Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Sat Apr 19, 2014 11:30 pm  

Roddy B wrote:

Can't tell you how hard it is bottling it all in.

Pop the cork, it's happening.

Chelsea were a farce today from the start to the end. Absolutely woeful.

I called it on here last week, but not only will City and Chelsea not win enough games to win the league, they won't win enough to even put pressure on Liverpool.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Sun Apr 20, 2014 7:48 am  

I feel sick. I've booked the last weekend of the season and the week that follows it off work, so I could avoid the stick when they win it, but it looks like I chose the wrong week.

Worst.Year.Ever

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Sun Apr 20, 2014 9:03 am  

If Liverpool beat Norwich they'll win it. Which would be a massive achievement from where they were last season. Not sure which would be the greater success, Liverpool winning the league or Palace staying up.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Sun Apr 20, 2014 10:21 am  

CommanderShepard wrote:

Embarrassing interview by Mourinho.

A great manager, but as a man, a total embarrassment..... I think if he continues in this vain of being the drama queen then the media, which has always ar$e-licked the guy, will eventually turn on him and force him out of the English game.

He is basically an egotist, who loves his ego being massaged by those in the media - Its why he left the biggest job in world football to end up back in the comfy nest of Stamford Bridge and the loveathon of the English media.... Take that part of it away from Jose and he will be gone in a shot.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Sun Apr 20, 2014 5:13 pm  

What a bizarre game at Goodison today. United with nearly 70% possession and ridiculous territorial advantage, but they created absolutely nothing untill the Rooney chance with a couple of minutes left. I was sat watching with complete comfort, knowing they were never going to score.

Moyes has got one hell of a job on. It's going to take some time to turn that ship around.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Sun Apr 20, 2014 5:54 pm  

Cibaman wrote:

If Liverpool beat Norwich they'll win it. Which would be a massive achievement from where they were last season. Not sure which would be the greater success, Liverpool winning the league or Palace staying up.

Come on, let's be serious. Liverpool winning the league is clearly the greater achievement. By some distance IMO.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Sun Apr 20, 2014 5:58 pm  

Chelsea only have themselves to blame. It was in their hands, win the rest of your games, you are champions. But they've blown it. That defeat will cost them title, they'll probably be less than 3 points between them and liverpool by the time the last game has finished.

Against sunderland they were lacklustre. They went 1-0 and drifted along. Loss of concentration, sunderland are level. For the next 60 mins, they continued to drift along, creating few chances, no cutting edge.

I really don't think chelsea can be grumbling about decisions, their performance wasn't worthy of a team going for a title who have it in their hands. They should have been battering sunderlands defence and creating havoc in their defence until they went ahead again.

We all know if liverpool had played that game they'd have probably been 2-0 inside the first 15 mins.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Sun Apr 20, 2014 6:03 pm  

Cibaman wrote:

If Liverpool beat Norwich they'll win it. Which would be a massive achievement from where they were last season. Not sure which would be the greater success, Liverpool winning the league or Palace staying up.

Let's be serious, liverpool winning the league is the biggest, by a massive distance. They've not won it in a generation, and for a team to go from 7th, to champions, without spending very much to do that, when you also consider the oil money knocking around at the top these days. It's just a phenominal achievment.

It can't have been much longer than a year ago gerrard himself admitted he would probably never lift the title in a liverpool shirt, which indicates how far down the pecking order they were not so long ago.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Sun Apr 20, 2014 6:21 pm  

It's funny, old bacon face has barely been gone a year and liverpool are already climbing firmly back onto their perch.

If it's a choice between them and the ''mancs'', pool by plenty.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Sun Apr 20, 2014 8:54 pm  

Its not Liverpool winning the title that is the problem for me, its going to be the wave of 'They Did It For The Hillsborough Victims' we are bound to be overwhelmed with by our gormless media.

They have been the best team and will deserve the title, but please let's not go overboard with the self-pitying stuff that's bound to be latched onto it.