M

MrPing1000

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #1

Here we are another year another season. No rest for the wicked. Matches may have stopped for the past 2.5months but the transfer market has been very busy. Highlights include Torres to Liverpool, Manchester United finding money underneath a sofa in the Glazers lounge, Henry saying aur voir to the gunners and moving to Barcelona, Sven splashing the dosh to build a mid table team at Man City, Real Madrid clear out and manager electric boogaloo, Bayern Munich building a Champions League team for the UEFA cup and surprisingly Chelsea have change left over.

Fixtures

Engish Premier League

German Bundesliga

Scottish Premier League

Portuguese Super Liga

French Ligue 1

Dutch Eredivisie

Major League Soccer

Italian Serie A

Spanish La Liga

League Champions

England: Manchester United FC
Germany: VfB Stuttgart
Scotland: Glasgow Celtic FC
Portugal: F.C. Porto
France: Olympique Lyonnais (SHOCK!)
Holland: PSV Eindhoven
USA: Houston Dynamo (note MLS is decided by a knock out mini cup competition)

English Premier League Team Pages:

Arsenal F.C.
Aston Villa F.C
Birmingham City F.C.
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Chelsea F.C.
Derby County F.C.
Everton F.C.
Fulham F.C.
Liverpool F.C.
Manchester 31 years City F.C.
Manchester United F.C.
Middlesborough F.C.
Newcastle United F.C.
Portsmouth F.C.
Reading F.C.
Sunderland A.F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
West Ham United F.C.
Wigan Athletic F.C.

Transfers & Rumours & Stuff

BBC transfer news n gossip
Sky Sports Transfer News
Sporting Life transfer centre including all ins and outs of premiership clubs
Football4Less - streams etc

GAF Fantasy

Prediction League Thread (thx Cornballer)

Premier League Fantasy Football (thx Hadareud)

Code to join the league - 300989-61134


What will happen this season? Will Man Utd do it again? Can Chelsea catch them? Can anyone else break into the top 4? Will West Ham end up in the shitter? Do the new boys have a chance? Will a GAF mod ever notice us (hopefully not). Can Mark Hughes get any sexier? I'll tell you in 12months.

 

C

Cornballer

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #2

Woohoo! New thread!

 

W

Wes

venison crêpe

• Aug 1, 2007

• #3

It begins...

AND JUST WHY ISN'T THE V IN VILLA A CAPITAL? GRRRRR

 

M

MrPing1000

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #4

Going to kick things off with who I think will bite the bullet first manager wise.

I'm going to go with Wigan's new manager Chris Hutchings. I have a feeling they're going to nose dive from the off.

 

B

BatiGOOOOOOL

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #5

I'm here to take on all the spanish champion haters.

Hannover played the game of their life. Madrid has like two days of being together.

 

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Osorio

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #6

I was going to say you forgot bwfc.co.uk but you have it labeled as Chelsea F.C.

NEW THREAD!

 

W

Wes

venison crêpe

• Aug 1, 2007

• #7

Final posting stats (top 10 anyway) on the last thread

Code:

User Name  	Posts

Mama Smurf 	2,879
hadareud 	2,611
Cornballer 	1,813
psycho_snake 	1,504
Lakitu 	        1,057
Shinobi 	778
Wes 	        631
Ghost 	        494
Osorio 	        471
Ryck 	        456

Good work team!

 

M

MrPing1000

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #8

Osorio said:

I was going to say you forgot bwfc.co.uk but you have it labeled as Chelsea F.C.

NEW THREAD!

Click to expand...

Dunno what was happening there, Bolton were eating the team that was directly below them despite teh vb code looking ok, redid it.

 

K

Karakand

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #9

OP could use some song lyrics set to funny yet topical photos. (Example #1, Example #2)

 

G

Great King Bowser

Property of Kaz Harai

• Aug 1, 2007

• #10

Whooo.

 

L

Lakitu

st5fu

• Aug 1, 2007

• #11

STICKY THIS THREAD MODS, PLEASE

 

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navanman

Crown Prince of Custom Firmware

• Aug 1, 2007

• #12

Fantastic piece of work, Mr Ping.
Here is to you finishing second in the GAF league behing me of course!

 

W

Wes

venison crêpe

• Aug 1, 2007

• #13

Lakitu said:

STICKY THIS THREAD MODS, PLEASE

Click to expand...

Debate-age inbound.

 

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navanman

Crown Prince of Custom Firmware

• Aug 1, 2007

• #14

GAF stickies every other sports thread except Soccer threads.
GAF hates da Europe dudes!!

 

M

MrPing1000

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #15

It's not a matter of hate. This thread has a very high reply rate so rarely drops off the front page or 2. We are like our own little sub forum, the mods dare not tread on these soils.

+ It makes us look cooler.

 

K

Karakand

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #16

Karakand said:

OP could use some song lyrics set to funny yet topical photos. (Example #1, Example #2)

Click to expand...

Quick and dirty, like I did with yer mum last night!

"Look what he's made you do to your arm again,"

"He said he'd come round but he's gone out with his friends,"

"And I know how it feels to be your age"

"and feel the world is caving in."

edit: SAUCE on the song http://youtube.com/watch?v=i9BQa-p6Pz0

 

R

Ryck

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #17

Hey wow fancy new thread.... ( aka my new home once the fixtures start)

It's going to be a fun year gentlemen....


*excited*

 

J

jamesinclair

Banned

• Aug 1, 2007

• #18

Im not sure if Im ready to abandon the old thread.

Do you think mods would notice two soccer threads being bumped around

 

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Osorio

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #19

It's a little bit past the half-way point in the MLS season so I'd like to put up the standings for analysis.

Code:

Eastern Conference

Team            W        L        D      Pts.

New England	8	3	6	30
Kansas City	8	5	5	29
New York	8	7	3	27
Columbus	6	5	7	25
D.C. United	7	6	3	24
Chicago	        5	8	4	19
Toronto FC	5	9	4	19

Code:

Western Conference

Team             W        L       D      Pts.

Houston	        10	5	4	34
FC Dallas	9	6	3	30
Chivas USA	8	6	3	27
Colorado	4	8	6	18
Los Angeles	3	5	4	13
Real Salt Lake	1	9	6	9

With the new playoff format that places the last 4 teams that make the playoffs according to points and not by conference the playoff table would look like this if it started today:

Code:

Seed         Team
1            Houston Dynamo
2            New England Revolution
3            FC Dallas
4            Kansas City Wizards
5            New York Red Bulls
6            Chivas USA
7            Columbus Crew
8            D.C. United

As I've said all year the East looks much stronger than the West. However, despite the East having more teams in contention the West seems to have the strongest team in Houston who looks to win back-to-back titles despite their slow start.

Columbus went from the definite bottom of the East to title contenders thanks to Guillermo Barros-Schelotto. Also, after their hot start the Red Bulls seemed to have slowed down due to injuries affecting their backline, and utterly retarded decisions by Bruce Arena.

Other teams to watch out for are Dallas and Chicago. Dallas seems to be signing several internationals picking up Ricardinho from Tigres and are having serious talks with Denilson. Chicago signed Paulo Wanchope, finally have Blanco in a Fire jersey, and are getting a serious threat in Chris Rolfe back from injury.

And of course there's the darling LA Galaxy. When is Beckham going to play? He's not playing in tonight's Superliga match against Dallas, and nobody knows if he'll be playing against Toronto on Sunday. The media hype around him has died a little because of his swollen ankle and even caused Pele to call Beckham more of a pop star than a footballer. Unlike the sports media however, I look at the other people on the Galaxy roster. Donovan needs to step up and Pavon hasn't showed me or anyone else shit since he got to LA. Xavier seems to be able to control their backline, but what people want from the Galaxy is offense. So let's see if Beckham comes to "save" his team, and cope with their strenuous schedule that MLS decided to hand him.

 

M

Mama Smurf

My penis is still intact.

• Aug 1, 2007

• #20

Apparently Makelele will be allowed to leave Chelsea this summer, maybe to Juve, so long as Chelsea can find another central midfielder.

Makelele to Juve, Deco to Chelsea?

 

J

jamesinclair

Banned

• Aug 1, 2007

• #21

As Osorio mentioned, tonights games are:

Superliga

Dallas - LA
Chivas - Pachuca


Copa Sudamericana opener

Chile Audax Italiano - Bolivia Jorge Wilstermann

 

O

Osorio

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #22

The FC Dallas defense decided not to show up thus the Galaxy have a 3-0 lead after 15 minutes :lol :lol :lol

 

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Osorio

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #23

Make that 4-0. WTF is going on???

 

C

Cornballer

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #24

Another good site for the first post: http://www.soccertv.com/

They list pretty much every football/soccer game that's on US and I think Canadian television.

 

K

Karakand

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #25

Donde esta la ofensa?

LA OFENSA ESTA AQUI BITCHES

 

J

jamesinclair

Banned

• Aug 1, 2007

• #26

LA winning 4-0?

Huh.

 

H

h0pper

only Fernando's ripe melons are good enough for me

• Aug 1, 2007

• #27

sweet.

 

K

Karakand

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #28

I'm gonna be lawlin' if Galaxy make it to the semifinals of SuperLiga...

 

K

Karakand

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #29

****, Dallas just scored.

2:4

 

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Osorio

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #30

Watch out! 4-3 Galaxy with a little less than 10 minutes left.

 

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Osorio

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #31

Donovan just ripped the defense apart to make it 5-3 Galaxy.:lol :lol

 

D

daegan

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #32

Go figure that I've restarted three times and I still can't get the stream to work. >/

Also: Yay new thread! It's clean in here.

 

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Osorio

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #33

5-4 Galaxy now.

 

Z

Zapages

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #34

Its 7-6 Dallas.... OMG!!!:lol

 

O

Osorio

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #35

The defense for both sides continue to prove themselves inadequate. 6-4 Galaxy

 

O

Osorio

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #36

6-5 Galaxy now WTFFFFFFF

 

F

Frenck

Banned

• Aug 1, 2007

• #37

They're playing WITH goalkeepers, right?

 

J

jamesinclair

Banned

• Aug 1, 2007

• #38

What a ridiculous game :lol

 

O

Osorio

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #39

Frenck said:

They're playing WITH goalkeepers, right?

Click to expand...

They were there but it was like playing goalkeeper without defenders.

 

J

jamesinclair

Banned

• Aug 1, 2007

• #40

Osorio said:

They were there but it was like playing goalkeeper without defenders.

Click to expand...

Both goalkeepers, especially cannon made some very impressive saves.

Right at the start of the second half, 20 seconds in, Dallas almost scored if it werent for an instinct save by the keeper

 

M

Mama Smurf

My penis is still intact.

• Aug 1, 2007

• #41

Hey Osorio, Blackburn beat Bolton 6-2 in the Lancashire Cup Final which I didn't know existed. Suck it.

 

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Outdoor Miner

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #42

Can't believe I missed the Gals-Dallas game. WTF happened there? :lol

Oh and new thread is hot. We're not feeding off a World Cup this time, so I wonder if we can match or exceed the # of posts from last seasons thread.

 

K

Karakand

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #43

:lol Galaxy-Dallas was priceless. <3 45 minutes* of stoppage time.

*

Spoiler

Obvious exaggeration.

 

S

Shinobi

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #44

:lol @ Dallas/LA

Well, I got a pair of tickets for the Galaxy match Sunday...$250 Canadian for the pair. Not a bad price considering a good number of single seats are going for a higher price. So even if Beckham doesn't step foot on the pitch (and as of now that appears to be the likelihood), I don't feel like I broke the bank only to get disappointed.

The atmosphere should be fantastic regardless...it's a Sunday night match and the Caribana long weekend, and of course the day starts off with Chelsea vs Man U in the Charity Shield, so it's gonna be a great day.

BTW, this is what's in store for Beck's if he does lace up the boots...

He'll probably sit out regardless just to avoid that mess. :lol

 

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Outdoor Miner

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #45

Your Holland champs is incorrect I think. Wasn't it PSV Eindhoven that won it this past season?

 

H

Hooker

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #46

Was just about to post that, PSV claimed the title



Also, Feyenoord are stupid!! Real Madrid offered 12.5m for Drenthe, but Feyenoord wants 17m. That for a player who only has potential. He was golden at the u21 tourney, he won't be as good now in the regular season. Sell him on the hype for god sake!! Idiots!!

(Feyenoord is a club ridden with dept, external investers buy players for the club etc. 12.5m in your pocket now is better than the thought of getting 17, for him in the future)

 

K

Karakand

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #47

Maybe the region of Holland has it's own championship that's independent of the Nederland's.

 

H

Hooker

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #48

...




That comment makes you sound REALLY dumb, I'm not going to even quote it for the future. It's THAT bad!!

(unless you are playing a joke on that Italian fellow in the u21 championship thread)

 

K

Karakand

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #49

Like 95% of my posts involve inserting LOL into player or team names in last season's thread. Believe me, odds are if you read a post and think I've said something stupid it was deliberate.

 

Y

Yazan

Member

• Aug 1, 2007

• #50

Serie A fixtures (nobody cares, I know):

Week 1
26/8/07 (return 27/1/08)
Fiorentina-Empoli
Genoa-Milan
Inter-Udinese
Juventus-Livorno
Lazio-Torino
Napoli-Cagliari
Palermo-Roma
Parma-Catania
Reggina-Atalanta
Siena-Sampdoria

Week 2
1/9/2007 (2/2/08)
Atalanta-Parma
Cagliari- Juventus
Catania-Genoa
Empoli-Inter
Livorno-Palermo
Milan-Fiorentina
Roma-Siena
Sampdoria-Lazio
Torino-Reggina
Udinese-Napoli

Week 3
16/9/07 (10/2/08)
Fiorentina-Atalanta
Genoa-Livorno
Inter-Catania
Juventus-Udinese
Lazio-Empoli
Napoli-Sampdoria
Palermo-Torino
Parma-Cagliari
Reggina-Roma
Siena-Milan

Week 4
23/9/07 (17/2/08)
Atalanta-Lazio
Cagliari-Palermo
Catania-Fiorentina
Empoli-Napoli
Livorno-Inter
Milan-Parma
Roma-Juventus
Sampdoria-Genoa
Torino-Siena
Udinese-Reggina

Week 5
26/9/07 (24/2/08)
Catania-Empoli
Fiorentina-Roma
Genoa-Udinese
Inter-Sampdoria
Juventus-Reggina
Lazio-Cagliari
Napoli-Livorno
Palermo-Milan
Parma-Torino
Siena-Atalanta

Week 6
30/9/07 (27/2/08)
Cagliari-Siena
Empoli-Palermo
Livorno-Fiorentina
Milan-Catania
Napoli-Genoa
Reggina-Lazio
Roma-Inter
Sampdoria-Atalanta
Torino-Juventus
Udinese-Parma

Week 7
7/10/07 (2/3/08)
Atalanta-Udinese
Catania-Livorno
Fiorentina-Juventus
Genoa-Cagliari
Inter-Napoli
Lazio-Milan
Palermo-Reggina
Parma-Roma
Siena-Empoli
Torino-Sampdoria

Week 8
21/10/07 (9/3/08)
Atalanta-Torino
Cagliari-Catania
Fiorentina-Siena
Juventus-Genoa
Livorno-Lazio
Milan-Empoli
Reggina-Inter
Roma-Napoli
Sampdoria-Parma
Udinese-Palermo

Week 9
28/10/07 (16/3/08)
Catania-Sampdoria
Empoli-Atalanta
Genoa-Fiorentina
Lazio-Udinese
Milan-Roma
Napoli-Juventus
Palermo-Inter
Parma-Livorno
Siena-Reggina
Torino-Cagliari

Week 10
31/10/07 (19/3/08)
Atalanta-Cagliari
Fiorentina-Napoli
Inter-Genoa
Juventus-Empoli
Palermo-Parma
Reggino-Livorno
Roma-Lazio
Sampdoria-Milan
Siena-Catania
Udinese-Torino

Week 11
4/11/07
Cagliari-Sampdoria
Catania-Atalanta
Empoli-Roma
Genoa-Palermo
Juventus-Inter
Lazio-Fiorentina
Livorno-Udinese
Milan-Torino
Napoli-Reggina
Parma-Siena

Week 12
11/11/07 (30/3/08)
Atalanta-Milan
Fiorentina-Udinese
Inter-Lazio
Palermo-Napoli
Parma-Juventus
Reggina-Genoa
Roma-Cagliari
Sampdoria-Empoli
Siena-Livorno
Torino-Catania

Week 13
25/11/07 (6/4/08)
Cagliari-Milan
Empoli-Torino
Genoa-Roma
Inter-Atalanta
Juventus-Palermo
Lazio-Parma
Livorno-Sampdoria
Napoli-Catania
Reggina-Fiorentina
Udinese-Siena

Week 14
2/12/07 (13/4/08)
Atalanta-Napoli
Cagliari-Livorno
Catania-Palermo
Fiorentina-Inter
Milan-Juventus
Parma-Empoli
Roma-Udinese
Sampdoria-Reggina
Siena-Lazio
Torino-Genoa

Week 15
9/12/07 (20/4/08)
Empoli-Cagliari
Genoa-Siena
Inter-Torino
Juventus-Atalanta
Lazio-Catania
Livorno-Roma
Napoli-Parma
Palermo-Fiorentina
Reggina-Milan
Udinese-Sampdoria

Week 16
16/12/07 (27/4/08)
Atalanta-Palermo
Cagliari-Inter
Catania-Udinese
Empoli-Genoa
Lazio-Juventus
Milan-Livorno
Parma-Reggina
Sampdoria-Fiorentina
Siena-Napoli
Torino-Roma

Week 17
23/12/07 (4/5/08)
Fiorentina-Cagliari
Genoa-Parma
Inter-Milan
Juventus-Siena
Livorno-Atalanta
Napoli-Torino
Palermo-Lazio
Reggina-Catania
Roma-Sampdoria
Udinese-Empoli

Week 18
13/1/08 (11/5/08)
Atalanta-Roma
Cagliari-Udinese
Catania-Juventus
Empoli-Reggina
Lazio-Genoa
Milan-Napoli
Parma-Fiorentina
Sampdoria-Palermo
Siena-Inter
Torino-Livorno

Week 19
20/1/08 (18/5/08)
Fiorentina-Torino
Genoa-Atalanta
Inter-Parma
Juventus-Sampdoria
Livorno-Empoli
Napoli-Lazio
Palermo-Siena
Reggina-Cagliari
Roma-Catania
Udinese-Milan



Milans new ugly shirt (wtf did Adidas do?)