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On the Eve of the new Season...

godsshoeshine
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season... March 05, 2008 at 06:31 PM UTC #
uh, i read it as the arse were better last night
Barcelona
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season... March 06, 2008 at 03:56 PM UTC #
And Real Madrid is out, great!!! although not perfect week since Messi is out for another six weeks.
vansmack
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season... March 06, 2008 at 10:23 PM UTC #
Saturday, March 8

7:45am FA Cup: Man United vs. Portsmouth (PPV - $16)
9:45am Liverpool vs. Newcastle Utd (Set)
10:00am Blackburn vs. Fulham (FSC)
12:30pm FA Cup: Barnsley vs. Chelsea (FSC)
2:30pm Reading vs. Manchester City (SDC)
4:30pm Reading vs. Manchester City (FSC)

Why one of them won't pick up Blackburn/Fulham is beyond me.


Sunday, March 9

10:00am FA Cup: Middlesbrough vs. Cardiff City (PPV - $16)
11:00am Tottenham vs. West Ham (Set)
12:00pm Wigan vs. Arsenal (FSC)
1:00pm Sunderland vs. Everton (SDC)
5:30pm FA Cup: Bristol Rovers vs. West Bromwich Albion (FSC)
godsshoeshine
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season... March 08, 2008 at 06:36 PM UTC #
glad the prem is on in the morning. i dont know that my liver could take this season
lwoxley
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season... March 08, 2008 at 06:46 PM UTC #
That was disapointing, although if we're not going to win one of the three trophies up for grabs it would be the that one.

Did anyone see the game? Was the ref as biased towards Pompey as I'm reading on the BBC website? Should it have been a penalty for United early on in the first half?
lwoxley
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season... March 08, 2008 at 08:32 PM UTC #
Hmmmmmm…Barnsley 1 - 0 Chelski

Not such a bad day after all….
vansmack
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season... March 09, 2008 at 05:55 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Brain Walrus:
Did anyone see the game? Was the ref as biased towards Pompey as I'm reading on the BBC website? Should it have been a penalty for United early on in the first half?
Of course I watched it. Pompey had no business winning that match. United were the far better team, just simply couldn't score (with a tremendous amount of good fortune for Pompey). After about 20 minutes, the announcer said "with all their good fortune throughout this tourney, you'd have to think their name is already etched on the cup" and they just enjoying good fortune.

Yes, it absolutely should have been a penalty in the first half for Ronaldo. And while Kuszczak was cetainly guilty of a penalty, the red card was harsh as there were two defenders behind the keeper (but it was the keeper who fouled which almost always results in a red card).

And in case you missed it, Cardiff knocked of Boro today.

And of course, Arsenal just drew with Wigan. So what started off as a rough weekend has ended fairly nicely.
lwoxley
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season... March 10, 2008 at 02:10 PM UTC #
You're forgetting Englad got beat by Scotland in the 6 nations so I've been sick to my stomach all weekend. That one hurts…really hurts.

But you're right. Wigan did us a favor and that sentimental French team who happens to train in London will probably have a hard time recovering from a result like that, and their captain is probably still sat on the pitch sucking his thumb…so advantage United in the Premiership..
vansmack
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season... March 10, 2008 at 11:32 PM UTC #
Sorry Mank - rugby has not entered my atmosphere.

Tuesday, March 11

12:30pm Champion's League: Inter Milan vs. Liverpool

Wednesday, March 12

3:30pm UEFA Cup - Everton vs. Fiorentina (FSC)
4:00pm Chelsea vs. Derby County (Set)
6:00pm Aston Villa v. Middlesbrough (FSC)
6:30pm Portsmouth vs. Birmingham City (Set)
godsshoeshine
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season... March 11, 2008 at 01:15 PM UTC #
i watch rugby every once in a while. i like munster and ireland

but i kind of have no idea whats going on
lwoxley
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season... March 11, 2008 at 02:42 PM UTC #
Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
i watch rugby every once in a while. i like munster and ireland

but i kind of have no idea whats going on
Munster would be my club team because we lived in the province of Munster…..although I have a mate who's on the coaching staff of the Saracens.

It's really quite simple, all metres gained must be run so you can only pass backwards, when you see them kick it up field it's usually because they're making no ground so 'punting' it to use an American term. The scrum just gets the game going again after some sort of infraction. The line out is just when the ball has gone out of bounds to the side…….if you take the time to learn the rules you'll probably enjoy it more than football.
godsshoeshine
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season... March 11, 2008 at 02:58 PM UTC #
munster is where my father's family came from back during the potato famine

how does the scoring work? i guess its makes more sense now that i read your post. as opposed to just turning on the tv
lwoxley
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season... March 11, 2008 at 04:01 PM UTC #
Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
munster is where my father's family came from back during the potato famine

how does the scoring work? i guess its makes more sense now that i read your post. as opposed to just turning on the tv
A try (touchdown) is 5 points
conversion (extra point) 2 points
drop goal, which is when it is kicked between the posts during open play is 3 points.
A penalty (field goal) is 3 points
godsshoeshine
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season... March 11, 2008 at 04:10 PM UTC #
i'll give it another try

i was thinking of switching to serie a if newcastle gets relegated, but maybe i'll just watch rugby :p
lwoxley
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season... March 11, 2008 at 07:36 PM UTC #
You could also watch the Championship if Newcastle go down. A lot of Brits are switching to the Championship as their league of choice because you can, well, watch British players playing the game, and there's a lot less diving and feigning injury etc. and evidently the ref'ing is a much higher quality.

They featured games on Friday nights when I was back in Ireland, then on Sundays they had a 'match of the day' for just the championship, and I have to say it was refreshing to see. There's no eye-popping displays of individual skills but it's quality football nonetheless.
godsshoeshine
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season... March 11, 2008 at 07:44 PM UTC #
i think setanta in the states only has games a couple times a month from the fizzy pop. all of these switches would be until newcastle made it back up, because i just couldnt deal with rooting for arsenal or something for 9 months

speaking of the toon, at least a point from brum on monday is needed. bolton has the worst of the fixtures going forward so we need to just get points where we can. i think even 8 would do it. we just cant flipping score

would munster bring less tears? roma would be my serie a team (closest to my maternal side's roots). at least they make the champions league :(
lwoxley
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season... March 11, 2008 at 08:05 PM UTC #
The last year we spent in Cork Munster won the Heineken trophy, which is a European contest so pretty darn good. I think the following season they struggled, like most franchises in any sport seem to do after a great season. I'm not sure how they're doing this season to be honest as it's hard to keep track.

If you follow Munster you will have to learn to dislike Leinster, which is the province Dublin is in. There's not really 'hate' in rugby like there is in football because there's too much respect between teams. It's a healthy rivalry in rugby and a great atmosphere drinking in the pubs with your rival fans and singing along together before the game, then back in the pub and repeat the process after the game regardless of the result.
brennser
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season... March 11, 2008 at 08:37 PM UTC #
Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
would munster bring less tears? roma would be my serie a team (closest to my maternal side's roots). at least they make the champions league :(
Munster are good, certainly the most successful Irish province of the last 30 years….won the European Cup, beat the All Blacks in 77 etc etc….
lwoxley
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Re: On the Eve of the new Season... March 11, 2008 at 09:18 PM UTC #
Originally posted by brennser:
Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
would munster bring less tears? roma would be my serie a team (closest to my maternal side's roots). at least they make the champions league :) They even wrote a play about it, and a book!!

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