And Adam with a Beckham-from-Euro-2004-esque penalty

Signed for pens and corners, sucks at both. Just incredible.

adams frommthe chris waddle school of pens...

GO CARDIFF!

At least Kuyt came to play today

DOWNING!

YES!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO0

Hate to win this way. Great match Cardiff!

Aw...

arrrrrg gerrard!
what a match!
congrats liverpool fans, and Cardiff ones as well!

And the OTHER GERRARD misses.

YES!

Gotta admit, its WAY dusty in here

ADubs86: 2005 Champions League Final
From 3-0 down
Equalized in the second half
Went to extra time
Won on penalties

2006 FA Cup Final
From 2-0 down, and 3-2 down
Equalized in the second half
Went to Extra time
Won on Penalties

2012 Carling Cup Final
From 1-0 down
Equalized in the second half
Went to Extra time
?????

WON ON FARKING PENALTIES!

I think I would've rather played Everton like was planned this week. It would've been far less stressful.

Ah, Cardiff didn't deserve to go out that way. Good game all around.

Mr_H: Ah, Cardiff didn't deserve to go out that way. Good game all around.

Indeed. They played their arse off tonight. Here's hoping they move up and get promoted to the EPL.

/They're in the last playoff spot right now.

Now before I get blackout drunk in celebration, let me say this. This needs to be a learning opportunity. This was one that could have gotten away many times. Kenny needs to hammer home the importance of killing teams off instead of letting them back in it. Carroll needs to work on getting in position on the ground more, instead of just waiting for direct passes to his head. Dirk Kuyt may have just played his way back into the lineup.

I do believe that this is the first Premier League Thread to go over 500 posts. Probably wrong about that. It's the first one I've been a part of.

Now the real question: which match was better? North London Derby or the CC final?

Napoli-Inter has it's work cut out for it.

ADubs86: Now before I get blackout drunk in celebration, let me say this. This needs to be a learning opportunity. This was one that could have gotten away many times. Kenny needs to hammer home the importance of killing teams off instead of letting them back in it. Carroll needs to work on getting in position on the ground more, instead of just waiting for direct passes to his head. Dirk Kuyt may have just played his way back into the lineup.

it called football, every club goes through these matches against ones they should win, 3-1.
Cardiff played great!

ADubs86: I do believe that this is the first Premier League Thread to go over 500 posts. Probably wrong about that. It's the first one I've been a part of.
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I was thinking the same thing. The jump up from last year is incredible. We'd have threads that only got 30-50 and a good one got over 150. Good stuff.

I wonder if spurs will be releasing a dvd of the first 40 minutes of today's game.

http://espn.go.com/sports/conversations/_/id/7618055/liverpool-defeats -cardiff-league-cup-final-end-trophy-drought


Apparently Steven Gerrard is the skipper for Arsenal and like hockey, if you win the penalty shoot out you get a goal added to your score.

ESPN is terrible.

Why are there so many empty seats at the Napoli/inter game? Are there fan sanctions iItaly right now?

ScouserDuck: http://espn.go.com/sports/conversations/_/id/7618055/liverpool-defeat s -cardiff-league-cup-final-end-trophy-drought

It's an AP copy. blame the Associated Press. Although they have fixed Steven Gerrard's captaincy now.

Italy Roster for Feb. 29 friendly vs. USA

GOALKEEPERS (4): Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Morgan De Sanctis (Napoli), Salvatore Sirigu (Paris Saint Germain), Emiliano Viviano (Palermo)

DEFENDERS (9): Ignazio Abate (AC Milan), Davide Astori (Cagliari), Federico Balzaretti (Palermo), Andrea Barzagli (Juventus), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Domenico Criscito (Zenit St. Petersburg), Christian Maggio (Napoli), Angelo Ogbonna (Torino)

MIDFIELDERS (6): Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina), Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain), Antonio Nocerino (AC Milan), Andrea Pirlo (Juventus)

FORWARDS (4): Fabio Borini (Roma), Sebastian Giovinco (Parma), Alessandro Matri (Juventus), Giampaolo Pazzini (Inter Milan)

Any thoughts, martissimo?

Fun but not at all surprising fact: In ten matches, the United States has never beaten Italy.

Also, Jozy Altidore scored twice today for Alkmaar, his 12th and 13th of the season. Easily his best season in Europe by a wide margin.

Yeaaaaah you'll never walk alone biatchezzzz Imma ride anfield cat into the glorious sunset reflected off the mickey mouse cup in all its glory!

Fell off the wagon again in a big way but whatever, you can't expect me to sit in a freaking bar and drink coffee for a match like that, christ

And Cardiff... Good on them. Never gave up. What a freaking match.

funktilious_j: Once again Arsenal's Maginot Line defense works perfectly.


New coach please.......

You're an idiot

Messi's goal. Wow.

Landon Donovan, Jermaine Jones, Jose Torres and Timmy Chandler are all out of the Italy exhibition due to illness/injury. (new window)

Welp, that's not going to be worth watching.

ADubs86: Landon Donovan, Jermaine Jones, Jose Torres and Timmy Chandler are all out of the Italy exhibition due to illness/injury. (new window)

Welp, that's not going to be worth watching.

When is Concacaf ever worth watching? Life's too short already.

drewogatory: When is Concacaf ever worth watching? Life's too short already.

Well, I did want to see what Donovan and Dempsey look like together in Klinsmann's system, but it looks like I'll be waiting a bit longer.

socalnewwaver: /WALK DREAM ON WALK DREAM ON
//now for the FA Cup
///and a CL spot

socalnewwaver: Chupacabra Sandwich: DREAM ON DREAM ON

it's ok. hitch up your big boy pants and maybe one day you can have a nice shiny tropy yourself.

Who needs a trophy when you can have a statue?



And how dare you insult the 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup Champions!

Cottagers ink Mahamadou Diarra.

Ok pick up, I guess. Definitely a need area, we'll see how much game he has left.

I'm determined to get this thread to 600 before it closes.

The Carling Cup final just made the early morning show of Sportscenter.

And here's 600. This has got to be the largest Premier League/Soccer/Football thread we've ever had.