The World of Football/Soccer. - Page 44

theasfl · 03-10-2010, 03:33 AM

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Babel ? Please tell me your having a spliff tonight

Benitez has ruined his career.

ry1220 · 03-10-2010, 10:49 AM

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Benitez has ruined his career.

I'd agree wholeheartedly with that.

mlyons · 03-10-2010, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by bababui

I think Liverpoor have quite a few excellent players; Rafa just doesnt know how to use them. They have also been wracked by injury this season. The new coach will likely be able to compete for a title almost immediately.

Wracked by injury? Man U, Arsenal, Chelsea, and Everton have all had far worse injury issues than Liverpool have. Even Villa and Man City have had comparable issues.

ukhotstove · 03-10-2010, 05:44 PM

Get in there, Madrid go out against Lyon. Best result since hmmmm err Monday

bababui · 03-10-2010, 06:40 PM

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Wracked by injury? Man U, Arsenal, Chelsea, and Everton have all had far worse injury issues than Liverpool have. Even Villa and Man City have had comparable issues.

Far worse? Not even close. Torres might be the best striker in the EPL; Gerrard the best midfielder. And, what do the injury situation of any other club have to do with Liverpool?

bababui · 03-10-2010, 06:42 PM

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Get in there, Madrid go out against Lyon. Best result since hmmmm err Monday

It was a freak draw. Higuen missed an open goal; RM dominated the early going. I imagine that this is going to really hurt RM in its overdrawn pocketbook.

ukhotstove · 03-10-2010, 07:00 PM

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It was a freak draw. Higuen missed an open goal; RM dominated the early going. I imagine that this is going to really hurt RM in its overdrawn pocketbook.

Wouldn't call it a freak draw, you failed to mention that Lyon were the better team in the second half and also that Lyon could have gone into the second leg with more than a 1-0 lead. Over the two legs Lyon deserved to go through, nothing freaky about it.

ukhotstove · 03-10-2010, 07:28 PM

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Far worse? Not even close. Torres might be the best striker in the EPL; Gerrard the best midfielder. And, what do the injury situation of any other club have to do with Liverpool?

I think mlyons was stating that other teams have had injuries aka Man Utd as an example but are still title contenders, and injuries not even close ? At one point Man Utd's back four defenders were actually nearly all midfield players, Carrick, Park, Fletcher all midfield players were at one stage playing in the back four.

I don't think people actually know how good this United team/squad is to have all the injuries they've had and still be in the champions league and also top of the EPL.

Syd Thrift · 03-10-2010, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by bababui

Far worse? Not even close. Torres might be the best striker in the EPL; Gerrard the best midfielder. And, what do the injury situation of any other club have to do with Liverpool?

Torres is better than Shrek now? When did this happen?

bababui · 03-10-2010, 08:52 PM

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Torres is better than Shrek now? When did this happen?

Going into this season it was arguable he was better. Rooney has improved a lot this season while Torres has had an injury plagued campaign.

bababui · 03-10-2010, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ukhotstove

I think mlyons was stating that other teams have had injuries aka Man Utd as an example but are still title contenders, and injuries not even close ? At one point Man Utd's back four defenders were actually nearly all midfield players, Carrick, Park, Fletcher all midfield players were at one stage playing in the back four.

I don't think people actually know how good this United team/squad is to have all the injuries they've had and still be in the champions league and also top of the EPL.

Lets see how good their season would be without Wayne Rooney. They also have a deeper squad than Liverpool.

mlyons · 03-10-2010, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by bababui

Far worse? Not even close. Torres might be the best striker in the EPL; Gerrard the best midfielder. And, what do the injury situation of any other club have to do with Liverpool?

Really? Gerrard and Torres have been pretty terrible this season, and weren't too spectacular last season, either. Regardless, that's only two players. Man U was missing their entire back line for a good chunk of the season, Everton couldn't field a youth team for a while because they were all called up to the senior squad to cover injuries, Arsenal can't go a match without a major injury, and Chelsea suffered major injuries to the real best midfielder in the EPL (Michael Essien) along with the best left back and a guy who at least needs to be in the discussion of best right backs in the EPL.

The point is, Liverpool's been playing against clubs whose injuries are just as debilitating. It's not an excuse -- especially because this is now Rafa Benitez's squad, and a squad that is almost as expensive as Chelsea's or Man City's. If they don't have enough depth to cover what is realistically a fairly average injury list, it's just as poor a reflection on Benitez as if they were in the same situation without picking up any injuries.

ukhotstove · 03-10-2010, 10:11 PM

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Lets see how good their season would be without Wayne Rooney. They also have a deeper squad than Liverpool.

If anything Liverpool have too many squad players, most of their starting line up are just well squad players who wouldn't get into any of the top teams. And as for United without Rooney I'm staking my house on it that they'd still finish higher than Liverpool, in fact they'd still be top four.

ukhotstove · 03-11-2010, 08:13 PM

Is the streak going to end, I was looking at a piece about unwanted records in sport and came across Rochdale. They were relegated to the bottom league of english football in 1974 and have stayed there ever since, longer than any other club. At this present moment in time they are top of their division 6 points in front with a game in hand over their rivals, be one heck of a party in Rochdale if they get promoted.

bababui · 03-11-2010, 09:44 PM

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Is the streak going to end, I was looking at a piece about unwanted records in sport and came across Rochdale. They were relegated to the bottom league of english football in 1974 and have stayed there ever since, longer than any other club. At this present moment in time they are top of their division 6 points in front with a game in hand over their rivals, be one heck of a party in Rochdale if they get promoted.

Bottom level of English League football. Mr Elitist.

ukhotstove · 03-11-2010, 10:18 PM

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Bottom level of English League football. Mr Elitist.

It's always been the bottom league aka League Two or as it used to be Division Four, Wigan Athletic have played most of their professional games around those leagues and as I've stated before best times I've had as a football supporter.

ukhotstove · 03-11-2010, 10:31 PM

Talking of records of the 20 teams in the english premier league which record do Wigan Athletic hold and it's an elite record that not even the likes of Man Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea or Arsenal have claim to.

Syd Thrift · 03-11-2010, 10:49 PM

Most consecutive seasons featuring a streaker?

ukhotstove · 03-11-2010, 11:23 PM

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Most consecutive seasons featuring a streaker?

I've actually never heard of one at Wigan so maybe they hold the record for streakerless

Nah scratch the question I forgot about Hull City, I was thinking that Wigan were the only team never to have been relegated from the top division but Hull haven't as well.

bababui · 03-13-2010, 03:12 PM

Yet another win

LGFC 2 Woodley Sports 0

Another double for Stepien

SAT 13 MAR 2010

Full report to follow

Attendance : 185 Referee : N Greenhalgh Assistant (Red) : M Crosham Assistant (Yellow) : D Rogers

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ukhotstove Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North of England Gods Country Posts: 7,175	Is the streak going to end, I was looking at a piece about unwanted records in sport and came across Rochdale. They were relegated to the bottom league of english football in 1974 and have stayed there ever since, longer than any other club. At this present moment in time they are top of their division 6 points in front with a game in hand over their rivals, be one heck of a party in Rochdale if they get promoted. __________________ Detroit Diesel Dynasty San Antonio Calzones of Laredo Dynasty

03-11-2010, 10:31 PM	#877
ukhotstove Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North of England Gods Country Posts: 7,175	Talking of records of the 20 teams in the english premier league which record do Wigan Athletic hold and it's an elite record that not even the likes of Man Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea or Arsenal have claim to. __________________ Detroit Diesel Dynasty San Antonio Calzones of Laredo Dynasty