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Greetings from much further "ower the watta." If I was you I'd watch out for Torres. Worst Stevie can do is call you a mackem, but I've known good posters to die of narcolepsy reading Torres' crack

Best finish to any match I've ever seen. Glad the keeper redeemed himself. Didn't want to see either lose but if you put a gun to my head I would've gone with Turkey, great result for them. They'll get trampled by Germany but they've done it all the hard way in this tournament and I think they've got a lot to be proud of.

Battle of the comedy keepers tbh. Loved seeing Ronaldo, Fat Phil and friends go down.

Very pleased the link to Arshavin has resurfaced.

It's already been in the media, would go on to penalties.

It was shirt pulling and all but that kind of infringement had been going on all game in both penalty boxes. For Webb to decide it was a penalty in the 93rd minute reeked of "big decision" refereeing and I despise it.

Very dodgy penalty, that. Poland have every right to feel robbed, they survived Austria's early attack and outplayed them for the rest of the match. Shocking decision.

Not his life..................but his trophy cabinet is another matter! So according to you, only players who win trophies can be heroes for their clubs? Guess there's a lot of clubs out there with no heroes then. Fans shouldn't love their "underachieving" players if they don't win a trophy? You don't half talk shite sometimes. I thought you were cleaning up your crack?

good joke. hes a legend and will get chelsea playing good football You would think he's a legend. He's from the same stock as Ronaldo - whiny, crybaby, paranoid, dirty as hell. He'll get Chelsea to a European final, sure - most likely the European Synchronized Diving final. tbh i like him better than ferguson or benitez. the majority of managers are whiny. i wouldnt call him a crybaby. dont have a clue what your on about calling him paranoid and i wouldnt exactly say hes dirty as hell. my judgement of him is an interesting character and will make the league more interesting and exciting. will get chelsea playing good football as he likes to play attacking and attractive football and i think he will also bring in a few players for chelsea which will improve the standard of the league and make it more exciting, e.g. ronaldinho, maybe kaka as part of a swap with drogba and villa Paranoid = all refs are out to get him. As for dirty, how about him taking a swing at Dragutinovic during qualifying? He may have been cleared of wrongdoing but there's a side of him that's not "attractive." The notion of Kaka leaving Milan is laughable, and Ronaldinho will never cut it in the Premier League. I don't think he's what you're heralding him to be especially after being away from club football for so long.

good joke. hes a legend and will get chelsea playing good football You would think he's a legend. He's from the same stock as Ronaldo - whiny, crybaby, paranoid, dirty as hell. He'll get Chelsea to a European final, sure - most likely the European Synchronized Diving final.

Hate him, so not pleased I'll have to see his miserable face and fat belly in the Premier League next season. Absolute whining tosser, every bit as bad as his players. Good match for Chelsea though.

Really cracking second half, Turkey well deserving of the win. Turan was great, Vonlanthen was also impressive, I'd have both in a flash. Looked more creative than any three of our midfielders.

Ugh, Ronaldo wankfest really makes me want to watch with the sound off. Going on about his goal like it was the best thing since sliced bread - it, and he, were nothing special today imo. Czechs could never capitalize on Ricardo's extremely dodgy keeping which was a shame.

Yeh. Total shite... He's fucking having a laugh now isn't he first calling Arteta average and now calling Zlatan crap Have you ever seen Ibrahimovic play Torres? 32 goals in 53 games for Inter is a very good return he also contributes loads to the rest of play not overrated at all. Sure I have.....................every time we knock Juve out of Europe! He`s one of the highest paid players in football and is really crap value for it..............as park life said. Jockey. On top of which, Ibrahimovic plays for Inter, not Juve...

It's the abortion of a football match you could expect with Rehhagel sending a team out tbh. Oh, I don't know. Turned out enjoyable enough, although the Greeks wouldn't have looked out of place wearing Rangers shirts.

Russia hit the self-destruct button on that one. Looked lively but they've had no composure in front of goal. Sweden-Greece should be a great match.

+1 Voted for Portugal though. They turn my stomach.

Have you watched him at Barcelona? Lost whatever he had. There might be something to the notion that a return to England would revitalize his career but I can just see him being another foreign flop.

He'd just be another Alan Smith in our squad anyway, not good enough to be first choice striker and no kind of a midfielder at all. No thanks.

We might see him in two or three years. He'll never survive the Premier League the way he is now, by all accounts he was poor for Barca in a weaker league. Compare him to Bojan and you'll see the kind of player Barca wanted from Dos Santos (and probably the kind of player Spurs think they're getting.) Also, media darling? Sleeping giant? Are you totally off your rocker? They hate us (well, really, they love us since we're such a comedy club that they can sell papers on false stories they invent about us...).

Here's some gossip: From http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id...443&cc=5901 Flop-tastic. at the bolded bit.

Oh wow. Wouldn't CSKA Sofia's "financial situation" be greatly improved by participating in the CL rather than being excluded from it? Sounds like a setup if I've ever heard one.

I really want to burst into spasms of laughter here, but in the end I can't find the cynicism. Fingers crossed lad, here's hoping for your sake it isn't true.

Drogba is a world class striker, naturally, and not a bit overrated. He does have an arsenal of dirty tricks that he pulls out at a moment's notice but that doesn't stop him from being quick, physically powerful, difficult to mark, and nearly unstoppable. When you look at how many he scores and how many assists he has, you'll see who's world class. Also you probably didn't watch the ANC if you're talking about how Drogba didn't perform against a "bunch of nobodies." You're one of those who still thinks African football is kicking a deflated ball around a dried-mud pitch while villagers with baskets on their heads look on.

wouldn't go for torres spain? Well to go for Torres/Spain you'd have to think Spain will win, which is a bad shout. Support for Portugal also makes me sad. That lot got beat by Greece in their own country -says it all really. These pundits seem to think Portugal is just 10 Ronaldos and a keeper when in reality they have a handful of total nobodies and another handful of aging, petulant ex-world beaters. They also seem to forget Ronaldo often goes missing in big games. I'm a little biased though since I despise Portugal. Watching them play leaves a bad taste in my mouth.