Saturday, April 11, 2009

The Bootroom: Let's Go Sunderland (Open Thread)


Let's not beat around the bush here, there is no love lost for ManU here at UF. We would all like to see them go down in a flaming wreck. Too soon? Sadly, it does not appear they will be obliging us this season, but that does not mean we can't root for Sunderland to reverse its form this year that has provided only 1 win since I opened my new girls on cars calendar.

So, pretty please Blackcats, get that Trinidadian & Tobagon sensation Kenwyne Jones back in goal scoring form and baptize the Red Devil backline.

After the jump, select matches.



EPL

Saturday, April 11, 2009
7:45 ET Liverpool v Blackburn Rovers
10:00 ET Middlesbrough v Hull City
10:00 ET Portsmouth v West Bromwich Albion
10:00 ET Sunderland v Manchester United
10:00 ET Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United
10:00 ET Wigan Athletic v Arsenal
10:00 ET Chelsea v Bolton Wanderers
12:30 ET Stoke City v Newcastle United

Sunday, April 12, 2009
9:00 ET Aston Villa v Everton
11:10 ET Manchester City v Fulham

Fizzydrinkship

10:00 ET Swansea City v Norwich City

League Two

10:00 ET Lincoln City v Luton Town

SPL

10:00 ET Aberdeen v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

La Liga

Saturday, April 11, 2009
14:00 ET Barcelona v Recreativo Huelva
16:00 ET Villarreal v Málaga

Sunday, April 12, 2009
11:00 ET Osasuna v Athletic Bilbao
11:00 ET Sporting Gijon v Valencia
11:00 ET Racing Santander v Real Betis
11:00 ET Mallorca v Almeria
11:00 ET Real Madrid v Valladolid
11:00 ET Numancia v Espanyol
13:00 ET Sevilla FC v Getafe
15:00 ET Deportivo La Coruña v Atlético Madrid

Bundesliga

Saturday, April 11, 2009
9:30 ET TSG Hoffenheim v VfL Bochum
9:30 ET Borussia Dortmund v FC Cologne
9:30 ET Energie Cottbus v Arminia Bielefeld
9:30 ET Borussia Monchengladbach v VfL Wolfsburg
9:30 ET Hannover 96 v Hertha Berlin
9:30 ET Bayern Munich v Eintracht Frankfurt
9:30 ET Schalke 04 v Karlsruhe

Sunday, April 12, 2009
11:00 ET Bayer Leverkusen v Werder Bremen
11:00 ET VfB Stuttgart v Hamburg SV

Serie A

Saturday, April 11, 2009
9:00 ET Napoli v Atalanta
9:00 ET Fiorentina v Cagliari
9:00 ET Torino v Catania
9:00 ET Chievo Verona v AC Milan
9:00 ET Internazionale v Palermo
9:00 ET Lazio v AS Roma
9:00 ET Lecce v Sampdoria
9:00 ET Bologna v Siena
14:30 ET Genoa v Juventus

Sunday, April 12, 2009
10:00 ET Reggina v Udinese

80 comments:

Anonymous said...

that torres goal...

he is pure class. rafa bought us a gem. that was the most beautiful goal of the season both technically and for the moment

oh god i am awake at 745am, what has football done to me priorities?!??!

The NY Kid said...

clarified them?

nothing better than early footy

The NY Kid said...

oops. Nando misses a sitter

Anonymous said...

masch could have easily gone down to challenge for the penalty but he stayed up :)

The NY Kid said...

absolutely, although with Mike Riley in the middle you never know if it would have been given or not.

Anonymous said...

http://rd3.videos.sapo.pt/w7bdQpnevuFI42mbAPhz

the goal has been uploaded already!

Anonymous said...

hahahaha oh mike riley
almost as bad as webb

The NY Kid said...

oooooooooooh, Dirk - I really could have used that goal for fantasy footy

The NY Kid said...

Liverpool's #9!

Anonymous said...

hmmm he may just have the best heading ability in the PL

but then again he's probably the best striker too ;)

i hope blackburn don't come back 2-4 in the last 10 mins hahhahaa

machine gooner funk said...

lets go you gunners!

phil said...

Fernando Torres is wonderful to watch. What. A. Player.

Anonymous said...

ty liverpool for making it worth getting up at 7:45am

http://tinyurl.com/cfrptd

machine gooner funk said...

whos got a link for the arsenal game?

Bigus Dickus said...

Sod Liverpool, Norwich are at Swansea and it's currently 1-1. Get in City.

The NY Kid said...

@mgf - LiveFooty, first feed, Sopcast channel "Extra"

BackBergtt said...

DAMNIT I OVERSLEPT

BackBergtt said...

Jesus Christ Torres' first goal ... goal of the season.

Unknown said...

Where is everybody? I have to work this morning and I was foolishly planning on relying on you people for updates/mildly amusing quips about Eboue.

Please take my needs into account and plan the rest of your day accordingly.

jjf3 said...

Way to go Black Cats! Jones scores, great job keeping his balance

BackBergtt said...

KENWYNE!

Bigus Dickus said...

What do you need General? Stevenage score? News about Bristol City?

Bigus Dickus said...

Norwich City are f@cking killing me. 2-1 Swans

phil said...

GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!

Pavlyohwhatsit slots in a lovely ball from Modric!

COYS! GET IN!

Unknown said...

I'm dying for a Lincoln City-Luton Town update.

Sarah said...

Thank god for Theo. Brilliant play by Arshavin to keep the ball.

Bigus Dickus said...

0-0. That one is a snoozer.

Come on Luton wakey wakey.

jjf3 said...

translates as: Macheda scores late again for ManUre

EbullientFatalist said...

Fuck. Overslept to find Arsenal tied at one. I should've kept sleeping.

Bigus Dickus said...

17 mins late so not so late!

machine gooner funk said...

silvestre get in!!!!!! is cesc hurt?

phil said...

SF Bolton making a startling comeback against Spartak London, who have just crumbled since Lampard was subbed.

Macheda again. F*cking ManUre.

jjf3 said...

BD: not as late as last time, but likely just as game-deciding.

and thank you Setanta for a close-up of Berbatov's big toe. So much for breakfast...

EbullientFatalist said...

What the fuck is going on in the Spartak-SFB match?

Silvestre? Really? I'll take it, but really?

Bigus Dickus said...

Cheslea Bolton 4-3 wowser.

phil said...

Say what you want about Cesc, gooners, but Arshavin has completely changed your side. I never expected him to make this kind of immediate impact. Looks like a great signing to this point. Wankers. LOL

phil said...

Ain't it a shame about Chavski...

Bigus Dickus said...

I love you Dele Adebola you giant ugly, lanky mostly useless tosser. I love you.

Forest 1 Bristol 2

phil said...

3 goals in 9 minutes for SF Bolton. Unreal. Chavs are reeling.

EbullientFatalist said...

I thought my feed was screwing up on me, then I realized Bendtner had the ball. The feed was fine.

Bigus Dickus said...

Luton 0-0, Stevenage 1 up at Ebsfleet and Norwic have 4 forwards on.

EbullientFatalist said...

Fabianski looks like he should be at an emo concert, not between the posts.

EbullientFatalist said...

Forest back on level terms.

Bigus Dickus said...

THe bath is running. Anyone seen my toaster?

machine gooner funk said...

arshavin GET IN!!!!! 3-1 to the arsenal!

jjf3 said...

Holy Crap, Bolton just missed on the deflection!!

Bigus Dickus said...

zzzzzzzzzzzrrrrrrttttt zzzzzzztttttz.

EbullientFatalist said...

Yes, Arshavin. Yes. And what a goal, too. Pure anticipation, lethal finishing. It was on a counter and it was wonderful - even if Boyce handed it to us.

phil said...

COYS! Safety at last! Moved into the top half of the table, and sitting at 41 points. I'm positively giddy.


And that was simply a brilliant goal by Arshavin.

BackBergtt said...

Look at cute little Arsenal acting like they're one of the big boys.

Sarah said...

Song and Silvestre scoring in the same game...it's like the Twilight Zone.

EbullientFatalist said...

@phil: yeah, what a turnaround from, what, February? Amazing two months for you Spurs.

machine gooner funk said...

what began as a truly shit performance has turned into total arsenal domination. spledid to see really. 9 points clear of the villa cunts and some champaign football in the 2nd half

phil said...

@andrew: Yeah, I was sure we were relegated two months ago. This turnaround has been amazing.

Anonymous said...

i hate this new italiano

phil said...

LMAO @ Spartak. They win but walk away feeling like losers. SF Bolton almost stole a point.

EbullientFatalist said...

@MGF: We're playing brilliantly now. If only we could've knocked in a few goals during our league games in February . . .

phil said...

Does my secretly wishing for Newcastle to be relegated make me a bad person?

Goat said...

MGF--I lived in Champaign for 7 years and I never saw anything like that.

machine gooner funk said...

my sincerest apologies goat for my spelling error

Sarah said...

If I'm not mistaken, the win means that today is St. Totteringham's Day!

hockalees said...

Happy St. Totteringham's Day all!!!

Teeknuts said...

Bayern recovered from their dickstomping to give one out themselves, 4-0 over Eintract. Not exactly what I was expecting after wednesday.

God damn bed always tempting me, I need to get my priorities in order. Football > Sleep

phil said...

Indeed it is, Sarah.

Nevertheless, I'm just relieved to be in the top half and safe. And we're undefeated in London derbies! Such is the meager consolation of the Spurs supporter!

BentPav said...

Phil, I am chuffed as well. I cant believe I would be screaming in my house b/c we got to 41 pts. I feel good w/'arry in charge. He has done a great job. Lets have a go at United and help some of our Scouser mates!

jjf3 said...

Watching Blackburn at Anfield from this morning:
1) Props to however many Rovers supporters made it to Anfield who kept the minute of silence
2) Stupid fucking Blackburn! (courtesy of BFS)
Samba up front in a 4-5-1, with Benni the lone striker on the bench? And no MGP on the left, and Villanueva left on the bench? No attack to begin with, and very little support from the midfield or in reserve...
3) Holy sweet mother of Jesus that Torres goal was a stunner...
4) Ditto on his stunning miss in the 16th...

jjf3 said...

Holy shit, that Torres goal looks better each time they show it...

jjf3 said...

Damn. More than nice by Torres over 6'5" Samba...

Even knowing the final score, this sucks to watch. Rovers were lucky to make it through the first half without being down 4-0...much less another 45' to make it so...

Nothing positive in the first half whatsoever...I think I'll skip the 2nd in hopes of seeing the games tomorrow (given that AV-EV is being shown on delay...)

Jim Hendry said...

The theme of the day is apparently "Shambolic Defending."

Lifeline for Villa, and plenty of game to go.

Depressing Fact: Villa haven't won a game in any competition since February 7.

Jim Hendry said...

Alright, I take back the earlier comments. They showed that somewhere amid the mediocrity, they do have some heart.

jjf3 said...

Bobby Zamora = the island of wasted chances

EbullientFatalist said...

That "have not won since Feb. 7 in all competitions" is an amazing fact.

I suppose they just lost all confidence, and the balls that used to go their way, weren't anymore.

EbullientFatalist said...

Also, and I'm just throwing this out there, but Mowbray's boys could survive. When you look at the shit both Blackburn and Hull are playing, and then games against both Sunderland and Rovers, we may very well see WBA escape. And I'd like that.

Jim Hendry said...

Ebullient: that's not bad. Blackburn, Hull, 'Boro going down? You'd get good odds on that.

Meanwhile, this Citeh game is easily the worst game I've seen in 3-4 years.

The Likely Lad said...

super clint! now no more goals!

jjf3 said...

EF: no way Rovers go down. Rovers have been a much better team since BFS arrived, and I can see them nicking 1 point at Stoke next week, and outright winning 2 of the last 3 home games (Wigan, Pompey, WBA).

EbullientFatalist said...

WOW!1!!1!!!11!! @ Clint Dempsey.

@JT: You guys should repost the preseason predictions, on which all the commenters added their own predictions, to see who was furthest away from being wrong (because I'm not sure anyone was that close to being right).

@jjf3: You're probably right, because even if WBA manage to get out of the RZ, goal difference will be against them. Still, they're not done yet, and as Fulham proved last season, if you don't stop playing, good things can happen.

Spectator said...

I can't see any way that Sparky is the Citeh manager next year.... The team has quit on him, 35-million pound Robinho on the bench, poor results, etc. So does Citeh make a run at Mourinho?

Email us at said...

Most importantly, EF, that's when we lost Laursen- and thus a cutting edge on set pieces both ways, and an experienced EPL (eff you, Barclay's) defender.

EbullientFatalist said...

@Keith: I'm still pulling for you guys to get UEFA. That Laursen injury was absolutely devastating to the side; reminds me of when Eduardo and Sagna went down last year - the Gunners never recovered.