Football (real)

[GreecePwns]

First home match of the year, NY 4 - 1 Colorado

Henry with 2 goals and an assist, Marquez and Tainio absolutely dominated the middle of the park. This is going to be a real fun season.

[JoshyBoy]

Anyone else think the referee at The Old Firm was a joke?

I mean, the ratio of reds to yellows was 3/1?!? The referee made bad decisions all day long, and had no control over the game. The only red which was maybe deserved was the two-footed challenge. On that subject, anyone see Cisse's career-ending challenge?

[Deli]

On that subject, anyone see Cisse's career-ending challenge?

Disgraceful challenge, especially taking into account the reason he got his other red card!

In retaliation to the 2 footed tackle against him!

Not sure why he threw himself to the ground in a sulk either?

[pmchugh]

Anyone else think the referee at The Old Firm was a joke?

I mean, the ratio of reds to yellows was 3/1?!? The referee made bad decisions all day long, and had no control over the game. The only red which was maybe deserved was the two-footed challenge. On that subject, anyone see Cisse's career-ending challenge?

Haha don't talk to me about it.

First sending off he was not getting to the ball, not a red card.
Second sending off he got 200% of the ball and then got kicked. Even a two footed tackle isn't dangerous if you are about a foot away from the other guy.
Their second goal was offside.
Our manager got sent off for nothing.

It's hard to win when you are playing with 9 players against 12.

[Sniper08]

First home match of the year, NY 4 - 1 Colorado

Henry with 2 goals and an assist, Marquez and Tainio absolutely dominated the middle of the park. This is going to be a real fun season.

youtube highlights?

Anyone else think the referee at The Old Firm was a joke?

I mean, the ratio of reds to yellows was 3/1?!? The referee made bad decisions all day long, and had no control over the game. The only red which was maybe deserved was the two-footed challenge. On that subject, anyone see Cisse's career-ending challenge?

only watched like the first half hour until celtic had a guy sent out for absolutly nothin, it wasnt even inside the box and there were players covering you usually see more physical contact in corners yet no one gets sent off for those.

Haha don't talk to me about it.

First sending off he was not getting to the ball, not a red card.
Second sending off he got 200% of the ball and then got kicked. Even a two footed tackle isn't dangerous if you are about a foot away from the other guy.
Their second goal was offside.
Our manager got sent off for nothing.

It's hard to win when you are playing with 9 players against 12.

2 footed tackles always deserve to get sent off no matter if he won the ball its a dangerous tackle that shouldnt be part of the game. Lennon got sent off for telling the ref his first half performance was a joke which in the modern day which no manageris allowed to criticise refs he had to be sent to the stands.

the result doesnt change anything , celtic will win the SPL and rangers are still in deep shit.

[pmchugh]

First home match of the year, NY 4 - 1 Colorado

Henry with 2 goals and an assist, Marquez and Tainio absolutely dominated the middle of the park. This is going to be a real fun season.

youtube highlights?

Anyone else think the referee at The Old Firm was a joke?

I mean, the ratio of reds to yellows was 3/1?!? The referee made bad decisions all day long, and had no control over the game. The only red which was maybe deserved was the two-footed challenge. On that subject, anyone see Cisse's career-ending challenge?

only watched like the first half hour until celtic had a guy sent out for absolutly nothin, it wasnt even inside the box and there were players covering you usually see more physical contact in corners yet no one gets sent off for those.

Haha don't talk to me about it.

First sending off he was not getting to the ball, not a red card.
Second sending off he got 200% of the ball and then got kicked. Even a two footed tackle isn't dangerous if you are about a foot away from the other guy.
Their second goal was offside.
Our manager got sent off for nothing.

It's hard to win when you are playing with 9 players against 12.

2 footed tackles always deserve to get sent off no matter if he won the ball its a dangerous tackle that shouldnt be part of the game. Lennon got sent off for telling the ref his first half performance was a joke which in the modern day which no manageris allowed to criticise refs he had to be sent to the stands.

the result doesnt change anything , celtic will win the SPL and rangers are still in deep shit.

"The first one wasn’t a sending off and the second off was borderline, you can´t tackle like that, and my sending off was a joke," he said.

"I spoke quite quietly, coldly to the referee in the tunnel. I didn´t swear, didn’t point any fingers. I have witnesses. I do my team talk at half-time and was walking back out and got called back into the referee´s room, so I can´t do my job.

"And that to me is the most galling one of the lot. I went into see him at half-time. and he said you were warned about your behaviour, but I said what was wrong with my behaviour in the tunnel and I never got an answer.

"After the game I wanted to see him and I got a message back to wait 20 minutes and then I could go and see him. Twenty minutes later and the referee wouldn’t see me.

"I want some answers and I´m not getting them and as manager of the football club I think I deserve that.I was deprived of doing my job properly when my team needed me."

For safety reasons, the manager was advised not to watch the second-half from the stand and had to view the match from the confines of the press room

"I was told for my own safety it wasn´t a good idea," he said. "I can´t sit in the stand for my own safety. It sums up things up in this country. Needless to say I´m not happy about it.

"The biggest game of the season and I can´t go out into the stand and watch my team or send down messages. I have Stevie Woods at the door running up and down the tunnel for me. I can´t get a view of the game as it´s only on the screen so I may as well have sat in the house and watched the second half.

"I don´t think I deserved to be sent off, and my staff are very angry about it and my players are angry and disappointed but I´m proud of the players and the fans. You saw in the last 20 minutes they kept going and that´s why they will be champions.

[Royal Panda]

Does anyone really believe when Lennon says he spoke calmly that he actually did? Possibly the second biggest c*nt in British football (miles behind Steve Evans).

In terms of the red cards I thought they were all justifiable... first was borderline, I would have stuck to a yellow but ref had a tough call and he WAS the last man. Always hard to tell if he'd get the ball, but if I was a Rangers fan, I'd be annoyed if it wasn't given. Either way, a good game to watch for me, the neutral, between two pretty poor teams.

[JoshyBoy]

It's hard to win when you are playing with 9 players against 12.

Comments like this piss me right off. The referee wasn't biased, he was just plain shit! Also, they got a man sent off when it was 3-0, so you're "9 v 12" is doubly bullshit. Stop being a hater. The Old Firm really grind my gears - a disgrace to football.

[GreecePwns]

First home match of the year, NY 4 - 1 Colorado

Henry with 2 goals and an assist, Marquez and Tainio absolutely dominated the middle of the park. This is going to be a real fun season.

youtube highlights?

[JoshyBoy]

That commentary is fucking awful.

[Sniper08]

First home match of the year, NY 4 - 1 Colorado

Henry with 2 goals and an assist, Marquez and Tainio absolutely dominated the middle of the park. This is going to be a real fun season.

youtube highlights?

thx man it helps the rest of us keep up with MLS. NY second goal was great such a difficult position to score. Henry must be thinking the mls is a cake walk with being gifted such an easy first goal.

Does anyone really believe when Lennon says he spoke calmly that he actually did? Possibly the second biggest c*nt in British football (miles behind Steve Evans).

what makes him so bad besides that he the celtic manager? ally mccoist is just as worse and they aint even bad managers.

"The first one wasn’t a sending off and the second off was borderline, you can´t tackle like that, and my sending off was a joke," he said.

"I spoke quite quietly, coldly to the referee in the tunnel. I didn´t swear, didn’t point any fingers. I have witnesses. I do my team talk at half-time and was walking back out and got called back into the referee´s room, so I can´t do my job.

"And that to me is the most galling one of the lot. I went into see him at half-time. and he said you were warned about your behaviour, but I said what was wrong with my behaviour in the tunnel and I never got an answer.

"After the game I wanted to see him and I got a message back to wait 20 minutes and then I could go and see him. Twenty minutes later and the referee wouldn’t see me.

"I want some answers and I´m not getting them and as manager of the football club I think I deserve that.I was deprived of doing my job properly when my team needed me."

For safety reasons, the manager was advised not to watch the second-half from the stand and had to view the match from the confines of the press room

"I was told for my own safety it wasn´t a good idea," he said. "I can´t sit in the stand for my own safety. It sums up things up in this country. Needless to say I´m not happy about it.

"The biggest game of the season and I can´t go out into the stand and watch my team or send down messages. I have Stevie Woods at the door running up and down the tunnel for me. I can´t get a view of the game as it´s only on the screen so I may as well have sat in the house and watched the second half.

"I don´t think I deserved to be sent off, and my staff are very angry about it and my players are angry and disappointed but I´m proud of the players and the fans. You saw in the last 20 minutes they kept going and that´s why they will be champions.

ah when i saw it on sky news i thought he said the refs decision to send of for the first red was a joke not his decision to sent lennon off.

[pmchugh]

It's hard to win when you are playing with 9 players against 12.

Comments like this piss me right off. The referee wasn't biased, he was just plain shit! Also, they got a man sent off when it was 3-0, so you're "9 v 12" is doubly bullshit. Stop being a hater. The Old Firm really grind my gears - a disgrace to football.

You are the hater mate not me, I just follow my team. The 9v12 was tongue in cheek mate, I don't literally think the ref is inherently biased

Just because Arsenal fans don't have a clue what passion is, doesn't mean you need to hate it..

Does anyone really believe when Lennon says he spoke calmly that he actually did? Possibly the second biggest c*nt in British football (miles behind Steve Evans).

In terms of the red cards I thought they were all justifiable... first was borderline, I would have stuck to a yellow but ref had a tough call and he WAS the last man. Always hard to tell if he'd get the ball, but if I was a Rangers fan, I'd be annoyed if it wasn't given. Either way, a good game to watch for me, the neutral, between two pretty poor teams.

Yeah we aren't as good as we once were, but OF games were never good for the football. Plus ain't you a Reading fan? Not exactly used to watching quality football are you

Also everyone in Scotland hates Lennon (minus us) and I kind of get that but what do you have against him?

[GreecePwns]

That commentary is fucking awful.

There aren't many good commentators in America. The non-nationally televised games often feature what are normally ice hockey announcers alongside some former player that proves how clueless they are every five minutes.

thx man it helps the rest of us keep up with MLS. NY second goal was great such a difficult position to score. Henry must be thinking the mls is a cake walk with being gifted such an easy first goal.

Henry isn't solely carrying the team. Colorado isn't a very good team this year.

Last year Henry didn't get much help in the form of service, so he developed a habit of dropping back a lot to play a sort-of #10 role, which killed our attack since there was no one pressuring the back line.

This year is different mostly due to Kenny Cooper (they guy who scored the 2nd and 4th goals - he's also a former Man Utd youth player). He's constantly right next to the last defensive player, attracting attention and giving Henry the ability to find space both to distribute and shoot.

Henry has a very good team around him, on paper only rivaled by Los Angeles (Beckham + Donovan + Keane)

[Royal Panda]

what makes him so bad besides that he the celtic manager? ally mccoist is just as worse and they aint even bad managers.

I notice you don't question my Steve Evans bashing, so we're clear on that one! McCoist is a bit of a dick as well, Lennon is just an antagoniser; loves to wind up Rangers fans/players (all well and good in most games, bit of fun, but when it's the old firm it's a bit more serious... could cause a serious incident, let alone bring on the hate and threats/bombs to himself). Just read views of most fans outside of Glasgow, they hate the both of them. Bring back the likes of Walter Smith and Martin O'Neill - they knew how to act professionally (and were better managers than these mugs as well).

Yeah we aren't as good as we once were, but OF games were never good for the football. Plus ain't you a Reading fan? Not exactly used to watching quality football are you

Also everyone in Scotland hates Lennon (minus us) and I kind of get that but what do you have against him?

Just saw this as I was posting, see above Most people in Britain can't stand him, just like we all hate Steve Evans. It's the arrogance I think, and the constant moaning at every single ref in the division every time you don't get a result - it's never the players fault! The fans can see the truth, so more annoying when the manager can't. I don't think Reading's manager has EVER criticised a referee for a performance.

The way we're playing at the moment, probably about similar quality to OF games! But I was speaking as a neutral When it's your own team you can take the lack of quality!

[JoshyBoy]

You are the hater mate not me, I just follow my team. The 9v12 was tongue in cheek mate, I don't literally think the ref is inherently biased

Just because Arsenal fans don't have a clue what passion is, doesn't mean you need to hate it.

You just follow your team? 9v12 was tounge in cheek?

Keep bullshitting mate.

Yeah, right, Arsenal fans don't know what passion is....

FYI, there's a difference between passion and blind, stupid hatred. And I'm sorry, but the Old Firm are the worst in the UK. Celtic hate Rangers and vice versa.

[Lord and Master]

United 1-0 Fulham
Pretty close in the end, and yes, Fulham should've had a penalty but TOP OF THE LEAGUE!!
3 points clear with 8 games left, come on you Reds!

ps dunno who Steve Evans is but Lennon is a cock!

[GreecePwns]

This was Goal of the Year last year, just stumbled upon it and thought I'd share:

[maxfaraday]

Great goal

(wouldn't have happened in Europe though)

[GreecePwns]

I don't think there is a defender in Europe that could've closed him down in time. I remember Maicon scoring a similar goal against Juvenuts last year.

[Sniper08]

I don't think there is a defender in Europe that could've closed him down in time. I remember Maicon scoring a similar goal against Juvenuts last year.

i think you are either over estimating the quality of american teams or under-estimating the quality of European teams. A good left back would have gotten to him, 2 touches is an eternity in the PL.

[JoshyBoy]

I don't think there is a defender in Europe that could've closed him down in time. I remember Maicon scoring a similar goal against Juvenuts last year.

i think you are either over estimating the quality of american teams or under-estimating the quality of European teams. A good left back would have gotten to him, 2 touches is an eternity in the PL.

Sniper's right. There's no way any player in La Liga or The Premiership would be given that much time and space to juggle the ball in front of the box like that.

[Sniper08]

i heard chelski are looking to bring in laurent blanc as their new manager after the Euro's are over

Chelski vs Benfica tonight , im guessing a 2-1 win to benfica

[GreecePwns]

I guess you guys are right. I've almost completely stopped watching most of European leagues except for Greece and some Champions and Europa League.

Also, APOELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

[pmchugh]

You are the hater mate not me, I just follow my team. The 9v12 was tongue in cheek mate, I don't literally think the ref is inherently biased

Just because Arsenal fans don't have a clue what passion is, doesn't mean you need to hate it.

You just follow your team? 9v12 was tounge in cheek?

Keep bullshitting mate.

Yeah, right, Arsenal fans don't know what passion is....

FYI, there's a difference between passion and blind, stupid hatred. And I'm sorry, but the Old Firm are the worst in the UK. Celtic hate Rangers and vice versa.

LOL. You are right Arsenal fans are really passionate, they just have to stay quiet cause they ground share with a library.

Mate you don't know shit all about me. There may be some fans who hate each other but don't try and tell me who I am or how I feel. Tell me oh wise one how you came to the conclusion I hate Rangers?

Actually don't answer just go f*ck yourself.

what makes him so bad besides that he the celtic manager? ally mccoist is just as worse and they aint even bad managers.

I notice you don't question my Steve Evans bashing, so we're clear on that one! McCoist is a bit of a dick as well, Lennon is just an antagoniser; loves to wind up Rangers fans/players (all well and good in most games, bit of fun, but when it's the old firm it's a bit more serious... could cause a serious incident, let alone bring on the hate and threats/bombs to himself). Just read views of most fans outside of Glasgow, they hate the both of them. Bring back the likes of Walter Smith and Martin O'Neill - they knew how to act professionally (and were better managers than these mugs as well).

Yeah we aren't as good as we once were, but OF games were never good for the football. Plus ain't you a Reading fan? Not exactly used to watching quality football are you

Also everyone in Scotland hates Lennon (minus us) and I kind of get that but what do you have against him?

Just saw this as I was posting, see above Most people in Britain can't stand him, just like we all hate Steve Evans. It's the arrogance I think, and the constant moaning at every single ref in the division every time you don't get a result - it's never the players fault! The fans can see the truth, so more annoying when the manager can't. I don't think Reading's manager has EVER criticised a referee for a performance.

The way we're playing at the moment, probably about similar quality to OF games! But I was speaking as a neutral When it's your own team you can take the lack of quality!

Haha so true @ lack of quality. For the Lennon thing I understand in some way as he is a poor loser. The only part of your post I dislike is the underlined part as it seems to suggest that somehow its Lennons fault for what he has had to go through.

As for american football I love the commentators on ESPN. Everything is just so Americanised it is funny as. The advertising is annoying as shit tho.

[pmchugh]

I don't think Reading's manager has EVER criticised a referee for a performance.

Also I'm sure Google would say differently