I missed it because they it was on at like 3AM over here.
If I'm lucky maybe I'll get to see a replay of the match.
Watched a re-run of Liverpool vs Chelsea. What a comeback from Chelsea. Hiddink is the man.
When I play, I usually play out wide. It's where short people belong.

Right. Traditionally, short, fast and great ball players, the job being to get the line and cross the ball. If they are tight to the line, no-one can be off-side. Mind you, they also make great attacking mid-fielders; or as we had it in days gone by, Inside Right and Inside Left.

Yes, I saw the Hamburg game. Martin Jol is a giant.

In the Champions League, we have 3 of the 4 semi-finalists, and Liverpool were put out by Chelsea!

Chelsea v Barcelona
Man U v Arsenal

So we have at least one team in the final, but Barcelona are favourites at the moment.

Originally Posted by wolfen

Thats why I have cox cable
that and teh fact that i live a little too close to Oceana Naval Air sataion to use sat tv

Guess we posted after a match, weren´t fully sober then?

Just asking, no offense meant at all...

Rattler

P.S.: For a week now going on clouds after the 4:0 vs Bayern (as a *true* SGE fan of cause I suffered the reverse score vs. my club, and we were Bayern Killers once....)

P.S,2: Seriously, Engish soccer atm is the best, consecutively getting three teams in CL finals (and well deserved), I fear the worst for Barca (but if we pass Chelsea, it will be CL win!!!)

Rattler

Originally Posted by Rob Henderson

-snip- Try explaining the offside rule to a Yankee.

thats not the prob really as long as he is male - and not UEFA -: http://www.tsn.ca/soccer/story/?id=240469

The real prob is when you try to start to explain it to your GF or the spousal unit (and that is assuming you do not try to do that at the same time... )...

You will encounter yourself offside faster than you can spell the word...

Rattler

*chuckle* Yeah, agreed. Hahaha.

New Topic: Oliver Kahn- best goal keeper in the world ever, any objections?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNOzHvsEmg4

Without question, the best.

Objection here Boss! Very Good goalkeeper - not so good on attitude. There have been a lot of really great goalkeepers. My vote would go to Pat Jennings, Ireland's fantastico. Frank Swift, who died in the Manchester U. plane disaster was special, and Gordon Banks' career was ruined by losing one eye in a car crash. Ted Ditchburn and Sam Bartram would also figure today in today's world of protected goalkeepers, as would the one and only Bert Trautman; I would have loved to have seen your man face Nat Lofthouse of Bolton.

Attitude? I think you don't really know Kahn- especially when it comes to attitude fairness and other stuff he's the best... a role model for many Germans. Maybe there were some situations it seemed the other way round but Kahn lived for soccer and emotions were always high. In Reality he's a great character.

Object also: While he really probably was the best for some time, he is not anymore (his problems when going for the ball with the foot having always been his Achilles heel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2YcUE_AlSk)

There are many who share the same fate, but the best during the last 5 yrs from my POV (and that as a FCB fan) is w/o doubt Iker Casillas from Madrid, especially in 1-vs-1 situations:

Fearless as Kahn, safe on the line, drops faster than anyone, dominating the small area with criterion like nobody else (not even Buffon), and on top of it you do not have to cringe everytime he employs his feet...

See some of what this amazing guys does daily (I think he alone has kept Madrid from losing x matches in the last years), after the bio the interesting stuff starts at sec 0:30, Hala San Iker!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P6jPA_LYGc

Rattler