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Official Football Thread 2006/2007 (Soccer)

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Good match so far. Ecuador is obviously the superior team and should be up by at least one more goal.

Chile has a lot of talent in their attacking midfield and strikers, but it's just a complete mess. They hardly connect three passes in a row.
 
Shinobi said:
Watching these games with Spanish commentary is soooooo much fun. Wish I could get this option for EPL matches.
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During WC2006 I don't think I watched a single broadcast outside the final couple of matches in anything other than Spanish. Soooooo much better.

GOL GOL GOL GOL GOL GOL GOL GOL
 
Karakand said:
During WC2006 I don't think I watched a single broadcast outside the final couple of matches in anything other than Spanish. Soooooo much better.

GOL GOL GOL GOL GOL GOL GOL GOL
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Don't tell me you saw the games on Univision... Univsion announcers suck major ass.
 
Fëanor said:
Don't tell me you saw the games on Univision... Univsion announcers suck major ass.
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Honestly, I don't remember. That quarter was a blur of cramming for classes and getting up early to watch Ghana rock on.
 
Karakand said:
Honestly, I don't remember. That quarter was a blur of cramming for classes and getting up early to watch Ghana rock on.
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I'm sure you did, Univision was the only network with games in spanish.
 
rikichi said:
pinches guayes le ganan a brasil y no a usa?! y porque metan a bravo? ese guay es una vasca de primera.
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Meh, I got used to the fact that the U.S. will win their games in the U.S. (gasp!) and Mexico will win their games in Mexico! Genious finding huh! Seriously, its been like that for years now.
 
BatiGOOOOOOL said:
And the US will win the games in the World Cups? :-p
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It depends where they take place!:lol Like if they take place in Central America, I'm sure those bastards will ally themselves with the US! After all, there's a lot hate between Mexico and its central american neighbors when it comes to futbol.:lol
 
Fëanor said:
It depends where they take place!:lol Like if they take place in Central America, I'm sure those bastards will ally themselves with the US! After all, there's a lot hate between Mexico and its central american neighbors when it comes to futbol.:lol
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We hate them both equally as far as football goes. Well, not really, Mexico wins by far. :D

Of course, you should never worry about a WC being played here in Central America. :-*(
 
BatiGOOOOOOL said:
As Karakand would say... CastilLOL.

What a ridiculous miss. :lol That's what he gets for not passing to Morales earlier when he was all alone.
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:lol I flipped on the stream around when this happened.

BatiGOOOOOOL said:
And the US will win the games in the World Cups? :-p
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The champs didn't beat us, can you say that France? How about you Germany? NO YOU CAN'T. O SAY, CAN YOU SEE, BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT.
 
Lakitu said:
Looks like Luis Garcia is leaving Liverpool and heading back to Spain, for personal reasons. :( :( :(

One of my favourite players :(
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:S

I've got mixed feelings about that.

The guy can't keep the ball for shit... yet he always seems to get the goals just when I feel like wringing his neck.

That and now we REALLY need a right and left winger.
 
Todays rumours:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/6247946.stm

TRANSFER RUMOURS

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger will make a £13m bid for Newcastle striker Obefemi Martins. (Various)

Chelsea have had a £12m bid for Lyon midfielder Florent Malouda rejected. (Various)

Sven-Goran Eriksson will make Middlesbrough striker Yakubu his first signing. (Daily Mirror)

Barcelona are ready to make a £15m bid for Chelsea and England midfielder Frank Lampard. (The Times)

Sunderland boss Roy Keane wants Kieran Richardson from Manchester United. (Daily Mirror)

Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano has pleaded with Argentine international team-mate Carlos Tevez to join him at Anfield. (Daily Star)

Rangers target Julien Faubert has gone on strike at Bordeaux after the French club refused to sell him. (Daily Record)

West Ham are willing to pay Carlos Tevez £115,000 a week to keep him at the club for another year. (Daily Mail)

Martin O'Neill is to launch a fresh £8m bid for West Ham's Nigel Reo-Coker. (Various)

O'Neill may have to fight off an attempted hijack of the move by prospective Man City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson. (The Times)

West Ham boss Alan Curbishley is looking at Bolton's Kevin Nolan as a possible replacement for Nigel Reo-Coker. (The Sun)

Shaun Wright-Phillips will reject a move to Man City if Sven-Goran Eriksson takes over. (Daily Mail)

Andy van der Meyde is likely to be kicked out of Everton after reportedly criticising coach David Moyes on Dutch TV. (Daily Mirror)

Sunderland have had a £3m bid for Wigan defender Leighton Baines rejected. (Daily Mail)

Arsenal and Tottenham are battling to sign Lyn Oslo's Norwegian striker Chinedu Ogbuke. (Daily Mirror)

Spurs are close to securing a deal to sell Reto Ziegler to Sampdoria for £1.4m. (The Times)

Celtic plan to make a £2m swoop for Watford defender Dan Shittu. (Daily Mirror)

Reading's Nicky Shorey will snub Newcastle and West Ham by signing a new contract at the Royals. (Daily Mail)

Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp is interested in signing West Ham's £3m-rated striker Marlon Harewood. (Various)

Bristol City will confirm the signing of Hibernian's Northern Ireland winger Ivan Sproule on Thursday. (Daily Mirror)

Lee McCulloch is tipped to complete a move from Wigan to Rangers for £2.5m. (The Times)

Nigerian international midfielder Oneykachi Okonkwo is being watched by Premier League new boys Birmingham and Derby. (The Sun)

League One Nottingham Forest have slapped a £1.5m price tag on wing wizard Kris Commons. (Daily Star)

Former Brentford striker Lloyd Owusu is keen on a move to Yeovil. (Various)

OTHER GOSSIP

Real Madrid coach will sack coach Fabio Capello on Thursday because club chiefs blame him for David Beckham's exit. (Daily Mirror)

Prospective Man City owner Thaksin Shinawatra has taken his holding in the club to 65% (The Sun)

Barcelona financial director Ferran Soriano claims Thierry Henry first contacted the club over a move back in May after David Dein left the Emirates Stadium. (The Sun)

AND FINALLY

David Beckham and Kate Moss are going to be godparents to the newborn son of ex-Hollyoaks lovely Davinia Taylor. (Various)

Supporters of Atletico Madrid have staged a demonstration in the streets of the Spanish capital to protest about the possible sale of striker Fernando Torres to Liverpool. (Various)
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I think martins would be a decent buy for Arsenal. Tevez would be better, but its unlikely that wenger will go and spend around £30 million for a player. Martins would go for £13 million because of a release lause in his contract. He's had a decent season at newcastle. He's so quick and he got one hell of a shot. His goalscoring record is quite impressive too. he;s scored 17 goals in 46 games, which is a goal every 2.71 games. Thats not bad at all for a first season in the premiership with an average performing side.
 
He wouldn't be a bad buy, I agree. The release cause keeps him at a fair price (what he actually should cost) and he would benefit a lot from working with Wenger.

The only thing that worries me is that bloody African cup of nations, we'd lose 2 out of 4.5 strikers.

edit: oh, and who can guarantee that he's not 48 in reality?
 
more rumours:

arseblogger said:
Also on the radio last night was French journalist Xavier Rivoire (thanks to Haz for the spelling and Richard for the info) who claimed to have spoken to Arsene Wenger in the last couple of days. His take on the whole situation was that Wenger would stay long term and sign a new deal, Anelka is a definite target but Manchester United are after him too, and most curious of all was the claim that Samuel Eto’o is open to a move to London to either Arsenal or Chelsea but the price will determine Arsenal’s interest. Reports in Spain say Milan are after Drogba in which case Chelsea will buy Eto’o. Or something. Chelsea have also made a bit for Malouda, which is good.
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and a very interesting story about how the Henry deal came about
 
I think you would have to buy another striker as well as martins. lets say arsenal do get him, then their strikers woulkd be martins, persie, adebayor, bendtner and walcott. When martins and adebayor go off to play in the african cup of nations, you're going to be left with quite a weak up front. To be on the safe side, you should buy another striker. Saviola would be great since he's on a free.
 
I cant see eto'o moving to either arsenal or chelsea to be honest. Chelsea do have the money to sign him, but there havent been any signs that chelsea can spend a lot of money, if any this transfer window. I think arsenal do have the money, but if they get him then they cant get anyone else because he will cost loads. It would be an amazing buy if arsenal could get him. The one problem about eto'o joining arsenal is the african cup of nations, but that shouldnt stop arsenal.

However I dont think barca will sell him. Now that they've got henry they'll want to create the deam upfront with messi, ronaldinho, eto'o and henry. Eto'o's always spoken of his desire to play alongside henry and now he's getting that chance, so there is less reason for him to leave.
 
the problem is though, they can't play all of them at the same time. Not if they want to win games anyway.

I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him go.

It's like I read somewhere a couple of weeks ago when Eto'o said he would love Henry to come to Barca: "you will only meet him when you hold the door open for him on your way out".

That's not to say that Arsenal will buy him, Chelsea would be far more realistic. Or Inter, they need a decent striker.


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another quote from arseblogger:
Freddie Ljungberg’s agent has again insisted the player intends to stay at Arsenal. That’s twice in a couple of weeks now. I suppose the natural progression is for him to sign for Barcelona and say that since the old janitor left the place hasn’t been the same and Arsenal has changed and if only the janitor had stayed everything would have been so different.
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:lol

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and the headline of the day:

After Dein and Henry, Arsenal's ungrateful chairman should keep his mouth shut

:lol
 
Maybe they could play together. Eto'o and henry could be upfront whilst ronaldinho and messi could play on the wings. On paper that sounds like it can work, but on the other hand they could end up like real madrid where there are so many stars but they cant play as a team.

If he does go, there will be tons of competition for him, so it makes it more difficult for arsenal to get him. Milan have said that they want eto'o, whilst Inter will probably want to buy him along with tevez becuase they think they never have enough strikers. Chelsea mihg ttry to sign him too if abramovich gives the money to mourinho. Even United might try to sign him, but I cant see the glazers giving us much more money.
 
Just finished watching the Mexico-Brazil game (had to DVR it). It is extremely satisfying to see Hugo finally give me the lineup (sans Guardado) I've been asking over a month for. Very happy to see Morales, Arce, Cacho, Ochoa, and Pinto get starts.

Castillo is a monster. Big shame on him though for not passing to Morales on that one play. He could have had 3 goals and 1 assist in this game! He is a ball hog, but it's not something I really mind a striker having if he can put one in the net every game.
 
hadareud said:
the problem is though, they can't play all of them at the same time. Not if they want to win games anyway.

I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him go.

It's like I read somewhere a couple of weeks ago when Eto'o said he would love Henry to come to Barca: "you will only meet him when you hold the door open for him on your way out".

That's not to say that Arsenal will buy him, Chelsea would be far more realistic. Or Inter, they need a decent striker.


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another quote from arseblogger:

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and the headline of the day:

After Dein and Henry, Arsenal's ungrateful chairman should keep his mouth shut

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Inter need a decent striker?

thats a bit of a joke. They have like... 6 VERY GOOD strikers...

Crespo, Adriano, Ibrahimovic, Julio Cruz, Alvaro Recoba, and they just signed David Suazo (who had an AMAZING 2 goal game today against Equador.) Oh, and they are the front runners to sign Carlos Tevez because he wants to play there.

Ridiculous.
 
It sounds like a bit of a joke because it was a joke...

We've been taking the piss out of inters striker fetish over the last week or so.
 
And I would be extreamly happy if Martins signed with Arsenal. He is a fantasic player. I see him finishing in the top 5 in scoring if he joins a top side like arsenal. Newcastle's play holds him back from being at his full potential. If he were to join the Gunners, I think he would be a slight upgrade over the Henry we saw play last year. Always been a big fan of Martins... would love to see him in North London playing in red and white.
 
Supporters of Atletico Madrid have staged a demonstration in the streets of the Spanish capital to protest about the possible sale of striker Fernando Torres to Liverpool. (Various)
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Uh oh sounds Gerrard to Chelsea esque....

And the mirror has practically confirmed that the Real Madrid chairman is an idiot, and it looks like they're going to test Arsene Wenger's commitment to Arsenal.

CAPELLO'S GOLDEN BALLS-UP
EXCLUSIVE: SACKED OVER BECKS
Martin Lipton 28/06/2007

DAVID BECKHAM will have his ultimate act of revenge on Fabio Capello today when the Italian is sacked for forcing the former England skipper out of the Bernabeu.

Capello will be axed at noon despite Madrid ending their four-year title drought with their amazing come-from-behind La Liga triumph.

President Ramon Calderon and the rest of the Real board will use the way Becks was effectively forced out of the club as justification for their decision.
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And with Calderon's prime target Bernd Schuster struggling to wriggle free of his commitment to Getafe, the president has publicly named Arsene Wenger as one of the potential options to replace the dumped Capello.

Capello's fate will be sealed when the Madrid board convene for a meeting to confirm the future direction of the club.

But Calderon is making it clear that the Italian's departure will be linked directly with the losses of Beckham and Ronaldo, who left Madrid for AC Milan in the transfer window after being dumped on the bench for much of the first half of the season.

A Madrid source said: "Calderon feels that losing Beckham was a big mistake and one that is Capello's fault.

"It was only when Capello admitted he had got it wrong and brought Beckham back into the side that the championship race changed but by then it was too late for the future because he had agreed to go to America.

"The way he treated Ronaldo was equally bad. Yes, we won La Liga, but it was a fortunate win and not because Capello did everything right."

Calderon tried desperately to hijack Beckham's move to the LA Galaxy in the last weeks of his Madrid stay, pinning the blame on the manager for the mixed messages that saw the England ace decide to leave for the USA.

Sales of replicas of Beckham's No.23 shirt were huge in the final weeks of the campaign, as the Real fans gave him the credit for their remarkable and unexpected triumph as they came from behind to overhaul Sevilla and bitter rivals Barcelona.

Capello will be the third Real coach since 1998 to be sacked despite winning the Spanish title, after the forced departures of German Juup Heynckes nine years ago and Vicente Del Bosque in 2003.

While Schuster is the prime candidate to take over, he has given a verbal undertaking to stay at Getafe, who are determined not to be bullied by their capital city big brothers.

And after Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood admitted yesterday that he had no idea whether Wenger will sign a new contract at the Emirates, Calderon named the Frenchman on his shortlist of potential coaches.

Calderon said: "Schuster is not the only possible replacement. There is also Michael Laudrup, Ronald Koeman and Arsene Wenger."

Real are aware that Wenger is unlikely to break his contract, having twice previously rejected the opportunity to take over at the club, but also believe that enticing him would increase their chances of luring midfield star Cesc Fabregas away from the Gunners as well.

But with Arsenal looking increasingly unstable in the aftermath of Thierry Henry's move to Barcelona, the Spanish giants would not be scared of making another approach.

One option, especially if the Schuster efforts are rebuffed, would be taking an old experienced Spanish hand as a temporary appointment.

That would buy time until Wenger might be available at the end of his current Arsenal deal. In that scenario, one possible candidate would be former boss Del Bosque whose reputation has soared in the four years since he was forced out of the club after landing the La Liga and Champions League double in 2003.

Capello's hopes of a £12million pay-off will be dashed with Real only prepared to offer him and his coaching team a year's money.

And he will have it spelled out to him that he has paid the price of costing Real the services of the game's most lucrative money-spinning player - and the man whose triumphant return altered the club's fortunes.

5 MARVELLOUS BECKS MADRID MOMENTS

August 2003: Beckham marks his La Liga debut in the ultimate manner, heading home inside three minutes in a 2-1 win over Real Betis.

September 2003: Brilliant 70-yard Beckham pass thrashed home on the volley by Zinedine Zidane as Real destroy Valladolid 7-2 at the Bernabeu.

March 2005: Outstanding display as Real thrash Barcelona 4-2 at home, the highlight being Beckham's defence-splitting pass for Michael Owen (left, with Becks) to enjoy his finest moment in a white shirt.

February 2007: Returns from internal exile to score with a brilliant bending freekick in the vital win over Real Sociedad (left) that kickstarts Madrid's title charge.

June 2007: Hailed as the hero of the Bernabeu as he signs off from Real in the 3-1 win over Real Mallorca (right) that clinched the title.

THE MADNESS OF SPANISH FOOTBALL

THE SACKING of Fabio Capello after winning La Liga is another example of the madness that affects Spanish boardrooms.

La Liga clubs have long been controlled by trigger-happy presidents who react too quickly to even minor unrest.

Former England boss Terry Venables (right) left QPR for Barcelona in 1984 and within two years he had led the Catalan giants to their first title since the 1960s.

A year later he guided them to the European Cup Final - where they lost on penalties to Steaua Bucharest. He was sacked in September 1987.

Real Madrid won the Champions League in 1998 but German coach Jupp Heynckes was dismissed just weeks later.

Vicente del Bosque was fired in 2003 after winning La Liga and was replaced by Carlos Queiroz who lasted just 12 months.

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