anti-semite there
― gazza bale flame (a hoy hoy), Friday, 5 November 2010 14:50 (thirteen years ago) link
antisemite sam
― cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Friday, 5 November 2010 15:01 (thirteen years ago) link
A+
― Stevie T, Friday, 5 November 2010 15:02 (thirteen years ago) link
its bounced nicely and i've only just hit it and it's gone straight in innit
― cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Friday, 5 November 2010 15:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Inter Coach Rafa Benitez has likened Tottenham wing-back Gareth Bale to a Ferrari while comparing his defenders to Volvos.
The Wales international once again ripped Inter apart, this time at White Hart Lane, inspiring Spurs to a historic 3-1 victory.
“We have played many times against Bale,” Benitez said. “We know that he is quick and difficult to mark.
“It's not a question of the wide players covering him, but the problem was that we were losing.
“We needed to attack and when we lost the ball, Bale was quicker in the space and it was tough to contain him above all because he concentrated on the flanks.
“If I drive a Volvo against a Ferrari on a straight, I lose. The Volvo is a good car because it's our sponsor, but the Ferrari races faster.
“It's not a question of help from the wide players. Coutinho and Biabiany have worked a lot to improve in defence and I am happy with them, but they always have a defensive mentality.”
― mizzell, Friday, 5 November 2010 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
benitez is an expert at not having good enough players, it seems.
― cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Friday, 5 November 2010 16:18 (thirteen years ago) link
someone should maybe let him know that he TOOK OVER THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS and this shit wont wash anymore.
― cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Friday, 5 November 2010 16:23 (thirteen years ago) link
He didn't say he didn't have enough players, did he?
― Matt DC, Friday, 5 November 2010 16:28 (thirteen years ago) link
The Volvo is a good car because it's our sponsor, but the Ferrari races faster
This is awesome though.
i especially likebut the problem was that we were losing
― mizzell, Friday, 5 November 2010 16:30 (thirteen years ago) link
he's certainly saying that he didnt have good players, matt.
― cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Friday, 5 November 2010 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Coutinho and Biabiany have worked a lot to improve in defence and I am happy with them, but they always have a defensive mentality.
That ought to read defensive I suppose. Enjoying this newly verbose and relatively laissez-faire Benitez, he needed a change of scene.
― Adrian Roosevelt "Adie" Mike (nakhchivan), Friday, 5 November 2010 16:40 (thirteen years ago) link
~~offensive~~
James Lawton wrote a whole shitty article about Rafa's lack of grace towards Bale too.........
― Adrian Roosevelt "Adie" Mike (nakhchivan), Friday, 5 November 2010 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link
just towards bale? That's micromanaging the issue imo
― cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Friday, 5 November 2010 16:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Maybe now Rafa is in Italy he's not giving press conferences in English, so the journalists are running what he says through Google Translate from Spanish to Italian to English, ending up with the sugar mountain volvo nonsense, but what he actually says is perfectly regular "the boy done well" platitudes?
― James Mitchell, Friday, 5 November 2010 16:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Anyway onto more pressing concerns, which Bolton player do we think will break Bale's leg tomorrow?
― Matt DC, Friday, 5 November 2010 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link
love that rafa is an injury to the v. injury prone eto'o away from taking almost unbeatable triple winners to a team that cannot win anything in a season. i mean this is the most otm statement ever:
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srs moratti must be kicking himself in the balls. even moreso knowing zlatan will win ac the league.
― gazza bale flame (a hoy hoy), Friday, 5 November 2010 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link
paul robinson.
can only be paul robinson
― cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Friday, 5 November 2010 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link
will run from the left side to the right, pushing zat and gary to their arses just to do it.
― gazza bale flame (a hoy hoy), Friday, 5 November 2010 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link
oh, good work
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 5 November 2010 18:57 (thirteen years ago) link
he just said bale was faster than his players...
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Friday, 5 November 2010 19:19 (thirteen years ago) link
you just gotta spoil everything...
― cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Friday, 5 November 2010 19:24 (thirteen years ago) link
fuckin have that
― the salmon of procrastination (darraghmac), Sunday, 17 April 2011 22:34 (thirteen years ago) link
cool
― Some other race (nakhchivan), Sunday, 17 April 2011 22:43 (thirteen years ago) link
he doesn't seem to be a complete bastard either
― Some other race (nakhchivan), Sunday, 17 April 2011 22:44 (thirteen years ago) link
news made mention of cl performances, do we know is that meant to be a consideration tho?
Cos if not, hooray for unmerited awards
― the salmon of procrastination (darraghmac), Sunday, 17 April 2011 22:46 (thirteen years ago) link
a lot more merited than giggs' pfa for being old
― Some other race (nakhchivan), Sunday, 17 April 2011 22:56 (thirteen years ago) link
true for ya i guess
― the salmon of procrastination (darraghmac), Sunday, 17 April 2011 22:59 (thirteen years ago) link
he did that one volley on like the first day of the season, that'll do.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Monday, 18 April 2011 00:19 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp290/hammy106/Bale-Goal-v-Stoke.gif
― mizzell, Monday, 18 April 2011 00:46 (thirteen years ago) link
also scored with his face in the same match
― mizzell, Monday, 18 April 2011 00:49 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.gifsoup.com/view1/1334932/gareth-bale-merkage-o.gif
― mizzell, Monday, 18 April 2011 00:54 (thirteen years ago) link
seems nonsensical tbh.
― tending tropics (jim in glasgow), Monday, 18 April 2011 01:17 (thirteen years ago) link
i def agree, don't see how he won this. hope modric wins the spurs player of the year.
― mizzell, Monday, 18 April 2011 02:06 (thirteen years ago) link
aye, not even the best player in a team that probably won't finish top four. usually i think pfa results are decent too. players having more of an eye for the less glamorous work.
― tending tropics (jim in glasgow), Monday, 18 April 2011 02:07 (thirteen years ago) link
u madd doggie
― i've got blingees on my fisters (darraghmac), Monday, 18 April 2011 03:21 (thirteen years ago) link
What about the team of the season? Would Bale make the XI?
I'd maybe float Cech for Van Der Sar and Baines for Cole. Modric for Wilshire? Parker for Nasri? Has Sagna really been any good? And WHITHER TORRES?!?
PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM OF THE YEAR: Edwin Van Der Sar (Manchester United), Bacary Sagna (Arsenal), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United), Vincent Kompany (Manchester City), Nani (Manchester United), Samir Nasri (Arsenal), Jack Wilshere (Arsenal), Gareth Bale (Tottenham), Carlos Tevez (Manchester City), Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United).
― isn't house rubbish and Pete W mental (Pete W), Monday, 18 April 2011 09:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Front six is great, defence has a "can't be arsed" feel to it. Would put Hart in over VDS, Ivanovic or Rafael over Sagna, and yeah Baines over Cole.
― Matt DC, Monday, 18 April 2011 09:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Van Der SarSagna Cahill Kompany Baines Wilshere ModricNasri Silva Nani TevezSubs: Schwarzer, Vidic, Ivanovic, Modric, Adam, Berbatov, Odemwingie or Ba
Subs: Schwarzer, Vidic, Ivanovic, Modric, Adam, Berbatov, Odemwingie or Ba
imo.
― popular gay automobile (a hoy hoy), Monday, 18 April 2011 11:28 (thirteen years ago) link
I think there's some sort of unwritten rule that the team of the season has to be 442. Tradition and that.
― Number None, Monday, 18 April 2011 11:37 (thirteen years ago) link
ok replace silva with odemwingie.
― popular gay automobile (a hoy hoy), Monday, 18 April 2011 11:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Odemwingie has been great but going for him over Berbatov or even Hernandez is str8 challops.
― Matt DC, Monday, 18 April 2011 11:46 (thirteen years ago) link
no sagna, i like ivanovic meself
Bardsley maybe
Midfield ridic lightweight tbf
― i've got blingees on my fisters (darraghmac), Monday, 18 April 2011 11:46 (thirteen years ago) link
2-3-5 for team of the season please xp, I'll have no truck with these modern fads. It's not like they have to play anyone for real anyway - if they did, the official team of the season would get raked through midfield.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 18 April 2011 11:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Don't rate Sagna, but Ivanovic not all that great this season either and mainly been at CB anyway.
Cech and Terry easily Chelsea's best and most consistent performers. Cech should get POTY.
― isn't house rubbish and Pete W mental (Pete W), Monday, 18 April 2011 11:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Wilshere and Lucas in the middle.
― territory of the magic wand (Chris), Monday, 18 April 2011 12:10 (thirteen years ago) link
This is the OptaStats team. Hmmmm. Not sure about Foster and Clichy, and Essien has been shit. Funny old business.
B.Foster, B.Sagna, J.Terry, N.Vidic, G.Clichy, M.Essien, C.Adam, S.Nasri, Nani, C.Tevez, D.Berbatov. Elite.
― isn't house rubbish and Pete W mental (Pete W), Monday, 18 April 2011 12:36 (thirteen years ago) link
I find opta's thing of ending all their tweets with a one word sentence perpetually amusing. Terse.
― Number None, Monday, 18 April 2011 12:45 (thirteen years ago) link