World Football Thread XIX: Capello to the Rescue!

[Maquiladora]

Originally posted by reds4ever

I'd rather win ugly than lose pretty.

You don't deserve it because you've got this far through immense luck. The boring football just makes you more undeserving.

[Krill]

1. ManU suck.
2. Chelsea suck more.
3. A Win or a draw and Stoke get promoted

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Maquiladora


You don't deserve it because you've got this far through immense luck. The boring football just makes you more undeserving.

Yeah, we seem to 'get lucky' a lot in the Champions League....

[Maquiladora]

Originally posted by reds4ever

Yeah, we seem to 'get lucky' a lot in the Champions League....

Are you trying to say you haven't been lucky to get this far?

[CerberusIV]

Originally posted by Maquiladora

Are you trying to say you haven't been lucky to get this far?

A team can have one good cup run and it can be down to luck. 2 finals and a semi (at least) in 4 seasons takes more than just luck.

Good teams create the opportunities for things to go their way by what they do on the pitch.

[Maquiladora]

Originally posted by CerberusIV

A team can have one good cup run and it can be down to luck. 2 finals and a semi (at least) in 4 seasons takes more than just luck.

Good teams create the opportunities for things to go their way by what they do on the pitch.

I never said they hadn't played well in previous seasons. They don't deserve to be where they are now.

[LordShiva]

Trez is teh highest scorer in Serie A with 19, and Del Piero has 18. So much for being a "boring, defensive" team.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by CerberusIV
2 finals and a semi (at least) in 4 seasons takes more than just luck.

Yeah, it takes a spectacular overdraft of luck. Perhaps the football gods will balance the books, and Riise might have started repaying the debt.

Liverpool fans are generally in an state of denial over their champions league fortunes this year - the dubious red cards against Inter and the dodgy penalty decisions in the next round which swung the tie. They were also fortunate that Bendtner cleared the ball off the line for them in the first leg.

[reds4ever]

There was only one dodgy penalty decision in the quarter final, the one Arsenal didn't get in the first leg. The bottom line with that tie is that Arsenal didn't perform for most of the last hour at Anfield.

[Maquiladora]

Originally posted by LordShiva
Trez is teh highest scorer in Serie A with 19, and Del Piero has 18. So much for being a "boring, defensive" team.

What makes a team exciting is the way they play, not how many goals they score.

Serie A is still dull as dishwater even with all the goals.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Maquiladora
What makes a team exciting is the way they play, not how many goals they score.

Serie A is still dull as dishwater even with all the goals.

[LordShiva]

Americans

[LordShiva]

Ronaldo in transvestite probe

Eurosport - Tue, 29 Apr 10:25:00 2008

Police are investigating allegations by three transvestites that Brazilian star and Milan forward Ronaldo threatened to harm them after he took them to a Rio de Janeiro motel.

Police said they were also looking into an accusation by the 31-year-old that one of the three men tried to extort 50,000 reais (£14,900) in return for not telling the media about the incident.

Ronaldo, who is back in his hometown recovering from a knee injury, left a nightclub in the upmarket Barra da Tijuca neighbourhood early on Monday with three call girls, only to find out at the motel they were men, according to authorities.

http://eurosport.yahoo.com/29042008/58/ronaldo-transvestite-probe.html

[Krill]

Goodbye Barca and Liverpool...

[reds4ever]

Hey ho, we had our chance to finish the tie in the second half and didn't take it. Def a pen for Sami though....I guess we're just unlucky.