The Banter Thread

fez · 27 Dec 2012 at 19:49

bayo000 said:
Great goal

Can someone explain why the keeper is doing his best to be in the worst position possible. Is there a special rule on free kicks in futsal.

One More Solo · 31 Dec 2012 at 10:01

Happy Birthday Fergie

Tom84 · 31 Dec 2012 at 16:42

Liverpool supporters really do love a TV vote dont they, just watching SSN and apparently Suarez's goal against Newcastle is the best goal of 2012 a year that had the goals from Crouch v City, Cisse v Newcastle and Jerome v Southampton :/

(other goals for consideration were Aguero's v QPR, Weimann v Liverpool, RVP v Fulham and um Walters v West Ham & Pilkington v Man Utd)

elmuzzy66. · 31 Dec 2012 at 17:08

Yep its how we got KK the job

No1newts · 31 Dec 2012 at 17:16

elmuzzy66. said:
Yep its how we got KK the job

DB_SamX · 31 Dec 2012 at 17:20

One More Solo said:
Happy Birthday Fergie

Tummy · 31 Dec 2012 at 17:39

One More Solo said:
Happy Birthday Fergie

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Tom84 said:
Liverpool supporters really do love a TV vote dont they, just watching SSN and apparently Suarez's goal against Newcastle is the best goal of 2012 a year that had the goals from Crouch v City, Cisse v Newcastle and Jerome v Southampton :/

(other goals for consideration were Aguero's v QPR, Weimann v Liverpool, RVP v Fulham and um Walters v West Ham & Pilkington v Man Utd)

Is that the goal that comes from the long ball and he brings it down and slots it in? If so, that is a pretty good goal

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Purdy · 31 Dec 2012 at 18:53

Some goal by Suarez vs newcastle, although I guess any player could do it haha

Tummy · 31 Dec 2012 at 18:55

Purdy said:
Some goal by Suarez vs newcastle, although I guess any player could do it haha

I'd love to see a Stoke player do it on a cold wet Tuesday night.

It was a good goal, the technical ability was right up there and the movement and gah, it was a very good goal that no, not anyone could score.

I'm sure Tom84 would be saying something differently had it been a Manchester United player that scored that goal.

Tom84 · 31 Dec 2012 at 18:58

You're sure I'd say what differently? What have I said about the goal?

Tummy · 31 Dec 2012 at 19:08

Tom84 said:
Liverpool supporters really do love a TV vote dont they, just watching SSN and apparently Suarez's goal against Newcastle is the best goal of 2012 a year that had the goals from Crouch v City, Cisse v Newcastle and Jerome v Southampton :/
(other goals for consideration were Aguero's v QPR, Weimann v Liverpool, RVP v Fulham and um Walters v West Ham & Pilkington v Man Utd)

Just the impression you give off Tom, you know. You're full of bad vibes man.

BaZ87 · 31 Dec 2012 at 19:12

Gary Neville's just picked Suarez's goal as the best goal of the season so far - when he started his top 3 countdown he said his number 1 was the clear winner too.

Tummy · 31 Dec 2012 at 19:13

BaZ87 said:
Gary Neville's just picked Suarez's goal as the best goal of the season so far - when he started his top 3 countdown he said his number 1 was the clear winner too.

Nev's said it so it must be true.

One More Solo · 31 Dec 2012 at 19:22

BaZ87 said:
Gary Neville's just picked Suarez's goal as the best goal of the season so far - when he started his top 3 countdown he said his number 1 was the clear winner too.

Goal of the season =/= goal of 2012

Suarez's probably is goal of the season so far, but there were better goals scored in 2012.

Robbo · 31 Dec 2012 at 19:43

Gary Neville is such a good pundit. :cool:

elmuzzy66. · 31 Dec 2012 at 19:54

Tom take note GN just rated bayern as a top top club

Tom84 · 31 Dec 2012 at 20:01

One More Solo said:
Suarez's probably is goal of the season so far, but there were better goals scored in 2012.

I dunno for me at least Jerome has it wrapped up, might be though because I quite like the idea of unfancied Stoke having the GOTS 2 seasons on the trot :cool:

elmuzzy66. said:
Tom take note GN just rated bayern as a top top club

Had anyone asked him I'm sure he would have said the same about Liverpool, even through gritted teeth

elmuzzy66. · 31 Dec 2012 at 20:06

Tom84 said:
I dunno for me at least Jerome has it wrapped up, might be though because I quite like the idea of unfancied Stoke having the GOTS 2 seasons on the trot

Had anyone asked him I'm sure he would have said the same about Liverpool, even through gritted teeth

sunama · 31 Dec 2012 at 22:16

elmuzzy66. said:
Tom take note GN just rated bayern as a top top club

Bayern are a top side.

They finished 2nd in their league last year. 2nd in the CL. 2nd in their domestic cup. This season they won their first 8 league games, which I believe is a record and are leading the German league by 9 points.

Only a top class side could achieve all this.

Liverpool are not a top side. They are a decent, middle of the table team. Though it must be said they seem to fair better in cup competitions than in the league (regardless of who manages them).

Have a I stumbled on a joke which I am not in on?

Purdy · 1 Jan 2013 at 04:59

Benitez just the ticket for nine-year-old Chelsea fan conned by online tout

The cacophony of boos that heralded the appearance of Rafa Benitez at Goodison Park would have you believe he is football’s equivalent of a pantomime villain.

Since replacing Roberto Di Matteo as manager, the Spaniard has struggled to win over a stubborn Chelsea support, unwilling to accept him or forgive and forget his days as their nemesis as Liverpool’s manager.

Yet in the eyes of Chelsea-mad nine-year-old Harry Rennell, Benitez is very much his hero this morning.

In a story that pulled heartstrings across the country, Harry’s father Tony wrote a cautionary tale in the Daily Mail last Friday of how he had been let down after ordering two tickets from Online Ticket Express for Chelsea’s game at Norwich City as a Christmas present.

Despite paying more than £300 for the tickets, they failed to arrive in the post, leaving Tony and his son despondent.

On reading the story, Benitez, himself the doting father of two girls, contacted Sportsmail and offered Harry and his father two tickets for Chelsea’s Capital One League Cup semi-final, first-leg tie against Swansea on January 9.

Harry’s delighted father Tony said: ‘Thank you, Rafa. There has been a very sympathetic response.

‘One Chelsea fan has invited us to go as his guest to the QPR game on Wednesday, and we’ll be there to cheer them on.

‘What is great is that nine year-old Harry now knows that, although some people may let us down in life, there are always others who will step forward to do the right thing.’

Doing the right thing may soften some Chelsea supporters’ view of their interim manager, but it’s not the first example of kind-hearted Benitez showing the grander side of football.

Hearing a pensioner had been mugged on the Wirral, then Liverpool manager Benitez made sure the elderly fan and his family were guests at Anfield.

On his departure from Liverpool, the 52-year-old gave a ‘substantial five-figure sum’ to the parents of Rhys Jones, the young Everton fan who was shot dead as he returned from football training in August 2007

At the time, Benitez said: ‘I am doing this on behalf of the people that cannot. I know that every person on Merseyside would have loved to give the fund a donation, but they are in hard times and can’t find the extra cash.’

Benitez donated £96,000 to the Hillsborough Memorial Fund and gave a further £2,800 to aid running costs through his wife Montse’s foundation.

Whatever he does from now on, Benitez may always be the villain to some, but at least his gesture is just the ticket for Harry Rennell.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...-Chelsea-fan-Harry-Rennell.html#ixzz2Ga0wLLbd

Fantastic guy