Re: Football Chat Thread : Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:18 pm  

The worst thing about tonight was the Vidic red.

Lose on Sunday and then Arsenal can win their next two and go two points clear. I don't fancy us in any of our away matches tbh.

Re: Football Chat Thread : Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:24 pm  

Draw on Sunday and they can, can't they?

Re: Football Chat Thread : Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:26 pm  

PAUL M wrote:

The worst thing about tonight was the Vidic red.

Lose on Sunday and then Arsenal can win their next two and go two points clear. I don't fancy us in any of our away matches tbh.

I don't fear Arsenal at all. They haven't got the bottle to challenge.

Re: Football Chat Thread : Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:27 pm  

RedTez wrote:

I don't fear Arsenal at all. They haven't got the bottle to challenge.

I disagree and think that their Carling Cup defeat will make them alot stronger for it. Hope so anyway as I've got a bet on it.

Re: Football Chat Thread : Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:32 pm  

Lord Tony Smith wrote:

I disagree and think that their Carling Cup defeat will make them alot stronger for it. Hope so anyway as I've got a bet on it.

We'll see fella. I look at them and can see at least another 3 defeats in the league this year.

Re: Football Chat Thread : Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:58 pm  

RedTez wrote:

I don't fear Arsenal at all. They haven't got the bottle to challenge.

I can see us getting to around 80-81 points and Arsenal the same. I fear them, I made them favourites from around 2 weeks ago.

So you think it's ours then? No one else can challenge.

Re: Football Chat Thread : Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:18 pm  

PAUL M wrote:

I can see us getting to around 80-81 points and Arsenal the same. I fear them, I made them favourites from around 2 weeks ago.

So you think it's ours then? No one else can challenge.

I think it's ours to lose mate, no doubt. But we can lose it, we were garbage in the second half tonight. I can see us and Arsenal dropping points which may leave a bit of a door open for someone else to sneak it.

Re: Football Chat Thread : Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:25 pm  

Never mind bottle, I don't think Arsenal have a good enough team, period. Centrally, their team is vulnerable IMO. Their defenders are mediocre, their midfield is weak defensively and I don't think RvP/Chamakh/The Chosen One ask enough of opposition defenders. They have some class players like Fab, Nasri, Wilshere and Vermaelen, but they lack the strong players through the middle IMO. Their defence, goalkeeper and holding midfield player/s are very suspect.

Re: Football Chat Thread : Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:35 am  

Thought that the penalty was very soft. A bouncing ball like that Smalling had the right to be there and I think we were fortunate to get that.

Not totally sure about this because I was watching a bitty feed, but right before Rooney scored I thought he threw himself down trying to get a pen. He should have been booked for that and play stopped. Thought that our defending for Rooney's shot was beyond ridiculous.

Re: Football Chat Thread : Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:36 am  

Everton.