The Football Topic (Page 13 of 52)

hahahah ya you are right it realy gone mad.. but according to me they are realy showing the true value of player.. Ah RUGbY .. i was a very BIG fan of it since last year as FOOTball WORldcup GOT started it made me crazy heheh nOW I`m BIG FAn Of it.

My workmates and friends can never figure me out. I never get annoyed or distraught when the team that i have supported for 38 years get beaten.
My reply to them is that my team are rubbish, we'll never win anything and we always seem to be in a relegation battle(well,recently anyway). If we stay up,win something or even stop one of our rivals from winning something, it's a bonus.

Yes, I'm a West Ham United supporter

May I also add my fraternal greetings to a fellow 'Hammer in Arms'.

We are like the 3 Magii now. Blown to the 4 winds. Cork, Amsterdam and Hamburg.

It's almost like we have tried to flee trauma, sadness and underachievement but like moths to the flame we hover in eternal hope. A bit like the bubbles themselves really.

At least we have (regularly) looked into the abyss, and have no fear any more of the terrors there. I'm starting to learn morse code by flashlight in the hope that I will be able to converse with fellow fans in the Olympic Stadium (if we do go there).

Perhaps the club could even market it as a 'retreat' location. A chance to escape the masses and 'get away from it all'.

Ya see. Humour conquers all.

Welcome brother.........the bells are ringing..........for the claret & Blue........

as a Spurs fan I can share some of that stoicism, - and this season will probably illustrate very well how well a team can do and how closed the top four really are. Will I be happy with top 5 and a good Champions League run? Yes I have to say that I will. Having been at White Heart Lane and Stamford Bridge for Champions League games this year I can really honestly say that the better atmosphere was at WHL. I could not believe how much Chelsea fans time and effort is spent singing and chanting about other people or clubs rather than getting on and enjoying themselves by celebrating their own team. It would be nice to for a second year keep Man City out of that place but if we did that it would only result in more money being spent and another new manager.

Tonight playing Real Madrid is an honor for Spurs, - looking forward to it.

Maybe I am just biased but out of the top four it is easy to find fault with how they run their Clubs although actually I hate to admit this but out of the 4 you have to admire Wengar for sticking at his plan and being where they are in the league. I cannot celebrate the throw money at it to solve the problem approach of Man City and Chelsea. And I have to say that Sir Alex and Man Utd have this year lost my respect. Clearly there is an attitude problem that has spread like an epidemic between players and fans alike and the result is the disgraceful behavior of Rooney last Saturday. 2 match ban is not enough given the problems that behavior will cause to youth/childrens football.

You do have to admire West Ham for sticking with Grant and up until last weekend turning things around, last week was a blip, - you caught Man Utd on a good day when the anger was for the most part channeled against you.

All that pointless blind hatred, jealousy and anger aside I am hoping that Spurs perform somewhere near the peak of what they can and really have a go at RM tonight.

I know George is no fan of Harry's, but I am and have been since his playing days. He used to have a shop in High Street North around the corner from my home and so I was often able to pass the time of day with him. Met him at the track a couple of times when we wus all grown up and it was a pleasure to buy him a drink for the old days. A gesture he really appreciated.

So I'm hoping Spurs do well tonight and for the rest of the season. I for one would like them to see them become established as a top 4 side.

I don't care what anyone else says London clubs have to work so much harder to be top in the EPL or any other division come to that. What other clubs outside London have to play 8 derby matches per season? If the Hammers survive and QPR come up it will be even more. And don't let anyone say not all these matches are full blooded with nothing stake. Nobody wants to be the chump of London, and these matches can make or break a title bid.

Now thats enough of this blasphemy. Just send Mourinho back to Spain with some thinking to do!

Two pretty astonishing results tonight, for different reasons. It's going to take Crouch some time to get out of the dog house he now rightly inhabits. How stupid can you be to go in like that twice in the first 15 minutes? Even so, Spurs were particularly disappointing in the second half.

Of course, the Schalke result was one of those rare, utterly unpredictable affairs that happens once in a blue moon. For Inter, Chivu (ex-Ajax) and the needless maker of the own goal both deserve to be shot, while Stankovic's goal of a lifetime will be forgotten in a losing cause. I can't remember the last time two such big games were totally decided in the first leg.

As for tomorrow, I shall be watching Barca, and hope and expect that they will beat the Russian mercenary team. Since there are very few teams on the planet that I loathe as much as Chavscum, I will be hoping for a ManU win.

(editor, edit thyself!)

Well now, Barca's 5-1 against Shaktar could have been 8-4 if both sides had taken their best chances.  I only saw highlights of the other game, but by all accounts it was not a 'great' game - Marco van Basten, for one, was not impressed by what he saw.

It's now odds on that we will have four 'Classicos', Barca vs. Real, within 20 days - the league game in Madrid, the cup final in Valencia, and the CL semis! Can't wait. 

Pay particular attention to the second goal! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVtJgkkFbUQ

Hasta la vista - Schalke Halbfinalista 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXVQqXLJHtM