Pretty crazy weekend of football.
Started off with Rangers winning 3-1 in probably the worst conditions I've ever seen a match played in, suprisingly, the quality of football was actually still not bad. Kris Boyd proved a point; scoring twice to win the match for Rangers, not for the first time. Celtic beat Hibs 4-2, despite having a 2-0 lead they were pegged back to 2-2 before former Hibs man Scott Brown grabbed the all important 3rd to leave them 3 points clear, though Rangers have a game in hand.
Everton held Manchester United in one of the days early kick offs, the other saw a thrilling Tyne-Wear Derby end 2-1 to Sunderland. Hull City went joint top of the Premiership that night but the biggest shock was when Juande Ramos and Damion Commoli were sacked, along with two first team coaches, by Spurs and replaced by Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp. Have to say, that while I think Ramos is a great manager, if the stories are true that Commoli bought 80% of the players in the squad and had a say in which ones were sold, it's almost impossible for Ramos to manage under those circumstances.
Redknapp got off to a winning start, 2-0 against Bolton. Liverpool proved their title credentials, in a game that was overshadowed by events at Spurs, ending Chelseas 4 year and 86-match unbeaten run winning 1-0.
Another Gers fan here!
Good to see Barry back midweek.. even if it was only for 5 mins.
At the end I have my Pro evo 2009 patched, they called my Valencia... VaL Naranja... OMG!!!
PD: Why is "Sir" Alex Ferguson a prize idiot with the Real Madrid-Cristiano's affaire?????
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Hahahaha. Yesterday was the happiest day of this season. Hahahaha.
Moonlite wrote:
http://link.brightcove.com/services...ctid=1887841049 Hahahaha. Yesterday was the happiest day of this season. Hahahaha.
In fairness, you've not had much to shout about in recent months!
DucKKeRR wrote:
At the end I have my Pro evo 2009 patched, they called my Valencia... VaL Naranja... OMG!!!PD: Why is "Sir" Alex Ferguson a prize idiot with the Real Madrid-Cristiano's affaire?????
Yeah, that was an annoying part of the new Pro Ev.
The only reason why Sir Alex could be considered a 'prize idiot' would be because he didn't part with a player, whom the media portrayed as wanting to leave, for £70 million. Though, I tend to believe the media made it seem like Ronaldo wanted to go more than the player himself. I also have to admit, however, that I'd prefer to play in Madrid than Manchester, though I do think United are the better club on and off the pitch.
Pretty awesome performance by Spurs at the weekend to somehow snatch a win from Liverpool, looks like things are finally starting to go right for them. Man united were ran close by Hull but eventually they won 4-3, just. Ronaldo has returned to impeccable scoring form for United as Rooney has gone off the boil slightly, so thats good timing as far as United are concerned!
Arsenal continue to drop points to physical teams, they absolutely can't handle it and won't win the premiership until they can. People talk about their beautiful football but I'd have to argue that Man United have consistently merged beautiful football with winning football under Ferguson for years and Chelsea seem to be doing the same under Scolari, Liverpool are showing signs of it too.
Kris Boyd grabbed a hattrick to make it 6 in 3 games for Rangers as they won 5-0 but Celtic continued their winning streak of 7 by defeating the tricky Hearts 2-0 in the capital.
Yasamuu wrote:
Pretty awesome performance by Spurs at the weekend to somehow snatch a win from Liverpool, looks like things are finally starting to go right for them.
You would mention this. I left work at 1-0, and that's how it stayed, in my head.
(From what I've seen, along with some bad luck we lost it for ourselves.)
It doesn't matter how it was won or lost, only that it was
Thing is, we're still bottom of the table even after that spectacular week ;p
Really, really, really wish i'd watched the match last night. I heard that Strachan mentioned that the press had said it was bhoys v men out there last time but last night he commented and said it was men v men.
Would have liked a win but i suppose a draw between one of the best Scottish teams v one of the best English teams is good for both sides. (honestly i wish the refs would start watchin recorded footage so they can tell if people are off side or not. 2 goals Man U scored last time which shouldn't have bn allowed )
Looking forward to the international friendly tonight with Argentina, along with Englands game vs Germany.
Gotta admit.. ive been rather dissapointed with Burley so far. At best you could say he likes his team to play football. Just doesnt seem the same buzz that was around Big Ek and Watty.
Could just ge the Gers fan in me i guess.
Nah, the rankings don't lie. We've dropped 15 places or so since he's been in charge. Oh, and Boyd retired because of him. We've only taken 4 points from a possibly 9 too. Not good enough yet. I'll tell you the same thing even if we beat Argentina tonight, because friendlies mean nothing.
Says it all really.
Burley has a decent CV and what he did when at Hearts was fantastic but i just dont think hes captured the nations imagination like other recent managers.
Id rather have cappello than Burley ha!
I just hope they don't hurt themselves :s
