Another Fascinating Weekend
The Merseyside Derby is still goaless at half.
Arsenal go to the Riverside in the late game.
West Ham are live on FSC in the battle of Claret and Blues.
Leeds hope to build on their midweek win, when they travel to Carrow Road.
United go to White Hart Lane tomorrow.
The big one is, of course, the battle of the Universities. Oxford welcome Cambridge United to the Kassam Stadium.
I will be here for a while before I am off to basketball but will be here for the late game.
Hope for some company until Bob knocks me off.
posted by United We Stand @ 9:02 AM
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Ooh, AJ came close to opening the scoring at Anfield.
Name a player that has played in all four divisions in England and has a champions league medal?
They just asked the question on the radio. I have to wait for the answer.
This player has also played non league football
I don't know the answer. It is bugging me.
I now know the answer.
I wouldn't have gotten it but he is in the Prem right now.
I will tell you the answer later.
I won't tell you the answer in the posting. I will make a Trivia post later. It will give you time to think.
John Terry is on the bench for Chelski today.
Full-time at Anfield and it ends goaless.
That surely means Liverpool's slim chances of winning the league has well and truly been squashed!!!!
Did you see those scenes of violence in Italy.
A policeman was killed and all the games in Italy have been postponed. Some interesting quotes coming out of Italy.
'A strong signal was needed until we find measures to prevent certain episodes,' said the FIGC's chief commissioner Luca Pancalli.
He has called an indefinite halt to all matches, including Italy's international friendly against Romania in Siena on Wednesday.
The prospect of a speedy return to the stadiums for fans and players was ruled out by the country's Interior Minister Giuliano Amato.
'In these conditions, I will no longer send my police into the football stadiums,' he was quoted as saying in La Gazzetta dello Sport on Saturday.
Without the police, who are paid a poor overtime rate to keep rival supporters apart, many Italian matches would disintegrate into rowdy brawls.
The president of the Italian Footballers' Association, Sergio Campana called for the leagues to be halted for at least a year. His suggestion - though unlikely to be followed - would at least give Italian clubs the chance to modernise their old-fashioned stadiums to bring them into line with those in other top European leagues.
What does this mean for the Milan teams in the CL?
Morning, Dave! I did see those scenes in Italy. Disgusting. Maybe they'll finally take this opportunity to sort out the game there. I'm not holding my breath. Still, why not ban Italian clubs from Europe for a year or two. That turned things around in England.
Nice trivia question. I'm thinking about it.
Love the rotating ball graphic, by the way.
I'm not wearing the "Lucky Leeds" shirt today. I wasn't wearing it in mid-week, so I'm trying something new here.
Come on you Whites! Come on the Hammers!
Welcome boys, I was outside shoveling the driveway after a little snowstorm. Not much, only three inches.
It is our first measurable snow of the year. We have had it it easy
Shef Wed 1 Preston 0
Snow? Hmmmmm.......? Describe it for me. Not sure I know what that is. ;-}
As for the match on the tellie, Chim chimney, Chim Chimney, chim chim charoo, we hate those _____ in Claret and Blue!!
Memories of Carrow Road for a Norwich/Villa match.
Do you remember what happen at that game Bob?
Leicester are one up against Luton. Good news for Leeds?
Preston have tied it up
What is going on at Forest. They lost midweek and have dropped to fourth and are losing again
I remember it well; it's burned into my psyche. We were in the bootboy end at Carrow Road, Justin Fashanu got sent off and all hell broke lose. I remember the roar of the crowd as they all ran down toward the front of the terrace where we were propped up on those crash bars. "Oi, Jimmy (Rimmer) want a sweetie" and spitting on the copper's jackets. Wild scenes.
What happened at the end of the match?
Excellent news for Leeds. Luton are now down in the drop zone. We're bottom but it's starting to tighten up again, with four or five teams within reach. QPR are level on 31 points with Luton fourth bottom.
QPR are winning, NOT good news for Leeds
Didn't we get a copper to let us out before the match ended? Or was that another match that my Dad took us too. I don't remember that clearly. Was John Bond sent off?
We did try to get a cop to let us out but he said NO WAY.
Norwich got a last minute penalty and Kevin Bond(not John, he was the manager) scored it right in front of us.
It made everyone behind us happy. If he had missed, we would have been in major trouble
Burnley has dropped off in form recently.
I understand Sir Trev's confusion. Claret vs. claret traditionally. West Ham are in dark blue, but it is hard to distinguish from distance.
QPR have been pegged back.
I am off to basketball, Thomas will be here to help with the blog.
Uh oh, all Norwich at C.R. but Leeds are holding on.
Yeah, that's right. I remember that. I remember that John Bond was the manager and Kevin was the player and son, but I remember that John Bond was a feisty character so I thought he might have been sent to the stands during that match for protesting.
Manchester United Rules HI
charlton 0 chealsea 1
This is a bit boring, isn't it. West Ham are all Route 1. They need your flair, Sir Trev.
Lamps with the Chelski goal. Good to see him in scoring form. We'll take another in mid-week, Frankie boy.
YESSSSS! Leeds are one up against Norwich through Jonathan Howson. Never heard of him. Maybe someone we picked up in the transfer window.
Shame for Matthew Upson. I like him as a player. He's off injured on his debut.
More good news for Leeds. Burnley has equalized.
Where did Dave bugger off too - more snow shoveling?
Now Southend are trailing. This couldn't look better for us today. We're three points off the bottom now and closing in on QPR and Luton above us. Would be nice for Barnsley and Hull to lose.
John Carew scores on his debut! He is a handful and a half. I would hate to play against him. Big, strong, and quick. Sorry, Trev.
Yeah, Division 1 is crap apart from the clubs that yo-yo between the divisions like Forest and the Bristol teams. There are plenty like Yeovil Town and Grimsby. It's quite a comedown from playing Lazio in the Champions League a few years ago.
Did you think that Carroll could've done better to tip that around the post, Trev?
Martin O'Neill has completely revamped Villa's attack with bringing in Carew and Young in January. They couldn't score for toffee in the fall. Baros went off to Holland in the swap.
I think he could have
Hi guyes
I agrree
this is thomas not dave
Welcome Thomas! Since you're dad's not watching, you can admit that ManYoo are rubbish and you much prefer Citeh, right?
No man u still rules
Sorry whos citeh
Half-time: Disappointing for the Hammers. They've lacked ambition up front and without Upson, they'll struggle to contain Carew and Young in the second half. Come on you Hammers!
Manchester City - you're main rivals in Manchester. Oh, sorry. I forgot. You're not really a Manchester side are you now. (boom boom)
I ferever blowing buoobles
Ya whos in first ha
Sorry that's "your" rather than "you're".
whos in 13th ha
Hows Dc you guys that live there
my dad says hi from my bros basketball game
whos going to win tomorrow tottenham or man u
I'll have to go for Spurs, Thomas. It's against my religion to bet on ManYoo.
Second half starting....come you Whites and you Hammers!
what about pompie there doing really good
You're welcome. Sir Trev, what do you think the prospects for the Hammers are in the second half?
in the leauge
fulham up on new calcle
I know you've got a soft spot for Portsmouth because of your grandmother, Thomas, but I don't like them very much. They're a load of silly southerners.
sorry Newcatle
thanks fulham scored
qpr just scored
Bugger! Come on Burnley - pull your fingers out! Preston have taken the lead again - they're up into second.
thats bad for birmigham
We need goals from WBA and Leicester, please.
Carew and Young are really hooking up nicely.
I still reckon that Birmingham will go up, probably with Derby and either Preston or WBA.
birmingham r down by 1-0
sorry about leeds you should have wear your lucky shirt
Still 0-0 in three Premiership matches. "The Greatest Show on Earth?"
leeds are down by 1
are tied sorry
Argh, Naaarwich have equalized. It was all looking so good. Double bugger.
macann just missed a secound goal for villa wba are up 1
Nigel Quashie has been relegated with four different clubs - not a good sign for the Hammers.
Yes, that's great news. Go on you Baggies!
chalton are holding chealsea for only 1 goal
QPR 2 burnely1
watford 0 bolton 1
Almost time for Ready Ted, eh Sir Trev?
do you mean teddy teddy
Did you see Matthew Etherington strolling to get the ball there for the corner? Come on, Matthew! You're a goal down, you prat.
No, Teddy Sheringham's nickname is "Ready Teddy." As in the song, "oooh Ready Teddy/ Teddy, Teddy, Teddy, Teddy Sheringham!" They'll need him to inspire a comeback here.
wigan 1 pompe0
The Bolton goal is good news for the Hammers, but they really need a goal for Pompey against Wigan.
i agree about west ham
Oh dear. That's not what they needed. The other way around. Sorry, Trev. This isn't looking good.
pompe are losing
morning chaps... thought I'd tune in and scout the hammers for next season.
Bugger. QPR have scored again. What is going on with Burnley?! 3-1 QPR now.
Nice one, Blubber. Shame about that scoreline vs. Palace today (2-0) but you lot are safely in midtable mediocrity. I'd take your 39 points any day.
Nasty blow by Zamora on the keeper Sorenson there. So much for the new FIFA order to protect goalkeepers.
yeah -- no chance for the tractor boys to go up and little chance we drop. All hopes rest with a good run in the FA Cup.
Achhh! That's torn it. Naaarwich have scored again. We're 2-1 down and rank bottom again. Not good.
Fulham are 2-0 up over Newcastle now. Brian McBride scoring.
We've got ten minutes to pull something out of a game that was looking so good at about thirty minutes in.
oooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh!
Curbs pointing at his watch, as if to suggest to his side "Oi, you lot. We haven't all day, lads!
Whew! Good thing that the linesman was on the job there. Definitely offside Berger but it was tight.
Reading have scored against Citeh through Leroy Lita.
OOOH, nearly from Etherington. Great save from Sorenson.
Incredible scenes here at Villa Park. Three corners in a row. Sorenson heroics and one off the bar. How can the Hammers not pull out a draw here?
Come on you Whites!
crikey... the hammers are having some poor luck. i actually caught myself hoping they could pull out a goal in the end -- not to worry, i sorted myself out quickly.
How can you not pull for the Hammers? They are the cursed underdogs.
Final score - Villa 1 Hammers 0 Sorry Trev.
I have Barry and Agbonlahor on my fantasy football team. Only hammer I have is Ferdinand and he's on the bench. Have you guy's tried this? It's actually quite good and something we should do as a group next year.
I agree Blubber. It would be fun to give it a whirl. Is it easy to keep up with?
Another miserable day for Leeds. We're now dead last and five points (six realistically) from safety.
Next up, the Gunners against Boro. Hope to hear from Gooner at some point.
Here are the sides for today:
Middlesbrough: Jones, Xavier, Woodgate, Pogatetz, Taylor, Cattermole, Boateng, Arca, Downing, Viduka, Yakubu
Subs: Turnbull, Davies, Euell, Morrison, Christie
Arsenal: Lehmann, Hoyte, Toure, Senderos, Clichy, Flamini, Fabregas, Silva, Rosicky, Adebayor, Henry
Subs: Denilson, Djourou, Almunia, Aliadiere, Walcott
Referee: M Riley (W Yorkshire)
Good chance for the Arse to pick up points on Liverpool with the Merseyside derby ending in a draw.
it is very easy. you get 100M pounds to select your squad of 15 -- only 3 players from a single team. The web site determines player values and calculated points. If you want to check out the one our soccer club is using, here is the web site...http://fantasy.premierleague.com
Cheers, Blubber.
Not a lot of quality yet in this match. Boro are playing a pressing game, but they don't quite have the quality to break the Arse down. Arsenal haven't got their groove on yet.
Half-time: Bit a snoozer, to be honest. Boro are packing the defense and have knocked the Arse off their game. I'd like to see a bit more urgency from the likes of TH and Adebayor.
Full-time: I tuned out after an uninspiring first half and of course all the action that people will be talking about came in the second half. First Mike Riley gives Yakubu a dodgy penalty and sends Senderos off. Then Henry equalizes controversially from a throw out from Jens that may have been slightly outside his box. Lots to chew over after seeing the replay. I'll look forward to Gooner's comments. 1-1.
I thought that Cesc and Flamini were actually poor, Adebayor did the best he could carrying the injury that he's ailing from, and that the rest of our players looked rather disinterested for large stretches of this match. Aliadiere turned the game around for us and got us the point with good running and inspired TH14 to do his showpiece thing.
Riley is a continuing disgraceful stain on the Premiership and undercuts the standing of English refereeing. He wasn't within 20 yards of the Sendaros incident and had no business deciding that it was a pen. If he'd consulted the linesman, assuming that he was up with play, at least he'd be practicing a little due dilligence, but he didn't appear to and awarded the penalty to Yakubu for the most innocuous of contacts from a position where he'd couldn't possibly make a correct call. And then he turned his back on Lehmann before he could see the hissy fit Jens threw that actually could have seen the silly German sent off. Only when the 'Boro bench bollocked the 4th official was Riley summoned over and you had the "uh-here there Mike mate, you've missed something there with Lehmann" conversation.
Then as Bob points out Mad Jens clearly stepped over the line on his throw-out, after doing the same thing 5 seconds earlier to gather the ball. What's Riley supposed to be looking at ferfecksakes then? That's easily a second yellow and Jens would have been off too. In fact, I think that 'Boro broke down their stalwart defensive work for Henry's well taken goal mostly because they were all going mad that Riley seemed clueless to what had just happened. It's not even as if he just motioned play-on, he just simply wasn't watching.
Riley's a UEFA/FIFA listed ref from England with plenty of previous. The other is Poll who's just as incompetent, possibly more erractic too. How can refereeing standards improve with guys like this that could only possibly have risen to the ranks they have due to politics and not performance? It's just not good enough and sets up an immediate reply to people like me that want to advance inclusion of more varied national teams in international competition, but have referees picked only from leagues where the standard of play is high. I can't legitimately complain when Central America sends out their prissy martinetish schoolmarms, and hold that the continent of Africa's officials should be banned when Poll and Riley continue to be allowed to officiate in a league of the Premiership's standard.
Arsenal looked tired and unglued and possibly a little put off by the mounting casualty list of Hleb, Ljungberg, Diaby, RVP, Eboue, Gallas, Djourou, and Baptista all of whom would have had legitimate shots at inclusion in the starting 11 today. I just hope that anybody still walking makes it back from international duty this week in one piece. I'm disappointed that we didn't win because we're clearly better than 'Boro are. That said, I can't help but think that this one should have been 0-0 because both goals were down to seriously flawed refereeing.
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