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Football Thread 2011/12 |OT9| Dedicated to Morosini & others who didn't make it. RIP.

Fady K

Member
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Welcome to OT9... Fady edition. A big thank you to elseanio for giving me the honour of starting this thread.

The most exciting period in the footballing world is upon us. With the end of a variety of leagues coming up, as well as the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League starting tonight, plus many cup finals in the horizon, let us all enjoy the beautiful world of football and pray for less tragedies and less refereeing mistakes.

Enjoy guys, and remember - try not to hate. Spread the love and all, regardless of how much you hate a club :p


For all your Soccer related talk, there is a separate thread for the MLS here.

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Thanks to CaramaC for the awesome banner, SunhiLegend for GIFS and to PaulLFC for the layout :)

What will happen?
- Will Villas Boas be a success at Chelsea?
- Will Sneijder/Modric/Nasri/Fabregas actually move clubs?
- Will Liverpool's strategy of spending big on British players pay off?
- How ambitious will Venky's be approaching the new season with Blackburn?
- Will John Henry still administer verbal beatdowns to anyone who's deserving of them?
- How will Torres fare at Chelsea this season?
- Is the recent instability over for Aston Villa?
- Who will emerge victorious from the Real v Barca battle?
- Will a French village team attempt to sign Messi again?
- Can Dortmund continue their fantastic form from last season?
- How will Porto cope this season without AVB in charge?
- Will FIFA stick to their guns over the Qatar world cup situation?
- Will Man City still have the best website in the known universe?
- Will Gunnersaurus make his Premier League debut?

The Leagues (click a team to visit their website)


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Eredivisie - Table | Last season's top 4: Ajax, FC Twente, PSV Eindhoven, AZ Alkmaar
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Ligue 1 - Table | Last season's top 4: Lille, Marseille, Lyon, PSG
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Liga ZON Sagres - Table | Last season's top 4: FC Porto, Benfica, Sporting Lisbon, Sporting Braga
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MLS - Table | Last season's top 4: LA Galaxy, Real Salt Lake, Red Bull New York, FC Dallas
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Clydesdale Bank Premier League - Table | Last season's top 4: Rangers, Celtic, Hearts, Dundee United

GAFfers' Clubs - which team is the best supported on GAF? Link to a single post that I can hopefully update as well
AC Milan - dschalter, TheLucifer, Fady K
Ajax - Arjen, FeD.nL, Wessiej, Fady K
Arsenal - Anderson, Baconsaurus, Boozeroony, colonisation, DangerousMali, DOBERMAN INC, Dibbz, Freewheelin', Ghouse, Ingeniero, Jason Raize '75 - '04, Judderman, Kweh, Lightning, omgkitty, pix, Plasma, Salvadora, Fady K
Aston Villa - Awesome Animals, rodvik, Wes, Fady K
Athletic Bilbao - sneaky77, Fady K
Barcelona - FootballFan, Messi, OriginalThinking, Verano, Fady K
Bayern Munich- Antioch, Blablurn, elsk, Fry8, Hasphat'sAnts, Hieberrr, Nemic77, spidye, Fady K
Benfica - Andrefpvs, DyonPT, rvy, ThaneKrios, Fady K
Besiktas - besiktas1, Silphatos, Fady K
Blackburn - Jeff Albertson, Fady K
Borussia Dortmund - Phantast2k, Fady K
Celtic - Sage00, Fady K
Chelsea - Fintan, flintstryker, Gaaraz, GQman2121, Help Me!, JWong, Kylehimself, PrematureQuiche, SenorDingDong, steverulez, xintin, Outsanity, TrueBlue, Fady K
Club Deportivo Guadalajara - Regulus Tera, Fady K
Copenhagen - Woodenlung, Fady K
Corinthians - seabee, Fady K
Eintracht Frankfurt - thy_, Fady K
Everton - faridmon, sazabirules, Temrer, Fady K
Fenerbahce - UV-6, Fady K
Fulham - xbhaskarx, Fady K
Hamburger SV - The_Joker, Fady K
Huddersfield Town - Cindres, Fady K
Juventus - .Shodan, Charles, fadetoblack, Rikkun, Shake Appeal, Smeghead, Yurt, Zabojnik, Fady K
Leeds United - amitaiwinehouse, Fady K
Liverpool - Arnie, ATF487, bjaelke, bonesmccoy, CaramaC, Cerebral Assassin, danwarb, Dark Machine, Darth Sonik, DJmizuhara, elseanio, Feorax, Fry8, FuturusX, jamieson87, K444WSR, labadal, Mastadon, MarshMellow96, odd_morsel, operon, PaulLFC, PJX, Seep, severin, Shogun PaiN, Skoptsie, sohois, Vard, Yenrot, Fady K
Malaga - tolkir, Fady K
Man City - BattleMedic, confuziz, dc89, Manager, Meier, Fady K
Man Utd - Ashes1396, BLSwagger10, blurrygil, Brinbe, Cyport, Desmond, doicare, DominoKid, Dynoro, elfinke, Fëanor, Grover Cleveland, Jburton, K1LLER7, kharma45, KidA Seven, LabouredSubterfuge, magnificent83, pappe, pslayer666, Requiem, Salazar, Slizz, Snaku, Stubo, The Friendly Monster, Tim the Wiz, Tunic, Vivalaraza, Wilbury, WJD, yella, Fady K (Fady can't hate)
Newcastle - Carbonox_Ratchet, choodi, Chriswok, JesusTom, Keio, Kyoufu, offshore, Willkiller, Fady K
New York Red Bulls - Judderman, Fady K
Olympiakos - gate777, Fady K
Palermo - Joe, Fady K
Porto - El Tigre, Letters, RaGe_pt, tonitoni, Fady K
QPR - Polari, Fady K
Reading - immy, Fady K
Real Madrid - Anastacio, Madridy, MPW, Noirulus, PantyPhantom, Spanish Wrath, Fady K
Schalke 04 - Sveitadurgur, Fady K
Sheffield Wednesday - Mat C, Fady K
Southampton - IamMikeside, Fady K
Sporting CP - BLSwagger10, LFMartins86, Fady K
Sunderland - HixxSAFC, madmackem, The Super Bob, Fady K
Tottenham - Bungieware, Clydefrog, near, NeoTB1, Scum, Ushojax, zomgbbqftw, Fady K

Let me know your team and I'll add you to the list (PM works better than posting in the thread).



Videos
This Is Football
Goals of 2010/2011
A Life for a Goal - The Ultimate Ronaldo movie - Fantastic 41-part, 6 hour film about Il Fenomeno

General Information / FAQs
Football - Wikipedia
Statto - League tables as they were at a chosen time of the season, plus form tables, goals etc
Who Scored? - Live match statistics plus stats archive
101 Great Goals - Quick video updates for goals scored across the world.



Q. I'm looking to get more into watching football. Which team should I support?
A. The simple answer is, support whoever you want. But crucially, pick a team and stick with them, through the good times and the bad. If you change allegiances as soon as your chosen team has a bit of a hard time, you won't experience what it's truly like to be a fan. Besides, it just makes the good times all the better.
 

elseanio

Member
Q. Are there any matches being played today? / When is [X] game and is it on TV?
Check Live Football on TV for a list of upcoming matches. Note that the channels shown are mostly UK channels, but once you know the time of the game, you can check to see if it's being shown on local TV.

Blogs you may be interested in
The Swiss Ramble
The andersred Blog
The Football Ramble Blog
Said & Done (returning in time for the new season)


GAF's Fantasy Premier League - How to join
- Go to the Fantasy Premier League website
- Register, or log in if you already have an account
- Pick your team - you have £100 million total to spend. You can change your team up until a day or two before the season kicks off.
- Click on "Leagues" at the top of the page, then "Join League"
- Choose "Private league" and click Next
- Quote this post for the join code, which you will find inside the email tag right here:

NEW! GAF's Fantasy UEFA Champions League... leagues
- Go to http://en.uclfantasy.uefa.com/ to sign up
- Create your team - again, you have £100 million to spend in total.
- Click on "Leagues" and then "Join League"
- Quote to see the league join codes, one for the classic league, and one for the head to head league:




Predictions:

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=29327418&postcount=242
Kermit The Dog said:
1. Chelsea
2. City
3. United
4. Arsenal

Golden Boot: Rooney

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=29327571&postcount=251
LabouredSubterfuge said:
1. United
2. City
3. Chelsea
4. Arsenal

FA Cup: United
Carling Cup: Liverpool

Champions League: Barcelona

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=29327604&postcount=255
besiktas1 said:
1. Chelsea
2. City
2. United
4. Arsenal

FA Cup: Chelsea
Carling Cup: Chelsea

Champions League: Chelsea

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=29327654&postcount=256
Tobinishi said:
1. ManCity
2. United
3. Chelsea
4. Arsenal

CL: Real

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=29327660&postcount=257
Carbonox_Ratchet said:
Chelsea
United
City
Liverpool

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=29327782&postcount=263
Arnie said:
1) Chelsea
2) United
3) Liverpool
4) Arsenal


FA Cup: Liverpool
Carling Cup: Villa

Champions League: Real

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=29330538&postcount=336
K1LLER7 said:
1. Man Utd
2. chelsea
3. Liverpool
4. City/arsenal (if they keep players)

Top scorer: Torres
Champions League: Bayern

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=30018314&postcount=10438
Wes said:
1. Manchester United
2. Manchester City
3. Chelsea
4. Liverpool
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5. Arsenal
6. Tottenham
7. Everton
8. Stoke City
9. Fulham
10. Aston Villa
11. Sunderland
12. Newcastle
13. West Brom
14. Bolton
15. Wolverhampton
16. Norwich
17. Wigan
--------------------
18. Swansea
19. Blackburn
20. QPR

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=30018556&postcount=10441
Cyport said:
1. Manchester United
2. Chelsea
3. Manchester City
4. Liverpool
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5. Tottenham
6. Arsenal
7. Everton
8. Fulham
9. Stoke City
10. Aston Villa
11. Sunderland
12. West Brom
13. Newcastle
14. Bolton
15. Wigan
16. Blackburn
17. QPR
--------------------
18. Wolverhampton
19. Swansea
20. Norwich

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=30018839&postcount=10444
Jeff Albertson said:
1: United
2 City
3 Chelsea
4 Liverpool
5 Arsenal
6 Spurs
7 Sunderland
8 Everton
9 Stoke
10 Villa
11 Newcastle
12 Fulham
13 Rovers
14 Bolton
15 Wolves
16 QPR
17WBA
18 Wigan
19 Norwich
20 Swansea

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=30019096&postcount=10450
dc89 said:
1. United
2. City
3. Chelsea
4. Tottenham
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5. Liverpool
6. Arsenal
7. Fulham
8. Sunderland
9. Everton
10. Villa
11. Stoke
12. Bolton
13. West Brom
14. Newcastle
15. Wigan
16. Wolves
17. Norwich
=========
18. Blackburn
19. QPR
20. Swansea

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=30019250&postcount=10453
confurziz said:
1. City
2. United
3. Chelsea
4. Liverpool
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5. Arsenal
6. Tottenham Hotspur
7. Everton
8. Sunderland
9. Fulham
10. Villa
11. Stoke
12. Bolton
13. West Brom
14. Newcastle
15. Norwich
16. Swansea
17. Wigan
=========
18. QPR
19. Blackburn
20. Wolves

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=30019286&postcount=10454
Grover Cleveland said:
1. United
2.Chelsea
3.Liverpool
4.City
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5.Arsenal
6.Tottenham
7.Everton
8.Fulham
9.Villa
10.Sunderland
11.Stoke
12.Bolton
13.Newcastle
14.Wigan
15.WBA
16.Blackburn
17.QPR
------------
18.Wolverhampton
19.Swansea

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=30019389&postcount=10457
Vivalaraza said:
1. Manchester United
2. Chelsea
3. Manchester City
4. Liverpool
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5. Arsenal
6. Tottenham
7. Aston Villa
8. Everton
9. Sunderland
10. Stoke City
11. Fulham
12. Newcastle United
13. Bolton
14. Wolves
15. West Brom
16. Wigan Athletic
17. Blackburn Rovers
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18. Norwich
19. QPR
20. Swansea

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=30019469&postcount=10461
Mastadon said:
1. United
2. Chelsea
3. City
4. Liverpool
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5. Arsenal
6. Tottenham
7. Villa
8. Everton
9. Stoke
10. Fulham
11. Sunderland
12. Bolton
13. West Brom
14. Wigan
15. Newcastle
16. Wolves
17. Swansea
------------
18. QPR
19. Blackburn
20. Norwich

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=30019683&postcount=10466
Willbury said:
1. Manchester United
2. Chelsea
3. Manchester City
4. Arsenal
========
5. Liverpool
6. Tottenham
7. Sunderland
8. Everton
9. Fulham
10. Stoke City
11. Bolton
12. West Brom
13. Aston Villa
14. Newcastle
15. Wolves
16. Blackburn
17. Wigan
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18. Norwich
19. QPR
20. Swansea

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=30019848&postcount=10469
rodvik said:
1. City
2. Chelsea
3. United
4. Arsenal
5. Liverpool
6. Villa
7. Tottenham Hotspur
8. Sunderland
9. Everton
10. Fulham
11. West Brom
12. Bolton
13. Stoke
14. Wolves
15. Norwich
16. Blackburn
17. Swansea
18. Wigan
19. Newcastle
20. QPR

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=30019849&postcount=10470
Ushojax said:
I can only be bothered to predict the top 6 and bottom 3:

1. City
2. United
3. Chelsea
4. Tottenham
5. Liverpool
6. Arsenal

18. Blackburn
19. QPR
20. Wigan

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=30019895&postcount=10471
Brinbe said:
1. Manchester United
2. Manchester City
3. Chelsea
4. Arsenal
========
5. Tottenham
6. Liverpool
7. Everton
8. Sunderland
9. Aston Villa
10. Fulham
11. Bolton
12. Stoke
13. Newcastle
14. Wolves
15. Blackburn
16. West Brom
17. Wigan
=========
18. Swansea
19. Norwich
20. QPR

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=30019993&postcount=10474
Dominokid said:
1) Man United
2) Chelsea
3) Liverpool
4) Man City
---------------
5) Arsenal
6) Tottenham
7) Sunderland
8) Fulham
9) Everton
10) Aston Villa
11) Stoke
12) West Brom
13) Newcastle
14) Bolton
15) Blackburn
16) Swansea
17) Wigan
---------------
18) QPR
19) Wolves
20) Norwich

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=30020048&postcount=10476
Fry8 said:
1 United
2 Chelsea
3 City
4 Liverpool
5 Spurs
6 Arsenal
7 Everton
8 Sunderland
9 Villa
10 Fulham

18 Swansea
19 Wigan
20 QPR

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=30020272&postcount=10482
HixxSAFC said:
1. Man Utd
2. Chelsea
3. City
4. Arsenal
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5. Liverpool
6. Spurs
7. Everton
8. Villa
9. Fulham
10. Sunderland
11. Stoke
12. Bolton
13. Newcastle
14. WBA
15. Blackburn
16. Wolves
17. Norwich
----------------------
18. Swansea
19. Wigan
20. QPR

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=30020518&postcount=10491
snoopen said:
1. United
2. Chelsea
3. Arsenal
4. Liverpool
5. City

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=30020700&postcount=10498
kharma45 said:
1. United
2. City
3. Liverpool
4. Chelsea
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5. Arsenal
6. Tottenham
7. Everton
8. Villa
9. Sunderland
10. Fulham
11.Stoke
12.Wigan
13. Blackburn
14. WBA
15. Newcastle
16. QPR
17.Wolves
------------
18. Bolton
19. Norwich
20. Swansea

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=30021363&postcount=10508
sixghost said:
1. Chelsea
2. United
3. City
4. Liverpool
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5. Arsenal
6. Tottenham
7. West Brom
8. Fulham
9. Everton
10. Sunderland
11. Stoke
12. Villa
13. Bolton
14. Newcastle
15. QPR
16. Norwich
17. Wolves
**************
18. Wigan
19. Blackburn
20. Swansea

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=30030464&postcount=10561
Tegris said:
1. Manchester United
2. Manchester City
3. Chelsea
4. Liverpool
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5. Arsenal
6. Tottenham Hotspur
7. Everton
8. Sunderland
9. Fulham
10. Bolton Wanderers
11. Aston Villa
12. Stoke City
13. Wolverhampton Wanderers
14. Queens Park Rangers
15. West Bromwich Albion
16. Norwich City
17. Newcastle United
--------------------
18. Blackburn Rovers
19. Swansea City
20. Wigan Athletic

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=30031427&postcount=10563
Requeim said:
1. Manchester United
2. Chelsea
3. Manchester City
4. Liverpool
------------------------
5. Arsenal
6. Tottenham
7. Everton
8. Sunderland
9. Stoke
10. Aston Villa
11. Fulham
12. Bolton
13. Newcastle
14. West Bromwich
15. Wolverhampton
16. Blackburn
17. Queens Park Rangers
-------------------------
18. Wigan
19. Norwich
20. Swansea

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=30032683&postcount=10580
WJD said:
1. Chelsea
2. Man United
3. Man City
4. Arsenal
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5. Liverpool
6. Tottenham
7. Everton
8. Sunderland
9. Aston Villa
10. West Brom
11. Fulham
12. Bolton
13. Stoke
14. Newcastle
15. Swansea
16. Wolves
17. Norwich
-------------------------
18. Wigan
19. QPR
20. Blackburn

http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php?p=30036554&postcount=10815
Judderman said:
1. Manchester United
2. Manchester City
3. Liverpool
4. Chelsea
--------------------
5. Arsenal
6. Tottenham
7. Sunderland
8. Fulham
9. Everton
10. Aston Villa
11. Stoke City
12. Bolton
13. Newcastle
14. West Brom
15. Wolverhampton
16. Norwich
17. Swansea
--------------------
18. Wigan
19. Blackburn
20. QPR




Let me know if anyone wants something added (video, useful blog etc) to the OP
 
Fady loves all teams. And we all love Fady.

This is the month when Newcastle return to Europe...maybe next month it'll even be the Cl!
Dream.
 
Everyone but Man United Fady? Really? Really man? I guess even the nicest guys have a dark spot in their heart.

Disgusted.

And no your avatar doesn't make up for it.
 
HAHA FADY YOU TRAITOR

On another note, yay new thread! Although we'll probably get to OT10 by the time El Classico is finished :lol
 

Clegg

Member
Does anyone else think we should put up a wall of shame in the OP?

The 6 posters with the highest amount of posts could be shamed and ridiculed.

I chose top 6 because I have the 7th highest amount of posts
 

Wilbur

Banned

I like Charlton, hope they can come back to the PL

Been to the Valley once with my mum's friend who was a season ticket holder, they beat Newcastle 3-1. We left at 2-1 to avoid the crowds (I was only ickle) and then Jerome Thomas scored. Good times.
 

panty

Member
Is there a good reason why the MLS has a separate thread? Makes no sense to me.

'coz those Americanos don't want to talk football with us european folks.

Top something,

Kyoufu 973
Vivalaraza 678
Wilbury 595
Salazar 494
dc89 365
Yurt 352
Clegg 350
HixxSAFC 348
WoodenLung 343
Willkiller 337
bjaelke 332
PantyPhantom 328
Gareth Bale 297
odd_morsel 293
Blablurn 284
Jeff Albertson 276
Salvadora 275
elsk 271
Arnie 270
Carbonox_Ratchet 270
Fry8 266
LegoArmo 261
offshore 259
Awesome Animals 257
Slizz 257
Yenrot 226
LabouredSubterfuge 217
FootballFan 206
Messi 205
WJD 198
K1LLER7 197
Kylehimself 194
sneaky77 193
The Friendly Monster 189
The_Hitcher89 178
BLSwagger10 164
elseanio 160
Jason Raize '75 - '04 159
SunhiLegend 147
Meier 147
Choc 144
rodvik 138
Ushojax 133
Frank the Great 133
Chriswok 127
Oxx 122
Mastadon 121
Regulus Tera 120
Shogun PaiN 120
Lightning 118
Baconsaurus 112
FuturusX 112
kharma45 103
confuziz 102
fadetoblack 101
 

GorillaJu

Member
Holy shit there is a severe disparity between Liverpool haters and Liverpool supporters in the top posters. That needs to change.

Kyoufu, Viva, Salazar... stop posting!
 
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