***The Official World Soccer Thread***

"alen1 wrote:

Agreed but that yellow as not deserving IMO. Agree on Koscielny. Damn shame he had to leave the pitch.

Not a red? Really? He went right through Koscielny.

I've seen worse from behind not called a red... that wasn't a red. Wasn't even from behind...

"Skull Destroyer wrote:

Is it me or does Nasri seem to play better when Cesc is out?

I think so too.

"Paul 13 wrote:

I've seen worse from behind not called a red... that wasn't a red. Wasn't even from behind...

The challenge was completely unnecessary. It deserved a red.

REAL CLASSY LIVERPOOL CHANTING SAME OLE ARSENAL ALWAYS CHEATING AS KOS IS CARRIED OUT ON A STRETCHER. With mascharano on their team, im sure this isn't a first.

Koscielny is back! Yes!

Oh God...

NGOG!!! I take it all back... yumm yumm...

manu can't get beat near post there.

Almunia has to have some of the worst decision making skills I've ever seen.

"alen1 wrote:

Koscielny is back! Yes!

well there's a surprise...:shifty:

LMAO! What a fail.

Get Arshavin off the pitch already. He's not doing a damn thing but losing the ball.

**** me :no:

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!

Reina pulling some fabianski moves

"It's certainly not a ball to hand job"

"Skull Destroyer wrote:

"It's certainly not a ball to hand job"

:lol: I was hoping I wasn't the only one who heard that. That was hilarious!

WOW. What a game though. Thank you for Chamakh for making that blunder on Reina's part occur.

oy vey...what a shame... so close... Agger just symbolic on the left though of Liverpool's ferver today... likely a concussion from a blocked shot earlier.. and he gets back out there... he'll be seeing double for a while... Reina was 95% solid today... asking a lot. Shame but good vibrant energetic start IMO...

handjob! you can't say that on tv :P

Arsenal looked pretty good in the first 20 minutes...then looked like crap till the OG.

Pretty excited to see Newcastle United dismantle MAN U tomorrow. (Yeah I am nuts)

"Section126 wrote:

Arsenal looked pretty good in the first 20 minutes...then looked like crap till the OG.

Pretty excited to see Newcastle United dismantle MAN U tomorrow. (Yeah I am nuts)

I didn't think they were crap the entire 70 remaining minutes. There was a short period where Liverpool got their corners and the single goal but for the most part, I thought we played well. We had several chances but didn't capitalize.

"Section126 wrote:

Arsenal looked pretty good in the first 20 minutes...then looked like crap till the OG.

Pretty excited to see Newcastle United dismantle MAN U tomorrow. (Yeah I am nuts)

Unfortunatey it was back to the same old Arsenal with no plan B. We have always been terrible when teams have a player sent off and then sit behind the ball almost challenging us to open them up. Liverpool sat with two diciplined rows of four which pretty much killed the game. Bit harsh on the two sendings off to be honest, bookings definately but referee should just have considered the time both challenges took place - although I could have guaranteed an Arsenal player was going to be sent off to "even things out"

Would be good to see NUFC turn over United tonight but see them hitting atleast four.

"baboo72 wrote:

Unfortunatey it was back to the same old Arsenal with no plan B. We have always been terrible when teams have a player sent off and then sit behind the ball almost challenging us to open them up. Liverpool sat with two diciplined rows of four which pretty much killed the game. Bit harsh on the two sendings off to be honest, bookings definately but referee should just have considered the time both challenges took place - although I could have guaranteed an Arsenal player was going to be sent off to "even things out"

Would be good to see NUFC turn over United tonight but see them hitting atleast four.

As long as we give a good account of ourselves I will be happy. I would really hate to see us get blown away like West Brom did on Saturady. It really should not happen as this team is pretty solid at the back (at Championship level anyway) and we have decent talent in midfield. Andy Carroll will give Vidic and Smalling problems if given the chance.

In reality, the best time to play Man U is at the start of the season. We drew with them 1-1 two seasons ago and Birmingham gave them problems last season also, so if we stay disciplined and tight in midfield/at the back, then we could sneak a result. But I'm being overally optimistic :lol:.

Good soccer weekend. Uruguayan league got postponed because of a referee strike but Tottenham debuted with a dissapointing 0-0 draw agaisnt Man City. It could've easily been 5-0 in the 30th minute of the 1st half had it not been for Citeh's keeper.

Rooting for Newcastle today