The Official Football (Soccer) Thread

Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:37 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

condolences to the family of the fallen soccer fan. truly sad when an event that is supposed to highlight athleticism and good sportsmanship ends in tragedy.

Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:42 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

sahansah, as i was saying, here's my latest lineup:

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i noticed the rankings of the different teams, and saw that derby is quite bad. wig is not much better, and since they're playing ars, i figure it should be a good game for ars.

i sold bowyer (since i do not believe he'll repeat), and got this dude dunn. and i also got terry since he's playing der.

are any of these guys hurt or not going to play? who's your fave team, btw?

Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 9:31 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

My fav team is Man Utd, right now most players are on international duty so the prem shall restart on the 24th, a weeks time. I'll check up the injuries around then but your team don't seem bad...yeah Arsenal should hav a good game against Wigan although Fabregas won't be playing against Wigan cuz his suspended for one game after collecting 5 yellow cards but don't go selling him its only a one match ban....that guys on fire and I predict him to continue this good vein of form.

Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 9:52 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Yay, a soccer thread! Laugh

I'm Austrian and I'm sooo exited about the Euro next year. Especially since I'm half-greek, so I can cheer for two teams. cheers

Sadly the Austrian team really sucks, but one can still hope, right? Unsure

Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:02 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

LOL - welcome Maryvel well good that Austria are co-hosts!!! automatic place.....well its sad cuz I'm an England fan...and the fact that they have done sooo badly during the campaign its crazy....should have finished top of group but noooo and thank god that Israel beat Russia theres still hope for England to qualify if they can beat Croatia at home...which I think they may mess up as always...*sigh* England are one of the crapest teams in the world...the sooner the people understand that over here the better off we will be and not get our expectations set too high....1 world cup is not good enough to be considered world beaters

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:53 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I don't think England has such a bad team. You have great players, they are just not playing well at the moment...

Of course it was more than enough to beat the Austrian team in that friendly mach last week. Maybe they gained some confidence from that. Laugh

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:12 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

lol England haven't been playing well for a long time.... pinch

Gained confidence and lost owen Sad

lol

yeah they have some decent players but lack firepower up front, I mean Rooney is class but not a natural goal scorer, Owen is always injured, Crouch good as he is, is not even first choice at Liverpool, same goes with Bent and Defoe at spurs.

I'm tempted to say England should have picked Agbonlahor or Walcott instead of Bent...Walcott seems to be playing with confidence and has done well with the appearences his made for Arsenal and Agbonlahor has shown some good form recently but hope that knock he sustained with the under 21's isn't serious.

btw Maryvel what team/s do you support?

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:33 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

For Austrian team I like "Austria Wien", they are playing in the UEFA Cup right now. The only Austrian team btw. Our only hope. Laugh

But I fear I already know where they are going to end up. Crying

So, no good teams in Austria.... but I have 5 greek teams in the UEFA Cup and "Olympiakos Piraeus", which is the favourite greek team of me and my father, in the Champions Leage. cheers

But at least some cool teams are coming to Austria to play, because of the UEFA Cup even if we don't win anything. It's hard to live in a country that has absolutely no good teams at all. If you were here you would probably stop complaining about england in no time. Sad

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:35 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Oh, and sorry 'bout Owen. But Crouch knocked out our goalkeeper. Cussing

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:24 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

- it was an accident... Roll Eyes

....anyways Owen is like needed by England without him we doomed, doomed I tell ya DOOMED!!! btw the goalie still injured?

ha-ha go Austria wien cheers

good luck to Olympiakos....ouch group with Real Madrid...who do you guys play next? 3rd but practically tied with Lazio....so theres still hope for them to qualify

LOL....yeah true what you say about Austria's league.....though its ironic in a sense England and Spain have the two strongest leagues in the world and both underachieve internationally...Okay forget Italy strong league and national team...although hmmm their league is in decline due to the violence at mo....and look at Greece they won the euro cup and England still haven't!!!!! thumleft

respect the reigning champs....although i wish Turkey would qualify from your group dunno does Nuri Sahin play for their first team? wanna see him play

Man Utd for the champions league!!!! United Vs Olympiakos in the next round lol

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:44 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

sahansah: thanks for the update. i just found out that they did not play at all this week, so maybe i shouldn't have rushed to change my lineup.

hey, did you hear about the soccer team purchased by an internet fans?

it's pretty cool that fans can own a soccer team. furthermore, i actually know a guy who is a co-owner!

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:00 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

yeah yeah I've heard about the fans who bought a club....I was thinking of maybe investing but thought against it....the problem is from what I hear is the people who now own the club have a say in the team selection process to be honest I don't think this would work. I mean how many people own a share in the club?
In a way it undermines the manager/coach who is in a better position to assess the players then say the numerous shareholders and the team I think is a non-league team so how are the people who now own a part of the club going to have the capability to themselves assess the players, not like the teams match's are going to be shown on T.V. and not everyone is going to be able to travel to watch such a team.
hmmmm you have any inside info on how its all gonna wrk? I know probably going to have something to do with voting for the team selection or something but yeah just wouldn't work say in the prem or with a bigger club.

Damn international fixures because of snow or something the match between Serbia and Kazakhstan was abandoned and now is going to be played when United travel to Bolton. The problem is Vidic is Serbian....grrrh Cussing

Damn you snow, stupid international games....good thing though Ferige united's manager will have the right to not allow Vidic to play for Serbia because the game is going to be played outside the international window cheers

Fergie say no and Tongue

to Fifa

Btw jholic what team have you come to or already support?

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:42 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:23 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Maryvel LOL Greece winning has given me hope that even England stands a slight chance of maybe winning something..... Crying

I dunno much about Olympiakos or Lazio, how are Olympiakos faring in their home league? Just had a quick look at Serie A and well you play Lazio away right? Well they lost three of their last Serie A games, and out of 5 have only won once at home and lost 3. In all they have played 11 games and languish in 15th place. Olympiakos did draw against Real Madrid at home and gave it their all at the Bernabeu...I didn't see the match but how well were Olympiakos against them? Oh against who did he use no real attackers? was it against Real Madrid home or away match? maybe injuries forced him to, dunno....So Olympiakos do stand some chance of qualifying however its easier siad then done....

Tomorrow England's fututre is decided against Croatia....with no real strikers I'm tempted to say Mclaran should play 5 in Midfield and crouch up front, with Barry as holding midfielder and Lampard and Gerrard given the freedom to bomb forwards....Gerrard can play in the hole just behind Crouch....hmmmm or maybe 4-4-2 with Crouch and Defoe up front....

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:17 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I think we'll win against Lazio. Laugh

We're doing fine up until now, better than I expected. Olympiakos is faring alright in their home league, but champions leage is always a different matter...

And the first game was against Real Madrid at home. It wasn't because of injuries, he just didn't use any attackers for whatever kind of reason. I watched the game in greece actually with some greek friends and family and everybody was cursing the trainer. pale

We were lucky it ended in a draw, but maybe we could have scored a goal if only.... Well, forget about it.

Anyway best of luck for tomorrow! I definitely want the english team to come to Austria next year. Wub