Re: The Football Chat Thread : Sun Sep 25, 2011 7:47 pm  

But that's the bit I don't understand Dan

I don't go much on 'hoodoos', but Everton get results over City
I just didn't understand Everton's reluctance to take the game on, yesterday. Especially after a brightish start.

Joe Hart could've brought his bumper Sudoku book, and completed a few of them


I'm not going to defend Silva's rolling over after tackles, BUT, to be fair, it happens in every tackle in football thesedays (I HATE IT). But (imo) Neviile KNEW what he was doing, when their heels 'clipped'

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:29 pm  

lefty goldblatt wrote:

But that's the bit I don't understand Dan

I don't go much on 'hoodoos', but Everton get results over City
I just didn't understand Everton's reluctance to take the game on, yesterday. Especially after a brightish start.

Yeah I'd agree, I thought we started quite bright too. We had plenty of ball but having no striker as such we had limited options. I thought we'd pack up the midfield to try and stop you creating and for the most part it worked well enough but the one thing that I didn't like yesterday is no striker also had we played Saha it would've freed Cahill up and he's much much more effective playing behind a striker than playing the front role himself. I was disppointed we didn't play a recognised striker until we went one down because the game had gone then, I thought if we were to get anything out of the game we needed the first goal. I'm as confused as you on that point mate, I just hope Moyes changes his mind on team selection before the derby next week.

lefty goldblatt wrote:

Joe Hart could've brought his bumper Sudoku book, and completed a few of them
I'm not going to defend Silva's rolling over after tackles, BUT, to be fair, it happens in every tackle in football thesedays (I HATE IT). But (imo) Neviile KNEW what he was doing, when their heels 'clipped'

I don't think he had anything to do until injury time when Vellios won the ball off him and Fellaini missed a great chance.

Possibly, I'll defend Neville because I think it's 50/50 there's a clipping of heels but Neville being experienced maybe he does know what he's doing I view it more as a coming together

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Sep 26, 2011 6:39 am  

WireFanatic III wrote:

Never heard of him.

I assume he is just some random Toon fan on Twitter?

I wouldn't worry about it mate, he'll be taking photos that John Bishop posted as a wind up next and claim it's off his Liverpool supporting mate.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:36 am  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

:lol: .....Falling????.....More like going down, so as to hide the fact he'd just deliberately stamped on Cahill's leg.

Admittedly, Cahill's challenge was reckless, clumsy and probably the result of a building frustration at being unable to get into the game, but Kompany was undoubtedly looking to hurt, before being hurt himself.

Kompany wopuld have had to levitate to avoid standing on Cahill. I have heard several professionals dicussing it on TV and radio. Everyone, bar one, has said Kompany did no wrong.

As for 'stamp', he barely lifted his foot 4 inches from the ground.

Maybe Cahill will dust himself down, wipe away his girly tears and realise that if you are going to 'do' someone, you are not in a position to cry if it goes wrong. Whether Kompany did it on purpose (hard to convince those self-pitying scousers of anything else) or not, one thing is for certain, it was karma.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:38 am  

Everton OS takes bitterness to a whole new level: It tells you everything about the contest and the reasons behind the visitors' emphasis that the decisive breakthrough was scored by a £30m pound substitute…. And there is a worthy in footnote in the fact that Mario Balotelli’s crucial strike was deflected on the way by a defender plucked from the Championship and nurtured into an England international…. Phil Jagielka …His defensive assuredness was a trait of the overall performance as the Blues looked to frustrate a club with nearly £150m worth of talent on the bench and have spent almost £60m on left-backs alone…. But for a deflection they might well have achieved their goal. … David Moyes opted to recall skipper Phil Neville and deploy the veteran as an anchorman in a bid to stem the creativity of City’s astronomically expensive midfield…. In fact, David Silva was the only one getting the home fans excited – and that was by rolling around on the deck… Jack Rodwell and Phil Neville were both booked harshly for tangling with the Spaniard….. Toure was then booked himself for scything down Seamus Coleman and with half an hour gone Howard Webb had been waving his card around like Roberto Mancini with Sheikh Mansour’s Visa…. As David Moyes said pre-match, you’re not going to outplay a team as lavishly assembled as City’s so it was about finding a way of getting something. For the Blues that meant a defensive gameplan that would have had coaches reaching for a notebook and pen…. Louis Saha replacing Cahill, the Aussie limping off with Vincent Kompany’s studs leaving an impression on his shin…. Balotelli…A large slice of fortune helped him along the way, however, as his shot took a sizeable and decisive deflection off of the lunging Phil Jagielka…. Inevitably that goal inflicted a gaping puncture in the Blues’ performance and a sloppy second strike merely confirmed defeat…. Full match report here: http://www.evertonfc.com/match/report/1 ... verton?t=2 If I was an Everton fan, I would be embarrassed.

Everton OS takes bitterness to a whole new level: It tells you everything about the contest and the reasons behind the visitors' emphasis that the decisive breakthrough was scored by a £30m pound substitute…. And there is a worthy in footnote in the fact that Mario Balotelli’s crucial strike was deflected on the way by a defender plucked from the Championship and nurtured into an England international…. Phil Jagielka …His defensive assuredness was a trait of the overall performance as the Blues looked to frustrate a club with nearly £150m worth of talent on the bench and have spent almost £60m on left-backs alone…. But for a deflection they might well have achieved their goal. … David Moyes opted to recall skipper Phil Neville and deploy the veteran as an anchorman in a bid to stem the creativity of City’s astronomically expensive midfield…. In fact, David Silva was the only one getting the home fans excited – and that was by rolling around on the deck… Jack Rodwell and Phil Neville were both booked harshly for tangling with the Spaniard….. Toure was then booked himself for scything down Seamus Coleman and with half an hour gone Howard Webb had been waving his card around like Roberto Mancini with Sheikh Mansour’s Visa…. As David Moyes said pre-match, you’re not going to outplay a team as lavishly assembled as City’s so it was about finding a way of getting something. For the Blues that meant a defensive gameplan that would have had coaches reaching for a notebook and pen…. Louis Saha replacing Cahill, the Aussie limping off with Vincent Kompany’s studs leaving an impression on his shin…. Balotelli…A large slice of fortune helped him along the way, however, as his shot took a sizeable and decisive deflection off of the lunging Phil Jagielka…. Inevitably that goal inflicted a gaping puncture in the Blues’ performance and a sloppy second strike merely confirmed defeat…. Full match report here: http://www.evertonfc.com/match/report/1 ... verton?t=2 If I was an Everton fan, I would be embarrassed.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:46 am  

Enfield Exile wrote:

If I was an Everton fan, I would be embarrassed.

To be fair though you've cut out all the bits that praise Man City haven't you.

Is any of it wrong? Bitter unquestionably, but it's still right. City's play acting was pathetic and the referee's performance was terrible.

When you spend £950 billion on your team you cannot expect people to shower you with glory. Any game you win is one you should win and any game you don't win will see you mercilessly mocked.

It's the downside to buying success. You don't get any appreciation for it, but to be fair neither do you deserve any.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:19 am  

Saddened! wrote:

To be fair though you've cut out all the bits that praise Man City haven't you. .

Praise? I have quoted around 90% of the article. Any faint praising was damining.


Is any of it wrong? Bitter unquestionably, but it's still right. City's play acting was pathetic and the referee's performance was terrible.

Yes. The amount we have apparently spent on left-backs and Balotelli. Balotelli cost £3m more than the alleged fee for Feillani. So can I claim that the Belgian cost £27m. To be honest, I have not read anywhere about Balotelli costing as much as £30m.

I think your website content editor, surely a card carrying self-pitying scouser, realises that whether something is true or not, it doesn’t mean it should be published.

When you spend £950 billion on your team you cannot expect people to shower you with glory. .

Deary me.

It's the downside to buying success. You don't get any appreciation for it, but to be fair neither do you deserve any.

I understand your envy. I guess the Mersey Millionaires were not deserving of any appreciation too?

I don’t care if everybody hates us. Your hate is fear. Your fear gives me a warm glow.

We are better than Everton, and that is likely to continue during your lifetime. You may as well get used to it. In 20 years time, your ‘istree will include at least 15 years in the lower leagues and a ground share with Tranmere. Be sure to remember that when you approach that day when you are going to disappear into the annals of ‘istree, I will be watching on with a smug smile. Actually I am going to make a promise to myself right now…..I will buy a bottle of X0 champagne cognac on the day you go into administration.

Bye-bye Everton, with your horrible ground, 2-bit manager and horrid fans.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:32 am  

Sthelens RLFC wrote:

I wouldn't worry about it mate, he'll be taking photos that John Bishop posted as a wind up next and claim it's off his Liverpool supporting mate.

2 for 1. Chomp chomp

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:45 am  

Enfield Exile wrote:

I don’t care if everybody hates us. Your hate is fear. Your fear gives me a warm glow.

Fear of what exactly? Whoever wins the league out of City, United, Chelsea and Arsenal really isn't of any interest to me.

Lets face it, football is now divided between the 'have billionaire owner' clubs and those who do not. City fans taking self satisfaction about winning is a bit sad if you ask me.

It's kind of like buying every number on the lottery. You will inevitably 'win' the lottery, but it's a very shallow victory.

Roll on the day they set up a 'Super League' for the billionaire owned clubs to play each other so the real clubs can get back to playing proper football.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Sep 26, 2011 11:40 am  

Catalancs wrote:

2 for 1. Chomp chomp

Ah, you were trolling. Can't tell most of the time.