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Primera División de Argentina: Fixtures • Table • Defending Champions: River Plate

How is that stadium anyway? I was completely against the stage but it turned out to be a good thing because the supporters groups got together. I remember watching the Columbus-KC game and saying wow.

I really like Crew Stadium, but I don't have much perspective because I haven't been to any other SSS in the US. The area around the stadium is really nice, and there aren't many bad seats in the house. You're very close to the action as well, and when the crowd goes silent you can hear a lot of what the players are saying. It's also at an excellent location; it's not right in the middle of downtown, but it's in Columbus proper and is fairly easy to get to.

I haven't been to a game yet this year (I am going to the Crew-Revs game in September), but as far as I can tell the stage sticks out like a sore thumb and is ugly as sin. But yeah, the supporters groups used to be spread out, and now they're all grouped together into the Nordecke, which is excellent.

 

[Cornballer]

Yeah I know... I just open it in a new window and resize the window to be the size of the viewing screen.

That's exactly the same thing that I do. The comments are like watching youtube users talking in real-time.

 

[Ronok]

Yeah I know... I just open it in a new window and resize the window to be the size of the viewing screen.

Is there any way to do this and then lock it in to being above all other pages? That way I could keep browsing whilst watching without having to resize the other browser window........ :-/

 

[Cedeo]

Rafael--Ferdi--Brown--Fabio

In second half, the Brazilians look very impressive on their debut.

 

[Ghost]

Bellamy has just done his hamstring (Again) in a pre-season friendly.



Oh my it's looking like this season will be awesome for us Hammers.

 

[Ryck]

Is there any way to do this and then lock it in to being above all other pages? That way I could keep browsing whilst watching without having to resize the other browser window........ :-/

I dunno Im on a mac and I resize my normal browser window by making it a bit smaller.. its still pretty decent.. depends on screen size tho..

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/vngless007/Picture1-3.png

 

[Cornballer]

Is there any way to do this and then lock it in to being above all other pages? That way I could keep browsing whilst watching without having to resize the other browser window........ :-/

I open two windows - one that is regular sized w/ all of my usual tabs and another smaller one that just has the video running. Makes the sizing better and alt-tab to swap back and forth.

 

[hadareud]

Bellamy has just done his hamstring (Again) in a pre-season friendly.



Oh my it's looking like this season will be awesome for us Hammers.

wow

 

[Karakand]

I think the lesson might be, that maybe, it's just better to play hard to get when confronted by instant disapproval by someone.

No the lesson was that existence is absurd. *lights a Gauloises and takes a drag*

 

[Ronok]

Bellamy has just done his hamstring (Again) in a pre-season friendly.



Oh my it's looking like this season will be awesome for us Hammers.

I noticed someone mentioning Anton Ferdinand was as well? I wasn't paying much attention though so..............

I dunno Im on a mac and I resize my normal browser window by making it a bit smaller.. its still pretty decent.. depends on screen size tho..

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/vngless007/Picture1-3.png

That's how I do it as well. I was just wondering if there was another way. lol It would be helpful in quite a few situations to have something that hovers over everything else no matter what you do. lol

 

[Ghost]

I noticed someone mentioning Anton Ferdinand was as well? I wasn't paying much attention though so..............

Yeah he hobbled off as well.

 

[Ryck]

I noticed someone mentioning Anton Ferdinand was as well? I wasn't paying much attention though so..............



That's how I do it as well. I was just wondering if there was another way. lol It would be helpful in quite a few situations to have something that hovers over everything else no matter what you do. lol

I know sopcast does allow you to do that.

 

[Ronok]

Yeah he hobbled off as well.

West Ham really seem to have the worst injury problems. :-/

 

[Ghost]

West Ham really seem to have the worst injury problems. :-/

Happens when you buy all newcastles cast-offs.

 

[Cedeo]

2-0

Darren Gibson 35 yard screamer

 

[Zoolaga]

Beautiful strike by Gibson

 

[slider]

Happens when you buy all newcastles cast-offs.

Or when there's a fundamental issue with the training regime (*conspiracy theory*).

I spoke to a fellow hammer today. I couldn't believe what he said. Basically he said he'd risk WHUFC going down for a season if it meant Curbs got the push. :/

 

[Ghost]

Or when there's a fundamental issue with the training regime (*conspiracy theory*).

I spoke to a fellow hammer today. I couldn't believe what he said. Basically he said he'd risk WHUFC going down for a season if it meant Curbs got the push. :/

I dont think it's the training, it's the facilities, Pardew got sacked because of pre-season injuries (team wasn't fit for the start of the season because of them), Curbs cleared out the medical team, things didnt improve, now Nani has cleared out the medical team again and brought in a load of italians..the only constant has been Chadwell Heath, they need to pull their finger out and buy the new training ground already (they've been promising for 18 months)


We're winning 5-2 so the Curbs haters are still a little premature.

 

[Cornballer]

I was just checking out the NBC Olympic site to figure out if I'm getting the US games in HD. They have some amusing photo galleries including: the guide to volleyball hand signals, which is basically pictures of female volleyball bootay. Good times. :lol

As far as scheduling goes, it turns out that they only have two kickoff times each day and there are only six match days (August 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22.) It'll all be over pretty quickly. Looks like the first US match isn't in HD, but I might be able to track down the other ones.

 

[hadareud]

who cares about the olympics when the fantastic news that we were all waiting for just surfaced?:

the new extreme album is being released tomorrow and my copy has been shipped.

 

[Karakand]

And City, whilst shying away from a bidding war, are also considering a move for Reading left-back Nicky Shorey, who is wanted by Villa and Portsmouth.

Could it be... a LB transfer rumor?

Plan the parade.

 

[Cedeo]

Van Nistlerooy quits International Football

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7542088.stm

 

[Cornballer]

who cares about the olympics when the fantastic news that we were all waiting for just surfaced?:

the new extreme album is being released tomorrow and my copy has been shipped.

If you don't like what you see here
Get the funk out
We won't try to force feed you
Get the funk out

 

[Karakand]

Speaking of the Olympics, I need something to take my mind off my miserable life. *goes to finish OP for Beijing 2008 thread*

 

[Batongen]

Ey, Cornballer, can you plz add this info (don't have time for formatting):

Xbox GT: gamercyb
Wii FC: 0153 8609 0876 8784

And also, this will be Liverpool's year .

 

[hadareud]

If you don't like what you see here
Get the funk out
We won't try to force feed you
Get the funk out

:lol

nice

 

[bean breath]

Speaking of the Olympics, I need something to take my mind off my miserable life. *goes to finish OP for Beijing 2008 thread*

San Jose was bound to beat LA eventually, the pain will soon fade away.

 

[Karakand]

QVT is getting a call from Hannah Montana to remind him he has soccer practice today.

BUT AT WHAT TIME
STAY TUNED

 

[Cornballer]

San Jose was bound to beat LA eventually, the pain will soon fade away.

QVT is getting a call from Hannah Montana to remind him he has soccer practice today.

BUT AT WHAT TIME
STAY TUNED

Brutal. :lol

 

[SupahBlah]

I dont think it's the training, it's the facilities, Pardew got sacked because of pre-season injuries (team wasn't fit for the start of the season because of them), Curbs cleared out the medical team, things didnt improve, now Nani has cleared out the medical team again and brought in a load of italians..the only constant has been Chadwell Heath, they need to pull their finger out and buy the new training ground already (they've been promising for 18 months)


We're winning 5-2 so the Curbs haters are still a little premature.

It seems some places just have dodgy training or its players with constant injuries. But I doubt Bellamy would get injured at Bolton.

Sam Allardyce had a brilliant support set up but it costs a bit in wages, he also pushed through Bolton's training facilities being 21st century as far as I'm aware he got them better than anywhere else in the country.

Wenger and Houiller were both disgusted at the training facilities which is why they built new ones Rafa said the best gift Houiller left him was the rebuilt Melwood, he improved on it when he arrived.

Newcastle have always had injury problems but Ashley wouldn't completely fund Allardyce's changes (because he knew he was going to fire him) but their problem is still their facilities compared with West Ham.

West Ham is just buying dodgy players prone to injuries.

Interesting footnote the domestic fall back if Rafa turned us down was Alan Curbishley.

 

[Karakand]

It's a decent hour. With these things I go for the absurdity of them, not waking people up at three in the morning. (Though I am sure someone is going to hit me with one of those.)

 

[bean breath]

Cornballer might like to rub the Galaxy's woes in your face, Karakand, but I prefer to take the highroad of sportsmanship and fairplay.

 

[Cornballer]

Heh. Nice pic, bean breath.

Long article in Der Spiegel about Klinsmann and Bayern. Thought it was worth a read - they talk about his style and the changes he wants to make in the face of the long Bayern tradition. A bunch of US fans are bitching about not getting Klinsmann on the US forum again because of this article.

 

[QVT]

QVT is getting a call from Hannah Montana to remind him he has soccer practice today.

BUT AT WHAT TIME
STAY TUNED

QVT was at football practice and missed the call. Nice try :lol

 

[Karakand]

Cornballer might like to rub the Galaxy's woes in your face, Karakand, but I prefer to take the highroad of sportsmanship and fairplay.

QVT was at football practice and missed the call. Nice try :lol

You haven't gotten it yet!

 

[Cornballer]

http://i33.tinypic.com/28i6hkl.jpg

[b]2008 Power Rankings: Week 19[/b]
Rk(Pr) 	Team 		(W-L-T) Comment
1 (1) 	New England 	10-4-3 	The only team in MLS to have won more than half of its matches.
2 (5) 	Houston 	6-4-8 	Dominic Kinnear's surging club has allowed only four goals in 10 games in all competitions.
3 (4) 	Real Salt Lake 	7-6-6 	RSL grinds out another home win, but its road frailties need to be rectified.
4 (2) 	Columbus 	9-6-4 	The Crew struggle to finish without Olympic players Robbie Rogers and Emmanuel Ekpo.
5 (7) 	DC United 	8-8-1 	Two new additions, Joe Vide and Ivan Guerrero, helped balance the midfield at RFK.
6 (3) 	Chicago 	8-5-5 	After nearly 200 minutes without a goal, rookie No. 1 pick Patrick Nyarko sparks Fire in home win.
7 (10) 	Dallas 		6-6-7 	Can the Hoops afford to let Kenny Cooper go to Europe? Not on this latest evidence.
8 (6) 	Chivas USA 	6-7-4 	They went from Brad Guzan to Zach Thornton in goal, a brutal reduction in talent.
9 (9) 	Los Angeles 	6-8-5 	After losing to the expansion Quakes, the wheels have officially fallen off for the Galaxy.
10 (8) 	Toronto FC 	6-8-4 	The early season love affair with Amado Guevara is already beginning to end.
11 (11) Kansas City 	5-6-7 	Wizards still finding goals hard to come by as they're shut out for the seventh time this season.
12 (14) San Jose 	4-9-6 	Don't write that playoff obituary yet. The Quakes' revamped attack wins them a California Clasico.
13 (13) RBNY 		5-6-7 	Juan Carlos Osorio has wheeled and dealed, but are the Red Bulls any better?
14 (12) Colorado 	6-9-3 	They appear to be standing pat in the transfer window. Is that really a good idea?

I'm going to enjoy this for two weeks before we get crushed by the Revs at Buck Shaw.

 

[Karakand]

Why El Paso has a Wikipedia article on the Russian Wikipedia is beyond me.

 

[QVT]

Some other restricted number must have called me then. Shit, might have been important. Prolly not.

 

[bean breath]

I don't know what that means, so I'm gonna take it as disrespect.

Here's a picture of your former goalkeeper (who the Galaxy chewed up last season and shat out to us in favor of some dude, Cronin, who consequently leads the league in goals allowed.) Joe Cannon, basking in the glory of victory.

 

[QVT]

It's lokomotiv el paso.

 

[h0pper]

Wilshere is the first good English player I have seen in ages. He has an acceptable level of technical ability. Get him on more creatine, he is alread twice the size of Walcott.

Vela also needs some creatine. Double the dosage.

I hope you're joking. Unless you want them to have kidney failure in a few years, creatine is not the best idea. Wilshere shouldn't even be lifting heavily yet. He's just a boy, only 16. He's shown tremendous ability and potential, but you can't rush him. That goes for the coaching staff and the supporters. At his age, you can't expect him to put on significant weight in muscle...the healthy and right way at least.

At 16, your body is obviously not completely developed. He hasn't filled out yet but that doesn't mean you should try to make up for that by getting him in the gym too early. With time, his physicality will come. No matter how late you hit puberty, everyone is pretty much done growing by the age of 25 and if he is handled the right way, he could be a great player at that age.

The Arsenal staff is surely aware of this and I'm sure they're going to be paying very close attention to his development and the routine that they put him on.

 

[gigapower]

14 (12) Colorado 6-9-3 They appear to be standing pat in the transfer window. Is that really a good idea?

LAST PLACE BITCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!! And still Clavagina is in charge, so that means no place but down to go!

 

[QVT]

lol h0pper did you just seriously go with kidney failure and creatine

 

[Cornballer]

MLS Point Per Game Standings

[B]Rank	Team	        Points	Games	PPG[/B]
1	New England	33	17	1.94
2	Columbus	31	19	1.63
3	Chicago	        29	18	1.61
4	D.C. United	25	17	1.47
5	Houston	        26	18	1.44
6	Real Salt Lake	27	19	1.42
7	FC Dallas	25	19	1.32
8	Chivas USA	22	17	1.29
9	Toronto FC	22	18	1.22
10	Kansas City	22	18	1.22
11	New York	22	18	1.22
12	Los Angeles	23	19	1.21
13	Colorado	21	18	1.17
14	San Jose	18	19	0.95

Going to be a tight run-in. All teams have at least 11 games left.

 

[Sol..]

LAST PLACE BITCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!! And still Clavagina is in charge, so that means no place but down to go!

Hey look at it this way, maybe at the end of the year they will sell their jerseys for 20 bucks again.

 

[gigapower]

Hey look at it this way, maybe at the end of the year they will sell their jerseys for 20 bucks again.

Good point, I did buy a bunch of shirts last year for $5 each. Matter in fact I'm wearing one now :lol

 

[h0pper]

lol h0pper did you just seriously go with kidney failure and creatine

yes, I did...you butthole.

 

[Cedeo]

How are you feeling h0pper?

Everything good?

 

[h0pper]

How are you feeling h0pper?

Everything good?

I'm fine, just launched a missile. feeling refreshed.

why? what's up?

 

[Cedeo]

Just seeing how things we're goin', y'know.