2011

Post #881 » by **bryant08** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 5:47 pm

Had an exam this morning at 10, watched a bit of the United game and then turned it off just before Balotelli scored. Left at half-time, walked out after getting destroyed on the exam and saw City inflicted similar pain on United. No surprise that Evans was the donkey. Probably won't watch the recording later, so just going to assume it was embarassing to concede 3 goals in added time.

Post #882 » by **5DOM** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:23 am

Watching the MOTD, it really was an amazing game despite the 1-0 scoreline.

treiz · Post #883 » by **treiz** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:08 am

5DOM wrote:Luiz is unbelievable. 11 out of 10 performance had it not been for the weak penalty.

I agree with this. Ray Wilkins can STFU, you hate Luiz we get it.

Never been more pissed off after watching a game after this (well this and that infamous game against Barcelona in the semis), the referee was so blatantly against us every call, I don't mind some of the calls that he made, but at least keep it consistent. Every time a QPR player gets shouldered it's a yellow card, every time Luiz gets absolutely manhandled in the box no penalty. Chris Foy needs to fined for this game.

EDIT:

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,,11668_7261866,00.html

And rightly so, AVB better not get fined for this. Even the FA should know what a crap performance Chris Foy had.

On a more lighter note, Birmingham City have arguably created the best chant ever. It was first demonstrated in their recent Europa League win.

Jugs · Post #884 » by **Jugs** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:29 am

treiz wrote:
On a more lighter note, Birmingham City have arguably created the best chant ever. It was first demonstrated in their recent Europa League win.

how does the chant go?

Post #885 » by **5DOM** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:31 am

AVB's probably gonna get banned for a couple of matches, but I don't think he cares tbh. I said this when Wenger and Ferguson got their touchline bans, but these bans are useless anyway.

treiz · Post #886 » by **treiz** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:36 am

Jugs wrote:
treiz wrote:
On a more lighter note, Birmingham City have arguably created the best chant ever. It was first demonstrated in their recent Europa League win.

how does the chant go?

Trying to find a clip of it but it was when David Murphy scored for them.

It goes, "Don't you wish your left-back was Dave Murphy"

To the tune of Don't Cha by the Pussycat Dolls. I was laughing when I was watching that game.

treiz · Post #887 » by **treiz** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:37 am

5DOM wrote:AVB's probably gonna get banned for a couple of matches, but I don't think he cares tbh. I said this when Wenger and Ferguson got their touchline bans, but these bans are useless anyway.

I don't mind a ban, but if he gets fined then the FA needs to sort themselves out.

IronChef · Post #888 » by **IronChef** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:42 am

He'll get both a ban and a fine, ridiculous as it is.

Arsenal fans used to do a similar chant of 'don't you wish your club had Thierry Henry' which was then changed to 'don't you wish your club had some history' for games against Chelsea.

Post #889 » by **Slava** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 4:44 am

Man.. what a depressing day!

After that 5-1 defeat at Maine Road a whole load of players were shipped away and the drinking culture at United pretty much ended.

This doesn't need as much a retrospection but guys like Evra, Rio, Anderson, Evans and Fletcher might be out if their performances don't change by the end of season.

Actually I think time's already run out for Evans.

Jugs · Post #890 » by **Jugs** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:23 am

treiz wrote:
Jugs wrote:
treiz wrote:
On a more lighter note, Birmingham City have arguably created the best chant ever. It was first demonstrated in their recent Europa League win.

how does the chant go?

Trying to find a clip of it but it was when David Murphy scored for them.

It goes, "Don't you wish your left-back was Dave Murphy"

To the tune of Don't Cha by the Pussycat Dolls. I was laughing when I was watching that game.

treiz · Post #891 » by **treiz** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:07 pm

IronChef wrote:He'll get both a ban and a fine, ridiculous as it is.

Arsenal fans used to do a similar chant of 'don't you wish your club had Thierry Henry' which was then changed to 'don't you wish your club had some history' for games against Chelsea.

I'm fine with the ban, as Di Matteo has proven to be a quality no.2, it's a shame he will be fined but it'll be a complete disgrace if he does.

Yeah, thinking about it I think we had a similar chant going, I think around after he was stripped of his captaincy from England. It went "Don't you wish your captain was John Terry" IIRC.

Jugs · Post #892 » by **Jugs** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:55 am

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011 ... CMP=twt_gu

Jugs · Post #893 » by **Jugs** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:56 am

slowly becoming my favourite non arsenal player (sorry Modric)

treiz · Post #894 » by **treiz** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:55 am

Jugs wrote:http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/oct/24/mario-balotelli-face-of-fireworks-safety?CMP=twt_gu

That's awesome! I think he actually is my favorite non-Chelsea player!

Post #895 » by **5DOM** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 2:31 pm

Been mine as well since he gave 1000 pounds to a hobo. Barton and Balotelli are probably my two favorites.

lukekarts · Post #896 » by **lukekarts** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 3:39 pm

Yesterday Balotelli was reportedly driving round central Manchester in his Bentley convertible, giving high fives to every City fan he saw.

Starting to warm to the guy :roll:

Post #897 » by **Slava** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 3:59 pm

"But I don't care what people say about me. I am focused on my football, my manager, girlfriends and my family."

Boss

I can't really hate on him even if he plays for City.

jerrod · Post #898 » by **jerrod** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 4:12 pm

lukekarts wrote:Yesterday Balotelli was reportedly driving round central Manchester in his Bentley convertible, giving high fives to every City fan he saw.

Starting to warm to the guy

sounds like a fun way to spend a day

and1GS · Post #899 » by **and1GS** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 11:26 pm

Balotelli is awesome, I'm glad he's finally getting some positive publicity. Ya he's very immature...but that's because he's so young. Dude's been playing high level pro soccer since he was 18. He'll always be eccentric but his heart is definitely in the right place.

Pumped to see him excel so much lately.

Can't say the same for Villa...gah that's getting depressing.

BC_ · Post #900 » by **BC_** » Sat Oct 29, 2011 5:28 am

Big game tonight. Crucial matchup likely to be Juan Mata vs whoever we have at right back - sagna's out.