On the dutch television they were already talking about rumours that Scolari might be getting sacked at the end of the season, anyone know more about that?

The match wasn't all that good, but a well deserved victory for United, looks like championship is going to be a two race between them and Liverpool.

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

January 11 2009 18:28 GMT

#727

well it's been the same season after season, the premiership table doesn't mean anything until after Christmas. The race starts now

Klive5ive

United Kingdom6056 Posts

January 11 2009 19:44 GMT

#728

On January 12 2009 03:21 Lenwe wrote:
On the dutch television they were already talking about rumours that Scolari might be getting sacked at the end of the season, anyone know more about that?

The match wasn't all that good, but a well deserved victory for United, looks like championship is going to be a two race between them and Liverpool.

Nah Liverpool won't even be close by the end of the season. They've already begun to falter.
Benitez is no match for Ferguson, Liverpool should've ditched him long ago.
United have this unfaltering confidence, they just know that they only need to be close by the mid way point and they'll probably win.
Chelsea can still challenge though.

kroko

Finland2136 Posts

January 12 2009 13:04 GMT

#729

www.thefootballshirt.com <- Any1 has experience of this service ? Cheap jerseys(must be fakes). Do they deliver the shirts or is it just a scam ?

Crazy comeback game yesterday Osasuna vs Barcelona. HT 0-1. Osasuna came back with 2 goals, but then Xavi drawed the game from Dani Alves briliant pass few minutes later Messi made beatifull shot to make it 2-3

. Not in many leagues the last team can make such a good fight vs league leader.

Liquid`Drone

Norway28674 Posts

January 12 2009 13:17 GMT

#730

chelsea looked sooo strong at the beginning of the season but now they're really not looking so strong anymore. they will come back though, I can see chelsea having some amazing streak with 8-9 wins in a row or something later in the season.. but I don't think this will happen early enough for them to win PL.
liverpool is not gonna keep up, they dont have enough squad depth. they also don't win comfortably enough in most of their games, meaning they will end up getting more draws in games where they're a little unlucky.. I can see liverpool ending the season with the least losses, but they're not gonna win the most games.

united has the experience, they pretty much always finish stronger than they start the season, ferguson is a godly manager and they're able to deal with injuries better than anyone else.

also very happy to see that nobody is able to do better with chelsea than mourinho did. xD

PhilGood2DaY

Germany7424 Posts

January 12 2009 13:38 GMT

#731

On January 12 2009 22:17 Liquid`Drone wrote:
chelsea looked sooo strong at the beginning of the season but now they're really not looking so strong anymore. they will come back though, I can see chelsea having some amazing streak with 8-9 wins in a row or something later in the season.. but I don't think this will happen early enough for them to win PL.
liverpool is not gonna keep up, they dont have enough squad depth. they also don't win comfortably enough in most of their games, meaning they will end up getting more draws in games where they're a little unlucky.. I can see liverpool ending the season with the least losses, but they're not gonna win the most games.

Why is that ?
Do you like him ? =P

TonyL2

England1953 Posts

January 12 2009 13:47 GMT

#732

Who doesn't like Mourinho? He's a funny man

I'm hoping he'll replace Ferguson when he retires :D

Liquid`Drone

Norway28674 Posts

January 12 2009 13:52 GMT

#733

mourinho is hilarious, awesome and brilliant.. i cant not-love him.

Spike

United States1392 Posts

January 12 2009 13:59 GMT

#734

Who doesn't like the special one?
The man is pure entertainment and not to mention a great coach; perhaps not the most exciting of tactics, but amazing nonetheless.

hmmm, forgot to hit enter and was beaten to the punch by 2 people.

Liquid`Drone

Norway28674 Posts

January 12 2009 14:10 GMT

#735

hahaha god i love him, what that girl at the beginning says is so dead on

UbRi

Italy603 Posts

January 12 2009 16:14 GMT

#736

my first impressions about mourinho, judging from his half season at Inter till now, is that he's an excellent motivator, who can convey his winning mentality to the team, and he likes to draw all the attention on him rather than on the players, which is good for them, but it's not like he can make a team play splendid football, (and he has been in teams with incredible potential) Inter is playing like when there was Mancini, the only difference is that Mourinho likes to put up to 5-6 strikers or attacking midfielders at once if he doesn't like the score, it's unbelievable how he always manage to pull it off and get away with it. It's like the other team can't take advantage of the unbalanche for some reasons, but I think that this isn't going to last much longer in Serie A, they're already starting to talk about "chaos" strategy by Mourihno when he does it, it's enough to keep on attacking instead of sitting back....

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

January 12 2009 16:16 GMT

#737

really unclassy of benitez to attack ferguson

PhilGood2DaY

Germany7424 Posts

January 12 2009 16:26 GMT

#738

ferguson and I dont mean that negative can be a complete asshole though, too on the other hand..

kidd

United States2848 Posts

January 12 2009 17:06 GMT

#739

Ferguson is just really confident in himself and his decisions. So he will always be the type of person if personally attacked to retaliate (call it a self importance sensitivity if you will). That being said I love Ferguson and his coaching habits very obviously speak for themselves.

Watching the Man U vs Chelsea game was so awesome as well. Essentially before the first goal of the game came by Vidic in the 46th minute Chelsea was dominating in possession. Although the percentages showed otherwise, Man U was the only team with chances mostly relying on the hard work of Park and Giggs to power them through.

I will say that Park is probably one of the most under rated players on the United's squad and if anyone deserves a starting position on the first team it's him. His work rate rivals Tevez and he is more than an annoyance to every player on the opposing team. Seriously no one is safe because Park will play every single position on the pitch (that was very evident because he started on the left, worked some of the middle, and then ended the game on the right side of midfield). Park pretty much had some sort of role is every single of Uniteds chances on goal that game....

TonyL2

England1953 Posts

January 12 2009 17:16 GMT

#740

Yea Park is easily one of United's top players, he does everything you can hope for from a player except score (haha)

He chases the ball and throws his opponent off, gets tackles in, gets into good positions, can run at people and cross reasonably well

He's a jack of all trades, just a bit unrefined when it comes to shooting