, not for a young guy. He makes mistakes and has serious lapses in judgement but I don't think he's that bad. He looks it in comparison to Torres, but then not many people don't look bad in comparison.

As for Bendtner, fair enough he scored more than Ngog but he started a lot more games than Ngog did.. major difference. I wouldn't go as far to say he's in a different league, they're very much the same.

I'm upset about not winning, but only because of the nature of the goal we let in, not because of the actual result overall.

No he didn't. Bendtner only started 2 more games, and Ngog had 6 more games coming off the bench. They probably got the exact same game time if you're doing it in mins.

And they aren't the same at all. Stats speak for themselves, Bendtner had 10 more goals/assists and was in a different league last season to Ngog.

I'm not saying Ngog is bad as he isn't I like him actually, but he's not good enough to be the number 2 striker for Liverpool.


of those 33 games, how many did he start?

17. Bendtner started 19. Not a big difference.

[Shockwave.2CC]

Burnley away this weekend

[-Heart]

Everton away.

8-0 win.