FA Cup Final: 35 minutes gone - 1 Shot on target. Total drivel. Wake me up when it's over.
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FA Cup Final: 35 minutes gone - 1 Shot on target. Total drivel. Wake me up when it's over.
Predictable though! With one striker in each team it was always likely to be a dull affair.
I have just switched over to "Discovery home and leisure" and watched a chap catch a fish on Loch Oor .Hell of a lot more exciting.
..and there was me stuck in a traffic jam at 2.15pm on my way back from my long run worried that I'd miss it - but surely things can only get better - now where have we all heard that before?
The 'pundits' are now blaming it on a 'slow pitch':(
There were very few traffic problems this year as the majority of supporters of both clubs live in London!
Quiet here in Manchester too - chose to go out running when the game was on. Got back just in time to watch that superb goal by Drogba! Well done Chelsea!!!! :D
It doesn't matter what the game was like. As long as the Scum lost. So happy.:D :D :D
watched 3 mintes then buggered off for a walk
utter crop
yawn
I fell alseep in the second half - glad I didn't waste valuable drinking time watching it in the pub!
Did you mean crap? Chelsea had Diarrhea on the bench.Quote:
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Originally Posted by Swoop
no crop is a new word that ive invented
do you think it will catch on
OMG! Just heard Giggs on the radio. His view is that as the ref didn't give a free kick against him when he forced Cech to carry the ball over the line it should have been a goal. Erm....Ryan....no.
Hope the Manc bastards have not left a mess behind because we are in that end tomorrow.
Crap match but the result is all that matters:D :D :D
Did anyone else notice the seats that were still empty 10 minutes into the 2nd half. I presume that was the prawn sandwich brigade still sipping their Bollinger
Isn't it great Manure losing:D ;)
Yeah - can't wait to run past their ground tomorrow in the GMR knowing that they LOST!!!! :D Any pain I feel running will be nullified by the joy of seeing their miserable faces as they picked up their LOSER's medals! :D
Apologies for my slip of the tongue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Head
Of course what i should have said was Hope the Man U supporting Surrey bastards have not left a mess
Still at least United aren't named after a US ex-president's daughter.
Well done to CHELSEA didnt watch the match but was told there had been a missing persons report filed for ronaldo :D
Who?:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Saints Lad
I agree it was a crap game, but such bitterness spoils you.
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Point taken, something to do with vast amounts of lager consumed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Swoop
I'll be back on form on wednesday night.
Come on Milan!
Do you want to borrow my old City away shirt? It's got red & black stripes!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by disco stan
IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT oVERPAID NANCY BOYS in flashy new stadiums, continental nets for goalposts.
You're not another council house visitor are you swoop?:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Swoop
There's a few of us on here. And we prefer to call it the theatre of comedy/tragedy* *delete as appropriate.Quote:
Originally Posted by disco stan
How you can make a call out of that I never know.
You could argue:
a: It was a penalty (essein clearly contacted giggs)
b: Giggs fould cech
c: The ball went over the line so goal
There was no way a ref could have made a call, and whether giggs fouled cech is again very debatable as it was through being tripped that he fell into Cech, but he also one the ball then careered into cech. Had cech been an outifeld player I think it wouldn't be a foul, but as it was a keeper I think most refs would give a foul.
Anyway all academic. Poor game, nothing between the 2 teams, as the premier league showed. As ever when the 2 big teams meet the occassion/tactics just get the better of the game and a poor game results.
It annoys me when people say that it was the new Wembley's first final....the week before Stevenage came from 2 down to defeat Kidderminster 3-2 and thus win the FA Trophy.....and today mighty Morecambe defeated Exeter 2-1 there to win promotion to the foooootball league.....much better the lower down you go.
And utd fans can't work out why most of the country and Manchester doesn't like them ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by disco stan
Au contraire - we know exactly why, it's a little thing called jealousy.Quote:
Originally Posted by hopey
Giggs fouled the keeper, no question. He fouled the keeper because he went down trying to put the ball in the net, not because of any contact from Essien. Giggs certainly didn't fall. If Cech had been an out field player he would have been penalised for handling the ball - the rules are different for keepers, precisesly because there are rules in place for when the keeper has control of the ball in his hands.Quote:
Originally Posted by IainR
In my opinion, the Referee made a mistake, because the fact that the ball crossed the line means he can't then play advantage in favour of the keeper because the ball has left the field of play - eg if the foul had been on the touch line between two outfield players he'd have had to give a throw in or a free kick.
However, you can't argue that the referee made the correct decision within the spirit of the game, if not the letter of the law and the referee couldn't be blamed if he said he didn't know if the ball had crossed the line and had then played advantage within the laws of the game. Would be interested to hear the referee's interpretatation of the incident.
Probably better football than saturday too. First FA cup final mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by robgrillo
and maybe thats why you hate Liverpool so much?Quote:
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Got to agree Rob. It was an excellent match yesterday with a great atmosphere despite Wembley only being about half full. No sign of the prawn sandwich brigade or any overpaid prima donnas prancing about.Quote:
Originally Posted by robgrillo
Q. What's red and white and goes beep beep beep?
A.
The Man Ure Double Winners 2007 open top bus reversing back into the garage! :D :D :D
good one pal :DQuote:
Originally Posted by NotIntaFells
There was contact from Essein. Look at it again, giggs didn't slide in naturally, none of the TV pundits doubted there was contact.
Anyway I agree with you. The ref should have either awarded a penalty, a goal, or a free kick. As the ball went over the line it was therefore out of play so advantage wasn't an option. However there is no way he could of made such a call. It's why there should be video refs, however I think if you had that situation 3 times in a row you are likely to get 3 different decisions. By the way you are the only person I've spoken to or read who has had a concrete view on that situation.
Funny that last week Mourinho was winding Ferguson up about Mendez goal at Old Trafford, saying he wouldn't be happy if that was him. Yet suddently he's all quiet.
I'm with the ref on this one - for once.
I think he would have given a foul on the goalkeeper but as Cech had the ball he just decided to let him get on with it and not waste time. The ref is being criticised for using some common sense.
(The ball was over the line but that is irrelevant if it was due to Giggs sliding into Cech.)
But there was contact by Essien.
I'm with the ref as any decision he made would have been a guess. I don't think he used common sense, I just think he didn't think the ball had gone over the line. TBF I didn't think so either, but you could see from Giggs reaction he was sure it had, and the replayed showed it had.
All in all it was a prime example of why we need video refs.
If you can watch it again, look out for the wild lunge (words of Jamie Redknapp a chelsea fan) by essein, that trips Giggs feet.
Anyway all academic. I don't think either team deserved to win. Both looked knackered, jaded and mentally spent. It doesn't mean anything bad about the teams, they are still the 2 best teams in England by a long way, but as always when the 2 top teams meet the occassion doesn't live up to the billing.
I thought Rooney came out of the game with a lot of credit. For me, he, not Drogba was man of the match as he tried to force the game in the second half and in ET. If not Essien for some of his tackling.
This decision could of gone anyway so the ref was in the rightQuote:
Originally Posted by Swoop