the 370Z.com OFFICIAL football (soccer) thread

[phelan]

Yesterday was AWFUL! Shawcross on Parker, Carragher on Nani, Rafael being a total c*nt. Ugh...and the FA goes and BANS SNOODS. LOL.

I think we were actually robbed twice...Arsh penalty should have been awarded, a red card issued, and then the floodgates would have opened up. ALSO - Arsh was CLEARLY ONSIDE and in on goal 1v1 against their GK (Mignolet...who the hell is that, but had the 'game of his life', as opposing GKs do at the Emirates). Should have been 2-0 to the Arsenal, if not more, and the gap closed to basically nothing with ManUre.

However, Arsenal started very poorly, Denilson looks like he's been shot and is walking wounded around the pitch, Diaby doesn't function without Cesc next to him, Wilshere had a Sulley Muntari blanket on, Bendtner looked lost, etc. etc. It took 45+ minutes to really get the game going, Chamakh played well when he was introduced, and we had a few shots on goal (Chamakh header which he really has to put in) that at least tested Mignolet. Wocjech looks confident as always with that save in the 83rd, but the kid's off Twitter right now...miss his humor But the damage of just NOT DOING SH*T FOR 45 MINUTES came back to haunt us as Sunderland just sat on their asses and defended all day long.

But at the end of the day, we're 1 pt closer to those red c*nt devils. Again - thanks Scousers!


Red, cow - RvP named in the Barca squad....not sure if happy or not. I want him fit and healthy for the league...the thing is, if Chelsea and ManUre bow out of the Champions League, we're left fighting on the European front while they have the FA and EPL left to go for. Dunno, want to win everything possible, but sometimes I think it's unreasonable to go for it all.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...-squad?cc=5901

It's also nice that Javier Mascherano is adapting to Barca life well, and mouthing off against Arsenal already.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...s-time?cc=5901