Football Focus

[ruffers]

John Terry's hurt his foot, bless. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/may/12/john-terry-world-cup-foot-injury

Maybe Wayne Bridge will go to the ball?

[Jah Lush]

Mick Mac Wrote:

> How many in the first starting 11 do you predict

> Jah?

Depending on who's fit I'd say two at most.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Hush, ruffers, Mr Terry is a bit of an idol in this household at the mo.

Monday evening my daughter played at Stamford bridge in the Community Challenge Cup. Her friend had an injury so daughter accompanied her to medical room. John Terry popped in to see if she was ok and chatted to the girls. Rather impressive considering Chelsea's victory the day before - bet he was nursing a hangover.

[Ladygooner]

Gutted for Fulham and they played so well. Glad it wasn't Reyes who scored the winner

[????]

COME ON POMPEY!!!

[red devil]

I don't think there's anyone apart from Chelski and Saints fans who won't be supporting Pompey tomorrow.

Hopefully the dodgy pitch will be a great leveller..PUP!

[ruffers]

I'd forgotten it was the Cup Final tomorrow, which would have been unthinkable in my younger years when it was one of the very few live games. It used to be shown by both BBC and ITV, and I still wonder who'd choose to watch it on ITV.

[Mick Mac]

Do they still say:

The FA Cup Final - the greatest game in the world....Its being watched around the world in 50 different countries...

.....Boll*cks

[red devil]

It probably was in England at that time Mick, it was a whole day event for the family...the build-up to the game started in the morning with special cup final editions of programmes, I definitely remember 'It's a Knockout' with opposing fans as the teams, and I'm sure they did a special QofS too...as a kid it was great!*

*puts down rose tinted specs*

[ruffers]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8681745.stm

England might play 3-5-2 at the World Cup? I'm assuming this is a bored journalist making stuff up rather than Capello not being the systematic organised person we were sold. You never know, 3-5-2 might be best for our players but it seems a tad late to start messing..

[????]

Ruffers...already on the World Cup thread...pay attention ;-)

[ruffers]

Ah, fair enough. Forgot about that one. Bit of a cock up on the remembering front.

[ratty]

Cannot even think of sleep. Too excited. Tomorrow we bow out of football! PUP!

[ruffers]

And Smith must score!

That was later that afternoon, but here's some old style Cup Final build up - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ydQM5SHhM

[Annasfield]

Best of luck today Pompey.

[kpc]

Enjoy the day Ratty and drink like it's going out of fashion.

[Mick Mac]

red devil Wrote:

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> It probably was in England at that time Mick, it

> was a whole day event for the family...the

> build-up to the game started in the morning with

> special cup final editions of programmes, I

> definitely remember 'It's a Knockout' with

> opposing fans as the teams, and I'm sure they did

> a special QofS too...as a kid it was great!*

>

> *puts down rose tinted specs*

I know RD - I was alive then too, but the shown live round the world bit, was a load of roobish, unless you mean in English pubs around the world, I guess.

[matthew123]

Cracking Cup Final today - with the sixth crack of the woodwork being decisive

[ratty]

Ouch my head! Good day out. Too much beer. Kidnapped a Chelsea fan at Maida Vale last night. Cannot remember now where we locked him up. Ooops! Some old Pompey hoolies kicked off at Baker St, dogs and helicopters there! Shameful tbh.

Shame about the score. Funniest part of the day was fat coont lampard missing his penalty.

That's it now. Pompey and my swansong. It was good fun but now it is time to go back to the championship. That'll be the last Wembley day out.

Oh, and apparently, Kenwyne Jones sells watches on the beach!

[red devil]

Cribbed this from The Sunday Times website - thoughts on how your club fared this season, I'll start...

Your season out of five: 3.5, but for Wazza's injury things might have been very different.

Player of the season: Wazza by a country mile.

Worst player: Berbaflop...Carrick had a very poor end of season too. Jah, can we return these damaged goods back to the Lane and exchange them for Modric and Bale? ;-)

Best moment: MO's late late late winner against Citeh and the resulting pandemonium, just inches out Paul Scholes late late winner against Citeh at the Council House and the resulting pandemonium, and Wazza's late winner against Citeh in the Carling Cupp semi and the resulting pandemonium.

Worst moment: The week we lost to Chelski and Bayern.

Most annoying opponent: Malcolm Glazer...LUHG

[matthew123]

Your season out of five: -1

Player of the season: Pepe Reina who week in week out shows Jamie Carragher how to pass the ball not 15 yards but 60/70 yards onto the foot of the striker

Worst player: Difficult.. but relative to usual standards Gerrard has been a pale shadown of his former self.

Best moment: Beating Everton at Goodison.

Worst moment: The second half capitulation to a struggling Arsenal at Anfield which for me was definately game up for Rafa.. and off the field the death of ex-player Besian Idrizaj at age of 22

Most annoying opponent: Steve Bruce.. for having a brown tongue from you know who

[kpc]

Just been listening to the last minutes of the Conference Play-off Final on Radio Oxford - amazing enthusiasm from the commentators with the number of Oxford fans going from 31,000 to 33,000 and finally 36,000 in the last five minutes. Brilliant.

[kpc]

Your season out of five: 4

Player of the season: Barry Ferguson ? probably justified the ludicrous ?1.2m we spent on him. Joe Hart came close pulling off tremendous saves all season ? a far better player now than when he came to us.

Worst player: Seb Larsson was disappointing for a large part of the season.

Best moment: Our unbeaten run ? the attitude and spirit shown by the whole team. Or if I have to pick one moment, Cameron Jerome surprising Reina from 35 yards (and himself, his team mates and Blues fans everywhere).

Worst moment: Losing at Pompey in the FA Cup QF ? didn?t show up that day.

Most annoying opponent: Beside for the V*le. Referees and linesmen ? some very poor decisions, penalties at Anfield and V*le Park, goals not given at home to Chelsea and in the cup at Fratton.

[Narnia]

[ruffers]

This could be under Things That Have Made Me Laugh; Mourinho on the Inter Barcelona second leg -

"People like to go on about the second game against Barcelona (at Camp Nou) and they like to say that we parked the bus in front of the Barcelona attack but that's not true, we parked a plane in front of Barcelona..."