Liverpool has now beaten both Man United and Chelsea without having to play Torres!  

You'll never walk alone again!

Smyslov_Fan wrote on 10/15/08 at 03:54:48:


Thank you. When it comes to football you are English. So English press is that vicious indeed. In such a situation Dutch press restricts itself to some mumblegrumble as it wants to be taken seriously by its readers.

I'm not English, but I saw the game.

Ashley Cole virtually gave Kazakhstan the goal, and so some very poor fans booed him every time he touched the ball after that.

The English press complained that Kazakhstan had a couple of half chances and complained that England couldn't do much more than string a few passes together.  Emile Heskey missed several golden opportunities, and the press really wants to become the next coach of England.  That would mean they would break up the partnership of Gerrard and Lampard.   

Regarding Gerrard and Lampard, these two world class players played pretty well together at Wembley, but not well enough to please the English press.   

I think England needs to win the group outright, but even then the press won't stop attacking the squad until we win in 2010.  I get the feeling that anything less than World Cup Champions will be seen as proof that the press would make a better coach than anyone hired by the FA.

PS: David Beckham did prove that he can still play world class football... for about ten minutes.

Keano wrote on 10/14/08 at 17:00:12:


Another idea is to let the video referee decide if it's off-side or not - and only in case of a quick goal. This will make the off-side trap much more riskier. This will also lessen the amount of breaks.

Can any Englishman explain why the English team got hissed after a 5-1 win? I thought Dutch and Brazilian fans were hard to satisfy, but this is something I've never heard of before.

I think in Rugby they only use a video referee to decide if a try should be awarded (because it's very often impossible to tell without it). 

If you want to bring it in to football you have to decide when to use it - to determine whether a goal should be allowed? a penalty should be awarded? whether a foul is a red card? etc. it certainly shouldn't be for too many things or the game would be stopping and starting too much

GMTonyKosten wrote on 09/30/08 at 10:48:56:

Almost every serious sport has (even chess ). The way it works in ice hockey or Yankee football is also quite good, where you can request a replay on tv.

GMTonyKosten wrote on 09/29/08 at 23:01:40:

Sounds good in theory, but what will you get when you have two morons iso one refereeing?

Chelsea have been the most impressive so far and are, in my opinion and most pundits, strong favourites for the title. The only team who are likely to contest it are Man United.
Ronaldo coming back for Man United soon -apparently will be a sub against Chelsea on sunday, can't wait for that game! and John Terry's red card against Man City from last weekend has been recinded so he'll play as well.