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iaink Apr 7th 2010 8:42 am

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 

Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 8479665)
<says nothing>
:sneaky:

<wonders how schadenfreude is pronounced in manchester>

How did you do that? (never mind...I of all people was confused by the edit while I was posting)

Karmas a bitch aint it. Mixed feelings for a liverpool supporter...
Spoiler:
no english teams left, but at least ManU lost


Congrats to the Geordies though for bouncing back with some style:thumbup:

Novocastrian Apr 7th 2010 8:48 am

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 

Originally Posted by iaink (Post 8479675)
How did you do that? (never mind...I of all people was confused by the edit while I was posting)

Karmas a bitch aint it. Mixed feelings for a liverpool supporter...
Spoiler:
no english teams left, but at least ManU lost


Congrats to the Geordies though for bouncing back with some style:thumbup:

Thank you kind sir. I have to admit though that this year it made a nice change to see the Toon winning. Ah well, you can't have your toast buttered on both sides, or summat. :blink:

triumphguy Apr 7th 2010 9:47 am

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 

Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 8479665)
<says nothing>
:sneaky:

<wonders how schadenfreude is pronounced in manchester>

Spelt R. A. F. A.

pronounced rah-fah

expatasia Apr 7th 2010 10:42 am

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
By the way, Fergie, when did Franck Ribery qualify as a German?

dollface Apr 7th 2010 11:45 am

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 

Originally Posted by expatasia (Post 8479956)
By the way, Fergie, when did Franck Ribery qualify as a German?

Around the same time as Graeme Souness was the best manager the Toon ever had:lol:

Novocastrian Apr 7th 2010 1:47 pm

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 

Originally Posted by expatasia (Post 8479956)
By the way, Fergie, when did Franck Ribery qualify as a German?

I've been trying to find the quote, but no luck.

What did Ferguson say this time?

<i was very surprised that after 3 min of added time were announced the ref blew the final whistle a mere 3 min later, wasn't he told?>

Partially discharged Apr 7th 2010 2:20 pm

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 

Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 8480313)
I've been trying to find the quote, but no luck.

What did Ferguson say this time?

<i was very surprised that after 3 min of added time were announced the ref blew the final whistle a mere 3 min later, wasn't he told?>

Something about the 'germans' who hounded the ref into giving a yellow card on Rafael against Ribery which then resulted in a red card. He said something in his post game commentary (not to the BBC though) about 'typical german' behaviour. He really is an odious twunt with his bitterness. Although I'm a Man U fan (and born in the NW), SAF is hard to take with his myopic outlook on all things Man U. His little lackey/lap dog, Neville, is cut from the same cloth.

Speaking of Neville....supposed captain of the team, not injured and doesn't even make the subs bench.....

Well this does mean that Man U really are concentrating on beating Chelsea for the premier league crown and keeping Rooney's ankle safe from further injury for the upcoming World Cup.

All in all over the two legs Man U were beaten by the better team...and that goal by Robben was a thing of beauty...ditto for the 1st two Man U goals.

Novocastrian Apr 7th 2010 2:28 pm

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 

Originally Posted by Partially discharged (Post 8480372)
Something about the 'germans' who hounded the ref into giving a yellow card on Rafael against Ribery which then resulted in a red card. He said something in his post game commentary (not to the BBC though) about 'typical german' behaviour. He really is an odious twunt with his bitterness. Although I'm a Man U fan (and born in the NW), SAF is hard to take with his myopic outlook on all things Man U. His little lackey/lap dog, Neville, is cut from the same cloth.

Speaking of Neville....supposed captain of the team, not injured and doesn't even make the subs bench.....

Well this does mean that Man U really are concentrating on beating Chelsea for the premier league crown and keeping Rooney's ankle safe from further injury for the upcoming World Cup.

All in all over the two legs Man U were beaten by the better team...and that goal by Robben was a thing of beauty...ditto for the 1st two Man U goals.

Thank you.

iaink Apr 8th 2010 12:53 am

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 

Originally Posted by Partially discharged (Post 8480372)
Well this does mean that Man U really are concentrating on beating Chelsea for the premier league crown and keeping Rooney's ankle safe from further injury for the upcoming World Cup.

Are these not mutually incompatible concerns. I doubt SAF gives two monkeys whether Rooney plays for England in the world cup...in fact I would guess he would prefer it if he didnt;)

Nice to see a balanced view on the other topics though, I suppose you dont get to the top being a good loser, but SAFs lack of grace in defeat is still breathtaking sometimes. Robbens goal was every bit as good as Nanis, and Rafael was plain dumb to pick up the first card, which would have made any hounding of the ref less contentious for the second... not that United players would ever surround and berate a ref, Oh no, that would never happen....

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SQ0eRaM1qs...ee_468x402.jpg

triumphguy Apr 8th 2010 1:16 am

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Hmmmm:

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._1524810_n.jpg

The 'pool's new strip.

iaink Apr 8th 2010 1:21 am

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
The absence of the carlsberg logo is weird isnt it!

Its red...Torres looks like a girlyman. What more is there to say?

Partially discharged Apr 8th 2010 1:40 am

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 

Originally Posted by iaink (Post 8481427)
The absence of the carlsberg logo is weird isnt it!

Its red...Torres looks like a girlyman. What more is there to say?

Looks like Justin Beiber as a wannabee Scouse

Partially discharged Apr 8th 2010 1:44 am

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 

Originally Posted by iaink (Post 8481375)
Are these not mutually incompatible concerns. I doubt SAF gives two monkeys whether Rooney plays for England in the world cup...in fact I would guess he would prefer it if he didnt;)

Nice to see a balanced view on the other topics though, I suppose you dont get to the top being a good loser, but SAFs lack of grace in defeat is still breathtaking sometimes. Robbens goal was every bit as good as Nanis, and Rafael was plain dumb to pick up the first card, which would have made any hounding of the ref less contious for the second... not that United players would ever surround and berate a ref, Oh no, that would never happen....

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SQ0eRaM1qs...ee_468x402.jpg

You're right about SAF not caring about how England do in the WC....as he was such a star for Scotland:thumbdown: In all honesty, he should have a modicum of interest in how England do in the World Cup as England is where he has made a name for himself since 1986.

Thanks for the credit on the balanced view on MUFC...SAF seems to be a real good manager but his on screen persona needs some polishing. His constant reference to young(ish) players as 'boys' is annoying.

You are correct about that thug Keane and his contempories who were also trying to bait refs into giving cards especially at OT.

Hopefully over the summer Neville, Anderson, Berbatov, Foster are shown the door and the likes of Nani, Rooney, Valencia, Vidic, Ferdinand, Macheda are offered water tight contracts.

iaink Apr 8th 2010 1:54 am

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 

Originally Posted by Partially discharged (Post 8481465)
Looks like Justin Beiber as a wannabee Scouse

I was thinking more like this...

http://www.cincinnati.com/freetime/m.../zoolander.jpg

What was that called.... "blue steel" or something?

Novocastrian Apr 8th 2010 3:44 am

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
 
Before this gets out of hand....

I've just read that the average home attendance in Newcastle this year has been 42,796. Not bad for the Championship and the fifth highest in English football.

<cue fat naked geordie remarks>


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