Official Football•Soccer•Fútbol Thread 2008/2009

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Karakand said:
Sure I hated her and every non-sex minute spent with her, but in my last relationship the only driving I did was to Las Vegas and back (which I didn't pay a red cent for beyond gas). There are more of them than there are of us, h0pper. Embrace your inner dick!
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lol, Yazan is the angel on my right shoulder, and Karakand is the devil on my left!
 
Steven Goff said:
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A Colorado team spokesman said: "There has not been a coaching change with the Colorado Rapids. Fernando is our coach and we are preparing for Kansas City on Saturday. He was running today's practice session."
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Sorry, giga.

Ives Galarcep said:
Eddie Lewis set to join LA Galaxy, Gibbs to Colorado (or New England)

Eddie Lewis and Cory Gibbs are set to come back to the Major League Soccer.

SBI has learned that the Los Angeles Galaxy are set to acquire the rights to Lewis after passing on Gibbs with the top spot in the MLS Allocation order. Lewis is set to return to MLS for the first time since leaving for Europe in 1999. Lewis will now join the Galaxy, currently being coached by long-time national team teammate Cobi Jones.

Cory Gibbs' future MLS home has yet to be decided, but new potential destinations have emerged.

Source have informed SBI that the Colorado Rapids are considering selecting Gibbs with the top allocation pick, but Gibbs wants to play for New England, which holds the No. 2 allocation spot after LA selected Lewis.

So why would Colorado select Gibbs? The Rapids could use the help defensively and there is a tie to Gibbs in the organization. Rapids director of player development John Murphy was an assistant coach at Brown University and recruited Gibbs to attend Brown.

Though that tie exists, sources tell SBI that Gibbs is more inclined to join the New England Revolution. It remains to be seen just how interested the Revs are. According to reports out of Central America, New England is on the verge of signing central defender Gabriel Badilla. You may remember Badilla as the defender the Revs were considering signing last winter. With Badilla joining Michael Parkhurst in central defense, Gibbs could potentially be the Revs left back in a four-man back-line. While it appears unlikely that New England would trade anything of value to Colorado for Gibbs' rights, the Revs would

As for Lewis, he is expected to help give the Galaxy midfield some balance by providing a dangerous winger on the left flank to complement David Beckham on the right flank. The 34-year-old Cerritos, California native is still playing at a high level, as evidenced by his recent turns with the U.S. national team. His veteran poise should also help a team dealing with plenty of turmoil following the departures of head coach Ruud Gullit and team president Alexi Lalas.
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The wheels are turning, though I'm not sure how much I trust Galarcep on this.
 
h0pper said:
lol, Yazan is the angel on my right shoulder, and Karakand is the devil on my left!
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You'd be amazed to know parents, friends' significant others and other authority figures generally don't take a liking to me.

P.S. I'd better not be a red devil!
 
Karakand said:
You'd be amazed to know parents, friends' significant others and other authority figures generally don't take a liking to me.

P.S. I'd better not be a red devil!
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oh you're definitely red :lol

yeah, usually my friends gf's hate me, but for some reason, everyone's parents love me! :lol
 
h0pper said:
well, she actually is graduated and working. She just expects me to "want to put in the time and effort" and get down there to see her. Especially after she's visited me the last few times. I just don't want to do it this weekend, or the next..

If I do go down there, things should get pretty interesting. and shitty.
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Work this weekend, even with the late kick off I'll miss the reds first game. But hooray for radios. :D

MrPing1000 said:
See this is why being 22 and bitterly alone is awesome.

hold me
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Awww.

Did you speak to Forseti or did you ignore my mail? :lol
 
Fiorentina [2 - 0] Slavia Prague

3' [1 - 0] A. Mutu

57' [2 - 0] A. Gilardino

Fucking Gila will score 25-30 goals this seasons.
 
Berbatov: I'll be a United player by the end of the week

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sport/football/article-1043635/Berbatov-tells-Tottenham-team-mates-Ill-United-player-weekend.html?ITO=1490

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http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sport/football/article-1043793/Tottenham-striker-Berbatov-brink-Manchester-United-transfer-end-week.html

The fee is supposedly £28million which is slightly too much, but I'm not that bothered. The same newspaper is also saying we are after Silva too and are increasing our bid to £20million, would be a very good transfer season if we get them.

Wes said:
Cedeo what's your view on Blackburn Rovers? I'm just trying out a theory.
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Don't really have a view, top ten club, played some good football under Hughes (who I somewhat dislike in his ex-player years due to him constantly trying to distance himself from United). Ince seems to have a different management style and should be interesting, they could do very well or very bad this season. My ST holder friends say that they're always a good away to go to.

What is your theory?
 
SupahBlah said:
Did you speak to Forseti or did you ignore my mail? :lol
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I just haven't got around to it, getting used to lvl4s and getting the higher learning skills to lvl4 atm.

I really hope we don't pay £28million for Berbatov, that is rediculous. £18 damn it.
 
Screw you guys getting to have break ups and shoving your ability to have a relationship in my face.

Scoundrels the lot of yous.
 
The likely lineup of FC Twente against Arsenal tomorrow:

-------------------Boschker
Wilkshire---Wielaert---Douglas---Braafheid
Tioté---------------Janssen--------Brama
Denneboom-------Arnautovic--------Elia

Classical 4-3-3 with Janssen as the attacking player coming from midfield, Denneboom and Elia from the sides, and Wielaert will try to push into midfield when Twente's in possession.

Twente has lost their fantastic coach Rutten, and 2 very important midfielders with Engelaar and El Ahmadi, but Tioté is an excellent replacement and Janssen has been bought for more attacking impulses. Defense is quite solid, the young Brazilian Douglas in particular is a very talented defender. Boschker is quite average though (he's been at Twente since the 89/90 season).

Arnautovic is a young bright and tall central striker from Austria. He's replacing N'Kufo who is suspended for this match (both matches I believe). Very talented, Feyenoord tried to sign him but Twente wouldn't negotiate (just like Ajax wanted Wielaert but Twente asked 6 mil EUR for him).

All in all, Twente maintain their form and football ideas from last year, it's clear McClaren doesn't want to change to much (and rightfully so).

Could be a fun match, but I can't see Twente not losing to be honest.
 
You are
Another planet cause you are,
You stare
And kiss me from above, don't you?
Say why
You need no reason to deny
Say why you kiss me from above
In dreams your friends are sleeping
In dreams their heads are falling off
In dreams they never call you
To show you things from their buildings up above
 
Falch said:
Could be a fun match, but I can't see Twente not losing to be honest.
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Arsenal's midfield is going to be young and somewhat lightweight this match. Hopefully the kids step up and get the job done, but there's reason for concern. I agree that it could be a fun match. :D
 
Falch said:
The likely lineup of FC Twente against Arsenal tomorrow:

-------------------Boschker
Wilkshire---Wielaert---Douglas---Braafheid
Tioté---------------Janssen--------Brama
Denneboom-------Arnautovic--------Elia

Classical 4-3-3 with Janssen as the attacking player coming from midfield, Denneboom and Elia from the sides, and Wielaert will try to push into midfield when Twente's in possession.

Twente has lost their fantastic coach Rutten, and 2 very important midfielders with Engelaar and El Ahmadi, but Tioté is an excellent replacement and Janssen has been bought for more attacking impulses. Defense is quite solid, the young Brazilian Douglas in particular is a very talented defender. Boschker is quite average though (he's been at Twente since the 89/90 season).

Arnautovic is a young bright and tall central striker from Austria. He's replacing N'Kufo who is suspended for this match (both matches I believe). Very talented, Feyenoord tried to sign him but Twente wouldn't negotiate (just like Ajax wanted Wielaert but Twente asked 6 mil EUR for him).

All in all, Twente maintain their form and football ideas from last year, it's clear McClaren doesn't want to change to much (and rightfully so).

Could be a fun match, but I can't see Twente not losing to be honest.
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thanks Falch! Appreciate the info greatly. I know of Twente, but don't know much about them. I'm not gonna lie, I'm nervous for the match, but that's because it's pretty damn important and we're going into it with some players who wouldn't normally play.

if you say we should win, ill take your word for it! thanks again
 
h0pper said:
thanks Falch! Appreciate the info greatly. I know of Twente, but don't know much about them. I'm not gonna lie, I'm nervous for the match, but that's because it's pretty damn important and we're going into it with some players who wouldn't normally play.

if you say we should win, ill take your word for it! thanks again
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Nop problem, I can see where you're coming from, I'm nervous for any PSV match whether it's against a big team or a very small team, as soon as there's something at stake. Still, Arsenal should have no real trouble disposing of Twente. They're a team that won't hide (especially not at home) so you won't find them trying to build a human wall around their penaltybox. Instead, they try to play better football then their opponent, something which is virtually impossible against Arsenal. Twente's fullbacks are quite vunerable defensively, and you should be able to get a lot of crosses in.

I must say, Arsenal's lack of experience in midfield could be dangerous. Janssen's an experienced player, and Tiote is a defensive pittbull with a lot of fysical play (as any good African player ;)), so I'm not too sure how that will work out.
 
h0pper said:
thanks Falch! Appreciate the info greatly. I know of Twente, but don't know much about them. I'm not gonna lie, I'm nervous for the match, but that's because it's pretty damn important and we're going into it with some players who wouldn't normally play.

if you say we should win, ill take your word for it! thanks again
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I don't really see why you would be worried. I'd expect our Carling Cup team to come back with a victory if I'm perfectly honest. It would be a tough game, but, that would be my expectation of them. Having a few young players scattered in our team isn't likely to cost us the win. That said, should we slip up, it wouldn't be bad enough for us not to come back in the home leg.

Maybe I'm overly confident though. Who knows.
 
I'm confident, but there's definitely no reason to be cocky. We need to play close to our best to win, as with any smaller club this is their biggest game of the season and they will do everything to stop us.

And you know how things work in Europe. You have a bad day, you're a bit unlucky, the opponent gets a nice bounce and you're down 1-0. And once you're down you're in trouble, no matter the opponent.

I still think we'll do it, our team is professional and experienced enough to do it (the obvious difference in quality aside), even though our central midfield is 18 years of age.
 
Cedeo said:
Berbatov: I'll be a United player by the end of the week

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sport/football/article-1043635/Berbatov-tells-Tottenham-team-mates-Ill-United-player-weekend.html?ITO=1490

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http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sport/football/article-1043793/Tottenham-striker-Berbatov-brink-Manchester-United-transfer-end-week.html

The fee is supposedly £28million which is slightly too much, but I'm not that bothered. The same newspaper is also saying we are after Silva too and are increasing our bid to £20million, would be a very good transfer season if we get them.


Don't really have a view, top ten club, played some good football under Hughes (who I somewhat dislike in his ex-player years due to him constantly trying to distance himself from United). Ince seems to have a different management style and should be interesting, they could do very well or very bad this season. My ST holder friends say that they're always a good away to go to.

What is your theory?
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Keep on spending that cash, the more you layout the better the chance we have of landing Johnny Evans and by damn do we need him.

With regards to Blackburn I can see them struggling, reckon they'll miss Hughes and that they've been over achieving for a few seasons now. I just don't see them as a big enough club to sustain a comfortable top half finish indefinitely.
 
brain_stew said:
Keep on spending that cash, the more you layout the better the chance we have of landing Johnny Evans and by damn do we need him.

With regards to Blackburn I can see them struggling, reckon they'll miss Hughes and that they've been over achieving for a few seasons now. I just don't see them as a big enough club to sustain a comfortable top half finish indefinitely.
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plus they've lost Bentley who was very good for them and Santa Clause is eying the exit as well.
 
Sportsmail - "United seal the deal for £25m Spurs striker"

Sportsmail said:
Dimitar Berbatov is expected to agree personal terms and seal his £25million move to Manchester United.

Sportsmail understands that the Bulgaria striker is due at United's Carrington training centre after finally being given permission by Tottenham Hotspur to talk to the Barclays Premier League and European champions.

The 27-year-old will be offered a four-year deal worth in the region of £80,000-a-week. United hope he will appear on their official pre-season team photo, scheduled to be taken on Friday.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...batov-United-seal-deal-25m-Spurs-striker.html
 
Am I the only one in this thread that is married? I don't miss those women hunting days at all.

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A Colorado team spokesman said: "There has not been a coaching change with the Colorado Rapids. Fernando is our coach and we are preparing for Kansas City on Saturday. He was running today's practice session."
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Hey Colorado Rapids Management:
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Just got back from Pineapple Express - good times.

DCU with the 3-1 win over NE to advance to the finals of the US Open Cup tonight.

Still trying to figure out if I want to stay up until 2am to watch the US Olympic soccer. Decisions, decisions....
 
:lol I didn't get much sleep last night and I've been up since 6am this morning. Maybe watching the Olympics on delay will get me through for a while. Gonna watch her Hoffness cough up another race now (unless she surprises me somehow.)
 
TRANSFER RUMOURS

Manchester United are closing in on the signing of Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov after tabling a bid believed to be about £28m. (Various)

United have even delayed having their official team photo so they can include the Bulgarian. (Daily Mirror)

Blackburn left-back Stephen Warnock, 26, has handed in a transfer request to push through a £4m move to Newcastle. (Daily Mirror)

Rovers have told Manchester City that striker Roque Santa Cruz, 26, is not for sale. (The Sun)

Poland winger Jakub Blaszczykowski wants to move to Liverpool in an £8m deal, but the 22-year-old's club Borussia Dortmund are refusing to sell. (The Times)

Fulham and Hull are tracking Osasuna's 32-year-old Uruguayan striker Walter Pandiani who played for Birmingham in the Premier League in 2005. (Daily Mirror)

Aston Villa have renewed their interest in Newcastle midfielder James Milner who is valued at £6m. (Daily Mail)

Middlesbrough have submitted a bid for 23-year-old Arsenal full-back Justin Hoyte. (The Independent)

Stoke City have tabled a £2m bid for Newcastle midfielder Abdoulaye Faye, 30. (Daily Mail)

Former Real Madrid winger Jordi Lopez, 27, is on trial at Portsmouth after he was released by Real Mallorca. (Various)

Racing Santander are hoping to hijack Arsenal's move for Ghana international midfielder Anthony Anan, 22, after offering £2m to his club IK Start. (Daily Mirror)

Cardiff are trying to signing 29-year-old Fulham striker David Healey for £1.2m. (Daily Mirror)

Rangers are to make a straight £2.5m cash bid for Cardiff's Dutch defender Glenn Loovens. (The Western Mail)

QPR are preparing a bid for 26-year-old Italian striker Davide Succiwho currently plays for Ravenna in the Italian third division. (Daily Star)

Crystal Palace have bid £550,000 for 29-year-old Ipswich striker Alan Lee. (Daily Star)


OTHER GOSSIP

Chelsea captain John Terry has hit back at Man Utd claiming that the Premier League champions have hit their peak and that his side are capable of overtaking them this season. (Various)

Man City manager Mark Hughes has reassured fans that he is not thinking about quitting the club, despite the controversy surrounding owner Thaksin Shinawatra. (Various)

Anton Ferdinand has turned down a new £2m-a-year contract at West Ham - a deal that would have trebled his wages. (Daily Mirror)

Newcastle chairman Mike Ashley has said Kevin Keegan can keep spending despite the club owing £27m from past transfer deals. (The Sun)

Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel has accused former Man City boss Sven Goran-Eriksson of duping him into signing a new contract at City. Schmeichel has slipped behind Joe Hart in the pecking order at Eastlands and said he only signed a new contract after starting last season as the club's number one. (Daily Mirror)


AND FINALLY

Blackburn have installed a prayer room at Ewood Park, becoming the first Premier League club to do so. The room replaces a toilet block and includes prayer mats and religious texts so supporters can worship. (The Sun)
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Blackburn have installed a prayer room at Ewood Park, becoming the first Premier League club to do so. The room replaces a toilet block and includes prayer mats and religious texts so supporters can worship. (The Sun)
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what the hell. now i almost want them to go down
 
So Mama has really stopped posting in here huh?

Oh, and I'm not sure what to think of the Berbatov news. He was fantastic a season ago, but last season he didn't seem to do much, did he?
 
Mama might do a season preview praising Spurs sometime this week. I have heard rumours that this might happen.

Berbatov is a very streaky player, so when you see him during his good spells you'd think he's a world beater, in his (just as frequent) bad spells he looks average at best and only impresses by having a go at his teammates and complaining about every small mistake by them.

28 million is absolutely ridiculous, but if somebody pays 20 million for Keane then Berbatov is probably worth that.
 
US are playing right now.

SVT.se are showing both US and Italys match. Open the page and click on SVT (on the right, under Messi) for US-Nigeria and P+ for Italy-Cameroon.
 
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