Wake up you footy fans!!!

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:20 pm

UEFA Cup Winners: Chelsea

Crisis of the Season: Peter Crouch discovers that his feet are still growing

The former is a definite possibility.....and would be very amusing.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:50 pm

I like JM's double prediction. I'll go with that.

Driving through north of North London/Epping Forest recently I noticed a very flash house called 'Camp Nou'. WTF?, I thought. Looks like a footballer's house, but why would a BarÃ§a player have a place here? Turns out it's Teddy Shezza's, and of course the house name commemorates his moment of greatest glory. Way to go, Shezza! Very close to the road. Easily spotted. Apparently it got pelted when that moron bimbo of an ex-girlfriend of his was part of the anti-Shilpa witch hunt on 'Celebrity' Big Bro.

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:05 am

Otis Westinghouse wrote:I like JM's double prediction. I'll go with that.

Driving through north of North London/Epping Forest recently I noticed a very flash house called 'Camp Nou'. WTF?, I thought. Looks like a footballer's house, but why would a BarÃ§a player have a place here? Turns out it's Teddy Shezza's, and of course the house name commemorates his moment of greatest glory. Way to go, Shezza! Very close to the road. Easily spotted. Apparently it got pelted when that moron bimbo of an ex-girlfriend of his was part of the anti-Shilpa witch hunt on 'Celebrity' Big Bro.

Not my predictions - SLL's.

Teddy Sheringham - what a player. Should have played many many more times for England.

so lacklustre · Post by **so lacklustre** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:09 pm

Not my predictions - SLL's.

I think he means your prediction that Manu will win the domestic double.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 6:01 pm

Precisamente.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:55 am

MG, looks like your local MLS club could be moving closer to home...

"Major League Soccerâ€™s New England Revolution and Somerville officials have held preliminary discussions about building a 20,000-plus seat soccer stadium on a site not far from Charlestown, Mayor Joseph Curtatone confirmed."

http://business.bostonherald.com/busine ... id=1014772

That would be fantastic. My mom grew up in Summy and her family all live there still, right on Central Street. This would be an ideal road trip - visit the family, catch the match. I can only imagine the kind of crowds you'd get, between the townies, students, etc. I really hope this comes off.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 6:14 pm

I've never laughed so much at a penalty shoot-out. Priceless! The look on Mourinho's face. And he's already moaning about injuries and absent players. Still, we saw last year what a difference Terry makes, so today is pretty dire news for WSS et al. I think winning the shite Shiled means we're probably then due to lose the title, but on a sunny day like today, who cares? There was some good up for it footie, and the lovely prospect of Giggsy, who's going off the barometer in terms of MU legendary hero status, scoring a neat one. Interesting placing of Evra as left midfield. More successful than that of Cole as lone striker.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 8:29 pm

I missed the whole pointless spectacle as I was in Manhattan with the wife and kids, playground hopping in Central Park. What a gorgeous day!

That was a very strange lineup Jose put out there, by necessity I suppose. Could be a turbulent first couple of weeks, with the Robben/Ballack to Real Madrid rumors and the Terry injury, though we are at least better covered in defense than we were last season.

Let the posturing stop and the games begin. We'll see if Man United can live up to expectations. With Tevez in the fold they have to be favorites to retain the title. I will have a good laugh if we win it all at their expense.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:54 am

Did you not see the penalties? Shame if not!

Will Tevez make such a big difference? After all the hot air and endless tedium, it might be a bigger non-event than Sheva. How it works with Rooney wil be key, and the lad looked very up for it yesterday.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:10 am

Otis Westinghouse wrote:Did you not see the penalties? Shame if not!

No, and I won't be going back to watch. It's pretty clear that penalty shoot-outs are our achilles heel.

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:50 am

The Chelsea penalties were farcical. The best penalty - which was a complete surprise - was the first one of the shootout taken by none other than His Name Is Rio. All of the other penalties were close to the goalkeepers although Cech diving the wrong way on a couple of occasions helped.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:46 am

Yeah I heard they were all basically shot directly at Van der Sar.

Lampard is acquiring a reputation as a terrible penalty taker, but if you look at his record of scoring penalties in regular time it's actually quite good.

Definitely an area we need to work on.

littletriggers · Post by **littletriggers** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 8:12 am

Come on you Irons, lets start the season right with a win against Sven .

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 8:37 am

Did I pick Spurs to finish 4th? Scratch that.

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:59 am

disappointing and very unadventurous. Early days though. Early days.

littletriggers · Post by **littletriggers** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 11:43 am

2 . 0 . What can I say , apart from " 'oock off you northern bastards "

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 10:21 am

Nice win. Very entertaining stuff and the new boys we got look like a steal. None of that dull Tottenham-style football for Champagne Chelsea!

I'm off the Giants Stadium this afternoon for the Red Bulls game against Best Fans in the League FC(TM) (aka Toronto).

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:55 pm

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 4:50 pm

*crickets*

Oh look, there goes a tumbleweed!

so lacklustre · Post by **so lacklustre** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 5:00 pm

I never used to like Roy Keane..........

or Steve Coppell

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:24 pm

MU heroes both, and Hughes. Graduates of the Theatre of Dreams. I've had the script written for several months now that Keano is natural successor to Keane, despite any disputes in the past, but could easily see it being one of the other ex-alumni. Interesting start to the season.

so lacklustre · Post by **so lacklustre** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:17 am

Keano is natural successor to Keane

What?

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:01 am

I assume he meant Red Nose.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:08 pm

No, I meant the band. It was late...

Blimey, what's become of Spurs?

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:12 pm

Otis Westinghouse wrote:No, I meant the band. It was late...

Blimey, what's become of Spurs?

Jackson and Gilli on suicide watch.

Robbo looks good though.