Football: WORLD CUP 06 and close season/transfer discussion.

Rib · Post by **Rib** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:21 am 0

GeeZa wrote:
Mayhem wrote:
Dio wrote:But then again the Arsenal game could have been about 37-0.
There's one-sided and then there's backs against the wall so much your arse is getting a brick enema.

Frightening today from the Arse... let's see if they can keep that up for the return of Real.
They're still easily the best team in the country on their day. It's just their day doesn't come quite as often as it used to. But my God, going forward they've still got it. The Real game could be amazing.

Eh? LOL

Chelsea "on their day" are easily by far and away the best team in the country. Not even close. Have you even ever watched Chelsea when they are being truely amazing?

GeeZa · Post by **GeeZa** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 6:43 am 0

Rib wrote:
GeeZa wrote:
Mayhem wrote:
Dio wrote:But then again the Arsenal game could have been about 37-0.
There's one-sided and then there's backs against the wall so much your arse is getting a brick enema.

Frightening today from the Arse... let's see if they can keep that up for the return of Real.
They're still easily the best team in the country on their day. It's just their day doesn't come quite as often as it used to. But my God, going forward they've still got it. The Real game could be amazing.
Eh? LOL

Chelsea "on their day" are easily by far and away the best team in the country. Not even close. Have you even ever watched Chelsea when they are being truely amazing?

I just don't agree. I'd take Henry's left ear-hole over either Drogba or Crespo every single day. Arsenal are re-building and have suffered from inconsistency, but I still rate them as frighteningly good when they get it on. Have Chelsea been "truly amazing" at all this season? "Methodical" or "Lampardian" might be more accurate descriptions.

Rib · Post by **Rib** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:23 am 0

GeeZa wrote:
Rib wrote:
GeeZa wrote:
Mayhem wrote:
Dio wrote:But then again the Arsenal game could have been about 37-0.
There's one-sided and then there's backs against the wall so much your arse is getting a brick enema.

Frightening today from the Arse... let's see if they can keep that up for the return of Real.
They're still easily the best team in the country on their day. It's just their day doesn't come quite as often as it used to. But my God, going forward they've still got it. The Real game could be amazing.
Eh? LOL

Chelsea "on their day" are easily by far and away the best team in the country. Not even close. Have you even ever watched Chelsea when they are being truely amazing?
I just don't agree. I'd take Henry's left ear-hole over either Drogba or Crespo every single day. Arsenal are re-building and have suffered from inconsistency, but I still rate them as frighteningly good when they get it on. Have Chelsea been "truly amazing" at all this season? "Methodical" or "Lampardian" might be more accurate descriptions.

That's not what you said. What you said was Arsenal are the best team "on their day" when actually what you say now is Henry is the better. Of course he is, but that doesn't make Arsenal better than Chelsea.
Chelsea are unstoppable when they are at their best and no Arsenal team will ever come close even on top form.

Sickboy · Post by **Sickboy** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:54 am 0

GeeZa wrote:"Methodical" or "Lampardian"

I hear ya, GeeZa. There's something about Arsenal when they're in full flow - they glide. Chelsea are more surgical and effective than eye-catching.

They're the Tom Hanks to Arsenal's Tom Cruise.

Ely · Post by **Ely** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 12:12 pm 0

Sickboy wrote:They're the Tom Hanks to Arsenal's Tom Cruise.

Eek, I just had visions of Tom Cruise having a Hollywood-ised 'Soccer' film in the works. Shudder

Zen-Chan · Post by **Zen-Chan** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 12:20 pm 0

Sickboy wrote: They're the Tom Hanks to Arsenal's Tom Cruise.

Run, Frank! Run!

Sickboy · Post by **Sickboy** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 12:39 pm 0

Ely wrote:
Sickboy wrote:They're the Tom Hanks to Arsenal's Tom Cruise.
Eek, I just had visions of Tom Cruise having a Hollywood-ised 'Soccer' film in the works. Shudder

Has anyone seen Goal! yet? No masterpiece, but good fun.

Football movies are notoriously shit, but there are one or two exceptions (Shaolin Soccer, The Cup, er, Escape To Victory... Ish). Fever Pitch can fuck right off, though. For obvious reasons.

There's an ace-looking doc about the NY Cosmos (Pele team) coming up, this year.

I'd love to see a movie based on the best book ever written about football...

I naggingly urge everyone to read it.

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 12:42 pm 0

Sickboy wrote:Has anyone seen Goal! yet? No masterpiece, but good fun.

You'd think I would have, but I've been living in America for years, where there was absolutely no chance of that film getting a release. Still, now that I'm back, I might pick it up on DVD.

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 12:43 pm 0

Sickboy wrote:Has anyone seen Goal! yet? No masterpiece, but good fun.

Definitely good fun. It's more of a Newcastle movie than a football movie. Stereotypical perhaps, but it really is rather like that up here. And I particularly liked the line "How old do you have to be to drink here?" "About thirteen, I think."

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 12:46 pm 0

Dio wrote:Definitely good fun. It's more of a Newcastle movie than a football movie. Stereotypical perhaps, but it really is rather like that up here. And I particularly liked the line "How old do you have to be to drink here?" "About thirteen, I think."

Nailed it!

saul · Post by **saul** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:00 pm 0

Think Gary Neville's taken this all a bit far now

Talk about PC nightmare if it goes any further.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manc ... 768652.stm

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:45 pm 0

Boy oh boy oh boy.

I haven't seen much of Sunderland this season, but they are absolutely atrocious.

Gorecki · Post by **Gorecki** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 3:10 pm 0

Sickboy wrote:
GeeZa wrote:"Methodical" or "Lampardian"

I hear ya, GeeZa. There's something about Arsenal when they're in full flow - they glide. Chelsea are more surgical and effective than eye-catching.

They're the Tom Hanks to Arsenal's Tom Cruise.

I've always thought that the difference between the current Arsenal and Chelsea teams is that Arsenal love to play football whilst Chelsea love winning. They honestly don't look as if they care what they're doing as long as they're winning it.

Watching the MotD highlights of Arsenals destruction of Middlesborough, they looked as though they were having the time of their life and I honestly couldn't begin to think of Thierry Henry doing anything in his life that wasn't football related.

Whilst if Abramovitch decided overnight that Chelsea FC were going to become a Darts team I would fully expect every single player to turn up to training a fortnight later sporting a beer gut and a mullet.

Zen-Chan · Post by **Zen-Chan** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:22 pm 0

Very entertaining Spurs/Blackburn game.

I want to see Spurs go on and take the fourth slot.

Mat T · Post by **Mat T** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:55 pm 0

Sickboy wrote:
Ely wrote:
Sickboy wrote:They're the Tom Hanks to Arsenal's Tom Cruise.
Eek, I just had visions of Tom Cruise having a Hollywood-ised 'Soccer' film in the works. Shudder

Has anyone seen Goal! yet? No masterpiece, but good fun.

Football movies are notoriously shit, but there are one or two exceptions (Shaolin Soccer, The Cup, er, Escape To Victory... Ish). Fever Pitch can fuck right off, though. For obvious reasons.

There's an ace-looking doc about the NY Cosmos (Pele team) coming up, this year.

I'd love to see a movie based on the best book ever written about football...

I naggingly urge everyone to read it.

Cool, I will have a look at that book.

Personally I loved this...

And then also this...