Phillip

I love this one too.

Can't argue too much about that, but I do disagree on point #3. The set piece free kick that allowed Alex to get off a good shot on goal was nice, and I recall Lamps sending in a very nice "beckham like" free kick that Kalou should have put his head onto (of course, that would only give us about a 1% chance to score, given Kalou's propensity to f**k things up from great positions).

On a positive note, Cech looked fairly good today, and Carlo's substitutions were excellent.

Hey, hey, check out my answer to #14 on Quiz #2.

14. They all coached or played on a team with Tim Howard?

Your English is fine, Carles. Those Barca fans are horrible by saying such things.

I like you, Carles.

Joe Cole had some drive, but his final product was pitiful.

Are you a Chelsea and a Barca fan????

Check a few pages back on this thread. There is a link to it. I tried it, but it took forever to buffer, so I bagged it.

Good point. He played a very quiet game, which means he defended very well. He had a nice shot on goal via that free kick in the first half as well.

Blame JT for that. He really does use his hands a lot when defending (that is, grabbing), and I think refs are on to him more and more now.

I voted Ivanovic as well, with A. Cole a fairly close second. No one in our midfield impressed me.

It was an ugly win, but they all count. Don't know what to say about it besides that. I guess this makes up for the bad luck against Everton, since we could easily have gotten one point out of this game.

Do you know of any footballers who have come out of the closet? I can't recall a one. I truly thought that my guess would be wrong, but I figured that I had to try. On second thought, whatever happened to the stories on Sol Campbell?

Homosexuals?

Anyone who played for Boca Juniors? I know Passarella was a big River Plate guy.

men wearing alice bands?

OK, that sounds better. I was interpreting "eccentric" as "erratic", and that is not good. Now I see where you are going, and he sounds like a very good keeper. Are we in the race to get him? From what I read above, it seems like ManU is the front runner to get him.

What do you mean by eccentricity? That is not a good thing to have for a keeper, given the standard understanding of that word.

No wonder the country of Iceland declared bankruptcy. Perhaps it is innate in Icelanders to not be able to handle money

Or like that British actor on "House" who tries to sound American. Keep trying, goober!

Sounds like Aguero is our man, based on what you wrote, and I cannot disagree with that.

I don't know if any of those footballers carries a cell phone with camera into the showers, but maybe we will be lucky and a pic or two will turn up.