07-06-2005 00:52									#301
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Keane and O'Brien are out for the June 8th match against the Faroe islands. Im gonna change my prediction from an Ireland win, to a 1 - 1 tie.

both the offense and the defense will be ravaged. those two lost points will hurt them immensely, and make it easier for other teams to beat them when they play a looser offensive style to make up for it.

	07-06-2005 00:55									#302
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Dude, it's the FAROE ISLANDS (which have a -12 in goal diferrential in 5 games)!

	07-06-2005 01:42									#303
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and 8 of those -12 were because of switzerland. so they have played the other 4 games of theirs pretty tight.

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They lost by 2 to France and lost by 2 to Ireland the last time they played. I hardly consider that to be tight. And last time they faced off, Ireland should have won by at least double with the wasted chances.

The only 'tight' game they played was against Cyprus which was 2-2.

Ireland will take Faroe Islands, easily, matching, at least their 2-0 victory over them earlier.

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no way - ireland played at home that game. have you seen the field in the faroe islands? its very small and tight, its uneven, and its right by the ocean so its very cold and windy. even the swiss, whom the irish havnt beaten in like a year, had a tough time (although we were missing a couple of players, but not really key ones.)

i listented to the game, and there were lots of funny bounces, etc. i expect ireland to struggle, and to ultimately give up a late goal to the faroe islands, from which they will be unable to came back to take the lead.

	07-06-2005 04:01									#306
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From all that I've read about the prior game, Ireland dominated. And seeing as how the Faroe Islands has been beaten bad by every team except Cyprus (what a power), I see Ireland wiping the floor with them.

	07-06-2005 04:06									#307
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quote: Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia no way - ireland played at home that game. have you seen the field in the faroe islands? its very small and tight, its uneven, and its right by the ocean so its very cold and windy. even the swiss, whom the irish havnt beaten in like a year, had a tough time (although we were missing a couple of players, but not really key ones.)

i've seen the ground, it's funny as fook! the game I saw was against Scotland about two years ago, if they'd have had a half decent striker (ie good English 2nd division standard) they'd have beaten the Scots.

But yeah, the ground really is something to behold!

	07-06-2005 13:28									#308
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I think I saw the very end of that game against Scotland, more like 5 years ago. Must have been '99/00 actually (you'll see why in a bit...)

We switched over to it after the England match finished, Faroes were 2-1 down, Scotland weren't doing so well oooh he he he we thought. The the Faroes got an equalizer right at the end. We all jumped out of our seats and started screaming like crazy people in scenes very similar to the ManU European cup win in '99.

A great day.

I met a load of danes at a conference in Swizerland and we were getting (very) drunk in the bar and I was talking to them and a guy from the Faroes about it. He was amazed I'd seen it.

	07-06-2005 14:18									#309
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I'm pretty sure that game was in the Euro 2004 qualifying, so reds4ever was probably right when he said that it was 2 years ago.

	07-06-2005 14:34									#310
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I'm only going by what house I was living in at the time.

I've done some research.

The 2-2 draw was in 2002, but Scotland also drew 1-1 with them in 1999 which must be the game I remember.

Twice.

The best thing about the draw (and I don't remember which one now) was the following call to a radio station, make sure you read all of it:

quote: Call to TalkSport Radio phone-in show ... Presenter: We have Jim on the line who wants to discuss the Faroe Islands-Scotland game. Jim: Thanks...er yeah. Just want to say it's an absolute disgrace. I mean we're playing probably the weakest side in world football and we can't do better than a draw. Presenter: It was a poor result. Jim: Poor result! Poor result! It's absolutely scandalous. The manager has lost the plot completely, he's got to go. I know we've never set the world alight over the years on the international stage but I can't remember things being this bad. It's the end for us. The absolute end. I can't see us ever recovering from a setback like this. We're a complete laughing stock. Presenter: Look Jim. I know it seems bad now but there is still a long way to go. I can't see you qualifying for Euro 2004 but hopefully things will improve. Jim: I never expected for a moment we would qualify. I don't mind that so much. We're not good enough. But listen, to not qualify is one thing, but to ... fail to beat a team like Scotland is a different matter. It's a bitter blow for everyone here on the Islands. (Uproar and laughter in the studio)

	07-06-2005 16:58									#311
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brilliant

	07-06-2005 17:14									#312
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quote: Originally posted by Maquiladora Manure have signed Van Der Sar from Fulham for an undisclosed fee. Hes a good keeper, shame its about 3 seasons too late for Manure. Tim Howard must be kicking himself again for staying.

* Mr. President lurches through the door

Yeah, I heard about that. Dunno how much it's gonna help - they need someone better in attack. Remember Diego Forlan who couldn't score a goal for the first 20 games he played? He was the top scorer in Spain this season. Damn it on a stick! Obviously he has some talent, United just never got it out of him.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foo...ool/4613695.stm

I could be losing my argument.

Bloody weak minded fools at UEFA.

	07-06-2005 18:23									#314
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quote: Call to TalkSport Radio phone-in show ... Presenter: We have Jim on the line who wants to discuss the Faroe Islands-Scotland game. Jim: Thanks...er yeah. Just want to say it's an absolute disgrace. I mean we're playing probably the weakest side in world football and we can't do better than a draw. Presenter: It was a poor result. Jim: Poor result! Poor result! It's absolutely scandalous. The manager has lost the plot completely, he's got to go. I know we've never set the world alight over the years on the international stage but I can't remember things being this bad. It's the end for us. The absolute end. I can't see us ever recovering from a setback like this. We're a complete laughing stock. Presenter: Look Jim. I know it seems bad now but there is still a long way to go. I can't see you qualifying for Euro 2004 but hopefully things will improve. Jim: I never expected for a moment we would qualify. I don't mind that so much. We're not good enough. But listen, to not qualify is one thing, but to ... fail to beat a team like Scotland is a different matter. It's a bitter blow for everyone here on the Islands. (Uproar and laughter in the studio)

Awesome

	07-06-2005 18:25									#315
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quote: Originally posted by MikeH http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foo...ool/4613695.stm I could be losing my argument. Bloody weak minded fools at UEFA.

Get cut 'n' pastin' that sig.....

I just can't believe you are shocked.....

	07-06-2005 19:33									#316
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Hey, I'm hoping the vote will go in my favour.

(outside semi-trolling/banter it'd be good if England get 5 teams in the competition even if crap teams like ManU and Arsenal never get anywhere in it)

	07-06-2005 19:39									#317
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quote: Originally posted by MikeH Hey, I'm hoping the vote will go in my favour.

It was only last week that the 'issue was dead' and it was 'CASE CLOSED!'

	07-06-2005 21:24									#318
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You're not in yet. I'm hoping common sense will prevail.

	07-06-2005 21:27									#319
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quote: Originally posted by MikeH You're not in yet. I'm hoping common sense will prevail.

So am I...

	07-06-2005 23:13									#320
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carlos alberto got fired as azerbaijans coach. not all good players can coach i guess, but to be fair, he didnt have many weapons on his team.

	08-06-2005 00:05									#321
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did anyone see him go mental after poland's third, there was a suspicion of offside, but he went off his trolley and at 3-0 down with 5 minutes to go there really isn't much need.

	08-06-2005 00:15									#322
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In other news, Glazer has put his 3 sons on the ManU board today .

	08-06-2005 00:20									#323
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It took him a while...

	08-06-2005 15:35									#324
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He did it as soon as he formally got control of the company I think. Took a while to sort some of the legal stuff out.

	08-06-2005 21:28									#325
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There is a headline that Chelsea's 2005 payroll was 115 million pounds sterling. At today's exchange rate, I think that's a higher payroll than the New York Yankees! That must be the highest payroll in all of sports.

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quote: Originally posted by DanS There is a headline that Chelsea's 2005 payroll was 115 million pounds sterling. At today's exchange rate, I think that's a higher payroll than the New York Yankees! That must be the highest payroll in all of sports.

Not surprising. I think Manure are still the richest team in sports, although I might be wrong. It's all those malaysians buying team shirts.

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quote: Originally posted by Agathon Not surprising. I think Manure are still the richest team in sports, although I might be wrong. It's all those malaysians buying team shirts.

Depends what you mean by 'richest', I'd rather be Chelsea rich and be able to get the money out on the pitch where it belongs.

Uniteds type of rich has always been overated (esp by its fans), United do well the shares go up and United are 'richer' anf they go out of the CL and all of a sudden they are 'poorer'? Not in my book they're not, it's all just paper.

	08-06-2005 22:33									#328
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quote: Originally posted by DanS There is a headline that Chelsea's 2005 payroll was 115 million pounds sterling. At today's exchange rate, I think that's a higher payroll than the New York Yankees! That must be the highest payroll in all of sports.

Only barely. 115 million pounds = 210.218 million dollars, which is only 4 million above the Yankees' $206 million payroll, which is bound to go higher since the Yanks are languishing around .500.

	09-06-2005 00:05									#329
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That was Chelsea's budget 2003/2004 financial year though. It'll be more this year probably.

That was a £60m increase on the 2002/2003 season before Abramovich bought them.

	09-06-2005 00:36									#330
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faaroe islands 0 - 0 Ireland !!!!!!

second half.

did i not tell you?