Champions League Spoilers 21st/22nd Feb

BoomAM · 22 Feb 2006 at 09:59

lol.
Nah, a lot of the derbies and matches in England are very 'passionate', but none of them compare to Celtic/Glasgow, Madrid/Barca, Rome/Lazio.

Dtab · 22 Feb 2006 at 10:10

Out of interest does anyone know if there are any regulations about doctoring the pitch at half-time ? No-one seems to be making a fuss about it so i'm guessing its not uncommon,just i haven't really seen it done (so blatantly) before.
For those that were lucky enough not to watch the Liverpool game last night who wonder what i'm on about - the groundstaff came on at halftime and literally drenched the one half of the pitch that Liverpool were defending for the second half,and left 'their' half untouched.Don't know how much,if any advantage it gave them ,but it just seemed a bit 'off' :confused:

LeoWyatt · 22 Feb 2006 at 10:10

BoomAM said:
I dont remember United fans doing the same when they won it.

Don't be ridiculous, they never shut up about it or when they won the trebble.

LeoWyatt · 22 Feb 2006 at 10:11

Dtab said:
Out of interest does anyone know if there are any regulations about doctoring the pitch at half-time ? No-one seems to be making a fuss about it so i'm guessing its not uncommon,just i haven't really seen it done (so blatantly) before.
For those that were lucky enough not to watch the Liverpool game last night who wonder what i'm on about - the groundstaff came on at halftime and literally drenched the one half of the pitch that Liverpool were defending for the second half,and left 'their' half untouched.Don't know how much,if any advantage it gave them ,but it just seemed a bit 'off'

Same thing happened in another of our matches, was it United? Sorry no in that case "the sprinklers malfunctioned"

kitten_caboodle · 22 Feb 2006 at 10:14

Bennah said:
or the Manchester derby Thats passion alright... Actually, it probably hate more than anything lol...

When UTD won it, I was over the moon couldnt control my self but I think with us winning the Treble had something to do wth it

I rest my case. 6 years on and still boasting (not that you don't deserve to,it was a fantastic achievement)

Love the way your comment directly contradicts the one above it

edit: It's 7 years, not 6!! That makes it even worse

Gooner14 · 22 Feb 2006 at 10:19

Dtab said:
Out of interest does anyone know if there are any regulations about doctoring the pitch at half-time ? No-one seems to be making a fuss about it so i'm guessing its not uncommon,just i haven't really seen it done (so blatantly) before.
For those that were lucky enough not to watch the Liverpool game last night who wonder what i'm on about - the groundstaff came on at halftime and literally drenched the one half of the pitch that Liverpool were defending for the second half,and left 'their' half untouched.Don't know how much,if any advantage it gave them ,but it just seemed a bit 'off'

As I said earlier in this thread it's happened in England this season, as far as I'm aware it's not against any rules.

kitten_caboodle · 22 Feb 2006 at 10:22

BoomAM said:
I would.
Liverpool fans are the worst for boasting. By a country mile. I dont remember United fans doing the same when they won it. Rome/Lazio.

I do believe Mr Ferguson wrote or contributed to a book entitled 'Are you watching Liverpool?'

Hmmm. Not boasting..let me think that one over.....

Bennah · 22 Feb 2006 at 10:33

Dtab said:
Out of interest does anyone know if there are any regulations about doctoring the pitch at half-time ? No-one seems to be making a fuss about it so i'm guessing its not uncommon,just i haven't really seen it done (so blatantly) before.
For those that were lucky enough not to watch the Liverpool game last night who wonder what i'm on about - the groundstaff came on at halftime and literally drenched the one half of the pitch that Liverpool were defending for the second half,and left 'their' half untouched.Don't know how much,if any advantage it gave them ,but it just seemed a bit 'off'

I think it happends all the time. It happened not long ago, I think it was at Old Trafford. They drenched one half of the pitch so Utd could have the advantage. I remember the commentator or the guy in the studio say something about it.

May become a common thing in football now. Im not convinced that it gives a team an advantage or disadvantage.

JohnnyG · 22 Feb 2006 at 11:03

Gooner14 said:
Isn't he in the same team as Viera?

Well spotted

IceBus said:
TBH I usually support all British clubs in Europe, but the state Chelsea seem to have deliberately kept their pitch in is pretty diabolical. They deserve nothing more than a whipping imo.

Have you been reading The Sun?
It's only the media who have even hinted at the pitch being deliberately fouled up.

LeoWyatt · 22 Feb 2006 at 11:07

JohnnyG said:
Have you been reading The Sun?
It's only the media who have even hinted at the pitch being deliberately fouled up.

Come off it most people have that opinion just by looking at it, it has nothing to do with the media, they have just voiced most people's opinions. Listening to the legends last night, they all refer to your pitch as the sandpit.

If it's not been left like that on purpose you need to sack your grounds keeper.

JohnnyG · 22 Feb 2006 at 11:17

The look of it means nothing, remember the state of Man. U's pitch earlier in the season? That looked a real mess but played fine, this pitch plays fine as well

LeoWyatt · 22 Feb 2006 at 11:18

Watching the colchester game the ball did seem to bobble all over the place. But it does look like a sandpit

JohnnyG · 22 Feb 2006 at 11:22

LeoWyatt said:
Watching the colchester game the ball did seem to bobble all over the place.

You're joking? SWP, Cole & Duff had no problems at all with close control :confused:

Clipsey · 22 Feb 2006 at 11:28

Well got my alarm clock set for 6:30am again - it better be worth it!!
The Aresnal match certainly was worth getting up for!! Go on the gooners

Hope both teams play awesome football and that barca win this match but Chelsea go through over all (after all best to support your home teams!!)

kitten_caboodle · 22 Feb 2006 at 11:34

JohnnyG said:
You're joking? SWP, Cole & Duff had no problems at all with close control

probably because they are used to it. Hence the advantage.

JohnnyG · 22 Feb 2006 at 11:36

How can you get used to a ball bobbling about all over the place? As LeoWyatt claimed...

LeoWyatt · 22 Feb 2006 at 11:52

Because if you play on that pitch you get used to how the ball moves and where the holes, craters

are so you have the advantage over a team who aren't used to it.

BaZ87 · 22 Feb 2006 at 12:01

LeoWyatt said:
Because if you play on that pitch you get used to how the ball moves and where the holes, craters are so you have the advantage over a team who aren't used to it.

I don't know about that, but the pitch isn't in great condition. Also don't know why they watered it yesterday when it was raining pretty hard. Mourinho admitted himself that Portugese are just as bad as the Spanish and Italians with there dirty tricks (proven by Benfica yesterday; there ball boys kept throwing extra balls on the pitch to slow the game down towards the end) so i wouldn't be suprised if it were true that they didnt re-turf the pitch because of the Barcelona game.

mcdermos · 22 Feb 2006 at 12:02

I highly suspect that I will be entertained more by the managers and their comments than the actual game. It just has that feeling over being overhyped.

Murf · 22 Feb 2006 at 12:13

Liverpools fans seem as bad as the Chelsea ones, the Man Utd ones, the Arsenal ones. Everyone is as bad as each other and people trying to score points by saying actually so and so is the worst is just daft. It's like 5yr olds bickering.

Hoping Chelsea stuff Barca tonight but I agree that the way the pitch seems to have been kept in this state and the heavy watering they did yesterday are pretty disgusting tactics.