: Thu May 28, 2009 3:09 pm  

Sthelens RLFC wrote:

The icing on the cake is the absolute hearbreak Chelsea fans will be feeling now. 5 bad decisions and a 93rd minute goal away from winning it this year...maybe next year will finally be their year..........

I was still pretty angry over the semi yesterday. I was planning on giving the final a complete miss and going to watch Star Trek at the cinema, but the torrential rain put a stop to that. In the end I turned the game on after about ten minutes (Barca were already a goal up and all the replays had already been shown so I didn't see the goal for a while) and watched it.

I'm very pleased that Man United lost. United winning would have made the semi even worse. So seeing Man United get beaten so easily was good.

We'll leave the "maybe next year" to you scousers and your quest for the Premier League.

: Thu May 28, 2009 3:12 pm  

flipper wrote:

that's great 'seven year olds logic' - had chelsea qualified , its a different game.

Agree totally. It'd have been a totally different game had Barca not taken an early lead last night as well.

: Thu May 28, 2009 3:20 pm  

Catalancs wrote:

does make you wonder about the claims that the premier league is the best league in the world.
the best team in england were taken apart by la liga champions.

The fact that without an incompetent ref Barca wouldn't have even been in the final makes you wonder at why people rush so quickly towards hyperbole over teams.

If Fergie had won yesterday then he'd be lauded as probably the greatest manager of all time, instead questions will be asked and the excitement will be over Guardiola.

I don't care whether the Premier League is the best in the league or not. I'll leave that to the Spanish wannabes to debate. But out of the top 5 strongest sides in Europe, at least 3 of them are from the Premier League. Barca may have given United a beating last night, but Barca were given a similar beating in the semi by Chelsea and they were knocked out by United in the semis last year.

: Thu May 28, 2009 4:15 pm  

Not read all of the comments about last night, so I might be repeating stuff.

For ten minutes last night I thought we might have a chance. As soon as they scored I knew it was game over. They played some fantastic football at times and we looked ordinary. Never really got back into it. They deserved it and I have no complaints whatsoever. I'm just glad we were in the final again - we had to lose one eventually! And you just know that we'll be back again before too long.

It has been funny seeing the reaction, elsewhere, of city fans, Liverpool fans and, indeed, supporters of every club. Funny how some people need to use other clubs' success to have a go at United because there's not been any at their own!

League Cup winners, FA Cup Semi Finals, European Cup Final, Champions of England for the third time in a row, the eighteenth overall and World Club Champions for the second time. Not been a bad season for United, has it?

: Thu May 28, 2009 7:31 pm  

Karlos13 wrote:

What time is the memorial service at Anfield?

JFT 39.

what justice are you seeking for the 39?
possibly liverpool fans up in court,facing charges and if convicted sent to jail?

hold on, thats been done already.

care to tell us,what more you want!!

: Thu May 28, 2009 7:45 pm  

CORNISH wrote: what justice are you seeking for the 39? possibly liverpool fans up in court,facing charges and if convicted sent to jail? hold on, thats been done already. care to tell us,what more you want!! There were 27 arrests on suspicion of manslaughter – the only extraditable offence applicable to events at Heysel. The majority of these people were from Merseyside. Some of these people had previous convictions for football-related violence. In 1989, after a 5-month trial in Belgium, fourteen Liverpool fans were given 3-year sentences for involuntary manslaughter.[15] Half the terms were suspended[16] and it is unclear how many served their sentences. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heysel_Stadium_disaster So how many of them did serve their sentences?

CORNISH wrote: what justice are you seeking for the 39? possibly liverpool fans up in court,facing charges and if convicted sent to jail? hold on, thats been done already. care to tell us,what more you want!! There were 27 arrests on suspicion of manslaughter – the only extraditable offence applicable to events at Heysel. The majority of these people were from Merseyside. Some of these people had previous convictions for football-related violence. In 1989, after a 5-month trial in Belgium, fourteen Liverpool fans were given 3-year sentences for involuntary manslaughter.[15] Half the terms were suspended[16] and it is unclear how many served their sentences. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heysel_Stadium_disaster So how many of them did serve their sentences?

: Thu May 28, 2009 7:48 pm  

CORNISH wrote:

what justice are you seeking for the 39?
possibly liverpool fans up in court,facing charges and if convicted sent to jail?

hold on, thats been done already.

care to tell us,what more you want!!

really?

: Thu May 28, 2009 7:50 pm  

IRELAND: I NEVER WANT TO LEAVE CITY

IRELAND: I NEVER WANT TO LEAVE CITY

: Thu May 28, 2009 8:01 pm  

Catalancs wrote: IRELAND: I NEVER WANT TO LEAVE CITY Did he nearly sign for Sunderland?

Catalancs wrote: IRELAND: I NEVER WANT TO LEAVE CITY Did he nearly sign for Sunderland?

: Thu May 28, 2009 8:20 pm  

Robbie Rotten wrote:

Did he nearly sign for Sunderland?

think you could be right. wasn't he linked with them last summer?