C+H Sports Discussion Thread

Aoibheann · 04-01-2010 4:01am

syncosised wrote: »

Remember when Berbatov used to be good, back at Spurs?

I never wanted United to buy him, ever.

Just didn't think he'd work in the set-up.. he hasn't proved me wrong yet!

Insect Overlord wrote: »

We should set up a C&H Manchester United Fan Club

Ha, we should.. though we'd inevitably get all the Anyone But United fans trolling all over the thread. Banhammer? :pac:

Insect Overlord · 04-01-2010 4:05am

Aoibheann wrote: »

Ha, we should.. though we'd inevitably get all the Anyone But United fans trolling all over the thread. Banhammer? :pac:

I just need to wait for its latest coat of red paint to dry, then I'll shine it up for banning the non-believers :cool:

All jokes aside, United were really disappointing today, and fair play to Leeds for doing so well.

jumpguy · 04-01-2010 4:07am

I've just recovered enough from Munster vs Ulster to start talking about it.

To start, I was glad my hero, Peter Stringer started. He played admirably in the first half, in the second half he made some poor decisions getting the ball out of the ruck. He either took too long or stifled the offensive by bringing it too close to the touchline. Overall though he played well enough.
It seems the Ulster defensive was just too solid in the second half. After the beginning Munster offensive which nearly resulted in a first-5-minutes try, they seemed to wake up. Munster seemed to be over-confident and gave away two soft tries in the end.

BTW I know nobody will read this and care, I just needed to get this off ****ing soccer.

Aoibheann · 04-01-2010 4:14am

Insect Overlord wrote: »

I just need to wait for its latest coat of red paint to dry, then I'll shine it up for banning the non-believers :cool:

All jokes aside, United were really disappointing today, and fair play to Leeds for doing so well.

Not purple? :pac:

Congrats to them and all.. but it stings, it really does..

jumpguy wrote: »

I've just recovered enough from Munster vs Ulster to start talking about it.

To start, I was glad my hero, Peter Stringer started. He played admirably in the first half, in the second half he made some poor decisions getting the ball out of the ruck. He either took too long or stifled the offensive by bringing it too close to the touchline. Overall though he played well enough.
It seems the Ulster offensive was just too powerful in the second half. After the beginning Munster offensive which nearly resulted in a first-5-minutes try, they seemed to wake up. Munster seemed to be over-confident and gave away two soft tries in the end.

BTW I know nobody will read this and care, I just needed to get this off ****ing soccer.

I just couldn't lose with that match, I'm from Ulster myself, but my mum being from Limerick and quite the rugby fan herself, I was dragged up to support Munster too!

I think the match was good for improving the morale of an Ulster side who never really get much attention with the impressive exploits of Munster and Leinster. They have a huge amount of talent in the side, if only they could show it when it matters..

jumpguy · 04-01-2010 4:19am

Aoibheann wrote: »

I just couldn't lose with that match, I'm from Ulster myself, but my mum being from Limerick and quite the rugby fan herself, I was dragged up to support Munster too! I think the match was good for improving the morale of an Ulster side who never really get much attention with the impressive exploits of Munster and Leinster. They have a huge amount of talent in the side, if only they could show it when it matters..

Don't worry, everyone is dragged in by somebody!

Being an Ulster fan would've been extremely depressing for the last few years...

The biggest kick in the groin is, we thought we were great after wiping out Connaught last week while Leinster only gave Ulster a light spanking. Then we get beaten by Ulster? Oh man... Seriously though, they might have a Heinekin Cup chance this year, if they keep playing that defense. If not the Magners League.

Insect Overlord · 04-01-2010 4:20am

Aoibheann wrote: »

Not purple? :pac:

Ooh, you're going to pay for that one! :P

I completely forgot about the Munster match yesterday, ended up going ice-skating instead of watching it. Disappointing result there. They better perform properly against Northampton in 3 weeks, that's all I can say.

Aoibheann · 04-01-2010 4:27am

jumpguy wrote: »

Don't worry, everyone is dragged in by somebody! Being an Ulster fan would've been extremely depressing for the last few years...

The biggest kick in the groin is, we thought we were great after wiping out Connaught last week while Leinster only gave Ulster a light spanking. Then we get beaten by Ulster? Oh man... Seriously though, they might have a Heinekin Cup chance this year, if they keep playing that defense. If not the Magners League.

Ah but I'm allowed to, I spend enough time in the province anyway.. I mean, you've got to give me credit for actually spending time in Limerick.. :P I'm a real fan! But I'll always support Ulster first and foremost, it has to be done despite the struggles - could be worse, could be from Connacht! :P

Ah we shall see how things play out, 'tis early enough days yet - hopefully we'll come out of it with some dignity if nothing more!

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Ooh, you're going to pay for that one! :P

I completely forgot about the Munster match yesterday, ended up going ice-skating instead of watching it. Disappointing result there. They better perform properly against Northampton in 3 weeks, that's all I can say.

Haha, how exactly? :P

I'd say ice-skating was probably the better option considering.. And Munster have a wonderful habit of performing exactly when they need to, it's amazing how many times they've pulled a miracle out of the bag.

unknown13 · 07-01-2010 3:32am

syncosised wrote: »

Remember when Berbatov used to be good, back at Spurs?

Best money United ever spent because he is rubbish and one of the biggest waste of money in the last 10 years in the premiership. Cheers United for that 36 million you wasted

Bobalicious93 · 07-01-2010 1:45pm

unknown13 wrote: »

Best money United ever spent because he is rubbish and one of the biggest waste of money in the last 10 years in the premiership. Cheers United for that 36 million you wasted

I don't understand why people like to make up numbers when talking about transfers. It was £30.75m.

We overpaid because of Citeh's late entry into the market. Had they not joined the bidding we wouldn't have paid a penny over £25m, if even that much.

I look at Berbatov as a luxury player. Sure he might not do a load of tracking back a la Rooney, but he's worth having on the pitch purely for the moments of magic he can produce. Even against Leeds, when the whole team was shocking, he put in a couple of genius passes which on another day could have resulted in goals.

He's quite similar to Ronaldo in that way. Remember the games (particularly last season) when Ronaldo would do sweet F.A. for the entire match, throwing strops and lashing out, and then pop up with a moment of magic? The home game against Blackburn springs to mind.

I'm biased here because I like Berbatov. I like the way he plays. He's one of those rare breed that I, personally, could watch all day long. The calmness and vision he brings to our play is astounding.
I don't know who said it, but they summed it up best when they said:

Berbatov has Cantona's knack of being the man amid a stampede towards a door who stops to notice a side exit that nobody else has seen

People need to lay off Berbatov in general. Some of the abuse from the crowd at OT on Sunday was over-the-top to say the least.

His price tag is irrelevant at this stage. What matters is that he's our player now. Price tags should not be the deciding factor when it comes to judging a player's expectations, especially not Berbatov, considering we were forced to shell out the extra cash.

Now everybody sit back, relax, and enjoy Berba for who he is.

Jackobyte · 07-01-2010 4:00pm

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

I don't understand why people like to make up numbers when talking about transfers. It was £30.75m.

He's right though. It was €36,000,000 (notice the euro sign, he did not state what currency he was speaking about). Newspapers such as The Irish Sun always show transfer figures in euros. But I do have to agree that transfers should always be spoken of in pounds sterling(£). It is the official unit of soccer pricing.

Bobalicious93 · 07-01-2010 4:09pm

Jackobyte wrote: »

He's right though. It was €36,000,000 (notice the euro sign, he did not state what currency he was speaking about). Newspapers such as The Irish Sun always show transfer figures in euros. But I do have to agree that transfers should always be spoken of in pounds sterling(£). It is the official unit of soccer pricing.

That's what I mean though. Why say "36 million" without stating that it's euros? It's purely trying to make the figure sound larger than it is.

Bobalicious93 · 07-01-2010 4:42pm

Just watching the end of South Africa v England.

SA have 2.5 overs to get the last wicket. England have spent the last half hour or so just playing out for the draw.

Exciting last 2.5 overs now

Foxx92 · 07-01-2010 5:12pm

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

Just watching the end of South Africa v England.

SA have 2.5 overs to get the last wicket. England have spent the last half hour or so just playing out for the draw.

Exciting last 2.5 overs now

I assume you fell asleep since then.:)

Bobalicious93 · 07-01-2010 5:27pm

Foxx92 wrote: »

I assume you fell asleep since then.:)

No, no, it was excellent. Might actually watch the last test properly now, with England 1-0 up. Nothing more relaxing than sitting down with a cup of tea and watching the cricket.

Insect Overlord · 07-01-2010 5:58pm

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

No, no, it was excellent. Might actually watch the last test properly now, with England 1-0 up. Nothing more relaxing than sitting down with a cup of tea and watching the cricket.

What day is the final test on? I'm looking forward to seeing if England can take the series!

Insect Overlord · 08-01-2010 10:07pm

What the hell, Nottingham Forest are on fire tonight! Some season they're having...

syncosised · 08-01-2010 10:10pm

Half of this weekend's Premiership matches are postponed, there'll be a lot of make-up games come March and April!

Daysha · 08-01-2010 10:11pm

Insect Overlord wrote: »

What the hell, Nottingham Forest are on fire tonight! Some season they're having...

:eek: Just checked the scoreline. Billy Davies is doing wonders with them.

2 promotions in 3 years back to the Premier League looks a realistic target for them now.

Bobalicious93 · 08-01-2010 10:17pm

Insect Overlord wrote: »

What day is the final test on? I'm looking forward to seeing if England can take the series!

Starts on Thursday the 14th.

Mushy · 09-01-2010 5:53pm

Insect Overlord wrote: »

What the hell, Nottingham Forest are on fire tonight! Some season they're having...

Yeah good squad there. Only thing is, could they be peaking too early in season? Although may not need play-offs at this rate.

kev_s88 · 09-01-2010 6:28pm

just got my tickets to go to london for the Leinster game against London Irish! cant wait for that now...just hope leinster dont blow their chances next weekend against Brive!!!

RHunce · 09-01-2010 7:50pm

anybody catch the wasps and leicester game today? cracker!

Daysha · 10-01-2010 3:38am

Shocking performance by United again tonight. For a club meant to be one of the best in the world, our midfield really is the pits.

Bobalicious93 · 10-01-2010 4:49pm

Anybody watching Leicester - Ipswich? 1-1 atm, Ipswich had a chance to go 2-0 up, then Howard went and scored an equaliser. Decent game.

African cup starts tonight aswell, hosts Angola against Mali. Would expect a comfortable win for Mali, Kanoute is having a good season, might see a goal or two from him. Does anyone know anything about Angola? Akwa is the only player I remember from the WC in 2006.

Insect Overlord · 10-01-2010 5:16pm

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

Anybody watching Leicester - Ipswich? 1-1 atm, Ipswich had a chance to go 2-0 up, then Howard went and scored an equaliser. Decent game.

African cup starts tonight aswell, hosts Angola against Mali. Would expect a comfortable win for Mali, Kanoute is having a good season, might see a goal or two from him. Does anyone know anything about Angola? Akwa is the only player I remember from the WC in 2006.

Just watching that now. It's entertaining enough. Bruce should never have been booked a few mminutes ago.

I think that striker Manucho plays for Angola. He signed for United, went to play in Greece, flopped at Hull and then got sold to Valladolid without ever playing 90 minutes for the reds

Seriously shocked about the Togo incident to be honest.

Bobalicious93 · 10-01-2010 5:24pm

Insect Overlord wrote: »

I think that striker Manucho plays for Angola. He signed for United, went to play in Greece, flopped at Hull and then got sold to Valladolid without ever playing 90 minutes for the reds
Seriously shocked about the Togo incident to be honest.

I completely forgot about The Black Pele. forget what I said earlier, 7-1 Angola. 7 goals from Manucho, and then an own goal by Manucho, just cause he felt sorry for Mali.

Sadly, I'm not really shocked, and I wouldn't be shocked to see another of the teams based in Cabinda (Ghana, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso) to be attacked. The Congolese rebels who attacked the Togo team have already threatened to attack more teams.

I just hope there are no more people killed.

..and for the sake of my bet, Ghana win the tournament, with Drogba top scorer....

jayo007 · 10-01-2010 5:24pm

ye the togo incident was terrible the cup should really be cancelled obviously the security over there is a joke .

Bobalicious93 · 10-01-2010 9:37pm

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

African cup starts tonight aswell, hosts Angola against Mali. Would expect a comfortable win for Mali, Kanoute is having a good season, might see a goal or two from him.

Just to add to this, Ghana definitely won't win the tournament, and Drogba definitely wont be top scorer.

:pac:

Insect Overlord · 10-01-2010 9:53pm

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

Just to add to this, Ghana definitely won't win the tournament, and Drogba definitely wont be top scorer.

:pac:

Anyone know if the first match is on TV anywhere tonight? (And if so, what channel?)

Bobalicious93 · 10-01-2010 10:07pm

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Anyone know if the first match is on TV anywhere tonight? (And if so, what channel?)

It was on Eurosport, as are most of the matches.

THAT. WAS. AMAZING.

Angola 4-0 up with 12 minutes left. Mali get a goal. No big deal.

4-1 up with 4 minutes plus stoppage time left. Mali get another, again, too little too late.

4-2, with 2 of 4 minutes stoppage time left. Keita pops up for his second of the game. It's now 4-3, pity there's only seconds of stoppage time left, they left the comeback too late.

....NAWT....

An equaliser in the 95th minute. Excellent. Best match I've watched in a long time. Mali were crap, didn't deserve anything form the game, but Angola fell asleep, and were shambolic defensively in the last 20 minutes.

Looking forward to the games tomorrow now

Insect Overlord · 12-01-2010 11:19pm

Could be a penalty shoot-out in the Coventry-Portsmouth game tonight.

edit:

I think I jinxed it! :eek:

syncosised · 13-01-2010 11:02pm

Reading have staged a marvelous comeback! I hope they can make it to the end of extra time!

Daysha · 13-01-2010 11:03pm

I'm holding off on my mocking until the final whistle goes!

syncosised · 13-01-2010 11:22pm

Let's go!

Daysha · 13-01-2010 11:22pm

:D:D

Insect Overlord · 13-01-2010 11:52pm

Good man Shane Long!

Daysha · 14-01-2010 12:01am

Rafa gone now surely? Very striking similarites between now and Gerard Houllier's final few games in charge.

unknown13 · 14-01-2010 2:03am

Bye bye Liverpool

Extrasupervery · 14-01-2010 3:10am

Sports? Maha...

I mean GO LUTON TOWN

Bobalicious93 · 14-01-2010 1:23pm

Forgot to post in this thread last night.

Benitez won't be sacked. The fans have an obscure loyalty to him, despite the situation he has them in now. (Believe it or not, Hicks and Gilette do not manage the team, Benitez does.)
He won't walk out, because he's stubborn like that, and he'd rather wait to be sacked, since he signed a new contract in the summer, meaning massive ka-ching if they do decide to give him the boot.

And personally, I don't want him sacked. He's doing a good job :pac:

Jako8 · 14-01-2010 3:33pm

So to summarise, Shane Long is a wanker. :pac:

Daysha · 19-01-2010 11:07pm

Fcuking Carlos Tevez :mad:

Hope we batter them next week.

Bobalicious93 · 19-01-2010 11:25pm

Daysha wrote: »

Fcuking Carlos Tevez :mad:

Hope we batter them next week.

I'm not going to say what I want to say about him here, cause I'd be banned, but those of you with my facebook will have a fair idea.

I really do hate him now. I don't even think he realises how much of a cnut he's being, he actually seems too thick to realise.

Everything about City really is classless. That light show before the game was embarassing to be fair. A light show for a fcuking Carling Cup semi-final. Good show Citeh. :rolleyes:

Not to sound bitter, but we didn't deserve to lose tonight. The penalty was never in a million years a penalty, and the corner which led to the 2nd goal was not a corner. Having said that, Brown and Evans were shambolic.

On the plus side, we saw a flash of the Rooney of old tonight, taking on and beating players. If he plays like he can, it will be absolutely orgasmic to watch. Here's hoping.

The crowd will be up for the 2nd leg, (to paraphrase SAF) no doubt aboot that. I fancy us to mash them. We're due some form, surely...

Anyway, roll on Hull at the weekend. Onwards and upwards.

Jako8 · 20-01-2010 12:23am

News just in...

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH

Citeh! Citeh!

I'm not a huge fan of Tevez (I don't want to go to Utd.'s rivals Liverpool because I have too much respect for Utd. so I'll go to city instead :rolleyes:) But I love him tonight

Jackobyte · 20-01-2010 12:58am

Lol at all the bitter United supporters! If the penalty was at the other end of the pitch ye wouldn't be complaining. 'Tis the luck of the draw. Bit like Moscow '08, unlucky but you get over it:o

EDIT: Wait? Is this two legged?

Bobalicious93 · 20-01-2010 6:29pm

Jackobyte wrote: »

Lol at all the bitter United supporters! If the penalty was at the other end of the pitch ye wouldn't be complaining. 'Tis the luck of the draw. Bit like Moscow '08, unlucky but you get over it:o

EDIT: Wait? Is this two legged?

It's not being bitter when City weren't the better team and the calls were clearly wrong. Of course we wouldn't be complaining if we'd gotten it. When does any fan ever complain about a decision they get? Did any French fans complain about Henry's goal being given? No.
It doesn't make it any less unjust.

What have we got to be bitter about? We're only a couple of points behind the leaders in the league, in a cup semi-final, and still in the Champions League.

Anyway, as I said, roll on Hull.

Daysha · 20-01-2010 7:33pm

Jackobyte wrote: »

Lol at all the bitter United supporters! If the penalty was at the other end of the pitch ye wouldn't be complaining.

If my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle.

Jackobyte · 20-01-2010 7:46pm

Daysha wrote: »

If my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle.

???

suitcasepink · 20-01-2010 7:54pm

Jackobyte wrote: »

???

Its coz of your over-use of "If this or that happend"
Coz If his aunt had balls she'd be his uncle.
It's a over used little phrase

EDIT: Does that even make sense?? It's like loads of "if's" can turn something irrelevent. Still dont think if this is literate...

Daysha · 20-01-2010 8:00pm

Lol sorry, couldn't resist

Jack of course we wouldn't be complaining if it happened the other end of pitch, Man City would though. We weren't complaining in Moscow either, but Chelsea were because of the Rio scissors kick. 'Tis just the way it works.

In other news, Arsenal are playing Bolton tonight as you know, the second time in 3 days they've faced each other in the league. My question to YOU (yes, you) is when was the last time two teams played consecutive matches against each other in the league?

Answers on a postcard please.

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