THE FOOTBALL THREAD Vol 2

and when ur a chelsea fan , u'll feel like beating up the referee for not giving us the corners and throw-ins and the penalty kick we deserved. that Mr.Rio Karate Kick to Joe cole. ah.

anyway , John Terry was never good at these stuffs. so is Drogba. all they do is add more flavours to the already cooked food. thats smth i admit. at the same time , i still dont think john terry deserves to miss that penalty shot.

and i certainly would never admit defeat for that game.
im f*ckin sure about that.


and congrats anyway .
now grant is gone ,
drogba's prolly leaving .
alota shits happening.
hopefully a good outcome
a new Chelsea FC.
 
Good luck in replacing Drogba. That is one quality striker which is really difficult to replace. I think he is one of the best striker to play the English game....
 
RESERVES WEEK

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Reserves Week: Barazite - The first team is a realistic aim


By Matt Fortune
Nacer Barazite is a better player now his injury nightmare is behind him.
The young Dutchman suffered the agony of a dislocated left shoulder just 25 minutes into his competitive first-team debut back in November - a Carling Cup fixture against Blackburn Rovers. That night at Ewood Park should have been memorable for all the right reasons, but it ended with Barazite leaving the field on a stretcher.
The gifted forward was one of the star performers in the successful Under-18 and Reserve team campaigns as he built on the foundations of an appearance, and a goal, in the customary curtain-raiser to the pre-season at Barnet last July.
A place on the substitutes bench for the Premier League match at Sunderland this month completed Barazite's recovery and brought to a close a fine second season in North London. While he didn't get on, there was no containing his excitement at the whole experience.
"I had been training with the first team the days before the game," a delighted Barazite told Arsenal.com. "I knew that injuries and international commitments meant some places were available so I was hoping I would be involved. Thankfully I [was] and it was a fantastic experience.
"Looking back the Blackburn game was of course frustrating because I felt then that I was close to the first team, I was playing well and suddenly you get the injury set-back. But I think the whole injury situation can help me be a better player. I had never expected to be injured like that.
"It isn't a good experience, it is bad of course, but you can take positive things out of it and can learn from it. I did that and came back very strong.
"At the time after the injury I was just focused on recovery. I forgot about my long-term aims and just wanted to get better and then when I was I got my mind back on the targets, which were to gain first team experience by the end of the season.
"I came to Arsenal with my target of reaching the first team as quick as possible. But I didn't expect to be 17 and making my debut! That was a shock but I was playing well at the time so perhaps not so much of a shock. I am really happy with the last two years and hopefully it can keep going next year."
But what of next year? There are many options for a talent like Barazite. He is still only 18 and, by his own admission, has aspects of his game that still need developing. Would a loan spell provide the relevant platform?
"A loan experience is always good for every young player but my aim is to play in the first team for Arsenal. And in pre-season I will do my very best and prove what I can do to the boss and give him the choice to make me stay.
"A loan would be good and I wouldn't say no to it but at the moment I am focused on the Arsenal first team and hopefully I can stay and achieve that.
"But I know what I need to get that. The Premier League is probably the best league in Europe and even the world and what you need is good technique, but that playing style is well suited to me. I love to play the ball around and here we keep the ball on the floor. I love it [the technical aspect of the game] and that is what the Club works on.
"My defensive side of the game does need work too. That is always talked about with the coaches, Neil Banfield and Steve Bould, and I can see in the two years I have been here that I have improved a lot.
"If I can keep going that way then it isn't too far for me before I reach the first team."
 
yep - chance to see Terry redeem himself as captain ....

I tot of watching but got work AND gig 2moro nite - ... mite be too tired ...
 
England 2-0 USA: Terry and Gerrard on target


Seven days too late for Chelsea's liking, John Terry was presented with an opportunity to score and duly obliged.

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John Terry heads home England's first goal
There were no tears at Wembley tonight but in putting England on the road to beating the United States at Wembley, Terry exorcised a few demons created by his shoot-out miss that cost victory for the Londoners in the match that so crushingly ended in defeat to Manchester United.
And the warm celebrations that followed ensure that while the tough-tackling defender may spend a summer in purgatory, personally tormented by the moment that will scar his career, he need have no fear of the reaction which awaits him next season.
There could have been no more fitting scorer in a game which marks the halfway point of Fabio Capello's five-match run of friendlies prior to England's opening World Cup qualifier against Andorra in Barcelona on September 6.
Steven Gerrard added a second, in a very impressive introduction to the left-wing role, to leave the rump of Capello's squad heading off for a goodwill meeting with Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday in a contented mood, and the Italian believing improvement is being maintained.
Certainly, the win was deserved and there is a general belief that Capello will get it right, that anything he does has to be an improvement on the Steve McClaren era - the true ghastliness of which will only really sink in when Euro 2008 kicks off while the Three Lions lick their wounds on an unscheduled summer off.
Yet, despite boasting seven men involved in last week's Champions League final, England enthused no-one until Terry did what he so wishes he could have done in Moscow a week ago.
Yes, there were moments that caught the eye, most of which involved man-of-the-match Gerrard, but nothing that had a 70,000 crowd on the edge of their rain-sodden seats.
Gerrard has been asked to do a few jobs in his international career. Nothing really prepared him for a left-wing berth, though, and predictably, the Liverpool captain kept leaving it.
However, when he did so, it usually meant danger for the United States.
The visitors had already survived one lucky escape when Gerrard slotted home David Beckham's curling free-kick, only for the goal to be ruled out because England's newest centurion had not waited for the whistle.
When Beckham picked Gerrard out with another free-kick, the midfielder's shot seemed to be heading into the net until Clint Dempsey got his head to it, providing Frank Lampard with a chance from the rebound which he promptly volleyed wide.
Gerrard also set up Beckham and Jermain Defoe, eager to make an impression on his first England start for nearly two years, but neither man could locate the net.
Terry at least put a different complexion on proceedings, even if his fourth goal for his country could hardly make up for his misery at the Luzhniki Stadium.
It might have got Capello thinking though. With one more potential captain - probably Gareth Barry - to see in Trinidad on Sunday, this was Terry's opportunity to salvage a job given to him by McClaren and which he holds with a passion.
And Terry's goal was a reminder he is capable of leading from the front in a manner Rio Ferdinand, his central defensive partner and favourite for the job when it is officially handed out prior to the August 20 meeting with the Czech Republic, is not.
The same could be said of Beckham. Even at 33, he is capable of producing moments of total devastation.
He did so again against the country which is now his adopted home, and having ditched him once and regretted it during his days at Real Madrid, Capello is unlikely to do so again.
Beckham's departure at half-time offered David Bentley some valuable time on the pitch, although clearly it is going to take a long time for the boo-boys in the stands to forget his decision to abandon the England Under-21 squad prior to last summer's European Championships.
Barry's arrival was equally noticeable due to the fact he almost immediately threaded Defoe's lay-off through a tiring USA defence for Gerrard to add a second just before the hour mark.
As Capello's substitutions mounted, Gerrard remained. Still on the left, yet in some ways not quite.
He was certainly not close to the touchline when he cushioned a header into Wayne Rooney's path midway through the half, only for the Manchester United man to screw his shot wide.
It was Rooney's last chance before Joe Cole made his entrance, yet still Gerrard stayed on the left.
Maybe, like Terry, Gerrard and England can look to the future with confidence
 
Ferdinand? Never. Terry? he's alright.

I don't see Ferdinand as a good leader, nor a very good defender. A captain has to retain control of the team, and at the same time inspire the team. Stevie G is 100% guaranteed inspiration, if he's the captain good things will come for England. ;)
 
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