On the Eve of the new Season...

[godsshoeshine]

haha scumderland

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by sweetcell:
  is this what british research dollars are being spent on - proving the worthlessness of their football exports?!?   :p    
 
  Study: T-rex could outrun David Beckham
 
 LONDON, England (Reuters) -- The smallest dinosaur could reach speeds of nearly 40 miles per hour and even the lumbering Tyrannosaurus rex would have been able to outrun most modern-day sportsmen, according to research published on Wednesday.
 
 Scientists using computer models calculated the top speeds for five meat-eating dinosaurs in a study they say can also illustrate how animals cope with climate change and extinction.
 
 The velociraptor, whose speed and ferocity was highlighted in the film "Jurassic Park", reached 24 miles per hour while the T-rex could muster speeds of up to 18 miles per hour, the study published in the Royal Society's Biological Sciences showed.
 
 "Our research, which used the minimum leg-muscle mass T-rex required for movement, suggests that while not incredibly fast, this carnivore was certainly capable of running and would have little difficulty in chasing down footballer David Beckham, for instance," said Phil Manning, a paleontologist at the University of Manchester, who worked on the study.   Continued...

Two minor points here.....Beckham has never been known to be fast, and I bet you this months paycheck a dinosaur cannot pass a ball with the accuracy of Beck's, or a dinosaur has never shagged a Spice Girl...Okay Robbie Williams nailed Ginger, but that's the only one.

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
  Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has retired from football.
 
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/6966229.stm  

Ahem, 4 posts up.  I'm crushed, but it's probably for the better. [/b]

My apologies, I realized that later but I was in a hurry so just posted the two stories.

[godsshoeshine]

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
 Two minor points here.....Beckham has never been known to be fast, and I bet you this months paycheck a dinosaur cannot pass a ball with the accuracy of Beck's, or a dinosaur has never shagged a Spice Girl...Okay Robbie Williams nailed Ginger, but that's the only one.

hahaha

[sweetcell]

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
 or a dinosaur has never shagged a Spice Girl...Okay Robbie Williams nailed Ginger, but that's the only one.

might well be post of the week.

[vansmack]

Champions League Draw:
 
 Group A
 
   Liverpool /  Porto /  Marseille /   Besiktas
   
 Group B
   
   Chelsea /  Valencia /   Schalke /   Rosenborg
 
 Group C
 
   Real Madrid  /  Werder Bremen /  Lazio /  Olympiakos
 
 Group D
 
   AC Milan  /   Benfica /   Celtic /   Shakhtar Donetsk
 
 Group E
 
   Barcelona /  Lyon /   Stuttgart / Rangers
 
 Group F
 
   Manchester United /  Roma /  Sporting Lisbon /   Dynamo Kiev
 
 Group G
 
   Inter Milan /   PSV Eindhoven /   CSKA Moscow /
   Fenerbahce
 
 Group H
 
   Arsenal /   Sevilla or AEK Athens* /   Steaua Bucharest /   Slavia Prague
 
 Thoughts?

[godsshoeshine]

dont have a dog in this fight, but man u's group looks fairly tough. rangers dont have a prayer (not that they ever do) which makes me happy

[Frank Gallagher]

United are in the group of death, Chelski and scum get it relatively easy yet again. You have to beat the best to win the final anyway, so bring em on early.

[vansmack]

Saturday, Sept 1
 
 10am Liverpool v Derby County (Set)
 10am Fulham v Tottenham (FSC)
 12pm Manchester United v Sunderland (FSC)
 2:30pm Reading v West Ham (Set)
 4:15pm Middlesbrough v Birmingham City (Set)
 4:30pm Newcastle v Wigan (FCS)  
 
 
 Sunday, Sept 2
 
 8:30am Arsenal v Portsmouth (Set)
 11am Aston Villa v Chelsea (FSC)

[vansmack]

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
  United are in the group of death...

How about this schedule for United:
 
 Saturday Sept 15 at Everton
 Wednesday Sept 19 at Sporting Lisbon
 Sunday Sept 23 Home to Chelsea
 
 That's a brutal week.

[godsshoeshine]

when do they go to kiev? in the winter??

[vansmack]

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
  when do they go to kiev? in the winter??

Late October...could have been worse as Kiev play at Old Trafford in early November.

[Frank Gallagher]

I see Arseholes signed another frog!

[Frank Gallagher]

VILLA!!! VILLA!!! VILLA!!! VILLLLLAAAAAA!!!
 
           

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
  VILLA!!! VILLA!!! VILLA!!! VILLLLLAAAAAA!!!
 
                 

OWEN!!! OWEN!!! OWEN!! OWEN!!!!!
 
 
 forget it.