European Football/Soccer Players and Fans Unite!

[Nessa]

I have been playing on a girls high school team for three years now and trying to follow national tournaments....its hard when you're in America and it is very popular...

But anyway! I was wondering if there was anyone around who played or enjoyed wathcing it who would like to chat about it here?:thumbs:

[Bawax]

i play and am a big fan, i go to about 30 prrofessional games a year, i play too but had to have a break off cause of injury recently.

so do you support any particular team?

[Polly Sandybanks]

I don't play, but I enjoy watching it. I'm actually going to a match later today. It's my local team, Östers IF.

I'll ask the same question as bawax, do you have a favourite team?

[Pil]

My dad and brother are big Chelsea FC fans but i'm a Manchester United supporter! Go reds! It's cool that people all over the world enjoy soccer...ooo, that's weird...football! :wiggle:

[Nessa]

*Sigh*

Being American (and in high school) I have never been to a professional match.

None of you are from the US? Soccer is generally ignored here. Its hard to follow, I could bearly keep up with world cup this year. I supported Italy and USA (for once :rolleyes: ). I mostly play it, but I don't exactly have a professional career in front of me. lol

Nationally, I like the Chicago Fire.

[Pil]

I thought 'soccer' was up and coming in the US. Mind you...i've never seen anyone part from my bro want to play american football... :huh: :p

[Nessa]

Soccer got a surge of popularity while the US was in the cup finals, but as soon as we lost, well..... the general opinion is if America isn't involved in something..it doesn't exist. :p

Maybe it will become popular someday....but nothing will beat American Football....unfortunately.

[Bawax]

oh no, i can't even get away from chelsea fans here. ;)

as i'm a west ham fan you'll know why i said that Pil. :)

[Aragorn Isildur]

Ohh, Im a Liverpool fan...the premierships coming to Merseyside this season ;)
Dudek, Babbel, Henchoz, Hyyppia, Risse, Duff, Gerrard, Hamann, Bowyer, Owen, Heskey.....Truly mouthwatering. Then we have El Hadji Douif on the bench, the Senegal World Cup Star :)

Aragorn:king:

[Polly Sandybanks]

I noticed that people didn't care much about football (well.. ok.. soccer) in the US. I was there for a few weeks this summer (June 12th - July 7th) and I tried to find news about the World Cup, but it was more or less impossible! If they ever mentioned it on TV they only spoke about the US team (which is not that surprising, but I wanted more news about all the teams).
I had to phone home to get news. :)

But it will probably get bigger over there too eventually.

[Pil]

Oooooo...West Ham Fan Alert...

WEST HAM:archer:
WEST HAM:battle:

[Nessa]

I know Polly. Imagine bringing it up and everyone just sort of ignoring it.... ah well. I love America, really, but American Football? Why? :rolleyes:

[Pil]

R u dissing it? I don't, like, mind if u are i just didn't understand ur post. :duh:

I dunno ANYTHING about american football other than they have a lot of padding! lol roflmao :p

[Nessa]

I don't know how to feel about US football. I like it, I watch the games quite a bit....its just that I'd prefer soccer and I wish it had half the enthusiasm here that the NFL produces.

I think the US and Canada are the only countries who play American Football.........

[Pil]

Quite possibly...it kinda incorporates rugby, football...the padding from ice hockey games... lol I think some people find it unoriginal. :huh:

Teeeeeny q: How many players are there on an american football team? just always wanted to know...ok...complete lie...but i'd like to know all the same... :embarras:

[Nessa]

Actually, Pil, I have no idea! :o

Shows how much I care, doesn't it? ;)

Does anyone play soccer? Do you ever question your sanity? :grin: I came home yesterday from the hardest practice of my life (my coach wants me dead, I'm sure) and barely managed to shower off before I fell asleep. It really is a physically trying game.

[Illuvatar]

Okay...time to join in.....

1st - There are 11 players allowed on the field.

2nd - There is a Europoean Football League(EFL), which has teams from all over Europe (Spain, Germany, Britain, Scotland, etc) and the play is very good!! :)

3rd. - Whilst Soccer isn't a dominating sport over here, it IS followed quite well. Take for example the fact that throughout the states there is quite a large Hispanic popluation, and they REALLY love thier soccer, so when things happen like this year when both the U.S.A. AND Mexico end up in the World Cup, it does get quite exciting!! pfbbt lol

Now as for me, I am a die-hard Green Bay Pakers fan!!

There are only two places in the world that I dream about going....One is Scotland, and the other is to be at Lambau Field in Green Bay for a Packer home game!! :cool:

[Aragorn Isildur]

Isnt there an offensive and defensive team which swap depending on the play?

[Illuvatar]

Ahhh...Okayy.....Sheesh....lol

There is 11 players from each team allowed on the field at one time.

One side is defense the other side is offense.

Now, both sides may "substitute" players in-between plays, but they have to do it quickly as there is a 45 second time limit in which to get the next play off! If the ball is not snapped by the 45 second marker then the team with the ball (the offense) is penalized 5 yards. There are 100 yards on the football field and the ball must break the plane of the opposing team's goal line to score.

There....

American Football 101 roflmao

[Aragorn Isildur]

O.o

[Nessa]

Thank you, Illuvatar!

The Spanish population in Ohio is a bit less than in Southern California....so I bet it is more celebrated down there. :)

[Lady Arien]

It's not only celebrated....it's almost rioted, actually! I don't really follow it myself...wasn't a "team player" when I was in high school, but my best friend was a varsity player and she kicked much heinie....I had a great time watching her play, but as for myself (and I speak for my beloved Illuvatar as well)...I'M COUNTING THE DAYS TILL FOOTBALL SEASON STARTS! (August 10th...WOO HOO!)

[The Black Sword]

bawax don't worry i am here and also a Hammer, http://www.westhamonline.net/webart/iconormal.gif

As for Pil a Mank supporting Chelsea boy pfbbt i think you would be the most hated person in East London.

My old man & older brother were Chelsea fan's, you poor thing

Nessa

I am a Huge Football Fan, I play & run a football team here in the UK, I also spend most of my spear time watching the Great Game.

If you ever need to know anything just ask.

don't ask the Chelsea boy they no nothing after all the did get Fat Frank for 11 mill . o O ( mugs ) :grin:

[Bawax]

[The Black Sword - you have just become my favorite poster here just by being a fellow Hammer. :)

do you ever go to games?

[The Black Sword]

bawax, I play football most saturdays but if they are at home and i don't have a game then i go down there.

I am gonna try and get to all the big games this year and i may go to the Spurs & Chelsea games as well even thou they are pony teams :O) What about you do you go down there at all if so where do you sit ?

TBS

[Bawax]

i have had a season ticket in the bobby moore upper tier for 6 years, this'll be the seventh. :)

i try to play as much as i can but i lost my fitness this year cause of injuries so i'm trying to get back to my old self. :)

what o you think of Roeders signings so far? do you think we'll do as well as last years 7th place finish?

[The Black Sword]

Never been in the BMU whats it like seems good, have a few mates in the BML thats got to be the best place in the ground.

I think Glen is a top man seems to know what he wants and don't bye total **** like Bagpuss did. I think GR has done wonders for the club since he took over, I know a few people at the club and they say the players have a lot of time for him.

They also say the club has changed for the better since Bagpuss left, it seems he was as useless as his singings looked.

I think a top six this year if we can keep a fully fit team, I would like to see Defoe in the top 5 scores as well.

I have £200 on them finishing above spurs, i had £100 last year for them to end up in the top ten (easy money) Spurs fans really know **** All about football.

[Bawax]

hehehe, you seem just like me, i put money on west ham finishing above spurs last year, i saw it as the easiest money i've made for years. :)

in his time i quite liked old bagpuss, his last year and a half went badly downhill, up until then i thought he was doing a great job. Gr is far more tactically astute though, he seems to have made us a team thats truly tough to play against (except when we roll over and play dead obviously).

where abouts do you normally go when you can get to upton park? i was always a fan of the old north bank but that was 10 years ago. :grin:

[Sindarin]

I know I'm late replying to this thread, but I absolutely worship soccer! :thumbs: I enjoy rugby and cricket also. :)

Who's everyone's favorite soccer team?

I don't want to catch any flak from anyone, :p but I like Arsenal myself. ;)

[Bawax]

Originally posted by Sindarin
I know I'm late replying to this thread, but I absolutely worship soccer! :thumbs: I enjoy rugby and cricket also. :)

Who's everyone's favorite football team?

I don't want to catch any flak from anyone, :p but I like Arsenal myself. ;)

Grrrr!!!

i'm a west ham fan, arsenal aren't exactly my favorite team. :p

what cricket team do you support? i'm an essex supporter all the way. :grin:

[Sindarin]

Believe it or not, I support the Essex cricket team also! :thumbs:

[Bawax]

wow really? do you ever go? i don't get much chance anymore because of work/girlfriend/more work. :)

[Sindarin]

I haven't gone to see a cricket match in a few years since I live in America, but I am a frequently active fan of the sport, and watch it whenever I can on television.

[The Black Sword]

bawax

When i do go over there its normaly BML or west upper (don't go up there), But the last time i went was Chescum in the cup i was in the BML.

To be fair Bagpuss did do well with what he had untill he Let Rio go mecry then he spent all that money on dross.

(The Old North Bank) God i was a kid when i went in there, total class singing knessup and all that...... I got trabled quite a bit in them days.

Sindarin

I don't mind gooners myself mainly cos we both hate the Yids

Essex cricket team would be my team if i was into cricket.

[Bawax]

wow, your the first ever person i have met online who supports west ham and essex and actually goes over west ham.

have you been since the Dr Martens stand opened? i've never been in it but it looks good, very very big compared to the rest of the ground. :)

[The Black Sword]

Yea i was in the DMU not long after they opened it, they were putting all the DML season ticket holders up they so it was ok.

But not much singing, loads of kids as well, Its not bad up there but you seem far away from the action really. When your up there evry thing seems so small.

If you wanna chat to other hammers on-line go to

http://www.westhamonline.net/

It's a class site most people on there are ok, loads of us on there as well. Good updates and match reports, i am on there most days.

[Pil]

Bawax...a fellow essexy-type-person....never thought of the amusement behind the word of essexy... :naughty:

ARSENAL??????? At least it's not west ham...infact...i'm being a bit mean. There was this guy i fancied in my old school who supported arsenal and i bought him an arsenal cap....he wore it all the time...aw! :loveyou:

Am i bound to the fate of arsenal supporting men? :naughty: :knight:

We need a thread about rugby...WELSH RUGBY WELSH RUGBY WELSH RUGBY!!!!! :dragon: Woo hoo! :hooray: veryhappy

[Bawax]

the black sword - i have never been there, i'll have to check it out as soon as i get some time, i seem to be amazingly busy right now with 2 jobs. :)

Pil - essexy? well i'm more East Londony but essex are my most local cricket team as i'm only 3 mles from essex. and whats wrong with west ham supporting men? my gf thinks i'm, and this is a quote, "yeah, better then nothing" :grin:

a sterling recommendation i think you'll find. ;)

[Sindarin]

I love Welsh rugby, Pil :)

[Daisy Gamgee]

sorry aragorn in being a bit late in posting but you have to be corrected - the title is going to one place and one place only - its rightful home - Old Trafford :hooray:

and before anyone starts i know all the jokes about there being more united fans in the southern hemisphere than in manchester but i am originally a manchester lass!:p

:angel:

[Bawax]

not if west ham beat you at old trfford again this year, we have done it two years running after all. :p :p lol

[Daisy Gamgee]

united's defence is looking a bit better this season so the hammers might have more of a problem on their hands:battle:

i am normally sweet and nice, but get me started on soccer, and i have been known to turn nasty!! just warning you!!

:angel:

[Pil]

:thumbs: veryhappy veryhappy veryhappy

DAISY POWER!

[Catz]

play nicely children:nono: i dont want to have to get out the trout
:elfeek: :naughty: ;) lol lol
:catz:

[Bawax]

please don't reward me so greatly Catz, you know i like the trout treatment. :p

i think uniteds defance could be better but this season is like the last in that they have a multitude of injuries to start with, i am hoping that they win the title though, anyone but Arsenal and i'll be happy. ;) lol

west ham will finish in the top 8 this year i think. :grin:

[Catz]

funny, i had you down as more a:fanboy: than a :trout:
but you live and learn.....;) lol
:catz:

[Bawax]

i'm a big fan of anything, you could whip me with a noodle and i'd still be smiling. ;) lol

i have one or two other smilies but i think i'd get myself in trouble for it, i'll be a good boy......... for the moment at least. :evil:

[Catz]

yeah.....riiiiight:rolleyes: lol roflmao lol
:catz:
just as a matter of interest......what sort of noodles????? :elfeek: roflmao

[Bawax]

ummm, i dunno what type of noodle, anything would do, i'm easy to please. :grin: lol :thumbs:

[Illuvatar]

Okay peoples......

Isn't this thread about Football or Soccer or something of that nature?

Thanks

Illu

[Catz]

Ooooops.......sorry:blush: fell off the wagon there....*slaps self over ears with trout* :trout: ouch!!!
Youre quite right Illu.......back to football....
:catz:

[Bawax]

I hate Arsenal, my beloved west ham were robbed yesterday. :angry:

[Daisy Gamgee]

commiserations, bawax, i know how bad losing to the arse is, but hopefully united will manage to win against them this year.

[Lady Arien]

Green Bay won on Monday night!!!!!!!:thumbs:

Now, if my Rams could just polish up their act a bit....but it's only preseason....the real stuff starts in a couple of weeks...YAAAY:hooray: :hooray: :hooray:

[Eowyn]

I'm a Derby County fan! and Pride Park beats Old Trafford hands down! we've won awards for our grounds plus it was voted one of the best sporting stadiums in England! ha we beat you! :p

I admit we can't play football very well lol :blush:

[Daisy Gamgee]

oh dear, just found out united lost to Bolton,, and i thoght last seasons home defeat was a one offmecry they're not doing that well so far this season - they're only in 8th place - i think those lads need to pull their socks up.
(not looking forward to the ribbing i'll get from me dad and bro - they both support Bolton:( )

[Bawax]

and west ham lost to west bromich albion and are bottom, never mind daisy, your team could be where mine is. :grin:

[Daisy Boffin]

I'm a Derby County fan and if only we could get this stupid financial situation sorted we might be able to get on with the playing of the football. Heres hopin'

Come on Derby - thrash the Leicester on Saturday and i'll love you all forever!! (Hee hee!!)

[Eowyn]

yeah! I agree! Go Derby! :)

[Mirkgirl]

Ok, I love football (the real one, which uses feet ;) )

I can't be accused in following the championships, but I have to say "We rock!!!" We beat Belgium few days ago (what were they saying, huh?

oh, ok, that's meaningless till we get a ticket for the Euro cup

[Bawax]

mirkgil - i'm a big fan of the bulgarian national team, they always seem to do better then people expect, just look at the 1994 world cup, they got to the last 4 that tournament. :)

[Mirkgirl]

What can I say :loveyou: bawax for this

lol, it's true, it was the star summer for us - "God is Bulgarian" from that summer.

Is it possible for us to do this in '04 Euro cup? I hope so *Mirky keeps her fingers crossed*

[Daisy Gamgee]

Go Bulgaria!!:thumbs:
As long as they don't knock England out on the way:grin:

[Mirkgirl]

Sounds fair, Daisy, thanks :)

[Bawax]

Originally posted by Mirkgirl
What can I say :loveyou: bawax for this

lol, it's true, it was the star summer for us - "God is Bulgarian" from that summer.

Is it possible for us to do this in '04 Euro cup? I hope so *Mirky keeps her fingers crossed*

hey wanna marry me? or did i already ask you that one? :huh:

i just wish that west ham united were doing well, bottom of the league can never look good. mecry

[Mirkgirl]

No, not yet... I'm not against.. but see your wives and my (uhmm I'm not the marriage type ;) ) would fill the Brandy Hall lol

I'll keep my fingers crossed for West Ham too :)

[Catz]

lol roflmao lol
*whispers loudly* youll need more than crossed fingers for West Ham....lol
:catz:

[Mirkgirl]

I wouldn't cross anything else for a football team ;) roflmao

[Catz]

lol roflmao roflmao lol
cant wait to hear what B says about that:rolleyes: lol lol
:catz:

[Eowyn]

Derby lost again! darn! stupid team keep losing, can't score, in debt, decent players injured, can't get rid of ravanelli.......why do I support them? oh yes I remember..... forgotten again! :huh:

[Daisy Gamgee]

Man Utd Lost again to Leedsmecry I 'll i can say is I'm glad I'm on the other side of hte world- me uncles a leeds fan and would be having a right laugh at my expense, in fact, i'm surprised he didn't ring me in the middle of the night to rub it in

[Bawax]

Originally posted by Catz
lol roflmao roflmao lol
cant wait to hear what B says about that:rolleyes: lol lol
:catz:

hehehe, i can't comment on that now, i'll get myself into bother.

well mirkgirl the offers always open if you change your mind, i am a damn fine looking bloke though. :rolleyes: roflmao

anyone insults my team and my marriage offers will stop to the individuals. you have been warned. :nono:

roflmao

[Catz]

im heartbrokenmecry :rolleyes: lol bottom of the league was it???;)
:catz:

[Bawax]

you are bottom of my league of women here. pfbbt

so there, i'm off to sulk now. *sniffles* mecry

[Catz]

i thought i already was??lol
awwwww im a big softy.....its my one downfall......and mainly cos i do feel a bit rotten taking the **** out of poor old West Ham......
Sorry B :cuddles: ;)
:catz:

[Eowyn]

don't worry B it's just because you don't have Derby to get points off. (you do have some of our ex-players :angry: ) we're left with useless ones. well mainly!

Derby v preston please dear GOD we have to win that!

[Bawax]

Originally posted by Catz
i thought i already was??lol
awwwww im a big softy.....its my one downfall......and mainly cos i do feel a bit rotten taking the **** out of poor old West Ham......
Sorry B :cuddles: ;)
:catz:

hehehe, i should have been a woman, sulking gets you everywhere. :p :cuddles: :smooch:

well one thing Eowyn, west ham are one of the only teams in england not to have won, derby have some easy games coming up so i know they'll be ok.

i just hope we beat man city saturday, i think it'll be a score draw though, 1-1 or 2-2 is my guess. :(

[Eowyn]

don't like man city! or any manchester clubs actually!

The first match I saw was Derby v West Ham. I went with some friends. now that was fun. I now work as a waitress at Pride Park. Yeah!

we beat crystal palace. I think it was them it was an away game so I forgot about it! opps! but we won! yeah kinky!

[Bawax]

how long ago was your first game Eowyn? i went to Derby vs West Ham a couple of years ago when we won 2-0, we were a much better team then though.

do you work in the players bar or a private part of the ground then?

[Eowyn]

I work in the boxes along by the toyota stand if you've seen the big rows of glass windows in the stadium I work in them! I have to silver serve!

do you mean the match at pride park?

[Bawax]

yeah thats the match i mean, John Hartson scored for us and Marc Keller towards the end which went in off the underside of the crossbar 9i don't watch that much football honest)

i've seen them boxes, i doubt i'll ever get to see the inside of them, i rarely see away games now, i work most saturday mornings so i can't travel to them. :(

do you find your job easier if derby win?

[Eowyn]

nope! they lose I fetch drinks from the bar, they win I fetch drinks! when will they learn I can't carry 10 drinks on a tray! takes me 2 trips to get all the drinks!

I think I saw that game! but I was in the opposite stand to the away stand!

did you see a steel band playing outside the stadium?

[Bawax]

erm from memory yes i think i did see a steel band in the distance but i didn't get close to them at all. it was a very good game though.

i worked in a bar for 5 years and people never understand why you cant get all their drinks ready and in front of them in a flash. :)

do you enjoy doing it as a job? do you get time to watch the games at all?

[Eowyn]

I get to see some of them! the people in my box are nice and let me watch some of it! but I'll probably lose that box because I have to matches left then I go to uni and they won't give me that box again! (I don't think so anyway, shame)

oh and the steel band! they were called the Pantastics! I used to play for them. we got the tickets as payment for playing there.

[Bawax]

so i might have been just yards from you and i'll never know, i could do with one of them photograhic memories, i'd be able to tell wheat you looked like then. :)

if you had seen me then i' probaby look a state cause i'd drunk quie alot, i think by the game started i'd spent 7 hours in the pub. :grin:

[Eowyn]

wow! 7 hours! which pub? It must have been an interesting pub!

[Daisy Gamgee]

So you're the stereotypical beer swelling football fan!! You ought to be ashamed -you give the rest of us a bad name!! J/k:grin:

As to working in bars, I never had any trouble of blokes wanting their drinks straight away and not understanding why it takes more than a nano second to pour - maybe because i was such a wonderful barperson and they loved the opportunity to talk to me;) lol

[Bawax]

i can't remember which pub, after years of alcohol abuse wal the pub namessound th same to me, it was a bit dingy and small but the beer was cheap and it was all west ham fans in there. :grin:

daisy - yep, thats me, beer and football go hand in hand. ;) i always got stick from customers but then again i think barmen always do, the ladies just get the lecherous drunks oogling them. lol (i'm not one before you say anything) roflmao

[Daisy Gamgee]

well, if you're anything like the beer swellig football fans that i used to serve back in manchester, you probably are one of the leacherous drunks at the end of the bar come full time!!;)

[Eowyn]

football and beer! yep good combination. unless fights break out! yikes!

never working behind a bar!

bar with west ham fans! never going there! (no offence B!)

[Bawax]

lol west ham fans are ok, were not all that bad, i'm surprisingly charming and polite when drunk, mainly cause i'm a lecherous perv propping up the bar. :)

fights in bars arehorrible, its not bad for women cause you don't have to get stuck in, i always have to go break it up, i got my nose broke twice doing that. :)

[Daisy Gamgee]

I actually use to have to break up bars since i was supervisor but it actually seemed to work sending a girl coz the lads stop fighting pretty quickly, and i've never got in the way of a blow

[Eowyn]

Originally posted by bawax
lol west ham fans are ok, were not all that bad, i'm surprisingly charming and polite when drunk, mainly cause i'm a lecherous perv propping up the bar. :)

fights in bars arehorrible, its not bad for women cause you don't have to get stuck in, i always have to go break it up, i got my nose broke twice doing that. :)

:o ouch!

I've never met anyone who's charming when drunk ;) or at least thinks they are!:rolleyes:

[Bawax]

oh i have been told i'm definently charming, i probably come across as a bit poncey or cheesy but it works for me. :)

womne areso lucky, one steps in and a fight stops, a man steps in and it just becomes a bigger fight. :grin:

[Daisy Gamgee]

I like blokes that are charming, and who love themselves alittle, not too much but just enough to be assured of themselves.....
i also love men who are real gentelmen - who hold doors, and pay things, and look after you really well....
althogh, the ones i know like that, as soon as the footie goes on, all manners and common decency go out the window

[Catz]

Daisy.......:shhh: youre just encouraging him...and lets be honest here......thats the last thing he needs:rolleyes:
and B the :smooch: was more because i feel bad about kicking West Ham when theyre down........and boy.......are they ever down........its like kicking a puppy
Drunk, charming.....footy fan?............no im sorry....just cant bring to mind an image here:rolleyes:
drunk leche holding up the end of the bar?
now THAT i can visualise......i DO have a pic of B lol roflmao lol
:catz:

[Daisy Gamgee]

Sorry Catz..... another bad habit of mine!!

[Bawax]

i'm all them things and so much more daisy, believe it or not i'm a perfect gentleman, always brought up to treat women right, my dad would kick my *** if i didn't. :)

Catz - you could picture it if we lived closer to eachother but i can't travel halfway round the world to show you so you'll have to imagine how sophisticated and charming i am. ;) lol (do not dis west ham, i love them more then many things) lol

[Catz]

im not dissing West Ham......i actually feel quite sorry for them.....are you really sire you want MY imagination at work on this??:o lol roflmao
:catz:

[Bawax]

anyway back to the subject, i'm expecting full support from you all for west ham tomorrow, i will be going to see us thrash Man City after i get home from work.

prediction for the day west ham 3 man city 1 :thumbs:

my imaginations worse then yours hon, i think. *gulp*

[Eowyn]

go West Ham (this is on 1 condition, you have to help me support Derby - someone has to)

[Catz]

prediction for the day west ham 3 man city 1
my imaginations worse then yours hon, i think. *gulp*

well yeah it is...if thats your prediction for the score ;).....ok ok.....but i hope they do win....poor beggars need to get something out of their season:grin: :cool:
:catz:

[Bawax]

you got a deal there Eowyn, i'll be an official cheerleader for Derby, until were in the same league that is, then its open warfare. ;)

who've derby got tomorrow? they should win, they've got one of the strongest teams in the league. :thumbs:

[Eowyn]

we played preston north end or something like that. (team I've never heard of) we lost 2 - 0 how **** are we! aaaahhhhhhhhhh! and we had Poom in goal. this can't be happenning! :( verymad

how did west ham do? :p

I can't believe we lost, I'm going to cry. mecry

btw chefs at pride park are perverts that need to be kept in check! eewwww! He will pay for the comment he made. :archer:

gregory out! gregory out! pfbbt

[Bawax]

Originally posted by Eowyn
we played preston north end or something like that. (team I've never heard of) we lost 2 - 0 how **** are we! aaaahhhhhhhhhh! and we had Poom in goal. this can't be happenning! :( verymad

how did west ham do? :p

I can't believe we lost, I'm going to cry. mecry

btw chefs at pride park are perverts that need to be kept in check! eewwww! He will pay for the comment he made. :archer:

gregory out! gregory out! pfbbt

tough luck for derby, west ham didn't do much better, we played manchester city and only got a 0-0 draw, were the only team in the country not to have won so far i think, its our worst ever start to a season in 105 years so i'm told. *sniffles*

the chefs are perverts? and the fans too i bet, i wont ask what he said, its probably similar to my kind of line so i'll shut up. ;) lol

Roeder out!!! Roeder out!!! :battle:

[Eowyn]

no I'm sure you wouldn't use it. lol but I'm trying to repress it so I won't mention it again.

The fans are not perverts! :angry:

have you lost many games though? we've lost loads and we're in debt..... I hope I still have a job at christmas :o

gregory out! gregory out! :archer: how come he helped villa out of trouble but not us? idiots lost his touch! :grin:

[Daisy Gamgee]

Well, I'm happy, Man Utd finally won a match at the weekend!!:whoohoo:

the only problem with living in Australia nowadays, is that i don't get enough football (sorry, soccer!) on tele - there was about 2 lines in the paper on Utd winning, that was it - and coming from manchester i find it really weird, coz they were always on tele and in the newspapers everyday. Although they do have a live match on oonce a week - if i really want to wait up until 3 in the morning to catch kick off, and its normally some pants london team:angry:

[Bawax]

Originally posted by Daisy Gamgee
its normally some pants london team:angry:

verymad :nono: verymad :nono: verymad

bad move with a west ham fan daisy. ;) lol

west ham have only got 2 points out of 6 games so far, bottom of the league by 4 points. mecry

we'll pick ourselves up though, were too good a team to stay there for long.

if your after finding out about the man u games daisy, let me know and i can put you onto a coulple of good websites for match write ups. :grin:

[Eowyn]

hey b don't worry if you drop a division you have to play us! :grin: now that would be funny!

[Daisy Gamgee]

Originally posted by Bawax
verymad :nono: verymad :nono: verymad

bad move with a west ham fan daisy. ;) lol

west ham have only got 2 points out of 6 games so far, bottom of the league by 4 points. mecry

we'll pick ourselves up though, were too good a team to stay there for long.

if your after finding out about the man u games daisy, let me know and i can put you onto a coulple of good websites for match write ups. :grin:

Just like I said - pants london team!!lol (j/k btw!! - i was actually referring to that french team that plays in London, and Chelsea.

The only websites i know are Sky sports and man.utd.com, so if you know anymore, that'll be great!:thumbs:

[Bawax]

Eowyn - he.......he.........he........ very funny, well i know we won't be playing derby next season then, no chance of us going down or of derby going up. pfbbt ;) lol

Daisy - try http://www.football365.com they have loads of links to all maner of things and you can always go to http://www.thesun.co.uk :thumbs:

[Eowyn]

hey B don't be mean. its true but don't be mean!

we have to beat Forest (notts forest)

derby and nottigham hate each other.

[Daisy Gamgee]

Originally posted by Bawax
Eowyn - he.......he.........he........ very funny, well i know we won't be playing derby next season then, no chance of us going down or of derby going up. pfbbt ;) lol



Are you sure theres no chance West Ham can't go down? I know its only the beginning of the season, but they've not had that good a start have they??

cheers for the links B, but The Sun?? i'm a bit too upmarket to read that sort of kennel lining!lol

[Bawax]

hehehe, only kidding Eowyn, i'm sure derby will have a good year, they're far too good to struggle this season, i hope they get promoted, just make sure that Millwall don't get up before your lot, i absolutely hate millwall. :grin:

oh really daisy? a bit of an upmarket bird are we? ;)
the sun has good write ups for the matches i normally go to the other one myself.

hey if your posh do you fancy a bit of rough? thats me by the way. :thumbs: ;) lol

[Catz]

hey if your posh do you fancy a bit of rough? thats me by the way.

oh PLEEEEEEZZEEEE *goes away to hit her head on something solid....then changes her mind and decides to hit his instead* :trout:
lol lol
:catz:

[Eowyn]

good choice catz! can I help?
:trout:
Good news though.... we might be getting rid of ravanelli.
claims to be injured but no physio has found anything wrong with him.. someone explain old age to this bloke! :grin: he is old for a footballer.... no-one get insulted he is old for a footy player.
we pay him 40,000 a week. well if he goes (ironically to jim smith - the guy that got us stuck with him in the first place) then we will be able to pay the other players. yeah!

[Daisy Gamgee]

Originally posted by Bawax

oh really daisy? a bit of an upmarket bird are we? ;)

hey if your posh do you fancy a bit of rough? thats me by the way. :thumbs: ;) lol [/B]

I'm definately an upmarket bird, but i don't mind slumming with a bit of rough once in a while - as long as he can keep me in the manner to which i am accustomed!;)

[Bawax]

well that would depend on what your accustomed to, i can be both a bit of rough but i can impress many people with my amazingly intelligent conversation, i have to bull**** all manner of people at work, i've got way too good at it :thumbs: lol.

oh and after seeing the pic i think you'll agree you won't find too much rougher then me, will you. ;) lol

[Catz]

you???? rough???? compared to what??? i dont think so....:rolleyes:
big hairy biker guy with tats and leathers= rough
you?= great big pussycat

sorrylol .....just couldnt let that go....back to footie
:catz:

[Eowyn]

lol

[Bawax]

Originally posted by Catz
you???? rough???? compared to what??? i dont think so....:rolleyes:
big hairy biker guy with tats and leathers= rough
you?= great big pussycat

sorrylol .....just couldnt let that go....back to footie
:catz:

aww, Catz is saying i'm a big cutie really. ;) lol
*tummy tickles for Catz*

you must say i'm rougher then most people my age, i was at one point the youngest bouncer in London so i'm not exactly a nancy boy. :)

[Catz]

*purrs*.....catz love tickles;)...but this is still supposed to be a thread on footy
:catz:

[Bawax]

damn right it is and i'm glad you brought that up with west ham thrashing Chelsea this weekend, it was a bit worrying saturday when i was in a millwall pub with my west ham top on, i was just glad they didn't lose otherwise my life could have been difficult. ;) :)

[Catz]

Ye gods!!!!.......you mean they WON???
well, well, well.....;) lol
:catz:

[Eowyn]

B derby beat Ipswich woohoo :whoohoo: we actually won and look so did west ham! :grin: lol good weekend for us then lol

[Bawax]

yep we won and it has been a very productive weekend.. were still bottom of the league but thats a minor detail, we'll change that in a week or two. :grin:

woohoo for you Eowyn, how are derby doing in the league now?

[Eowyn]

err.... I think we're still somewhere in the middle. I've been in sheffield this weekend so I haven't had chance to check where we are i just know we won! hee hee! :whoohoo: we went clubbing to celebrate :grin:

I'm sure you'll move up now that you have your confidence back.

[Bawax]

i think we should, we have birmingham this week so providing we win we should, i hope, get off the bottom of the table. :grin:

mid table is ok for this time of year, you only need to get to 6th to get in the playoffs so your doing alright. :thumbs:

[Eowyn]

thank goodness! but we keep losing to the teams at the bottom? go figure!

[Bawax]

west ham do that too, we've played three of the top four and scored 7 goals against them in total but the other 3 teams we haven't scored any against at all. we only beat the quality teams. :(

[Eowyn]

that was the reason we went down! that and several really bad decisions on the refs part! we should have won so many times last season and didn't due to those reasons!

[Bawax]

west ham will stay up, we will win the FA cup and we will sack glenn roeder. :thumbs:

positive mental thinking is the way forward, it must work surely. :grin:

[Daisy Gamgee]

West Ham will not win the FA Cup:p and if you go down you will definately sack your manager!

:whoohoo: utd won at the weekend, all thanks to my lovely Giggsy (big :smooch: to him!!) and that makes us 4th in the table - soon we'll be riding high!!

B, it might only be the beginning of the season, but lets face it, in the past the teams that have started off at the bottom usually end up staying there or there abouts - sorry :( lol

[Bawax]

well look at west ham last season, at the end of novembet we were 19th out of 20 and finished the year 7th, so if we pick up the season early we should do ok, i want us to win one of the cups though. we have gone too long without winning anything. :(

[Eowyn]

yes but derby haven't won anything in years. not in my life-time anyway :p so we want to win :grin: I'll wish for a west ham v derby final! lol

[Daisy Gamgee]

Originally posted by Bawax
i want us to win one of the cups though. we have gone too long without winning anything. :( [/B]

I think its uniteds turn to win something -we've not for oh, at least a seasonlol we'll hopefully be in the champions league final at Old trafford, its just such a shame i won't be there since i'm on the other side of the world mecry

[Eowyn]

poor you!

who are derby playing in the fa cup? I'll find out tommorrow i suppose :huh:

[Daisy Gamgee]

:whoohoo: united won 4-0 against Olmpiakos last night - yeah go utd :gofatty: and 2 goals coming from Giggsy (again, big:smooch: to Giggs!!) We're almost a cert to qaulify for the next round now!!

[Eowyn]

oh dear derby lost! AGAIN! this time to oldham athletic? huh? from 2nd division. opps! stupid Poom (the goaly) got sent off by the stupid ref! we lost 2-1 and Evatt who became the new goaly (normally a midfielder but I think he's played every position now) he did a better job? wierd. anyway lots of bad decisions on the refs part and every derby fan (except those - like me - who were working) were singing rude things about the ref. I think he heard us :wicked: seriously this guy was either blind or didn't know the rules! unless he was bribed. anyway c*** ref!

at least it was only the worthington cup. but now we have to play walsall, with no Barton (captain) and no Poom (idiot)

by the way do Man U still want Poom! after today they can have him! :angry:

[Daisy Gamgee]

We have enough stupid players in the likes of the neville brothers so don't really need anymore, sorry !!

my ex supports Oldham - he's one of the very few fans they've got i think!lol

[Bawax]

hehehe, ok Eowyn, i'll wish for a derby vs. west ham final too, we'll win, i can't recall derby beating us in the past 4 years. :p lol

not won a thing in a season huh? try 22 years daisy, it was before i was born when we last won the fa cup. mecry

woohoo!!! west ham, chelsea took a severe thrashing and chesterfield were amazingly lucky not to have more then one scored against them. :grin:

[Eowyn]

when did derby last win something? I think it was in the 50's or the 60's anyway WAY before my time! :blush:

verymad gregory out! back to villa to help them because he's making things worse here! verymad

[Bawax]

ok friday evening, i just want to say that west ham will beat birmingham tomorrow, we'll score 2 and they'll get none.

don't question me, i'm gifted, my mum told me. ;) lol

[Eowyn]

okay! lol

derby will lose 2-0 to walsall

we normally lose and I think we have some players that are suspended. :( stupid ref! :angry:

[Eowyn]

oooooohhhh ok! 2-2 we drew. for the first time this season! :grin: we didn't lose :whoohoo: although we should have won.... opps! :(

sorry about west ham B!

[Bawax]

i hate Glenn Roeder, him gary breen abd thomas repka should have their balls chopped off for the way they've played/managed this season.

verymad

congrats to you though Eowyn, every point is a step the right way, west ham seem to be moving backwards though. mecry

[Daisy Gamgee]

:whoohoo: united won again - 3 goals in the last four minutes -come on lads!!!notworthy thats how you win championships!!

uhm, i know England have some qualifiers coming up, but i've looked and can't seem to find when exactly, and skysports is down - any of you english residing peeps, please let me know, ta v. muchly

[Eowyn]

hey B west ham are doing ok again aren't they? well there not at the bottom. (i don't think) Derby drew against forest YES! and we had no captain or decent goalie - both suspended) and no strikers because all injured hahahaha!

[Daisy Gamgee]

Nope West ham aren't at the bottom - that honour currently goes to Bolton!! Somethnig which my dad and my brother are not very pleased about lol

[Eowyn]

lol
woo hoo! deby beat sheffield united! party! lol we actually won something.

we have to win games now because i have watford and norwich fans along my corridor oh dear. I'm in so much trouble if we lose. but I have my excuses at the ready. for instance all of our strickers are injured. plus our goalie keeps getting sent off for really strange reasons. :huh:

oh bless mcleod scared (he's 18 and earning £70 a week - compared to ravas who's earning £40,000 a week and hasn't scored or played in months)

[Eowyn]

oh dear our goalie has been suspended for the portsmouth match (jim smith manages them - this could be embarassing :( )

[Bawax]

grumble grumble, i hate liverpool, grumble grumble, sack the manager, grumble grumble.

:thumbs:

how are Derby doing now Eowyn? i wouldn't worry about portsmouth, they lost today, you can kick them while their down hopefully. :grin:

[Eowyn]

I know they lost hahaha! and we've beaten both sheffield teams this week! (I'm never venturing into sheffield with my derby scarf. I don't think its safe there anymore :huh: ) plus it appears ravanelli will be fit to play in 2 weeks but and this I like Deon Burton is back WOO HOO! he scored and bless mcleod he scored again today. that should boost his confidence.

so does anyone want ravanelli? (useful providing he doesn't fall out with manager and fake injury)

[Eowyn]

B where'd you go? :huh: how are west ham doing?

[Mirkgirl]

Well that's not football exactly, but in one competition someone said that the other team from Liverpool is Arsenal.. when he had to choose between Arsenal and Everton :rolleyes: I couldn't believe my eyes

Well some real football... Bulgaria did pretty well in the qualications for Euro'04 (that was ages ago, but I don't think I've posted it) and we're leading our group now (-: the next games are after months tho

[Bawax]

Originally posted by Eowyn
B where'd you go? :huh: how are west ham doing?

mecry

honestly? i was off sobbing cause you laughed that west ham lost. ;) roflmao

were not doing well, 17th in the league with games against man u and leeds coming up, i'm not expecting too much for the moment, come the end of the year i think we'll be in the top 8 anyway so i'm not to worried. :)

did derby play today? a win or a loss? :huh:

[Eowyn]

erm....we lost to portsmouth! damn jim smith! stupid twit.....well they are top of the league and we're 13th oooohhhhhhhhhhh bad number! did west ham play today?

hahahahahaha! just found out ravanelli was hoping to be playing but they didn't use him! :grin: roflmao serves the fake right!

[Daisy Gamgee]

Well, I am not impressed with Utd's performance at the weekend!!! Losing 3-1 to City - Fergie should sack the Nevilles and Bartez, and get Schmiecal back at OT - he obviously isn't too old for City, so why should he be too old for Utd, and anyway my Gran would better than Bartezverymad verymad At least I am not in manchester - that atmospheres gonna be a bit explosive for a while

[Bawax]

no we didn't play saturday Eowyn, sunday and we lost 4-3 to leeds, i went, the first half we played like a pub team the second half we played like world cup winners. i'm still waiting for our change of fortunes unfortunately. mecry lol

hehehe, man u deserved it but i am glad they won in the champions league, i had a bet on veron for the first goal so i'm as happy man. lol

[Daisy Gamgee]

Aaaarrrgghhhh!!!! Could this season get any worse - Utd drew at West Ham. I'm calling for the transfer of the useless Neville Brotherspfbbt and a good public kicking up the bum of the other players (excluding Giggs, as in my eyes, he can do no wrong:loveyou: )
Why can they play well in Europe, and when it comes to teams like West Ham, and City, they are useless!! I do not understand at all:(

[Daisy Gamgee]

Ok, just read the match report and the Neville Brothers weren't playing so I apologise, and it sounds like the rest of the team didn't play that badly (won't see any highlights until tonight) Giggs was man of match:whoohoo: , althoguh i still think that the Neville brothers need to go elsewhere

[Bawax]

Originally posted by Daisy Gamgee
Aaaarrrgghhhh!!!! Could this season get any worse - Utd drew at West Ham. I'm calling for the transfer of the useless Neville Brotherspfbbt and a good public kicking up the bum of the other players (excluding Giggs, as in my eyes, he can do no wrong:loveyou: )
Why can they play well in Europe, and when it comes to teams like West Ham, and City, they are useless!! I do not understand at all:(

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

forgive me there, i just had to get it out of my system. :p lol

i love you west ham! :grin:

[Moraneah]

Whether its Soccer, Rugby, or Australian Rules football, I am just a ignorant American. Even when it explained to me, I don't understand. Sort of like a girl who can't fathom Football in America. But, I do understand American Football. I guess it's in the interpretation, and what you grow up with.

Yeah, not to mention The Niners are losing too...;) ;)

[Eowyn]

oh dear. Derby have 1 decent goalie. and He might be going to Sunderland. actually lets swap 'might' for 'will' boo hoo! we're so dead. we're playing Wimbledon tonight.

plus when the transfer windows open we'll lose Riggott and (hopefully) Rava's. :)

or not..... :rolleyes: I just read the homepage and apparently the twit is facing a possible operation on his fake injury. (unless he was injured in the 2 tiny parts of the games he's played in)

[Daisy Gamgee]

Originally posted by Bawax
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

forgive me there, i just had to get it out of my system. :p lol

i love you west ham! :grin:

well looks like I may get the last laugh honey!! West Ham aint doing too good are they? But its a game of 2 seasons, so I'll save my laughing until May. But at least, you can take the Utd match as a consolation prize when you're slumming it.

[Bawax]

Originally posted by Daisy Gamgee
well looks like I may get the last laugh honey!! West Ham aint doing too good are they? But its a game of 2 seasons, so I'll save my laughing until May. But at least, you can take the Utd match as a consolation prize when you're slumming it.

we shall see, i think west ham will be in the middle of the table reigion come may but then again i am a hopelessly optimistic person when it come to west ham. (one of the faults of being a season ticket holder) ;)

[Eowyn]

oh I'm in trouble. Derby play Norwich tommorrow and the lad on the floor above me supports them. I really hope derby learn how to score.
please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please :grin:

[Eowyn]

opps! I'm now in hiding! :rolleyes: although only 1 -0 so not too bad! still hiding though.

[Lalaith]

Hey...just wanna saunter into this thread cos I'm an ARSENAL fan!
:thumbs:

Hehehehe

[Bawax]

Arsenal? when will someone as intelligent as me come into this thread? ;) lol i envy you people who support the successful teams. :)

good luck to weat ham tomorrow, were bottom of the table and unless we win by 3 clear goals we'll still be in the relegation zone after tomorrow, i'll be there showing my support so we'd better win.

[Iarfirithwen]

I finally stagger into this thread. Yay.

Who's the West Ham fan? I used to play in a 6-aside team: West Hamster United :). I haven't had a chance to read all the posts in this thread but I'm glad you're all here. I staggered into the American Football thread for a joke a couple of weeks back. I just don't understand that game. When I move to the US I'll have to go to some games and get someone to explain it to me. I think its all the padding and the helmet. I'm used to seeing Rugby (not a fan of that either) though considering how injury prone Rugby is the padding etc is probably a good idea. I love footbal (soccer) becuase of the amazing skill involved, the tactics, the athleticism of it, the comraderie of the players, the civility of it relative to the other football sports. I don't think I appreciated the skill of the players until I started to play. Australia has traditionally been a cricket/rugby country (or for girls Netball/Hockey/some girls cricket)so I didn't play it in School. But now its meant to be the most represented sport with school aged children, inc. girls. I think its great. I'd love my kids to play it (one day if I have some that is ;) )

Slightly off topic - Can anyone out there tell me why they call the Baseball series in the US - The World Series? I mean, I've always had the impression it was only played by teams within the US. I've always chuckled when I hear it called the "World Series". Maybe I'm wrong. Can anyone explain?

[Daisy Gamgee]

Originally posted by Lalaith
Hey...just wanna saunter into this thread cos I'm an ARSENAL fan!
:thumbs:

Hehehehe


Oh, dear, you didn't have that good a weekend at my beloved Old Trafford? The gap is closing quickly, and you'll have a fight on your hands before christmas:thumbs:

Bawax, not everyone can have as good as taste as you, m'dear;)

Larfirithwen, I've just moved to Oz from the Uk, and I'm amazed at how much people know about soccer over here. From what I got told before we left the UK, nobody knew hardly anything about the game. But most people I talk to are followers of English teams, and sometimes there knowledge can put me to shame :thumbs:

[Lalaith]

Leave me alone!!! pfbbt Who's top of the premiership???

[Daisy Gamgee]

I'll grant you are at the top, but Chelsea are only 2 points adrift, and 3 points for Utd. All that needs is one loss by Arsenal and a win by Utd for them to be on equal footings. Its a season of 2 halves, and the next half looks like being a good 'un. Theres time for Arsenal to be knocked off their crown quite easily :grin:

[Lalaith]

A loss? By Arsenal? Never!! those days are behind us - there will be no more mistakes!

(do I sound suitably optimistic in a mindless way???)

[Eowyn]

wait who's the arsenal goalie?

on happier news DERBY BEAT WATFORD! this means the watford fan next door has gone into hiding. hehehehehe! 3-0 woo hoo! :whoohoo:
although why riggott scored I'm at a complete loss. (he's a defender or at least he was last time I watched them) :rolleyes:

[Daisy Gamgee]

The Arsenal goalie is normally David Seaman but he was injured, so for the Utd match they had some foreign guy who then got injured and so they subbed him for the England Under 21 goalie (don't know his name but hes pretty cute, and thats all that matters;) )

Glad to know Derby are doing a bit better. Who's in charge there now. Is it Steve Bruce or am I thinking of the wrong team?:huh:

[Bawax]

Originally posted by Daisy Gamgee

Bawax, not everyone can have as good as taste as you, m'dear;)


thank you my dear, you do realise you've just put yourself in the "bad taste" category now don't you. ;) lol

i am hoping man u win the league, i had £40 on them at eight to one a fortnight ago, man u are officially my new second team, go manchester united (except tomorrow against west ham) :grin: lol

[Lalaith]

Hmmm.. david Seamen is kinda past it (sad but true) plus he needs a haircut!! The new foreign dude had an alright first half but we won't know how good he is till he's truly tested... And Stuart Taylor is a prospect for the future..and whaddya mean he's cute? aren't we supposed to like soccer for the skill excitement and the ability and the legs!...Ooops... I've said too much!! :naughty:

[Eowyn]

Originally posted by Daisy Gamgee
The Arsenal goalie is normally David Seaman but he was injured, so for the Utd match they had some foreign guy who then got injured and so they subbed him for the England Under 21 goalie (don't know his name but hes pretty cute, and thats all that matters;) )

Glad to know Derby are doing a bit better. Who's in charge there now. Is it Steve Bruce or am I thinking of the wrong team?:huh:

I thought it was Seaman. He's gettiing old. :huh:

I think Derby have won today. but its John Gregory who's in charge at the moment.

[Lalaith]

AAARGH!! I now have 'the fear'. Yes, it's the fear that every Arsenal fan experiences many times in their lifetime... the fear that the boys are gonna mess up big time... Let's just hope they won't mess up against Spurs tomorrow... I just wouldn't be able to show my face in public EVER again! mecry

[Bawax]

ok no need to comment on man uniteds win over west ham, we can brush over that right? :grin: lol

[Eowyn]

of course B! :grin: where are you in the tables now?
Derby are 11th! not bad :huh:
unfortunately Forest are 3rd. I'm avoiding Nottingham for a while.

[Daisy Gamgee]

So United won 3-0 against West Ham.....oops sorry B, forgot we weren't to mention that!!

And thanks to Arsenal, drawing against Spurs, theres now only a point in it!! Lalaith, they didn't mess up too much, its only 2 points you dropped, (but its a downward spiral;) )
And who mentioned anything about legs? Of course we only watch soccer for the love of the game, nothing at all to do with men in shorts lol

[Bawax]

where are we in the table? i errrrrr, don't know, i haven't looked recently. :rolleyes:

to be acurate we are 20th, so 20th out of 20 means bottom and whats more the team thats bottom at christmas has got relegated the last 9 years. :elfeek:

[Daisy Gamgee]

Looks like Bolton will be joining you, just so you won't feel lonely down there. ;)

[Iarfirithwen]

Poor goalies always get the short end of the stick :(

I really felt for David Seaman in the World Cup. noone criticised Owen for not getting an extra goal did they :huh:

[Lalaith]

AARGH!! Downward spiral! We're doomed! DOOMED!! Not in the relegation sense but if Arsenal slip up again we're gonna have to put up with taunts from Man Utd supporters for the rest of our lives!!

And I agree - poor Seaman - he has been outstanding in the past but I fear that it is time for him to be put out to pasture!!

[Eowyn]

hey B your coming to join Derby! lol lol

[Bawax]

i would put money on west ham staying in the premier league, if anyone is willing to match what i would put down then your quiet welcome to but i doub't anyone see's it as a worthwhile bet.

you all know we'll be ok, this is just a way if winding me up. ;) :p lol

[Eowyn]

nope you're sooo coming to join us! lol

[Bawax]

i'm sad to say i think you could be right after today's performance.

i still think west ham have a big chance of staying up, more then the other 3 teams down there with us. :)

[Eowyn]

hmmm...okay well only time will tell.

opps! derby lost again! going to watch them on boxing day! :whoohoo: wait cold, wet, **** football....why am I going?

[Eowyn]

opps! Derby lost again....this has become a common phrase grrrr..... GREGORY OUT! :archer:

[Bawax]

WE'RE DOOMED!!!!! mecry

see you next year in the nationwide Eowyn. :thumbs:

[Eowyn]

ok! lol don't worry!

we'll see you there providing we don't go down again! we lost again and once again its because the other team scored in the 90minute ahhhhhhhhhh /*%$#*^#

verymad

[Bawax]

Eowyn, will you teach me the names of the first division teams and players? i've been too arrogant for the past 7 years to bother looking below the premier league. ;) lol

[Eowyn]

erm... okay I'll try...can't do the players....bit out of touch since I've been in York (3rd division lol we'll join them at the rate we're going - might take another season to get there!)
table as it stands!
Team P W D L F A Pts
Portsmouth - Jim smiths team(ex derby manager as of last season! opps!)
Leicester City - came down with us local to derby.
Sheffield Utd - trashed derby town centre after away match in stoke. nice! :rolleyes: another local team
Norwich City - EVIL! (lad upstairs supports them!)
Nottm Forest - BOOOOO HISSSS! (local b*******! )
Reading- :huh:
Crystal Palace - again :huh:
Coventry City - erm....can't remember
Watford - girl in room next to mine supports them! we thankfully beat them!
Wolves - another local team....ish! (I think we lost to them :angry: )
Rotherham Utd - :huh:
Burnley - sounds familiar can't remember why?
Gillingham - I think we lost.....or won....too long ago! lol
Ipswich Town - did they come down with us too?
Millwall - :huh:
Wimbledon - we lost opps!
Derby County - woo hoo! do you want the team list! lol ;)
P.N.E. - :huh: oh wait preston north end!
Walsall - :huh:
Bradford City - hate Bradford creepy place
Grimsby Town - hate them too I think!
Stoke City - another local one.
Brighton - erm....
Sheffield Wed. - yet another local one!

how are teams I've never heard of above us? mecry

GREGORY OUT!!! :archer:

[Bawax]

MILLWALL????

the vermin is in the first division? i hate them but then again i have no doubt that they hate my lot as well. :grin: ;)

[Eowyn]

thats usually the way! well you'll have to make sure you stya up to avoid them! :grin: good luck with that! lol

[Bawax]

the fight has started!!!

west ham have won at home for the first time since may the 11th, things are on the up. :grin:

[Daisy Gamgee]

Hey B - have you seen the 4th round FA cup draw? Utd v West Ham at OT. Lets just hope its not a repeat performance of a few years ago.
Eowyn, are Derby still in the cup?

[Bawax]

well i'll be going to the game like i did a couple of years ago so i'm certainly hoping it lives up to what happened back then. :grin:

i think it's going to be more of a case of west ham having to concerntrate on the league after that game. :thumbs:

[Daisy Gamgee]

oh lucky you - I'll have to either watch highlights, or if I'm lucky enough for it to be on tv, stay up till 3 in the morning to watch it.

[Eowyn]

erm... cup? erm.... probably not! haven't been paying attention they're too far away! :huh:

we've gone up 1 position though I think! oh cool Kinky scored! :whoohoo:

[Eowyn]

it has to be said! DERBY WON!!!!!! :whoohoo: we beat stoke! :beer: cheers

[Daisy Gamgee]

Yeah go Derby :thumbs: Don't really like Stoke (I used to live there)

[Eowyn]

you poor thing!

[Bawax]

GRRRRR!!!!!

that was my method of psyching myself up for tomorrows game by the way, we will beat Man United, oh yes, you just wait and see. :grin: :)

[Queen of Gondor]

LOL, I hate to dissappoint you Bawax but the game is on as I type and Hammers are being trounced 6 0roflmao

At least Ipswich only lost 4-3mecry

[Bawax]

lol the thing is i have an unfortunate advantage compared to the rest of you, you al get disappointed when your teams lose, its become second nature to me. :thumbs: lol

[Bawax]

We're going down,
we're going down,
We're going,
West Ham's going down.

mecry mecry mecry and do i get a shoulder to do it on? do i "BEEP!"

[Bonos-Girl]

awww....poor B.....lol lol...i seem to be saying that a lot recently! heh

[Eowyn]

hmmmm......well you'll be able to play my team then B! It'd be a laugh. well derby have sold all their players who can score so this should make for an interesting season. although now he'll have to let Kinky play! :whoohoo: but unfortunately Riggots gone mecry

[Bawax]

that'll be an interesting match up then, Derby can't score, west ham can't defend, they'd be better off with 22 clowns on the pitch. :)

feeling sorry for me again BG? can i cry on your shoulder *does the puppy dog eyes again* :grin: lol

[Eowyn]

hmmm.....clowns...... that just might work! lol

BG stop feeling sorry for him it's only a football team and there are advantages. for example, you win more matches (unless your Derby) and you save money (unless your Derby) ...... hmmmm...... somethings gone wrong here!

[Bawax]

i think thats how it'll work with west ham as well, i can see at least 5 big players leaving when we go down, i think we'll be in the first division for a long time. mecry

oh and don't listen to Eowyn BG, she's a bad influence, trust me. :thumbs: lol

[Daisy Gamgee]

awww poor B..... I'd like to say I know how you feel..... but well.... I don't, its way before my time when Utd weren't in the topflight. ;)

You don't have to be in relegation trouble to get rid of your top players - look at Leeds - they're all jumping ship.......or being pushed overboard at least.......but it won't stop that ship sinking lol

[Eowyn]

are they really? I wonder why......oh wait its because its leeds right?

:o B I am not a bad influence :wicked: often ;)

[Eowyn]

so are west ham still losing?

btw no-one is aloud to mention................ portsmouth..............:blush: it didn't happen right! lol

[Daisy Gamgee]

What happened at Portsmouth?? (I'm not rubbing anything in, I honestly don't know)

I'm trying to stay awake...the Utd V Bolton match kicks off in an hour....my Dad's a trotter and I'm a red so should be interesting to watch

[Bawax]

ah ha! for once i can mock the Man U fan, drawing to bolton and being lucky to get the draw? oh well, back to the champions league games for you now then. :rolleyes:

and for only the 6th timethis year west ham have won, ok we should never havewon and west bromich albion were robbed but i'm still a happy little bunny. :grin:

[Bonos-Girl]

lets face it B...west ham should never win! lol

[Bawax]

Originally posted by Bonos-Girl
lets face it B...west ham should never win! lol

surely thats blasphemy? (i don't know if i spelt it right :huh: )

surely as an essex girl you should be a west ham fan. :)

[Bonos-Girl]

i think that is how you spell it...and i resent the essex girl thing....theres a girl in my class who is a coplete essex girl (evem owns white stilettos!)...and she suports west ham...i have a good reason not to like em though...my brother likes them! lol

[Bawax]

roflmao you really know an essex girl with white stilettos? i don't think i've ever met one, i know plenty of men in the "white sport socks and shoes club"

i can't think why you'd resent such a stereotype though :huh:

if you don't support west ham who do you support? please don't say arsenal, chelsea, millwall or tottenham. :grin:

[Bonos-Girl]

i don't.

simple answer!

when i was at primary school everyone said i had to support someone so it was man u...cos everyone supports man u! lol...everyone was always really suprised when i didn';t know what the score was or summat....hehe...they were like 6...

[Bawax]

lol i wasn't actually a big fan till i was about 12 i think, i always used to be a bigger fan of other sports.

my nephew is a star though, since the age of 2 he's been west ham mad his brothers the same and he's only 3. i'll never hear it said that brainwashing is a bad thing.

[Bonos-Girl]

i prefer rugby....not any particular team...just like watchng it rather than football.

[Bawax]

i was a bigger fan of individualist sports like athletics and boxing, i still do a bit of boxing competitively but i don't take it seriously. :)

[Eowyn]

okay daisy if you really must know

we lost 6 - 2

lalalalalalala........:( hmmmm.... anyway I only keep up with the score cos its funny when we beat someone (apparently it happens ever so often! ;) ) its even better if you know someone that supports the losing team. lol so how're west ham doing?

[Bawax]

theres an old saying, your only as good as your last game.

thant means, derby are rubbish, man u can only draw against second rate opposition and west ham are the only one of the three to pick up 3 points. :p ;) lol

still going down though *grumble, grumble, grumble* lol

[Eowyn]

:o:o you mean thing. that wasn't their last game....they played burnley and lost 2 - 0 but we drew the one before that. we'll get you when you come to join us. and you will! mean. lol ;)

[Bawax]

lol sorry dear, i couldn't resist it. i do recall the last 2 times west ham and derby met at our ground, one was a draw and the other a 5-1 hammering by my team. :)

do you not have any hopes for derby getting promoted this season then?

[Eowyn]

erm we're at the wrong end of the table! about 16th last time i checked! :( well it'll be amusing. we can slag off the other teams in our division.

[Bawax]

16 is a nowhere position really isn't it, not in relegation trouble and not pushing for the play offs. at least you'll have some world class superstars to play against next year. ;) :grin:

[Eowyn]

for how long? we've sold all our decent players and no doubt you'll lose......any decent players you have? hmmm.....strange sentence...do you have decent players? except the ex -derby ones! ;) which have probably left by now lol oh well.

[Bonos-Girl]

west ham won a match 5-1?! erm....i mean...thats great B...at least you win against someone....i mean....erm.....oh...i give up! lol

[Eowyn]

it won't happen again! :nono:




I hope!

[Bawax]

oh yeah, the fight is back on, 2-0 against the north london vermin known as tottenham. :grin:

mock me if you like but mocking west ham is a serious crime, i'll have to notify the relevant authorities. :nono: :p

i'll only be seeing derby if we get them in the cup now.

[Eowyn]

nope you'll see us all right! :grin:

[Bawax]

we shall see, we don't have much of a challenge next game, its only the team in 4th that we have to beat away from home. :rolleyes: :)

[ouglouk]

I don't play soccer, but i enjoy seeing it, my favorite team is VALENCIA C.F. and I hate Real Madrid C.F.

[Eowyn]

why? I don't really know much about rivalry in Spainish football.

[Bawax]

i like watching both valencia and real madrid, i think the spanish league is one of the better ones in the world to watch, i can't help but like real madrid, they have so much talent in the team its unbelievable. :)

woo hoo west ham, draw away to everton was a good result. :thumbs:

how'd derby do this weekend eowyn?

[Eowyn]

erm.....we lost to Bradford so I'm not mentioning to my friends who support Bradford that I'm from Derby! :grin: we're dropping down the table quite quickly now! :o its scary! :(

[Khamul]

Bawax, very sorry but for this...
"woo hoo west ham, draw away to everton was a good result"
... i hate you ;)
We should have stuffed your lot, and I'm very annoyed!!!
But by all accounts we played very poorly anyway, so we didnt deserve all three points. I still think your lot will stay up. And I really doubt that we can afford Joe Cole, regardless of whether the Hammers go down or not... Shame, we need a player like him to cement our position as reborn giants!

And Eowyn, sorry to say it but all hope for Derby left when my 'look-a-like', Malcolm Christie, walked out of that door and took it with him! Perrennial Division One nobodies is what the 'Khamul Football Fortune Cookie' says! mecry

Everton for Europe!!!

[Eowyn]

you look like christie! :o wow lucky you! I know what you mean though we have no defence (poom and riggott gone mecry) and only old, slow geezers like ravanelli (who gets paid too much) barton and kinky (although he's ok)

we're dooooooomed!!! mecry

[Khamul]

lol Personally I dont think I look anything like Malcolm Christie... A mate of mine said it in work, we were having a discussion about lookalikes... Some people can see the resemblence, others cant. I think its just coz I'm lazy and thus dont shave as often as I should... and sometimes my hair looks like his (but not now because I had it cut short last week). My mate, Maxi_T_The_Cavetroll on this site, REALLY DOES look the spitting image of John Terry though! And his brother looks like Gary Neville roflmao We're going to post photos of all three of us into 4-4-2 magazine to see if any lookalikes get printed, then we'll know who is the best resemblence (it wont be me!) lol

[Eowyn]

lol well I hope they print your pics lol