The Official Soccer/Football Thread v 1.0

[Lantis]

I'm laughing my ass off because Man U got eliminated from European soccer, moreso because my roommate is a big United fan and I root for the Gunners and Inter, both of which are top of their groups. First time in 9 years that Man U failed to qualify for the knockout rounds; I couldn't be happier.


Better yet, they won't even qualify for the UEFA Cup next year (finished dead last in their group), which means NO European competition next year, Man U! :rofl:

[EveryFlowerFlow]

the world cup groups were drawn today:

GROUP A
Germany
Costa Rica
Poland
Ecuador

GROUP B
England
Paraguay
Trinidad & Tobago
Sweden

GROUP C
Argentina
Ivory Coast
Serbia & Montenegro
Holland

GROUP D
Mexico
Iran
Angola
Portugal

GROUP E
Italy
Ghana
USA
Czech Republic

GROUP F
Brazil
Croatia
Australia
Japan

GROUP G
France
Switzerland
South Korea
Togo

GROUP H
Spain
Ukraine
Tunisia
Saudi Arabia


Group C = Official group of Death

[EveryFlowerFlow]

Also a report has come our explaining the reason Ronaldo and Rooney were crap on wednesday


They were too tired
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/475/rooneyandronaldo9tv.jpg

[aktham]

brazil got it easy:tup:

Croatia is pretty tough tho. Japan will get owned, i can't wait to watch it

*lived in brazil so big brazil fan*

Did you watch ESPN2 they were talking about the USA got cheated last WC (true) but they didn't stand a chance against Brazil. The guys on the network were talking about the US winning this world cup....:rolleyes:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :wasted:

[Liquid Fists]

I have a feeling the US won't make it past the group stages.

[Ryumexicano]

Mexico has a good chance ;) I want to see U.S.A try and beat Italy. :) Brazil definitely has it easier than most, but hey, anything can happen.

Ryu

[junker]

I have a feeling the US won't make it past the group stages.

hey you're from minneapolis?? the mn guys always looking for new players in sf3 and stuff if you're interested.

They were too tired
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/4...ronaldo9tv.jpg

:rofl:

[Liquid Fists]

^ I've already talked to them, i'm not interested. I quit gaming a few years ago.

[Lantis]

I want to see U.S.A try and beat Italy.

Pffft. It'll be a cold day in hell before that happens. :rolleyes:

[Liquid Fists]

Meh, the US struggled against Scotland, who was using the game to try new players. How sad is that.

[Ryumexicano]

Mexico should make it for the first round, but anything can happen. I know Mexico has a pretty good chance to acompplish something important this time. Be aware of Mexico, and I am saying it in a cocky way, but this time Mexico has a very solid team.


Ryu

My predictions for the teams that might take the cup.

Of course Brazil, Argentina, Mexico :P, France

[Liquid Fists]

I hope Brazil doesn't win it, they've won enough.

[Lantis]

Mexico should make it for the first round, but anything can happen. I know Mexico has a pretty good chance to acompplish something important this time. Be aware of Mexico, and I am saying it in a cocky way, but this time Mexico has a very solid team.


Ummm...no.

Mexico is a pretty damn overrated team. The press always hangs on their balls before the WC, and what happens in the end? They play a very good first round...and choke when the time comes for knockout rounds. It's a simple example in life: lost to Bulgaria via penatly shootout in 1994, lost to Germany in 1998, lost to...the USA in 2002 (of all teams). What makes you think they're gonna be any different in this WC? Proved furthermore by the fact that Lavolpe has NEVER defeated a European team. Hell, he couldn't even beat motherfuckin' ICELAND! :rolleyes:

I wish nothing less than Mexico will get their ass kicked badly...hopefully by Angola. Enough of this "we'll get far this year!". Because it aint gonna happen.

[EveryFlowerFlow]

Champions League draw for Round 2

Draw 1
Chelsea v Barcelona

Draw 2
Real v Arsenal

Draw 3
Werder Bremen v Juventus

Draw 4
Bayern Munchen v AC Milan

Draw 5
PSV Eindhoven v Lyon

Draw 6
Ajax v Inter

Draw 7
Benfica v Liverpool

Draw 8
Rangers v Villareal


GGPO Chelsea


Har! Har!

[Lantis]

Chelsea vs. Barcelona AGAIN? What were the chances? :rofl:

I wanna see Mourinho throw another fit. :tup:

Shiiieeet...my AC Milan has it tough against Bayern Munich. :sad: Kick their ungodly asses! :arazz:

Rangers vs. Villareal seems like the weakest tie.

[FreddyL0c0]

Chelsea vs Barcelona:

This time, Barcelona wins it.

Real vs Arsenal:

although they have had a somewhat terrible year, I see Real pulling through this less powerful Arsenal team.

Werder Bremen vs Juventus:

Juventus should win with boring ease



Bayern Munich vs Ac Milan:

Pretty hard to call,id say its like 45-55, so ill side with bayern just cause i dont want too many italian teams in the finals as it seemingly always happens. Plus I hate Vieri.....although seemingly all of Italy hates him too, what with him winning worst footballer of the year award.


PSV vs Lyon:

Junihno free kicks for the Lyon win


Ajax vs Inter:

Inter should pull through here.

Liverpool vs Benfica:

The champs beat the Man U eliminators

Ranger vs Villareal:

Villa, just cause Riquelme is a beast and Im not too fond of scottish soccer (Prso is sick though, should have stayed at Monaco)



I originally predicted Inter to take it all, but Barcelona are too hot now. Im sure Rijkaard's crew have solely revenge on their mind after last year's defeat. But this is Chelsea were talking about, they can pull those victories out of nowhere, which I guess contributes to their danger.

[FreddyL0c0]

so Liverpool lost to Sao Paolo 0-1. Kinda controvesial, what with all the disallowed goal and sketchy fouls being called.

[Liquid Fists]

Yeah, I was hoping Liverpool would win the FIFA WCC. But if they keep up their good form then they are the only ways who will be able to challenge Chelsea for the Premiership.

I have lost my faith in Arsenal. :bluu:

[Ryu & Ken]

Yeah, I was hoping Liverpool would win the FIFA WCC. But if they keep up their good form then they are the only ways who will be able to challenge Chelsea for the Premiership.

I have lost my faith in Arsenal. :bluu:

since Viera left , they have been going down

[EveryFlowerFlow]

arsenal were always poo =p

[Liquid Fists]

Naw, going 49 games unbeaten is a pretty damn good feat. They just need to get off this thought of importing prospects into the team. I don't know how Owusa-Obeyie is doing ANY good, when they could have bought a big name star, or shelled out more money for the signing of Julio Baptista in the summer. Arsenal will lose all of it's star players if they dont sign people quick.

[Ryumexicano]

Ummm...no.

Mexico is a pretty damn overrated team. The press always hangs on their balls before the WC, and what happens in the end? They play a very good first round...and choke when the time comes for knockout rounds. It's a simple example in life: lost to Bulgaria via penatly shootout in 1994, lost to Germany in 1998, lost to...the USA in 2002 (of all teams). What makes you think they're gonna be any different in this WC? Proved furthermore by the fact that Lavolpe has NEVER defeated a European team. Hell, he couldn't even beat motherfuckin' ICELAND! :rolleyes:

I wish nothing less than Mexico will get their ass kicked badly...hopefully by Angola. Enough of this "we'll get far this year!". Because it aint gonna happen.

I doubt Mexico is going to get kicked badly. History doesn't really matter in Soccer, I thought you knew that. There are surprises in this sport, all the time, so I say Mexico is making it to the next round. Mexico should make it to the next round. According to the sports experts, Mexico "should" make it to the next round and I say the same. You are right, maybe they make it to the next round, but then what? I just hope Mexico makes it good this year. Of course is my country and it doesn't really suck when it comes to soccer.


Ryumexicano

[Liquid Fists]

I say Mexico will make it past the group stages, but i'm iffy on what happens after that. :confused:

[EveryFlowerFlow]

screw cassano!!!!

[L4undry]

Freddy Adu became the youngest American to play on the US national team at the age of 16 at the nil-nil friendly draw against Canada. A few more years and he'll be sick.

[Mr_Punkus]

Did anyone see United score in the 90th minute against Liverpool? HAHAHAHA! :rofl: Benitez looked like he was gonna cry, either that or have an heart attack.

[EveryFlowerFlow]

he was hella mad in the post-match interview too

:rofl:

[EveryFlowerFlow]

LOL @ Van Persie

http://www.filelodge.com/files/hdd6/146844/Arsenal%20Goals%20And%20Highlights/van%20Persie%20miss%20Bolton.gif

[Ryu & Ken]

Check this link and tell me this wont get you Americans interested

http://www.youtube.com/w/Top-50-Soccer-Goals?v=PIAfvVs_K8Q&search=TOP%2050%20GOALS

[UBControl]

Check this link and tell me this wont get you Americans interested

http://www.youtube.com/w/Top-50-Soccer-Goals?v=PIAfvVs_K8Q&search=TOP%2050%20GOALS

Mad Nice, if anyone has it, pls share :lovin:

[EveryFlowerFlow]

got a vid of my own

http://www.youtube.com/w/soccer%20violence%20compilation?v=4aF8Gq4-iiw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emyspace%2Ecom%2Fmlaw3k


Edit: by "my own", i don't mean I made it =x

[Garou]

got a vid of my own

http://www.youtube.com/w/soccer%20violence%20compilation?v=4aF8Gq4-iiw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emyspace%2Ecom%2Fmlaw3k

The Vid is awesome.
The music was awfull.:tdown:

Great Job overall!:tup:

[MagnuScruB]

whos gonna win the super bowl?

[Lantis]

whos gonna win the super bowl?

Wrong thread, idiot.

[MagnuScruB]

Wrong thread, idiot.
well i searched NFL, no thread. i searched super bowl, no thread. i search football, this thread.

i dont know what u want me to do.

[Lantis]

well i searched NFL, no thread. i searched super bowl, no thread. i search football, this thread.

i dont know what u want me to do.

I guess you can't read thread titles, then....

This one has SOCCER next to FOOTBALL, which is what the REST OF THE WORLD calls soccer.

And the NFL thread is always on the first pages.

Dumbass.

[EveryFlowerFlow]

funny pic (http://web.hku.hk/~alnchn/twonil/robben_mark.jpg)

[EveryFlowerFlow]

haha Gerrard got owned

http://www.fmdanmark.dk/crewfiles/GerrardHandshake.wmv

[EveryFlowerFlow]

Real Madrid got killed today 6-1, anyone see this?

[ryu-bi]

sigh manu got knocked out of yet another event...hope they at least beat stupid wigan for a cup...

oh yea whats up with smith and totti?? looks like they planning a secret vacation during summer?

[EveryFlowerFlow]

oh yea whats up with smith and totti?? looks like they planning a secret vacation during summer?

im hella mad.

Damn Richard Vanigli (http://www.imagehosting123.com/user_images/etheraa/***.jpg).


Totti will miss the 4 crucial games because of this.



Sunday, 26 February 2006
Lazio v Roma, 19:30

Sunday, 05 March 2006
Roma v Inter, 19:30

Sunday, 12 March 2006
Ascoli v Roma, 14:00

Sunday, 19 March 2006
Roma v Messina, 14:00

Sunday, 26 March 2006
Juventus v Roma, 14:00

Sunday, 02 April 2006
Fiorentina v Roma, 14:00

Sunday, 09 April 2006
Roma v Lecce, 14:00

Saturday, 15 April 2006
Palermo v Roma, 19:00



And the Uefa Cup matches

[Lantis]

My heart died a little bit when Totti broke his leg. :sad:

He BETTER be in shape for the WC....

[ryu-bi]

i dunno what...nedved vs totti in group stage certainly look interesting consider what happened in serie A earlier this season.

however missing totti means US would have a legit chance to progress if italy plays like 02 france

[L4undry]

Arsenal triumphs over Real Madrid! I was confident they'd pull through, regardless of missing their senior defenders. Henry's goal was sick.

Liverpool falls to Benfica, who took down Man U too. I'm hoping they get knocked out soon.

[ReptarBar]

VISCA EL BARCCCCA!!!!!!!

[EveryFlowerFlow]

VISCA EL BARCCCCA!!!!!!!


indeed.


i hate chelsea. happy to see them lose

[L4undry]

indeed.


i hate chelsea. happy to see them lose

Word. Del Horno's a little bitch. So is Robben.

I'll give it to John Terry though, despite his Own Goal, he did make some excellent saves.

[Lantis]

Del Horno Low Sweep of Doom for teh win. :clap:

Meh, fuck both Chelsea AND Barcelona. Good thing they face each other so soon, one annoyance less to worry about.

My team is AC Milan, and since they managed to get the tie 1-1 from Bayern Munich in Germany, they are ready to wrap it up in Milan. Then again, AC Milan has been know to commit severe fuck-ups in the past (losing 4-0 to Deportivo La Coruña after they had a lead in the first game by 4-1, last year's final against Liverpool).

[ryu-bi]

Del Horno Low Sweep of Doom for teh win. :clap:

Meh, fuck both Chelsea AND Barcelona. Good thing they face each other so soon, one annoyance less to worry about.

My team is AC Milan, and since they managed to get the tie 1-1 from Bayern Munich in Germany, they are ready to wrap it up in Milan. Then again, AC Milan has been know to commit severe fuck-ups in the past (losing 4-0 to Deportivo La Coruña after they had a lead in the first game by 4-1, last year's final against Liverpool).

god damn AC i lost $400 on that game back then...

anyways first leg feels pretty funky, day 1 has 4 total goals and day 2 averages 4 goals per game~

[Liquid Fists]

Here's my predictions for the Champion's League

Barca 5 - 2 Chelsea

Bayern Munchen 3 - 3 AC Milan (Bayern goes through on away goals)

Juventus 4 - 3 Werder Bremen

Arsenal 3 - 2 Real Madrid

Liverpool 4 - 2 Benfica

Rangers 3 - 4 Villareal

Ajax 3 - 5 Inter Milan

PSV 1 - 4 Lyon

[EveryFlowerFlow]

Roma win again and set a new Serie A record.

FORZA Roma!!

[ryu-bi]

i agree thats a pretty awesome record for roma consider half the league doesnt even have 33 pts after 27 games and roma got that in just 11 games

[Liquid Fists]

The Serie A is lacking excitement this year.

[EveryFlowerFlow]

The Serie A is lacking excitement this year.


none of the leagues are...

chelsea, barca, juve, bayern and lyon all won their leagues last year and they all will again

:yawn:

[Lantis]

I think the monotonous pace of the European leagues just adds more excitement for the upcoming World Cup (since the leagues already have near-champions).

And here's for hoping that Brazil gets their ass kicked somehow....

[Liquid Fists]

That's exactly what i'm hoping for.

[Ryumexicano]

Somehow Brazil always wins :P


RYu

[Liquid Fists]

Yeah, i'm hoping for a slip-up from Brazil in the Quarter-finals or Semi-finals.

IF they play a team like Germany or even England, in the latter stages of the competition, then I think maybe they'll struggle and get scored on late in the game for them to be knocked out. -- But from my experiences watching them play on television, that probably will never happen, and they will go on to win it for a sixth time. Much to my displeasure.

EPL roundup--

The English Premier League is almost near it's end being more than half way through the season. Chelsea seems it will run away with the league, and they have such a points advantage that I think they have the luxury of slipping up here and there, to the point that it will go unnoticed.

Manchester United and Liverpool are in a heated battle for second place, with both of the teams tied for points, but with Manchester United having a game at hand to take second place by the end of the season. Liverpool had it's run for the top of the league, but it faltered with them not winning games, the inability to score goals, and thier early FIFA World Club Championship falter, which put un-needed pressure on the club to succeed in the league. I see Manchster United being the only contender for the League, but with the recent form of Chelsea, looks to be an impossible task.

Arsenal, Tottenham, Bolton, and Blackburn --

I see Arsenal pulling the confidence factor they so desperatly need away from home together, to pull a fourth place finish at the end of the season. But with this prediction being heavily generous as they are my favorite club.

Tottenham are in fourth as of late and have a three point lead on Blackburn. I see Tottenham slipping up and dropping down to fifth for a UEFA Cup place. Behind Arsenal, the cross town rivals ofcourse. :arazz:

Bolton is doing extremely well this year, beating top clubs like Arsenal and pushing all the buttons of the clubs who once saw them as an easy win. I see them falling to 6th place at the end of the season.

Blackburn are doing considerably well for themselves, having a great season, and with thier win at home against Arsenal will have them taking seventh for the other UEFA Cup slot.

The rest of my EPL Roundup will be concluded in a further post, as I need some sleep atm. :wink:

[EveryFlowerFlow]

No one watched the CL???

[Lantis]

Of course! These are the results:

- Arsenal 0 - Real Madrid 0 (1-0)
- Milan 4 - Bayern Munich 1 (5-2)
- O.Lyon 4 - PSV 0 (5-0)
- Liverpool 0 - Benfica 2 (0-3)

Real Madrid being sent off is always amusing.

My team, AC Milan, virtually destroyed those uppity Muncich bastards. It was totally ironic how 3 minutes after Shevchenko missed a penalty kick (and was literally eaten alive by Kahn), Shevchenko scores a goal, basically ordering Kahn to STFU.

And well, the champion, Liverpool, has fallen. Good riddance.

[Psycho-Lops]

Was watching german highlights the other day

Those people are fucking machines playing with shorts and short sleeves with heavy falling snow

[Liquid Fists]

they wear under armor, which indeed keeps you warm in cold temperatures.

[ryu-bi]

hmm will we have another Juve vs Milan finals?

[Ryu & Ken]

I am gonna be in Las Vegas and Cali from 26th March - 05th April.

What channels can I see Arsenal vs Juventus on 28th March and 044th April on AND are they pay per view, so can I watch them in a friends house, a bar or a hotel.

As I still aint decided where I will be those days

[EveryFlowerFlow]

US men soccer and Clint Dempsey go Gangsta!!!


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8461545182818927599&q=clint+dempsey


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[EveryFlowerFlow]

lmao, welcome home Viera


http://www.arsewars.com/wp-content/uploads/Gay_to_the_last.jpg

[EveryFlowerFlow]

WE10 japan release date confirmed April 27th. only in Japan though

[ryu-bi]

holy shit arsenal turtles their way to the finals

0 shots on goal for 70+ mins...2 for the game and one of them is a freekick that doesnt even get past the wall

[Lantis]

I don't know why people bitch and moan so much about the Italian teams and national team being the ones who play the most defensive game in the whole world. Greece did it to win the last Euro, and now Arsenal (a British team) is doing it to advance in the Champions. And they have done the same thing against Real Madrid and Juventus, too.

BTW, Arsenal has tied a record for consecutive CL games without receiving a single goal (10), which belongs to Ajax during the 80's.

Oh well, I hope Milan somehow pulls a miracle and beats Barcelona, but it seems really uphill. :sad:

[Liquid Fists]

Barcelona FTW!

[EveryFlowerFlow]

Barcelona 2 Arsenal 1

very good game, would have been a very different game if Lehmann didn't get sent off.

[Ryumexicano]

I can't wait for the world cup. I want to see how Mexico is going to do :D

Ryumexicano


www.comboadictos.net

[Liquid Fists]

The fact that Lehmann got sent off ruined the whole game.

[Garou]

I can't wait for the world cup. I want to see how Mexico is going to do :D

Ryumexicano


www.comboadictos.net
Most likey Mexico will job in the round of 16 and be sent home.
I am just looking forward when Brgetti and Ogoochi go at it.

The first time they met Borgetti tried to punk out Ogoochi and Borgetti backed down..

[Garou]

BUMP! The World Cup Started today by Germany beating Costa Rica 4-2 (BIG SHOCK There)
Ecuador smacked Poland 2-0.

[junker]

holy shit that shot by frings in that game was nice. ecuador match was nice, too. missed out on today's, but looking forward to iran v mexico tomorrow.

[Khiempossible]

Ivory Coast should have won their game aganist Argentina.

[AkumaTX]

Yes Mexico won. Its just going to make thier fall that much greater :)

[Terry_nb]

holy shit that shot by frings in that game was nice. ecuador match was nice, too. missed out on today's, but looking forward to iran v mexico tomorrow.

Yup, the first goal was also great, what a shot by Lahm. Never thought he could do that ...

[junker]

yeah that corner shot by Lahm was great. what a way to start the first goal of the cup. looking forward to tomorrow's usa game :)

[EveryFlowerFlow]

Ok I can't hold it in anymore, how the fuck did West Ham manage to get both Tevez AND Mascherano? :looney:

[L4undry]

Just thought of resurrecting this thread.

Any opinions on Man U and Gigg's free kick against Lille yesterday?

Lots of people say its within the rules and that you do not need the whistle to signal the kick. I personally thought it was fucked up.

[Ryu & Ken]

Well I hope Barcelona up their game and Eto better come back, maybe Savillo wil still play a part.

Ronny and Messi need to sort it out for real

[Lantis]

Just thought of resurrecting this thread.

Any opinions on Man U and Gigg's free kick against Lille yesterday?

Lots of people say its within the rules and that you do not need the whistle to signal the kick. I personally thought it was fucked up.

It's Lille's own fault. If they don't ask for a barrier, the opposition has all the right to shoot early. It happens every once in a while. That's why most players nowadays stand in front of the ball when a foul is called, to avoid being "surprised".

When the Barcelona players stop acting like prima donnas, MAYBE they can get their act together in Anfield. But that's a huge IF. Rafael Benitez has Barcelona's number.

[EveryFlowerFlow]

I forgot this thread even existed :sweat:

[Theycalledhim Alan]

UNITED ROAD TAKE ME HOME!

What a great day for us the Manchester United faithful! 7-1
We will take it all.

Eric Cantona and I are with the boys in spirit.

[Chupacabra]

A Chelsea - Manchester United final would be interesting, but who knows if they'll get there.

[EveryFlowerFlow]

3 English teams in the semi's, awesome

[Lantis]

UNITED ROAD TAKE ME HOME!

What a great day for us the Manchester United faithful! 7-1
We will take it all.

Eric Cantona and I are with the boys in spirit.

Not so fast, mate!

First you have to get through us, il equipo rossonero! We're not gonna just bend over and take it in the ass like those Roman douchebags. We're gonna put all those pretty boys and surrogate-bad-boys back to sleep in Old Trafford, and take all the marbles! :clap:

FORZA MILAN! :tup:

[shinobi00]

United is about to blow the premiership. lucky chelsea tied today.

I Just started watching english league this year, and I don't want to join any soccer forums. Lets get this thread started.

[Lantis]

United is about to blow the premiership. lucky chelsea tied today.

Not as bad as PSV Eindhoven totally blew away the Dutch League entering the last week after having a 18 POINT ADVANTAGE over the second place just a couple of months ago.

[Chupacabra]

A Chelsea - Manchester United final would be interesting, but who knows if they'll get there.

actually now that i think about it, a milan - liverpool rematch would be interesting too.

[Theycalledhim Alan]

we could have a United vs Chelsea Champions League final AND the same exact FA cup final.

DO I SMELL THE TREBLE ONCE MORE?! (weeeeeeeee)

Oh and that goal by Messi was something.

[ryu-bi]

Not as bad as PSV Eindhoven totally blew away the Dutch League entering the last week after having a 18 POINT ADVANTAGE over the second place just a couple of months ago.

i heard the top 3 are tied in points with 1 game left, wonder if u know how the tiebreaker works?

[shinobi00]

probably goal differential.

[EveryFlowerFlow]

we could have a United vs Chelsea Champions League final AND the same exact FA cup final.

DO I SMELL THE TREBLE ONCE MORE?! (weeeeeeeee)

.

hope so.


Oh and that goal by Messi was something.


That shit was freaking awesome

[Lantis]

i heard the top 3 are tied in points with 1 game left, wonder if u know how the tiebreaker works?

It's by goal-average, I believe. Right now, AZ has +7, Ajax has +1, and PSV is dead even. PSV doesn't need to worry about Ajax, but about AZ. Basically, what PSV needs to win and AZ must tie/lose, or PSV can tie but AZ needs to lose.

Kinda hard, if ya ask me.... :confused:

[shinobi00]

Crazy shit happened this week. For instance, Chelsea almost won against arsenal with ten men, and manchester united got destroyed AC milan,

[L4undry]

Arsenal did its job - we kept Chelsea from winning. I like watching John Terry cry like the bitch he is.

[Virtua_Leon]

What's so crazy about 10 man chelsea allmost beating arsenal?
arsenal had nothing to play for NOTHING AT ALL, they allready qualified for the runners up leauge they're a team of kids they're tired, i'm surprised chelsea didn't give them a royal spanking, i suppose you got to take your hat off to arsenal it's the one thing arsenal have to look back on this season as opposed to actually WINNING something.

And what's so crazy about AC milan thumping man u?, Ac milan rested shitloads of players, man u couldn't really do that as they're going for 3 trophys, man u squad is wafer thin, they took a very bad score line over to milan, they decided to play vidich who clearly was not fit, as dissapointed as i am with man u getting knocked out you could see it coming a mile away

player of the season, we all know ronaldo won it and i'd sort of agree he has been great this year, but i think berbatov has been my player of the season, the man does not run or walk he GLIDES most exciting player since zola or le tissier

[L4undry]

You watch Berbatov's volley against Boro on the weekend? He was probably at his best that match.

But Ronaldo for sure gets that award. He's carried Man U so far this season and did what he could. Just on pure merit, he deserves it for what he's done this season for the team. Then there's his sublime skill on the ball. It takes two, sometimes three defenders to even catch him.

[Liquid Fists]

Man, I haven't been on these forums in forever. Work/school/girlfriend kept me from watching anything even related to soccer this entire season.

But the only thing I cared about was if Arsenal made top 4 and Chelsea didn't win the EPL for the third season in a row.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

[EveryFlowerFlow]

snip

no title for you this year :razzy:

[L4undry]

Salute to Henry for making it through this season, despite the difficulties. Good luck at Barca and we'll see you in the Champion's League next season.

[AkumaTX]

Copa America is coming up tomorrow. Who's ready?

Hey lantis tell your nation good luck at their first match

[lonewolf6465]

Anyone know where to get the results from the matches, there's a decent wikipedia up, and the official site http://www.copamerica-2007.com.ve/index.asp is lacking in english and a section for matches, at the moment.

[Lantis]

Have you tried ESPN or Fox Sports? :confused:

[lonewolf6465]

I hate Fox, save 24, but I forgot how good the soccer coverage can be. They have complete coverage. Thanks.

[NapaSelect]

So Mexico beat Brazil 2-0. Both teams lacked a few players, but even then Mexico used a whole differant line-up (besides a few players) seemed like they played pretty well. I wonder how that squad would have faired to the full Brazil team. But stupid Nery Castillo missed that last shot horribly, the guy is good, but tries to do way too much on his own.

[Manny_O]

Is anyone else watching the Copa America? Paraguay just raped Colombia 5-0, Santa Cruz had a hat trick. It really does look like Argentina's going to win it all especially after Brasil's loss. Brasil did have a goal disallowed though which could've changed the game completely because it would've been the first and the game would've been played completely different if it hadn't been disallowed. They're showing all the matches live on Telefutura if anyone was interested, Argentina's about to play the US.

[bill_rizer]

Mourinho has been sacked by Chelsea.

Bad move on all counts, they got ManU on the Weekend, that game could perhaps go really bad.

This is the case of the bigger guys being childish, namely Abramovich, that fool thinks he can run a team.
I think his already got his puppet set up to take over, that grant? guy or whatever you know the one Mourinho didnt like.

He wants Chelsea to play like Arsenal, is he crazy, they have younger players that are trained from the word go to play like that.

Not like Chelsea where you have 30 somethings who cant run and only score against weak 1st division teams cough Shevchenko.

Which is a player who I think is one of the problems Mourinho/Abramovich had with each other, clearly Mourinho did not buy him there.

5 major trophies in 3 years what more can you ask for, Abramovich is deluded he wants the CL so bad, too bad Chelsea just cant beat Liverpool :P

I think they will probably go after that Russian manger forget his name but I know his good and if They dont quailfy for next year he might leave.

The question is will he do what Abramovich wants, maybe for that kinda money why not.

I would still expect Chelsea to finish in the top4 only because Spurs and Newcastle are failing real hard this season, but Im not sure if they will win anything, time will tell.

Id like to add that Mourinho made english football and MOTD interesting, I luved watching him moan and bitch, he defently added some spice to the league.

Now its back to the boring old farts Wenger and Ferguson:tdown:

[Ryu & Ken]

Man when will Riquelme come back to Europe

[Lantis]

Man when will Riquelme come back to Europe

He's still in Villareal, but of course, Pellegrini won't make him play. :tdown:

They really dropped the ball on him. Riquelme should have opted to stay in Boca, though. He did more important things there, and the World Club Championship is coming up. :looney:

[Ryu & Ken]

why wont they play him, man him and Forlan were great.

Romy had the best assist and scored about 15 goals a season as well

[Lantis]

why wont they play him, man him and Forlan were great.

Internal disputes that are pretty much common knowledge nowadays.

Atletico Madrid sounded like a pretty viable option, but something went awry and now Riquelme is stuck in a team where neither the coach nor the fans want him in (I swear, I saw some training sessions in Villareal where the crowd would talk shit at Riquelme whenever he passed by). :confused:

[FreddyL0c0]

damn what a piss off, i wrote a huge paragraph explaining the whole riquelme situation along with my champion's league predictions. Really dont feel like re-writing everything, so heres a quick summary

-riquelme deserves to be benched. Having choked two years ago in the semis of the champs league took out his passion for european football really, and he hasn't been the same at all. Argentina losing copa despite owning everybody as they got there doesnt help either.

-Capello prob next coach for Chelsea

-Real Madrid are very strong this year, prob jinxed them again. what are ure predictions guys

[Ryu & Ken]

Messi will be the next big thing soon

[Lebowsk1]

As a neutral, I'm very sad Mourinho is no longer involved in British football. Hope he's back with another club, he's a real character.

[EveryFlowerFlow]

^Me too, I hate chelsea but the guy was a character.


PES 2008 Demo is out for PC now. I'm downloading it now.

Links are at http://www.winningelevenblog.com/ for those interested

[bill_rizer]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=h213GJo76sQ&mode=related&search=

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

OMG thats too funny.

Carried off on the stretcher and everything.

Dida should get an Oscar best performance Ive seen in years.:clap::clap:

[FreddyL0c0]

so, England didn't qualify for the Euro....

Needless to say, I was shocked, though they were a bit too overconfident in their table and ended up paying a terrible price. Well actually,Steve Mclaren got it worst, since he got fired this morning as head coach (possibly Capello as a replacement? oh boy, dunno if the Italian mindset is gonna fit in with the English players).

Im interested in hearing people's thoughts on England's shame (espeically from the England Srk users) and early predictions for the Euro now that the qualifying is done.

[The Electrifying One]

Freddy, this is what I posted at NeoEmpire

I know what you're saying Ryan, England should have qualified given the group. Yes, the buck has to stope somewhere, and yes, Mclaren should not be in charge. I just think that the whole "get rid of X and replace with Y" tactic to fix our team has gone on FAR too long. England have played consistently poor football for as long as I can remember. I can count on one hand the number of times we've played well in my lifetime, in competitive games.

vs Germany, Italia '90
England 4-1 Holland (Euro '96)
Germany 1-5 England (even then, it was more to do with joke defending on both sides)
vs Croatia, Euro 2004

It's time to stop thinking swapping a few names around will make England a good team. There is something fundamentally wrong with the way the England team plays their football, imho. If this has been the case with Taylor, Venables, Keegan, Hoddle, Sven and McLaren, and with about 200 different English players, I think it's more than the personnel.

It's also time everyone stopped acting like England are a top team just because the premiership is good, and the players in the team are celebrities. Doesn't matter how many 'big' names are in the squad, ENgland don't get the results. Croatia are HIGHER than England in the FIFA rankings, and a better team, but how much respect was shown for them? Mans were saying on Talksport 'it's just Croatia, we'll win 3-0'. Israel haven't lost at home for 3 years, yet Mclaren was booed for getting a draw there.

I agree Mclaren isn't a great manager, and I'm glad he's gone. I just think anything short of Capello, Lippi, or possibly Mourinho will lead to more of the same.

Bottom line: There are fewer than 60 Englishmen getting regular top flight football played. A disproportionate amount of these are centre backs. I'm not into the idea of FORCING teams to play people from a certian country, or limiting foreigners, but Mclaren didn't have many choices to make. Terry, A.Cole. Ferdinand, G.Neville, Rooney AND Owen were all unavailable, Hargreaves and Beckham were only half fit. He played the best team he could really, just got the tactics wrong.

Not good enough, but we were beaten by a better team. We finished on the same points as Israel, and I think that is about as good as England are. Sad but true.

[Lantis]

Mourinho should be the natural successor to the British coach seat. He knows the British league all too well. The coldest thing of it all was that Croatia WAS ALREADY QUALIFIED, and they STILL beat that Brit ass. DAYUM! :looney:

[The Electrifying One]

The talk over here is that Fabo Capello wants the job. I'd rather have him than Mourinho, in all honesty.

Though, I'm more of a Mexico fan. Hugo Sanchez ftw!

[bill_rizer]

Didnt think anyone on SRK would give a crap about this.

Anyway We got what we deserved, Im sorry but England didn't just play crap that day, they played shit the entire campaign, we didnt deserve to go through.

Mistakes in that match

Why was Carson in goal? I know Robinson was butter fingers at the mo, but you replace him with Carson who has never played in an offical competive game before, well done at totally crushing his soul and career.

Davd James is not so great but he has been playing well for Portsmouth, plus his played for England many times. The sick truth is English goal keeping has never been so bad right now, since Seamen was the last great english goal keeper, after that its all been shit really, and it looks like it will be that way for some time.

The whole back line? who were they? they never played together before and you'd have to say at the highest level they look out of place, Bridge jesus that guy was a joke he almost scored a brillant own goal, Lescott are you kidding me? Campbell sorry his way past it showed his age bad, Richards still young and didnt have the Guidance he usually gets with the players that were missing, like Rio and Terry.

Also the fact that Mclaren drove away one of Englands best defenders and made him retire because he never picked him at all, which was Jamie Carragher.

When will people learn that Lampard and Gerrard can not play well together, they cancel each other out.

What the hell happened to the passion? i couldn'y believe what I was seeing it was like none of players cared, it was a game where England had to win, but the way they were playing was like it didnt mean anything, after watch Scotland put their heart and souls into trying to beat Italy and then seeing that I was well shocked, to me that was the most Embarrassing thing of all, such a flat performance.

When I was younger I used to think players played for their country for pride and didnt get paid for it, of course now Im older I realize that they still get paid stupid amounts of money when they play for England as well.

I dont feel sorry for them one bit since they go home to their mansions and big cars etc, im sure they sleep alot easier than us at night, while everyone else went home in the rain after spending 50quid on tickets to watch crap.

Im glad we didn't get through because it would have covered up the cracks that have been in english football for along time.

Golden Generation lol dont make me laugh Over Paid Generation you mean, you can obviously see who plays for cash now.

Like EO says you can change the manager over and over but unless the players fix up then it wont matter, none of these players play like that for their clubs so I dont get it.

Also the FA need to scrap looking for an English man for the job, an english manager has never won the premier league.

Mclaren won some mickey mouse cup had a lucky run in the uefa cup and then get destoryed in the final and it looks like Middlesbrough will be going down this season anyway.

Then you have Big Sam, what the hell has he won? NOTHING, not even the micky mouse cups, i dunno why he gets so much praise, his an ok manager but they over do it hyping him up, he hasn't won shit, his time at Newcastle will end badly, although newcastle are another team like England clinging onto past teams that were good, when the truth is their just not good enough.

England are heading into the dark ages where Scotland were a few years ago I can see thats what will happen depending on what the FA do next.

To be honest I stopped caring about England after the Euro96, its always the same, beat the easy teams no problem, first team we play that can give us a problem and were out, same old story.

The only really bad thing is that this is the first time since the 80s I think that not one British side has not made it to a major, I mean atleast usually we have the Scotts or Irish to cheer on, not this time, summer will be shit for sure here now.

[Lantis]

The talk over here is that Fabo Capello wants the job. I'd rather have him than Mourinho, in all honesty.

Though, I'm more of a Mexico fan. Hugo Sanchez ftw!

I dig Hugo because of his crazy talk about Mexico winning the next World Cup when he couldn't even beat the US in the last Gold Cup. :rofl:

BTW, I heard Jurgen Klinsmann accepted to become the coach for England. :wtf:

bill rizer: Last time that none of the British teams participated in a major tournament was in the Euro 1984.

[EveryFlowerFlow]

Wow @ Arsenal knocking Milan out at the San Siro no less.

edit: Oh yeah PES:2008 out in USA next week

[Brutal-R]

LOL at Liverpool knocking out Arsenal in the Champions League!!! Such a soft penalty award and then a 4th goal to top it off.

But seriously Arsenal should have had that. The penalty that wasn't given at the Emirates was bad but then the penalty that was given at Anfield just compounded things. I wouldn't be surprised if Liverpool win the damn thing again.

P.S Man Utd all the way.

[Biolink]

How is Manchester United doing?

[Fobhunter]

How is Manchester United doing?

I believe that Man U beat the snot out of Roma. So they move on to play Barcelona.

[nGuman]

Its sad to see my favourite team get eliminated by the REDS :(

[Lantis]

How is Manchester United doing?

Pretty good, I might believe. They have a 3-point lead over Chelsea in the Premier League, but they play against Arsenal tomorrow. :confused: Aaaaaaand...they're facing Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League semifinals. One could say it's gonna be a pretty good series, but then again, Barcelona is undergoing some severe inner crisis where everyone is getting suspended and stuff...I may believe that Barcelona may crumble from the inside and Man U will pass through.

May also depend if Messi gets healthy by then....

Oh, and Cristiano Ronaldo...that fucker is one sexy beast. Hot with the hoes, and hot on the field...can this guy ask for anything more? Well, aside from being ironically paired with one of the ugliest fuckers the league has ever seen (Carlos Tevez). :wasted:

[EveryFlowerFlow]

Yeah baby (http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb199/peg365/ps.gif) :rock:

taken 9 years but we're back in a CL final again. now all is left is for liverpool to somehow beat chelsea

[ThePurpleBunny]

I think I saw more yellow cards in that game than there is in an Uno deck.

[EveryFlowerFlow]

GGPO John Terry.

[Pablo_the_Mex]

Brazil vs Canada here in Seattle. I will be drunk as fuck, so the game will be amazing.

[ThePurpleBunny]

Drogba wanted to go out like Zidane. He could have done more than a bitch slap to do it.

Terry must feel like shit. I'm still trying to find an image of him missing that kick with "FAIL" somewhere on it.

[Shion]

Good game. A bit iffy with the decisions at times but nothing can be done about that.

Next season, Arsenal plz.

[ToyRobotTerror]

TEvez united!

[EveryFlowerFlow]

CAN'T BUY THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BITCHES. LLOOOOOOLL


Nah, it was a good game I couldn't watch most of the second half. Chelsea we putting us under so much pressure. Then when Ronaldo missed I just left the room figuring it was all over. When I came back Terry was crying and Man U were all like :woot:

[Shion]

:rofl: @ the av.

Chelski couldn't finish anything tonight, Lampard hitting the crossbar and Drogs hitting the post were the closest they came.

Some of Cechs saves killed it though. :tup:

Congrats to United!

[lonewolf6465]

I got home in time to catch the PKs, which was really fantastic to watch. Wish work wouldn't have gotten in the way of me watching the whole game.

[ThePurpleBunny]

snip

:rofl: @ attachment. I'm stealing that.

[KneelB4Me]

JT is going to need some serious comfort from fatboy Frank tonight!

[Okazaki III]

wow forgot all about this thread, good to see it still pops up now and then.

Chelsea was playing well in the 2nd half i was like they 're bound to score and that's MU is out again. Unbelievable how it went.

Manchester is one big party right now, I should have stayed there instead of driving back down

[Mr_Punkus]

Drogba is a moron. He cost his team the european championship, he would have taken the 5th penalty instead of spamhead john terry. (see link)
http://www.awooga.org/images/cii8ik5fl1svb9qh69a.gif

Finally after 9 long years in coming, once again United are champions of europe.

FOLLOW FOLLOW FOLLOW!
CAUSE UNITED HAVE WON IN MOSCOW!
THERE'S THOUSANDS OF REDS
GETTING PISSED OUT THEIR HEADS
CAUSE UNITED HAVE WON IN MOSCOW!

http://clientimages.teamtalk.com/08/05/Others/220345.jpg

[I Am Lothar]

Congrats to Tevez my Argentinian homie. Ronaldo... not so much.

[KneelB4Me]

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3377/44678647terrytearsqh4.jpg

http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/8814/1354874351ys3.jpg

http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/4276/81191100dv8.jpg


And finally.

http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/6427/2575666580103265676s600jx5.jpg

http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/8983/united500ga7.jpg

Good times!

[Lebowsk1]

How fucking good was that?

Drogba get the fuck OFF you moaning ponce. Fantastic to see his petulence fairly punished with John Terry falling over.

Great seeing Ronaldo miss his penalty with his stupid fancy stutter being no help at all.

On the non-hate, Van der Sar is a fucking beast and made a fucking beast of a save to win it.

Giggs is a Welsh Legend and would never miss. Anelka had a strange face on before he took his, maybe he psyched himself up too much? Either way, when a shootout goes to sudden death and the keeper makes a save, he's gonna be the hero.

Couldnt believe the fucking Chairman was the first to lift the trophy though.

Was great, followed it up with a game of sensible soccer:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_L-PGg0yzWU