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Official Football Thread 2006/2007 (Soccer)

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Thank god I found this thread .All by myself ;)

Lets all bask in the glory of 7-1. Now that the standard has been set I refuse to accept anything less then a six goal victory every week.

Fergie is on thin ice.
 
baaaayeeeeeeeeeeeeeern

i have the choice between a party full of alcohol and the bayern match. but i'm going to choose the bayern game. This game could work as a excuse for a terrible national season. Hopefully Bayern will win >__<.

Anything else would be MADNESS!

Tonight, Milan will dine (or lose) in hell :P

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We shouldn't get too excited, Liverpool aren't through yet. Here are the odds:

Liverpool 99%
Extra time 0.6%
PSV 0.4%

:lol

To be fair, United beating Roma 7-1 had worse odds than Liverpool not going through, so it does happen...but those aren't good odds.
 
Sigh, the lengths I go to to follow my team.

Real Potosi - Parana Clube

I am currently listening to a webcast of an AM radio station from the city fo Sucre, Bolivia.

Radio Loyola - Sucre (Chuquisaca) BO.. news/variety

The city of Potosi is so....hick.... that they dont even have their own radio station airing the game. The brazilian broadcast is blacked out because of government propganda.
 
Mama Smurf said:
Fulham have sacked Chris Coleman. Seems too late in the season to make any difference.
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Hmmmm, that's a little troubling for all of the American's he stockpiled there. I hope they don't have any problems w/ playing time under a new regime.
 
Do you remember when he marched onto the pitch at the end of a game when they'd lost due to bad refereeing? I forget who it was against, but I've never seen such cold fury, he was terrifying.

Only two weeks until the CL semi-finals, I love this time of the season.

Of course, it's FA Cup semi-finals this weekend, I really would have preferred a Chelsea not on a massive high. Nevermind, we're underdogs either way...but if we could just sneak a win...god I can't even imagine it.
 
Apparently Lawrie Sanchez (Northern Ireland manager) will take charge as caretaker until the end of the season.

That's...weird as hell. A guy already in a job with no link to the club taking over as caretaker? Sounds like he's being lined up as a permanent replacement to me, which should thrill Fulham fans given how well he's done at N. Ireland.

I expect MrPing to be in a spitting rage at it though.
 
Mama Smurf said:
Do you remember when he marched onto the pitch at the end of a game when they'd lost due to bad refereeing? I forget who it was against, but I've never seen such cold fury, he was terrifying.

Only two weeks until the CL semi-finals, I love this time of the season.

Of course, it's FA Cup semi-finals this weekend, I really would have preferred a Chelsea not on a massive high. Nevermind, we're underdogs either way...but if we could just sneak a win...god I can't even imagine it.
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On the flip side of that you prolly wouldn't want a Chelsea that had just been knocked out of the Champions League ( again) and had all this negative press and people making a negative fuss etc etc. Look at poor Roma today.. they bore the brunt of last weeks frustrations. Id much rather take on a team on a emotional high than a team with something to prove.
 
cant believe Coleman was sacked, totally took me by suprise. Glad hes gone though, annoying accent, plastic face and fulham (much like charlton) is a really dull club.
 
Dunpeal said:
AHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA



ESSSSSIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNN!!!!!!


AAAAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH


CHHHHHHEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLSEAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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:lol :lol
 
wow I was completely wrong on Man U. THEY DOMINATED ALL OF ITALY.



Now I need Bayern to beat Milan and finish the italians.


THIS MAN WILL SCORE

ROOOOYYYYYYYYY MAAAKKKAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY
 
Mama Smurf said:
Fulham have sacked Chris Coleman. Seems too late in the season to make any difference.
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Wtf? They are all of 3 points away from safety, whats the point of sacking him now?
 
WARCOCK said:
Milan>bayern.
Milan>Manchester.

Revenge will never be sweeter. When will the line ups be announced?
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Do you support Roma or do you support Milan? Or are you just supporting any team that comes from that f**king farce of a football league they call the Serie A?
 
Can't believe they fired Coleman at this stage of the season. Ridiculous decision imo.

There must be a video of the incidence mama was talking about, but I can't find it. I was a little scared myself when I saw it.
 
How's this for a possible round up to the season:


9 May 2007
Barclays Premiership
Chelsea v Man Utd

19 May 2007
FA Cup Final
Chelsea v Man Utd

23rd May 2007
Champions League Final
Chelsea v Man Utd
 
Ghost said:
How's this for a possible round up to the season:


9 May 2007
Barclays Premiership
Chelsea v Man Utd

19 May 2007
FA Cup Final
Chelsea v Man Utd

23rd May 2007
Champions League Final
Chelsea v Man Utd
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That is exactly what was running through my mind last night.
 
I really wish that the fixture list wont end up looking like that. Hopefully chelsea will drop points against newcastle and arsenal so that the game against us in the lague wont mean anything, hopefully they will lose top blackburn in the fa cup and I dont really care who get in the finals of the CL if we do get through the semi's, Liverpool and Chelsea are as bad as each other when they're on form.

Who do the rest of gaf's united fans want to see us play in the final if we get there? As I said both of them can play really well on their day, so they're going to be as difficult as each other. If chelsea do make it to the FA cup final and our game agasinst them in the league is going to be decisve, then id like to avoid chelsea in the final. It would be horrible to lose our chances of winning any sliverware to them. Playing liverpool is just as bad though; if we lose to the scouser scum, Its going to be too much to handle.
 
Tonight Im not bothered who gets trhough between ac and bayern. AC have got the match winners in their team like kaka and pirlo, but bayern have been doing very well as a team. Both teams are going to be difficult opposition in the semi finals. I just want to see a good game tonight.
 
Mama Smurf said:
Apparently Lawrie Sanchez (Northern Ireland manager) will take charge as caretaker until the end of the season.

That's...weird as hell. A guy already in a job with no link to the club taking over as caretaker? Sounds like he's being lined up as a permanent replacement to me, which should thrill Fulham fans given how well he's done at N. Ireland.

I expect MrPing to be in a spitting rage at it though.
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I'm actually not interested in international football really. When I was a kid I went to all but one of the world cup 98 qualifers at home. We didn't win any, except the one that I didn't go to. Having said that what Sanchez has done for us as been nothing short of amazing. I do hope he stays on but tbh I think he's started the mechanics that another competent manager could continue forward.
 
MrPing1000 said:
I'm actually not interested in international football really. When I was a kid I went to all but one of the world cup 98 qualifers at home. We didn't win any, except the one that I didn't go to. Having said that what Sanchez has done for us as been nothing short of amazing. I do hope he stays on but tbh I think he's started the mechanics that another competent manager could continue forward.
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I like the Northern Ireland supporters.

I watched England vs. Northern Ireland at Old Trafford a couple of years ago, they were brilliant.

They also have one of the best chants in football: "we're not Brazil, we're Northern Ireland"

I would love it if they were to go to the Euro.
 
MrPing1000 said:
Oh and I'd dearly like to see what the Italian papers are saying this morning. :D
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http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2054502,00.html

"Last night was an epochal beating that Italian football has never previously suffered at the hands of the English," says Roma fan and columnist Candido Cannavò. "Now I run to father Dante to find out what circle of Hell my beloved Roma has fallen into: maybe that of the proud and vainglorious. Conceding three goals in eight minutes could only have happened to a squad that thought it was divine."
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"In Manchester there wasn't even a match," complains Palombo. "There were some extenuating circumstances, but they pale into insignificance when set against a result this mortifying."
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"[Spalletti] approached a game where Roma had a 2-1 lead to defend as if it was started on level terms. Set up this way, it only needed one blunder from Doni on the beautiful, but not unstoppable, shot from Carrick to leave Roma in a mess. It was only 1-0, but like a dazed boxer, the Giallorossi charged with their heads down and their guard completely lowered, leaving wide open spaces for people who know what to do with it."
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"Everything was missing: character, a spirit of resistence, personality," says Boldrini. "Nobody saved themselves from criticism - from Totti, who wanted to leave his mark on Old Trafford and lost his duel with Cristiano Ronaldo in every way, to Spalletti, who impotently assisted the collapse. Roma didn't only lose the game, they performed a spectacle that will destroy their international image."
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"No technical explanation holds," he says. "Roma simply arrived second to every ball and to every English move. Experienced players, of an international class like Chivu, Mexès, Panucci and De Rossi, suddenly became fragile like debutants. They didn't understand Manchester's trajectories, they didn't find the ball. We are among the lauded people, we are among the best teams in the world. We are in a time of theoretical equilibrium in football. A technical savaging like this leaves one genuinely stupefied."
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"When Cristiano Ronaldo began to put his foot over the ball for his famous stepover, after not even 20 seconds, Roma's players already looked like those children who hate car journeys and throw up at the first bend in the road," he says. "Ronaldo is the best in the world. Or at least the most entertaining."
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They took it quite well.
 
there were so many "gif" moments in the United match last night, Toni's puffed out face as he parried Rooney's shot over the bar at the beginning of the second half, all of Smith's first half hustling, Roma player's who were running towards the ball stopping dead when they realise Rooney or Ronaldo have picked it up.

The pace was devastating and Roma were embarrassing, United's second, the Smith goal, who was the central defender that made a pathetic flick at the ball as it was thread through? Roma deserved that battering, as PSV did last week, it's the frigging Champions League put some effort in you over-paid primadonas
 
We all know I'm terrible at predicting Benitez's teams, but here's who I'd play tonight:

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Arbeloa----Carragher-----Agger--------Riise

Gerrard-----Sissoko---Mascherano---Gonzalez

--------------Bellamy------Fowler

The only way I can see PSV coming back into things is if they get an early goal. Having most of a match to chase two goals is a hell of a lot easier than 3 goals, so I think Liverpool's priority should be stopping that. That's why I have two defensive central midfielders in there.

Of course, one Liverpool goal would probably truly kill the tie off, so attack shouldn't be ignored. Bellamy and Gonzelaz have the pace, Gerrard the all round attacking play, Fowler the finishing and no doubt Riise will get forwards for the long shots. I might have considered Pennant and given Gerrard a rest, but Pennant is a booking off suspension so why risk him in a tie basically already won?

The more attacking players like Alonso, Zenden, Crouch, Kuyt etc can come on if enough time has passed without PSV scoring.

BTW, for some reason I didn't realise how young Mascherano is. He's slightly older than Sissoko, but they're both 22 years old...remarkable. The rumour is Liverpool have already bought Mascherano and own him outright, and if that's the case they have two of the best young defensive midfielders in the world. Those two could be there for the next decade or more. And they shouldn't get in the way of each other, in terms of getting games, offering slightly different options. Mascherano is more about positioning and offers more going forwards with his passing, while Sissoko is there for the crunching tackles and hassling the crap out of opposition midfielders, never giving them any time.

EDIT: Oops, forgot Kuyt is banned. Well, I didn't have him in the team anyway.
 
I think the whole of Europe except Milan fans, perhaps a few other Italians and Munich's biggest rivals are supporting you guys tonight.
 
I'm not supporting Milan either. I've hated Bayern my whole life. Once my favourite player went to play there, they destroyed his career (not really but it sounds dramatic). That didn't help either.

I do like their stadium though.
 
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