[elseanio]

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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, Jabo, TheLucifer, Fady K
Ajax - Arjen, FeD.nL, Wessiej, Fady K
Arsenal - 90TilInfinity, 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, kingslunk, 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
Deportivo La Coruña - Jabo, keit4, 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, tri_willy, 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, LanceVance, magnificent83, MrPing1000, pappe, pslayer666, Requiem, Salazar, Slizz, Snaku, Stubo, The Friendly Monster, Tim the Wiz, Tunic, UFCLOL, Vivalaraza, Wilbury, WJD, yella, Fady K (Fady can't hate)
Newcastle - Carbonox_Ratchet, choodi, Chriswok, JesusTom, Keio, Kyoufu, offshore, Shahed1987 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, bud23, 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, sefskillz, Ushojax, zomgbbqftw, Fady K
West Ham United - MidnightRider, Fady K

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


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Who Scored? - Live match statistics plus stats archive
101 Great Goals - Quick video updates for goals scored across the world.

[elseanio]

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server: studio64.yi.org
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Mibbit link if you don't have a dedicated IRC application.

Fantasy Leagues for the season! We have two version: Just for fun free version, open to everyone, and then a paid version, open to those who want a prize to keep them motivated.

Enter the free one by quoting this post (to reveal the league code in EMAIL tags)

Enter the paid one by contacting The_Hitcher. Entry is £5, with the prize money so far at £130. Discussion is ongoing between all members about how prize money should be split.

teams for the paid league are as follows:


The_Hitcher89///Stark FC
PrematureQuiche///PrematureQuiche FC
Arnie///LSD Eindhoven
elseanio/// Sporting Lisbonjela
LegoArmo///BASED-in-Newcastle
BLSwagger10///Puff Puff Shoot
Joe///Holy Cannoli
Jeff Albertson///Jeff FC
Vivarazala///Vivalaraza
Awesome Animals///JTgate
choodi///Fatman United (choodi)
odd_morsel///Bacon of Hope FC
Freewheelin'///FreeWheelin FC
Spanish Wrath///Vuvuzela BRRRRFC
kharma45///Leave My Arcelona
Anderson///UnAthletic FC
Swance///Swance's Sexy Squad
WoodenLung///Voyeurs Young Boys
the walrus///TheWalrus
Kylehimself///kylehimself
WJD///WJD FC
PaulLFC///Racing AbbeyNational
Snoopen///Arse FC
Keio///FC Voitto
Wilbury///JTbury FC
Sage00///Crystal Phallus

[Salvadora]

I wanted to play for a club on the same level as Dortmund and Madrid - that's why I chose Liverpool.

:lol :lol

[Arnie]

Sahin came out with a couple of naughty lines in his interview, guaranteed to cause a stir:

I wanted to play for a club on the same level as Dortmund and Madrid - that's why I chose Liverpool.

I am looking forward to Anfield because everyone says it is the best stadium in the world.

On Xabi:

When he heard Liverpool were interested in me, he started telling me about Liverpool. He is still in love with Liverpool Football Club, I think! It's crazy how he was telling me about Liverpool. He was saying, 'Go there, you will love it. The fans will take care of you and love you' and things like that. He said Anfield is the best stadium in the world. Xabi won a lot of trophies here, and hopefully we can do that too.

[bjaelke]

:lol :lol

No way Sahin goes to Liverpool over Arsenal.

[Wessiej]

Well hello

[Arnie]

10/10

[Schweini]

No way Sahin goes to Liverpool over Arsenal.

[Milchmonster]

DFB Pokal, second round:
VfR Aalen - Borussia Dortmund
FC Bayern München - 1. FC Kaiserslautern

[CaramaC]

Quote: No way Sahin goes to Liverpool over Arsenal.

[faridmon]

Lets not carried away, its only two games and... oh sod it, we are going to be in Champions League next season. Jelavitch is awesome!

Couldn't be happier. Thank you Aston Villa for sucking so much. Relegation fodder, me thinks.

[WoodenLung]

Needs more Hazard

[Yurt]

[FootballFan]

:o That was quick.

The top GIF in the OP is so awesome. Wish it was longer with some more players.

[sazabirules]

Lets not carried away, its only two games and... oh sod it, we are going to be in Champions League next season. Jelavitch is awesome! Couldn't be happier. Thank you Aston Villa for sucking so much. Relegation fodder, me thinks.

I only watched a few minutes of the first half. Didn't Naismith get an assist on the Pienaar goal? I'm glad we didn't start the season off flat.

[faridmon]

That beard is quite a sight. I do love Italians with epic beards.

[Fergie]

Sahin came out with a couple of naughty lines in his interview, guaranteed to cause a stir: On Xabi:

:lol

[K1LLER7]

Thread needs a touch of class ;)

[Schweini]

... but not in tumblr gifs :P

[faridmon]

I only watched a few minutes of the first half. Didn't Naismith get an assist on the Pienaar goal? I'm glad we didn't start the season off flat.

Yeah, but I think technically it was Pianaar who did the hard work on that. What a strike!
Naismith did play some great football. His passings and movement was absolutely spot on and the triangle plays between him, Fellaini and Osman was pure eye candy.

I suspect a great future ahead of the midfield at Everton.

[K1LLER7]

... but not in tumblr gifs :P

But it was the only one I could find :(

[Shake Appeal]

Asamoah was our best player today. Superb acquisition. Marrone also did well at centre-back, bless him.

Goals came today from our right wing-back and deep-lying playmaker, though. Still missing a 15+/season goalscorer, Marotta!

[WoodenLung]

Thread needs some awsome goals :D

Can't even tell what's going on there.

[Salvadora]

I couldn't predict Liverpool would spend that much on a loan.

[sazabirules]

Yeah, but I think technically it was Pianaar who did the hard work on that. What a strike! Naismith did play some great football. His passings and movement was absolutely spot on and the triangle plays between him, Fellaini and Osman was pure eye candy. I suspect a great future ahead of the midfield at Everton.

How did our new Belgian do in his limited minutes? I read he had one good chance.

[Clegg]

The text on my computer has just gotten smaller. Its only on GAF that I have this problem.On every other site the text is fine.

Anyone know whats going on?

[keit4]

LOL

Just realized that JT appears in all the OP's celebration photos.

[ElTopo]

Bayern-FCK in DFB Pokal ? Why could it not be FCK-Bayern, at least then I would've been able to go. Argh... so close.

[Shake Appeal]

"It's not easy to operate on the market, as there aren't many easily available players, but we’ll see. Marco Borriello? He is a Roma player and we are not in talks."

Marotta, u basicly trollin at this point.

[Messi]

I like cold rice with my cold pizza, discuss.

[The_Hitcher89]

Just a note, its too late to enter the paid league :)

[faridmon]

How did our new Belgian do in his limited minutes? I read he had one good chance.

He actually scored, but it was ruled for offside. Off course he need to adjust to PL, but what he showed today was decent. He did have a good chance where he could have buried it, but I think he was nervous. He did acquire that chance (actually both chances) by having a clever movement within ''the enemy's territory'' He will do good, but he really needs time. I don't think He will impress until December or January. Naismith, however, looks he has a PL experience already.

Phil Neville was gash though, as Usual. The only negative thing I can think of after watching the game.

I like cold rice with my cold pizza, discuss.

You'll do well in Norway.

[Salvadora]

I don't know why you would be eating rice with pizza in the first place.

[BrentonRodgers]

Ha, awesome title.

[K1LLER7]

I like cold rice with my cold pizza, discuss.

Your taste in food is as bad as your taste in Women, mainly Olivia Manjaw Wilde :P

Jk

[bjaelke]

Just a note, its too late to enter the paid league :)

But is it too late to quit? I still have the receipt!

[The_Hitcher89]

But is it too late to quit? I still have the receipt!

Your money is mine. Or odd_morsel's to be accurate :(

[fadetoblack]

Cheeky goal from Pirlo and Lichtsteiner proving his obvious value for the team. LWB to RWB to back of the net.

[Salvadora]

So Sahin will make his league debut against us? Interesting.

[Schweini]

But it was the only one I could find :(

I made this one a couple of hours ago.

[Yurt]

Asamoah was our best player today. Superb acquisition. Marrone also did well at centre-back, bless him. Goals came today from our right wing-back and deep-lying playmaker, though. Still missing a 15+/season goalscorer, Marotta!

Asamoah was explosive! You can't even tell he was playing out of position, same goes for Marrone <3 I bet none of the neutrals knew he was a 22 year old midfielder leading our backline.

[bjaelke]

Your money is mine. Or odd_morsel's to be accurate :(

We agreed to split it evenly between top 10, right? RIGHT?

[Elephantstone]

Man Utd- Kagawa
Arsenal- Rosicky
Liverpool- Sahin


will be hard to decide who to root for =\

[K1LLER7]

I made this one a couple of hours ago.

Oh thanks, a lot clearer

[Yurt]

Man Utd- Kagawa Arsenal- Rosicky Liverpool- Sahin will be hard to decide who to root for =\

You're supposed to hate them for stealing your players!

[WoodenLung]

Voyeurs Young Boys are moving up the paid league slowly but surely. Going to win all of them moneys.

[Shake Appeal]

Asamoah was explosive! You can't even tell he was playing out of position, same goes for Marrone <3 I bet none of the neutrals knew he was a 22 year old midfielder leading our backline.

He wasn't out of position! He hasn't played on the left in a few years, but he has in the past, as this second diagram from Zonal Marking's analysis of Ghana in WC2010 will show:

http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/06/...-2010-tactics/

[elsk]

What an idiot Sahin is haha. He was even better than Schweinsteiger at the end of the 10/11 season. Way to ruin your career, boy!

[DOBERMAN INC]

A blade through my heart.

[Schweini]

What an idiot Sahin is haha. He was even better than Schweinsteiger at the end of the 10/11 season. Way to ruin your career, boy!

Can it be any worse than spending a year at Real Madrid doing fuck all?