December 16, 200718 yr Author Thank god the person at work who supports Spuds is off for 4 weeks, so hopefully he would have forgotten about it.
December 16, 200718 yr Author What you gonna do next month when half your teams goes off to Africa? :P The same as Chelsea :P
December 16, 200718 yr 4 points off a play off spot. Well at least none of our players are good enough to be lost to international duties. :rolleyes:
December 16, 200718 yr Play offs if Burley can dislodge his head from his ass for the remainder of the season.
December 16, 200718 yr Author Otherwise it will be another season in the fizzy pop league for you, outside the money-rich premiership
December 16, 200718 yr I'm sure in January the board will sell off anyone with any hint of talent left at the club and stuck in the coke can we will stay. :angry:
December 16, 200718 yr Gallas (left) scored from a Fabregas corner late in the first-half Arsenal defeated Chelsea for the first time since February 2004 to reclaim top spot in the Premier League. Manchester United had moved above them earlier in the day but William Gallas's header after Petr Cech failed to collect a corner ensured a Gunners win. Shaun Wright-Phillips should have equalised but missed from six yards, while Manuel Almunia saved an Andriy Shevchenko free-kick in injury time. Robin van Persie missed from 14 yards and was then denied by Cech late on. Arsenal did not beat Chelsea during Jose Mourinho's entire tenure as Blues manager but have defeated Avram Grant's team at the first attempt. Chelsea had gone 16 games without defeat in all competitions under Grant but now trail the Gunners by six points and United by five at the top of the league. As with United's match at Liverpool earlier in the day, it was a tight game with little to choose between the teams. But Arsenal probably showed more invention and ability on the break than Chelsea, who crucially lost John Terry to a suspected ligament injury after 38 minutes. Even so, Chelsea should have equalised through Wright-Phillips, who scuffed his shot from six yards after Gallas had diverted a cross into his path midway through the second half. Arsenal started brightly, their crisp passing and intelligent movement heavily in evidence as the home team looked for an early goal. They had Cesc Fabregas, Mathieu Flamini and Alexander Hleb back in their line-up but Chelsea, with their five-man midfield, soon ensured that space and time on the ball was at a premium. And it looked as though the first half would remain goalless before Gallas, playing against his old team, struck in time added on. Chelsea had lost Terry after he failed to recover from a challenge by Emmanuel Eboue and, without the skipper's commanding presence in the box, Gallas was able to nudge Tal Ben Haim off the ball and convert Fabregas' corner. But culpability for the goal lay with the normally reliable Cech, who came off his line to clear the corner but failed to make any meaningful contact with the ball. Brazilian defender Alex had almost gifted Arsenal the lead earlier in the half when he tried to head the ball to Cech but only succeeded in looping it over the keeper and, thankfully for him, narrowly wide of the Chelsea goal. It was a fractious game with plenty of niggle, two melees and 10 yellow cards. Possession was surrendered far too cheaply for either team to find any kind of rhythm and for long spells it seemed to suit Chelsea, who forced first-half saves from Almunia with decent long-range strikes from Wright-Phillips and Shevchenko. Almunia dived sharply to his right to prevent Obi from scoring his first goal of the season in the second half, while Wright-Phillips's horrible miss was a real let-off for the home team. The game became increasingly stretched as Chelsea searched for an equaliser and Arsenal cut them open with a precise break that substitute Van Persie was unable to finish from 14 yards. Van Persie had the ball in the net after another break but the goal was ruled out for offside and later saw another effort saved by Cech, who then denied Fabregas with a follow-up. Shevchenko had a late chance for Chelsea with a free-kick but Almunia tipped the effort over his bar. The final action saw Arsenal waste another chance on the break and Fabregas booked for a tackle on Ashley Cole, who was booed throughout the afternoon on his return to his former club. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7134171.stm
December 16, 200718 yr Author Poor old Man Utd, back down to 2nd. Interesting if that the premiership was a 4 horse race, Man Utd would be on top
December 21, 200718 yr Author Carling Cup quarter-final draw: West Ham v Everton Man City v Spurs Chelsea v Liverpool Blackburn v Arsenal So, my predictions will be: West Ham, Man City, Chelsea & Arsenal 2 out of 4 ain't bad :lol: I believe the draw for the 2 legged semi-finals is: Chelsea vs Everton Arsenal vs Spurs So hopefully a repeat of the 2007 final
December 23, 200718 yr Cheated?? It was the most blatant penalty ever awarded! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_orkTy0A1yE
December 23, 200718 yr Author Maybe we will do you a flavour and manage to score a goal at Fratton and send them back up the A3 with nothing
December 25, 200718 yr Seasonal feast for Premier League Keane and Ferguson's sides have already met once this season The Premier League enters a key phase with a jam-packed Boxing Day programme promising to throw up twists and turns at both ends of the table. Manchester United renew acquaintances with Roy Keane as they take on a Sunderland side scrapping for points after sliding into the bottom three. Leaders Arsenal will expect no gifts on their trip to Portsmouth. Birmingham and Middlesbrough are poised for a six-pointer, while stranded Derby face a daunting test against Liverpool. The Boxing Day fixture list sees 18 of the 20 Premier League teams in action, with only Manchester City and Blackburn having to wait until 27 December to play. The busy festive period is traditionally the time when seasons take shape, and Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson said this year would be no different. "As far as I'm concerned, the battle of the big four is still on," said Ferguson, whose side are one point behind the Gunners. "There's a slight gap opening up, with Arsenal and ourselves nosing in front of Chelsea and Liverpool, but you can't start calling it a two-horse race. It's far too early. "December is a very important month and if we get through the Christmas period and are still with Arsenal then we will have a good chance." United's trip to the Stadium of Light will give Sunderland manager Keane another chance to put one over his old team after the Black Cats fell to a 1-0 defeat at Old Trafford in September. "United are a top club with great supporters but we're in a professional business - you don't get sucked into an old pals' act," Keane told Sunderland's official website. "We want to win the game, we need the points. It's nothing to do with personal feelings, it's about Sunderland. I'm not a great one for looking back." Chelsea will tackle Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge, and Blues boss Avram Grant concurs with Ferguson's view that the title race is wide open. "I think it's unusual to have four teams fighting for the title in December," said Grant. "All four teams won their first game of the Christmas programme, so us it will be an exciting title race this season. "For us, six points is a gap we can make up. We just need to concentrate on winning our games because at this stage of the season there is not one team who will win every game from now until the end." Villa are hoping to complete their second league win of the season over the Blues. "To do the double over Chelsea would be gigantic for us," said Villa boss Martin O'Neill. "We shouldn't be downhearted - we should be going there with plenty of confidence and we will take them on. We're capable of taking the game to them and we'll cause them problems." Derby are desperate for points, with a six-point gap separating them from second-bottom Wigan. But Rams boss Paul Jewell has adopted a realistic attitude ahead of the visit of a Liverpool side who thrashed them 6-0 earlier in the season. "If Liverpool play well then they will beat us - but if they don't play well and we do, then we've a chance," he said. "Let's have it right, none of our players would get into their team, whatever team they play, and every one of theirs would get into our team. "So we're up against it, but we're not going into the game just to lie down and expecting them to beat us, we want to try to win the game." Tottenham are hoping to bounce back from their defeat by north London rivals Arsenal with another London derby against Fulham, while West Ham take on Reading and Everton host Bolton. Elsewhere, Newcastle could be boosted by the return of England striker Michael Owen to their squad to face Wigan, with the 28-year-old ready to resume full training after a thigh injury. Wednesday, 26 December 2007 Birmingham v Middlesbrough, 15:00 Chelsea v Aston Villa, 13:00 Derby v Liverpool, 15:00 Everton v Bolton, 15:00 Portsmouth v Arsenal, 19:45 Sunderland v Man Utd, 15:00 Tottenham v Fulham, 13:00 West Ham v Reading, 13:00 Wigan v Newcastle, 15:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 27 December 2007 Man City v Blackburn, 19:45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, 29 December 2007 Birmingham v Fulham, 15:00 Chelsea v Newcastle, 15:00 Everton v Arsenal, 17:15 Portsmouth v Middlesbrough, 15:00 Sunderland v Bolton, 15:00 Tottenham v Reading, 15:00 West Ham v Man Utd, 15:00 Wigan v Aston Villa, 15:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, 30 December 2007 Derby v Blackburn, 13:30 Man City v Liverpool, 16:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, 01 January 2008 Arsenal v West Ham, 15:00 Aston Villa v Tottenham, 17:20 Fulham v Chelsea, 12:45 Man Utd v Birmingham, 15:00 Middlesbrough v Everton, 15:00 Reading v Portsmouth, 15:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, 02 January 2008 Blackburn v Sunderland, 20:00 Bolton v Derby, 20:00 Liverpool v Wigan, 20:00 Newcastle v Man City, 19:45 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7159062.stm
December 27, 200718 yr Great Pompey,but we also got only a draw 4-4 :bigcry: fucking fat Dowd is a moronic old shit cunt idiot
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