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Official Football Thread 2006/2007 (Soccer)

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A bad pass from fabregas!? The last time he did that was when he was 12.

That was a situation where arsenal are poor from. Instead of trying to pass it into someone in the box, someone should take a shot. They've got several players who are capable of shooting from long range.
 
Good display by arsenal. Eduardo didnt score like I thought he would, but he did play well. He made some good deliveries. In the future I expect to see him being the one at the end of those crosses, but if arsenal are playing a 4-3-3 then eduardo can swap roles with the other two forwards, so when eduardo moves onto the wing, van persie or someone else can come into the centre.

Walcott did well today, but if he's going to be used on the wing, then he'll need to improve his crossing. he gets the ball quite often, but his delivery is poor. As i said before its one of those things that will come with a bit more experience.
 
No Galaxy talk? Cover of The Sun: a picture of a forlorn-looking Beckham with the headline "I'VE SIGNED UP FOR A PUB TEAM." :lol :lol
 
From the Guardian's daily email, The Fiver:

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"I still have my difficulties with the weird Scottish accent. The guys try to talk slowly to me but when they talk to each other, I hardly understand anything" - DaMarcus Beasley needs some quality time with a can of Tennent's and a Trainspotting DVD if he's going to assimilate to life at the Pope's O'Rangers.
 
Guileless said:
No Galaxy talk? Cover of The Sun: a picture of a forlorn-looking Beckham with the headline "I'VE SIGNED UP FOR A PUB TEAM." :lol :lol
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They are a pub team with the way they played against Tigres.
 
Joined the fantasy football league. Very happy with my team, in fact I'm only one player off who I wanted, another £2m and I'd have had him too.
 
Nice - we have 17 teams now.

FYI - for the score prediction league I now have:
Cornballer
hadareud
mama smurf
psycho_snake
h0pper
lakitu
Fowler
Steroyd
phfresno

If anyone else wants in, let me know.

EDIT: Adding Ghost and DCharlie
 
I'm only watching if Beckham's playing, and last I heard he almost certainly wasn't, don't know if it's been confirmed now.

I like this possibility of winning prizes over the season btw. Given that we're already going up against 330,000 people, a number which is likely to rise sharply as we get nearer the season, it's unlikely any of us will win anything, but at least it's possible.

I don't think yahoo gave a prize at all, but even if they did there was no way any of us would win it. I checked those teams at the top, what they basically did was just alter their team completely every single week so that players playing for teams with more matches or against weaker opposition were selected. I mean, where's the fun in that? At least this way we know we don't have to spend an hour each week working out who will be best, it's a bit more of a level playing field.
 
Cornballer said:
Nice - we have 17 teams now.

FYI - for the score prediction league I now have:
Cornballer
hadareud
mama smurf
psycho_snake
h0pper
lakitu
Fowler
Steroyd
phfresno

If anyone else wants in, let me know.
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ooo ooo ooo!

*raises hand*
 
Have we set up the rules for the prediction league? Is it just like 5 games a week or all games across the competitions we choose? Which competitions will we follow? If we're just choosing a few games each week how do we decide which ones? And so on.
 
Ghost said:
ooo ooo ooo!
*raises hand*
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Yay! I'll add you.

Mama Smurf said:
I'm only watching if Beckham's playing, and last I heard he almost certainly wasn't, don't know if it's been confirmed now.
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He's definitely not playing tonight. They'll probably parade him around a bit, but that's going to be it. Last I heard he might not make the Chelsea friendly because of an injury.
 
just watched the Wenger postmatch interview.

He flat out denied the Anelka rumours (his answer was "no" when asked if there was any truth in it). He also said that he wouldn't buy any more strikers ("we don't collect strikers, we have enough strikers")

He said both Hoyte and Sagna would play right and left back when asked about the 3 right backs in the team ("Clichy can't play 60 games"). He didn't mention Eboue, but he said he would assess the situation a bit later on. I take that as a hint that Eboue will be moved up.

He was extremely pleased with Van Persie and how he linked up with Adebayor, it looks like he sees those 2 as the starting strikers. I more and more get the feeling that he might play Eduardo on the left wing. He also is very pleased with Theo's progress over the last 12 months.
 
Pretty pissed they don't show any of the pre-season stuff over here in the states. Good to hear that we are doing well so far.

BTW, are we posting our lineups for fantasy? Or would that be a bad idea strategy wise?
 
19-Jul-07 If Premiership Football Teams Were Musicians (2007/08)



Arsenal - Musical Youth

On song, talented and very fluid in their approach. The extremely low average age for the outfield players has been a more recent phenomenon for Arsenal, although the 1990s was well known for their ability to "Pass to the Dutchie on the left hand side". And I'm not talking about Glenn Helder



Aston Villa - UB40

Probably two of the best things to ever come out of Birmingham. This is principally due to a distinct lack of competition - the M6 bypass arguably does win the "Best of Brum" accolade, the next best competitor is probably Jasper Carrott



Birmingham City - The Wonderstuff

The real cheap seats of the city, mainly resulting from Steve Bruce being "drunk a thousand times" per season



Blackburn - The Spice Girls

A huge injection of cash helped them to top the charts in the 1990s, although success was short-lived as people realised how unattractive and devoid of talent they were



Bolton - Christina Aguilera

Just plain dirty

Would like to see them both go down live on TV



Chelsea - The Darkness

Whilst being fashionable and trendy a few years ago to be a fan, everyone pretty much universally admits that their time has passed. Dominated the charts twice, but found it difficult to fill stadia shortly after this bout of success. The lead guy is now universally regarded as a total knob.



Derby - Bobby Vee

As far as the Championship goes, Derby are expected to be "Like a rubber ball, I come bouncing back to you"



Everton - Depeche Mode

By any historical measures, Everton is a big football club and Depeche Mode are a highly successful group of musicians. Admittedly, both of these facts are somewhat dated, but still no-one I know will admit to being fans of either, and as a result no-one really cares about them



Fulham - Girls Aloud

An irritating team, in an irritating stadium, with irritating supporters in a part of town that is nearly always irritating to get to and from. Basically just "something kind of ooh" irritating



Liverpool - Samantha Fox

Big upfront, and successful in the 1980s. More recently, upfront quality has waned - but fans still hark back to the glory days of 25yrs ago when their success story was plastered all over the tabloids



Man City - A-Ha

Take Scandinavia leadership and merge it with a load of crap and this is what you get



Manchester United - ZZ Top

Whole outfit piloted by a weird American bloke with an even weirder beard.



Middlesbrough - Pink

Looks good at the back, but things stop pretty abruptly there. Pink sang about morphine in her "Just like a Pill" hit, Middlesbrough supporters appear to be regular users - most of them choosing to stay at home these days, with those who do attend The Riverside generally sitting there in a soporific stupor



Newcastle - West Life

Enormously well supported. No-one can explain why.



Portsmouth - Chumbawumba

He drinks a whisky drink

He drinks a vodka drink

He drinks a lager drink

He drinks a cider drink

And that's just Harry Redknapp's breakfast



Reading - Ordinary Boys

Have developed a keen following since their breakthrough into the top flight. Recent TV exposure has certainly helped foster popularity among the neutral fan, although the fear remains that next year they will "do a Wigan"



Sunderland - Prefrab Sprout

Obscure Northern outfit that may as well be in Albuquerque as far as I'm concerned



Tottenham - The Righteous Brothers

Highly successful in the 1960's - an era in which they were perceived as being talented, trendy and novel. No-one has really heard much of them since then, excepting a very brief resurgence in the early 1990s. Widely perceived now as being very old-hat, with the majority of current fans being largely homosexual



West Ham - The Cantina Band (from the bar at Star Wars)

A strange looking bunch of performers

A strange looking audience

A very unfriendly part of town

Followers liable to start fights with any outsiders who attempt to enter their turf



Wigan - REM

So dull that even if your wife was out, you had no plans, there was a fridge full of beer/food and Wigan were playing live on Sky, you would still rather watch Heartbeat
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http://dearmyles.squarespace.com/th...ship-football-teams-were-musicians-20070.html

:lol
 
:lol @ the Blackburn one. Also, being linked to a-ha can only mean a future championship or some cups for me to hold on to for a good 20 or 30 years. ("Take on Me" will never die!)
 
It's interesting looking at the stats on the fantasy football site. For example, yellow card for goalkeepers.

In reverse order:

1 Niemi
1 Kirkland
1 Hahnmann
1 Cech
1 Given
1 Howard
1 Carson
1 Van der Sar
1 Schwarzer
2 James
3 Jaaskelainen
8 Lehmann

How does a goalkeeper get 8 yellow cards?
 
corn! please include me on the score predictions :)

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELF DCHARLIE?
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lol - he`s a bit of a card to put it mildly - i don`t think anyone was expecting him to come back to training this year, but he`s back...

Ipswich are going to be VERY weird this year - we have the BEST FOOTBALL STRIP IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE now, several of our old players back in the squad, and a few feisty youngsters ... and cash in the bank! lol.

It can go either way this year ... we`ll either be playoff contenders or dead last.
 
Mama Smurf said:
It's interesting looking at the stats on the fantasy football site. For example, yellow card for goalkeepers.
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It's a lot of dissent with some violent conduct added in there for good measure. It's Mad Jens! Who knows what he'll do next!

DCharlie said:
corn! please include me on the score predictions :)
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Yup, will do.
 
Mama Smurf said:
It's interesting looking at the stats on the fantasy football site. For example, yellow card for goalkeepers.

In reverse order:

1 Niemi
1 Kirkland
1 Hahnmann
1 Cech
1 Given
1 Howard
1 Carson
1 Van der Sar
1 Schwarzer
2 James
3 Jaaskelainen
8 Lehmann

How does a goalkeeper get 8 yellow cards?
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The same way he got 6 red cards while playing in the Bundesliga.
 
Di Maria has gone off with some injury, dunno what, which is a shame because, given the way he's played today, Arsenal fans better hope they've signed him.
 
Another Chile player sent off. Second yellow card, got it because he waved his hand asking for a yellow card for another player.

I applaud this ref. I ****ing hate that gesture.
 
Mama Smurf said:
Another Chile player sent off. Second yellow card, got it because he waved his hand asking for a yellow card for another player.

I applaud this ref. I ****ing hate that gesture.
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I never understand why players do that. Surely they know that they are just landing themselves in shit.

:lol at the old guy that ran on the pitch in the middle of it all and fell over.
 
Jesus Christ Chile, you're a bunch of psychopaths. Calm down, stop watching the soap operas, no more tossing you're head around, bawling in despair.
 
I missed the last goal :( Moralez has probably been one my favourite playesr of the tournament alongside Adu. I'm trying to watch the Celtic - All Stars game but ESPN's presentation is horrible, I don't care who the players favourite actors are for ****s sake!!! :lol
 
It was nothing special, you didn't miss out with that. You did miss out on the Chile players and fans losing it towards the end though and the referees having to run off the pitch.

I've read a couple of reports today about Robben staying at Chelsea. One was that Abramovich wouldn't sell him if Madrid offered £50m (might sound ridiculous, but I doubt that would even buy his yaught, the amount is immaterial), the other that Chelsea would not only refuse to sell but Robben will soon sign a new contract worth £80,000 a week.

As I've said, I don't think it matters if he stays or goes, but it's interesting if true that he would accept that contract. I mean...that's loads, it's over £4m a year, but Terry is reportedly going to sign a new contract worth over £130,000 a week, a full £50,000 more a week. Now I'm not saying Robben deserves what Terry gets, but I wouldn't have thought he'd sign unless he was at least a bit closer.

Then again, maybe the contract is heavily incentive based. So you know, maybe he has big money coming in for appearances, goals scored, assists...most players get those sort of bonuses, but his might be higher. It's quite a good system for a player who's missed so much football, if they're not playing you're not giving them too high a wage, if they are then you're happy and so are they with their bonuses.
 
alright then, for the last time for a couple of weeks:

TRANSFER RUMOURS

West Ham will swoop for £4m-rated Newcastle winger Kieron Dyer after new signing Julien Faubert was ruled out for six months. (Various)

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has refused to sell Arjen Robben to Real Madrid. (Various)

Robben will instead sign a new five-year contract with the Blues worth £80,000 a week. (Daily Express)

However, sources close to the winger say Robben will be presented as a Real Madrid player on Monday. (Independent)

Manchester City are close to completing £12m signing of Middlesbrough striker Yakubu. (Daily Mirror)

Sunderland hope to open talks with Wigan defender Leighton Baines on Friday over a £6m move. (Daily Mirror)

But the Black Cats will not increase their £8m offer for Hearts keeper Craig Gordon. (Daily Record)

And Bobo Balde says he has no intention of leaving Celtic, despite a £2m bid from Sunderland for the defender. (Daily Record)

West Brom manager Tony Mowbray has dropped his interest in full-back David Murphy because of Hibernian's "ridiculously high" asking price. (The Scotsman)

Everton have stepped up their bid for Manchester United's Alan Smith after seeing James Vaughan ruled out for three months. (Various)

Middlesbrough have had a £6m bid for Smith accepted but the player is reluctant to move there. (Daily Star)

Arsenal are closing in on a deal for South American teenagers Angel Di Maria and Pedro Silva. (Daily Express)

But Arsenal's teenage goalkeeper, Vito Mannone, will today leave for Gretna. (Various)

Gretna striker James Grady has rejected an offer to be player-assistant manager of Clyde. (Various)

Sevilla have told Portsmouth Fredi Kanoute will cost £8m. (Daily Mirror)

Bolton striker Nicolas Anelka has turned down a move to Lyon. (Sun)

Fifa will decide whether West Ham should release Carlos Tevez from his contract so he can join Manchester United. (Daily Mirror)

Liverpool will turn their attentions to £7m-rated Juventus left-back Giorgio Chiellini after Man Utd snubbed their offer for Gabriel Heinze. (Daily Star)

OTHER GOSSIP

Stan Kroenke is stepping up his bid to complete a £650m takeover of Arsenal and will bring back ex-vice-chairman David Dein. (Various)

Owen Hargreaves could miss the whole of Man Utd's Far East tour because of tendonitis in his knee. (Daily Star)

The Scottish Football League will today announce a three-year sponsorship deal with soft drinks company Irn-Bru. (The Sun)

AND FINALLY

Chelsea stars Frank Lampard and John Terry chatted with Paris Hilton, Serena Williams and actress Tara Reid at a team party in Los Angeles on Thursday.

Story from BBC SPORT:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport1/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/6907750.stm

Published: 2007/07/20 06:30:19 GMT

© BBC MMVII
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West Ham will swoop for £4m-rated Newcastle winger Kieron Dyer after new signing Julien Faubert was ruled out for six months. (Various)
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Yes, get someone who doesn't have a history of injury problems to replace your new injury probl.... oh wait!

Dyer injures himself chasing skirt... every week...
 
ok, some Arsenal news:

- Freddie will stay

Wenger said:
“Freddie is a winner,” said Wenger. “We have a very big squad, maybe not in numbers but in quality. We have many young players so the experienced ones have to show the way - not only footballistically but mentally - for a successful season.

“Last season Freddie had tremendous problems with his hamstrings so we will see how it goes this season. He will be part of the squad.”
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translation: "no one wants to pay 70k a week outside of England and he doesn't want to go to Man City". I am quite happy for Freddie to stay though. He won't be a regular starter, but he will be able to help in certain games and he can turn games coming off the bench.

- Eduardo expects to play on the wing, just like I guessed

Eduardo said:
Describing his style he said: “I’m a player who runs a lot, is disciplined and who scores.

“I’ve played centre-forward but now play more on the left or right.

“I’m a team player and will always run back to mark. My style is closer to the Europeans - not like Robinho or one of these Brazilian players that like to dribble a lot.

“I’m a player that likes to do my bit, who the coach can tell what to do, and does it with speed and strength.
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got my 360 back this morning. Just in time for me to go on holiday and not being able to play. It will be sitting in the bloody office now for 2 weeks. Nice work Microsoft.
 
Birmingham have signed Mido for £6 mill.


Decent signing, he's sure to get them goals if they can keep him happy.
 
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