The EPL/Nationwide League Thread

[yertle-the-turtle]

Might as well.

The Nationwide season has just kicked off. Ipswich managed a last-gasp draw against Reading at Portman Road last week, hopefully we'll do better against Crewe away tonight.

The English Premier League is starting tonight. It's an interesting set of fixtures - *** United play Bolton, who beat them twice at Old Trafford in the past two seasons, and Arsenal play Everton, who began their horrible run of results in the middle of last season. Plus how fun is this - poor Pompey will play Aston Villa without Svetoslav Todorov. Ouch. Still, I think Ayiebeni and Sheringham do have the goods to beat the crap out of Viller.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Pompey 2 Villa 0

Sheringham and Berger - Berger's little drag past Ronny Johnsen was amazing!

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

i shall watch some matches today, in between my moving.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Sol Campbell sent off for Arsenal! Fuck!

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

score update:

Thierry Henry pen. for Arsenal, 1-0

Leicester 2 up against S'oton

Pompey beat Villa, Brum beat Spurs (yay!)

Sunderland are still fuckin' crap

Nodge are 2-0 up against Rotherham (agrh)

M** Yoo just scored - Ryan Giggs freekick

Ipswich still 0-0 against Crewe. Damn. Come on you Blues!

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

yay! Junichi scores for Fulham!

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

it's dead in here.

my EPL team for the year is going to be Chelsea.

 

[FizzingWhizzbees]

My team, as always, will be Liverpool.

And so far we've lost to Chelsea (congrats, MVD) and drew with Villa yesterday. We're clearly not looking like championship contendors, YET AGAIN!

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

yep i saw those matches. sorry.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Houllier out

So far Town has been crap thus far. Two points from three, two goals (one of them a penalty, amusingly enough) and we're currently being as shit as ever against Wigan tonight...won't be long before they get a goal, I reckon.

Arsenal have been doing fine though!

 

[FizzingWhizzbees]

Houllier

I swear, this man gets a team that wins 3 trophies in one season...and promptly sells half the side. WHAT is he playing at?!?!?!?!?!

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

brilliant tactician though

you're a goal down through a dubious penalty in the fourth minute with your captain and main defender sent off

what do you do?

take off an attacking player and bring on Igor Biscan.

 

[brettig]

He's too worried about competing with Wenger for best French coach, that's his problem.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Zebras could have faced Real Madrid in the CL

ah, to reflect on those lost opportunities.

Man U-Rangers ought to be fairly interesting though, and I think Chelsea have a pretty easy group (despite losing to Lazio 2-0 in the pre-season).

 

[FizzingWhizzbees]

Hehe...Ferguson is being investigated by the FA for misconduct after his behaviour at Newcastle last Saturday.

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

this alone may just convert me to Arsenal

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

I'm guessing you haven't seen his cockatoo 'do of 2001?

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

the past doesn't matter.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

well he's better looking than most of our Ipswich players anyway

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Matty Holland, legend

too bad he's moved to Charlton

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

matty is pretty cute. *adds him to my bag*

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

he's a lot better looking than all the other players he left behind at Town

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

my goodness oh how i love soccer players.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

http://www.uglyfootballers.com

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

i refuse to see that.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Hoddle's out for sure

other than Kanoute his buys haven't repaid their debts (Postiga anyone?) and their defence is still awful.

oh well.

 

[Mirrorball Man]

Oh my God! Pompey lost!! Noooooooooooooooooo!! Nevermind, it was going to happen sooner or later.

Town - That's more like it Yertle, 4-1. And you're getting good crowds as well.

As for Wolves - oh dear

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

I don't like the dingles, although it really does show how much class the big money teams have these days

and yes, I'm glad that if we had to stuff any team, it'd be MK

 

[Mirrorball Man]

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