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Official Football Thread 2007/2008 (Soccer)
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psycho_snake
I went to WAGs boutique and all I got was a sniff
I'm going to ignore anything that trevor brooking says. I dont get his logic. It sounds like he think that if you get rid of foreigners, then we'll have a first team and back up team full of players as good as rooney or gerrard.
The whole arguement is stupid. Brooking doesnt seem to realise that we've already got such a good squad. We've got a very strong first team and we've got good back up. The problem is our manager doesn't knows fuck all.
The whole arguement is stupid. Brooking doesnt seem to realise that we've already got such a good squad. We've got a very strong first team and we've got good back up. The problem is our manager doesn't knows fuck all.
I never saw this coming.
Brooking is a typical FA twat...passing the buck of blame around, instead of looking at their own pathetic failure to develop a player in the class of a Zidane, Maradona, Pele, or even a class below. We're talking 40 years of failiure now buddy...the EPL has had the influx of internationals for the last ten. It's your fault you dumb fucks.
Today is a good day to be pissed off.
What the shit, fair enough we run parrallels with Chelsea mostly because we didn't have the funds to get quality enough players in, but this season we've been showing better displays than last year and even then we don't fecking rely on the opposition to make bloody mistakes to score goals like Chelsea do.
Must have missed Liverpool this season thus far, the way we've killed smaller teams thus far and kept attacking for the full 90 minutes is almost Man Utd like.
gah if true, the amount of times the whistle was given against Crouch when he went to get the ball in the air was ridiculous, sometimes it's the right decision and it's a side of him that gets me o frustrated everytime it happens.
What the shit, fair enough we run parrallels with Chelsea mostly because we didn't have the funds to get quality enough players in, but this season we've been showing better displays than last year and even then we don't fecking rely on the opposition to make bloody mistakes to score goals like Chelsea do.
Must have missed Liverpool this season thus far, the way we've killed smaller teams thus far and kept attacking for the full 90 minutes is almost Man Utd like.
gah if true, the amount of times the whistle was given against Crouch when he went to get the ball in the air was ridiculous, sometimes it's the right decision and it's a side of him that gets me o frustrated everytime it happens.
Mama Smurf
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At times Liverpool's football was unattractive last year, certainly, but not in the games against Barcelona.
they played better football than Barcelona in those 2 games for sure.
They also at no stage played more unattractive football than Chelsea, so there's no reason to complain.
Actually, Man Utd. display in the CL last year was incredibly boring too except for the home games against Roma and Milan. That was it, everybody was complaining up till then.
Even Arsenal didn't exactly play the best football in last years CL.
Further to this I think that a man with a tache like the one Schuster is sporting is not allowed to talk about attractive and unattractive things.
They also at no stage played more unattractive football than Chelsea, so there's no reason to complain.
Actually, Man Utd. display in the CL last year was incredibly boring too except for the home games against Roma and Milan. That was it, everybody was complaining up till then.
Even Arsenal didn't exactly play the best football in last years CL.
Further to this I think that a man with a tache like the one Schuster is sporting is not allowed to talk about attractive and unattractive things.
Mama Smurf said:
...and sure as shit not this year. So far Liverpool look as attractive to watch as Man U was last year.
I notice he didn't mention Arsenal BTW...the same Arsenal that ran 'em off their own pitch a couple years ago. But that's ok.
Some welcome news for Karakalaka...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/6978223.stm
Karakalaka might wear the Savage avatar for the rest of his life now.
Lehmann has been passed fit for Germany's game this Saturday.
this could get very interesting indeed once he returns to Arsenal at the end of the international break.
One guy will most certainly be pissed off and will want to leave this winter. Will it be Lehmann or Almunia?
this could get very interesting indeed once he returns to Arsenal at the end of the international break.
One guy will most certainly be pissed off and will want to leave this winter. Will it be Lehmann or Almunia?
The Bolton News said:
http://the-wanderer.co.uk/boards/viewtopic.php?t=12983
That's some stupid shit imo. It seems the hardest place to watch the Premiership now is in England.
hadareud said:
Honestly at this point, Almunia has played well and he hasn't f***ed up lik Lehmann. I'd like to see Almunia start. I couldn't give a s**t where Jens goes if he wants to leave. After the mistakes he's made this far into the season it would be completely justified and he would have to be insane if he didn't agree with the decision.
what a joke. don't they have anything better to do?
Like the clubs or the broadcasters are losing any money on it. Sky have record levels of customers and I would think Setanta have as well.
I'd gladly pay for it if I had the option to see all Premier League games on TV, but nobody gives me the option. So I have to find another way.
And guess what, I even still go to the stadium and leave my money behind there. omgwewillallgobankruptifweshowmoregamesontv
fucking twats. in all other European countries you can see all the games you want.
Like the clubs or the broadcasters are losing any money on it. Sky have record levels of customers and I would think Setanta have as well.
I'd gladly pay for it if I had the option to see all Premier League games on TV, but nobody gives me the option. So I have to find another way.
And guess what, I even still go to the stadium and leave my money behind there. omgwewillallgobankruptifweshowmoregamesontv
fucking twats. in all other European countries you can see all the games you want.
It is messed up you can't go to matches because the tickets are insanely priced, and then you can't even find solace in the TV because you have to pay to watch a select few matches, that don't even guarantee being matches you want to watch.
Nope Sky has a deal where they can only show 88 Live prem matches, the closest to watching whatever matches you want is watching Football First's extended highlights which just isn't the same if you know the score 5 hours earlier.
Nope Sky has a deal where they can only show 88 Live prem matches, the closest to watching whatever matches you want is watching Football First's extended highlights which just isn't the same if you know the score 5 hours earlier.
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
They'll come round to our houses one day and demand that anyone who didn't pay for the subscription leave the room.
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
Do other countries really show all their matches? I mean, last day of the season that would require 10 different channels showing games, doesn't seem realistic.
Sky show 80 something games a season and Setanta 46. So not even half of the games are shown live on tv.
Unfortunately I can't have Sky because at my place I'm not allowed to have a satellite dish (hopefully this should be sorted out soon though. then again, I've been saying this for a fucking year.), so I'm stuck with Setanta.
Which means that 8 out of 10 games I have to stream over the internet. Not by choice, I'd love to pay every month and have the games in HD rather than streaming them in low quality. It really pisses me off to be honest.
Also, let's not forget that he did extremely well for us and that without him we very likely would have not reached the champions league final, so we have to show respect to him.
Unfortunately I can't have Sky because at my place I'm not allowed to have a satellite dish (hopefully this should be sorted out soon though. then again, I've been saying this for a fucking year.), so I'm stuck with Setanta.
Which means that 8 out of 10 games I have to stream over the internet. Not by choice, I'd love to pay every month and have the games in HD rather than streaming them in low quality. It really pisses me off to be honest.
while I agree to some extent it's not about that. If Lehmann is number 2 he will have to leave, it's as simple as that. He wants to play at next years Euro and if he's not number 1 at his club he won't be for Germany.h0pper said:
Also, let's not forget that he did extremely well for us and that without him we very likely would have not reached the champions league final, so we have to show respect to him.
You guys can complain all you want but you have it much better than us here in the states. There are these commercials for XL Travel that they show on FSC. They advertise cheap ways to get over to England and go the matches of clubs of your choice. Their commercials show a guy in a bar wearing a Man Utd Rooney shirt and there's like 2 other people in the bar besides him, and he jumps up and starts screaming "YES ROOOOONEY!!!" and the other 2 guys look at him and leave. lol.
It's hard to even find people to talk about the Prem with here. Sure, I have some friends that like to watch a few matches, but they really don't know much about what goes on in the daily happenings of the league.
Plus, I've never ever been to a match in England/Europe. It sucks. Hopefully I'll make it there one day haha.
It's hard to even find people to talk about the Prem with here. Sure, I have some friends that like to watch a few matches, but they really don't know much about what goes on in the daily happenings of the league.
Plus, I've never ever been to a match in England/Europe. It sucks. Hopefully I'll make it there one day haha.
Mama Smurf
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But don't clubs from other countries sell their own TV rights?
Mama Smurf said:
Yeah in Australia both the AFL and NRL are fully broadcast.
AFL games - Fri night 1 game (Ch7)
Sat - 2.10pm East (Ch10), 2.10pm West (Fox), 2 night games (1 Fox, 1 Ch10)
Sun - 12.40 (Fox), 2.10 (7), 4.10(Fox)
8 games all available 4 on FTA, 4 on cable
Don't sky sports have multiple channels? Surely they could if allowed show a game on each channel.
That seems very old fashioned.
I mean on a sat night here i can watch AFL on FTA, AFL on Fox1, EPL fox2, NRL (2games I choose how to watch. - 2 small screens, or switch between them) on Fox3 and if anything special is on cable they put it on Fox 518.
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
I think Sky has 4 sports channels and I think Setanta has 2.
Wouldn't really help when 10 games are on at the same time of course. And it's not really the broadcasters' fault, I'm sure they'd love to show all the matches. They aren't offered that though, in a bid to keep stadium attendances up.
They could of course sell every game to Sky for more money and use the extra money to reduce ticket prices, but...
Wouldn't really help when 10 games are on at the same time of course. And it's not really the broadcasters' fault, I'm sure they'd love to show all the matches. They aren't offered that though, in a bid to keep stadium attendances up.
They could of course sell every game to Sky for more money and use the extra money to reduce ticket prices, but...
Mama Smurf
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I bow to had's knowledge on this one, I've never owned Sky.
So it seems we could do it, but the package just isn't available for companies to bid for.
So it seems we could do it, but the package just isn't available for companies to bid for.
Yeah the A-League has all their games on live. They only have 4 games tho and the season doesn't really start until the AFL/NRL have finished.
The NRL + AFL is 16 games a weekend and they are all available on TV somewhere.
The AFL in Australia show all games on TV.
The AFL set a record this year for attendances at the grounds of 6.4 - 6.5M. Around 36,000 a game IIRC
The NRL + AFL is 16 games a weekend and they are all available on TV somewhere.
The AFL in Australia show all games on TV.
The AFL set a record this year for attendances at the grounds of 6.4 - 6.5M. Around 36,000 a game IIRC
interactive Mama, you just press the red button and you get all games. Like I said, they do that with CL on Sky Sports Extra. They can have as many extra channels as they wish on interactive.
BBC does the same btw.
Have you never had Sky or Freeview? Are you just streaming out of principle? *calls Swindon police*
edit: ah well, missed your last post. nm. *calls*
BBC does the same btw.
Have you never had Sky or Freeview? Are you just streaming out of principle? *calls Swindon police*
edit: ah well, missed your last post. nm. *calls*
Last year in Canada people with basic cable could watch three live games in a row every Saturday. With a bit of extra cash they could get the choice of watching at least one more, plus the Sunday and Monday games.
Now the three games are basically on Setanta, so there's only one game a week that's shown on basic cable now. Still, I'm able to watch four live games on Saturday, two on Sunday, and the Monday game if they still play that game.
So basically it's easier for me to watch live games on my own TV in Canada than it is in England.
There's one more example of the FA completely and utterly fucking up.
Now the three games are basically on Setanta, so there's only one game a week that's shown on basic cable now. Still, I'm able to watch four live games on Saturday, two on Sunday, and the Monday game if they still play that game.
So basically it's easier for me to watch live games on my own TV in Canada than it is in England.
There's one more example of the FA completely and utterly fucking up.
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Sheesh. I just went through my RSS reader and there really isn't any news this morning. Zzzzzzzzzzz...
Mama Smurf
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Mama Smurf said:
Remember this? It's probably in your scrapbook of The Greatest Mama Smurf Posts.
Anyway, it's not true. It was true, according to the BBC's fixture list, but either they don't update stuff soon enough or TV companies have only since changed their times.
Now that weekend's like this:
Everton v Man Utd, 12:00
Portsmouth v Liverpool, 12:45
Tottenham v Arsenal, 13:30
Birmingham v Bolton, 15:00
Sunderland v Reading, 15:00
West Ham v Middlesbrough, 15:00
Wigan v Fulham, 15:00
Chelsea v Blackburn, 17:15
To be honest I'd prefer one of the first 3 fixtures to be a 3 o'clock kick off, I'll probably have to watch West Ham v Middlesbrough, but it's a hell of a lot better than I thought.
The Everton and Portsmouth matches are equally appealing to me, but I'll watch Everton v Man Utd as I can see most of that before I switch over to Tottenham v Arsenal. At least the Blackburn match doesn't clas with anything for once.
Cornballer
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Boooooooooo! Support your domestic league. If you don't, the terrorists have already won.h0pper said:
Don't watch neutral games as most of them bore me. Let me ask you something. Do you enjoy all EPL games or certain EPL games? Because you watched Kansas City vs Houston which holds no importance to me let alone you. Watch the local team and the more you feel passionate about the team you'll realize it ain't that bad. Remember if enough people support the MLS it will be the EPL.h0pper said:
Cornballer
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The MLS playoffs should be a lot of fun this year, too. There isn't a runaway best team, so most of the ties should be competitive.
It should be. It's weird for me as it seems like no team scares me but every team scares me. It's wide open this year.Cornballer said:
And H0pper by what I meant by you watching certain EPL games is that when you think of EPL do you think of Middlesbrough v Wigan or Arsenal v anybody? Not all EPL games are exciting and the only thing that kept me watching Bolton last year was that I have a vented interest in them.
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Altidore is hurt. Doesn't sound serious, but it explains why he didn't get a callup. Speculation is that it's a torn calf muscle that's been giving him trouble since the U20's.
Oh yeah I forgot to mention that. He didn't play against Chicago and won't play against Chivas but I hope he comes back soon as we'll need him. We have John Wolyniec, Mike Magee, and Francis Doe that can take his spot for now so it's not all bad right now. Btw did you know that Angel is playing with a rib injury? I don't remember the last time he was subbed off either.Cornballer said:
Is that supposed to evoke the announcer from NBA Jam going, "BOOM SHAKALAKA"? :lolShinobi said:
You can just call me Kara if you don't want to remember how to spell my admittedly odd name.
Eastern European clubs have such awesome names. Metalist, Torpedo, Locomotive, etc. Except that whole Dynamo thing, that's totally Zzz.Kinan said:
You can get MLB Extra Innings and MLB.tv (a web-only streaming service). The only problem with them is that MLB has carved up somewhat bizarre media markets so you might get blackouts for "local" teams you've never given a fuck about.Osorio said:
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