Ultimate Football (Soccer) Thread (2011-2012)

by **Serrland** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 12:28 pm

Socialist States Owen wrote:SWANSEA TILL I DIE! I'M SWANSEA TILL I DIE....

To all those who said we were certain for the drop earlier in this thread at the start of the season; eat it. Until we go down next season when we inevitably get pillaged due to the unfair nature of English football.

But until then, YEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

You can always go to the Welsh Premier League if England is too unfair - but the whole league owes you lot a big thank you for what you've done to Man City.

by **Socialist States Owen** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 2:29 pm

Serrland wrote:
Socialist States Owen wrote:SWANSEA TILL I DIE! I'M SWANSEA TILL I DIE....

To all those who said we were certain for the drop earlier in this thread at the start of the season; eat it. Until we go down next season when we inevitably get pillaged due to the unfair nature of English football.

But until then, YEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

You can always go to the Welsh Premier League if England is too unfair - but the whole league owes you lot a big thank you for what you've done to Man City.

Nah. That would mean the scum would be the best team in Wales, which would not make sense.

Question; are Bristol City now Cardiff's main rivals?

by **The Blaatschapen** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 2:35 pm

Rutten gone at PSV. Finally. Now hopefully they manage to improve their defense and get back on track for the championship.

by **Serrland** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 5:53 pm

Poor Newcastle. That's got to be absolutely gutting.

by **I V Stalin** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:45 pm

I V Stalin wrote:OTOH, it's entirely possible we could be one point behind Spurs after the Newcastle game.

Yup.

Wish I'd put my money where my mouth was, though.

by **Phoenigetuzstha** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:20 pm

It would be too good to be true of Basel and APOEL got through, but 7-0, really, thats just embarrassing...

Also, the yearly leagues have kicked off, here's my predictions

Kazakhstan
1) FK Aktobe - One of my favourite teams in Europe (When they played AZ Alkmaar, it was just brilliant)
2) Shakhter Karagandy
3) FC Astana

Estonia
1) FC Flora Tallinn
2) Levadia Tallinn
3) Nomme Kalju

Lithuania
1) Ekranas
2) Zalgris
3) Tauras Taurage

Belarus
1) BATE -obv
2) Gomel
3) Dinamo Minsk

I couldn't care less about the others (ie. Latvia and the Nordic Countries Oh and Armenia)

by **Gravonia** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:36 pm

I V Stalin wrote:
I V Stalin wrote:OTOH, it's entirely possible we could be one point behind Spurs after the Newcastle game.

Yup.

Wish I'd put my money where my mouth was, though.

~~You could even be ahead of them next week – they're playing in the FA cup~~

Never mind. Just checked the fixture list. Arsenal aren't playing this weekend. Spurs and Arsenal are both playing next Wednesday

by **Rubiconic Crossings V2 rev 1f** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 2:37 pm

I V Stalin wrote:
Rubiconic Crossings V2 rev 1f wrote:ok...enough talk about these lesser teams...its time to talk about the powerhouse that is Leeds United. With our new totally winning manager *cough* and our new ~~signings~~ loans (has anything changed?) we'll soon be challenging for the ~~EPL~~ League Two...again.

(Image)

Warnock's a decent manager and he'll get Leeds promoted within a couple of years (if he's given the time). Whether they'll stay up is another matter...
Rubiconic Crossings V2 rev 1f wrote:
oh FFS you ELP fascist bastards

Emerson, Lake and Palmer were fascists?!

Warnock is a decent manager....he's also a Blade....which given the Chelsea conspiracy to destroy Leeds makes his appointment quite logical....indeed /nod nod

Yeah...I absolutely hate prog rock...the embodiment of fascist music that lot....bastards that they are. Indeedly! *cough*

More seriously....if we stay in the Championship for more than one more season we will lose not only the cachet of being a big club with a brilliant youth academy drawing young players to the club...we will also only draw rank loan signings...we are currently a selling club. Don must be rolling in his grave.

sigh

Well at least we beat Boro away...which is a normal situation in normal circumstances so perhaps given that we didn't lose (I think the last time we lost to boro in the league away was 1992 or something...)

by **Utopia FTW** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:09 pm

Nice one Chelsea. I expect similar vs City.

by **Rubiconic Crossings V2 rev 1f** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:10 pm

Utopia FTW wrote:Nice one Chelsea. I expect the similar vs City.

AAAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!

/rant

by **Miasto Lodz** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:27 am

Lllorenteeeeeeeee.

./' ./' Bilbo ta Bizkaiko gaztiak gora!
Euskaldun zintzoak aurrera !./' ./'

by **Cromarty** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:07 pm

The 'we need CM' thing is definitely going to come up again whether we go through tonight or not (currently 1-0 down on the night and 4-2 down on aggregate, which we could overturn, but I don't see us scoring 3 goals to be honest), but you have to say, Bilbao are incredible for a team that can only sign Basque players/players who grew up in the Basque region.

by **Hossaim** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:29 pm

Cromarty wrote:The 'we need CM' thing is definitely going to come up again whether we go through tonight or not (currently 1-0 down on the night and 4-2 down on aggregate, which we could overturn, but I don't see us scoring 3 goals to be honest), but you have to say, Bilbao are incredible for a team that can only sign Basque players/players who grew up in the Basque region.

Preimer League leaders getting beat by 7th in la ligua. Shameful. This may bee a knee jerk reaction, but, if Fergie can't beat FUCKING ATHLETIC BILBAO, he can't be our manager. Buy a CM or bring in someone that fucking can.

by **Cromarty** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:41 pm

Hossaim wrote:This may bee a knee jerk reaction

Yes, yes it was.

by **Hossaim** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:47 pm

Cromarty wrote:
Hossaim wrote:This may bee a knee jerk reaction

Yes, yes it was.

We lost to a team 7th in the la liga twice. that's fucking embarrassing

by **Cromarty** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:58 pm

Hossaim wrote:
Cromarty wrote:Yes, yes it was.

We lost to a team 7th in the la liga twice. that's fucking embarrassing

We lost to a team that held Barcelona to a 2-2 draw in La Liga, and damn near won the match, are in the final of the Copa Del Rey, beat the money spending PSG in the Europa League group stage, and haven't lost at home since November 11th, all while having the pretty big handicap of only being able to sign Basque nationals.

It's that 'fucking embarrassing' at all.

by **Serrland** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:05 pm

Hossaim wrote:
Cromarty wrote:Yes, yes it was.

We lost to a team 7th in the la liga twice. that's fucking embarrassing

You can't really say the table tells a fair story of La Liga, though, can you? It never really has, as far back as I can remember.

by **I V Stalin** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:07 pm

I was going to come on here and post an ironic 'Fergie out' one-liner. Sadly it seems I have been beaten to it, though not ironically. Seriously, this is one of the worst United teams I can remember...and they're top of the league.

Also, apparently Berbatov will be leaving United. It won't happen, but he could do a job for Arsenal.

by **Miasto Lodz** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:07 pm

Hossaim wrote:
Cromarty wrote:Yes, yes it was.

We lost to a team 7th in the la liga twice. that's fucking embarrassing

No, it's just another proof that the gap between Spain and the rest of football world is still widening. It won't change until other nations follow their path in breeding the legions of kids who are able to tie reef knots with their left feet.

But hey, City is three goals down against Sporting which was barely able to kick out Legia Warsaw and it's gross debt exceeds EUR 200M. And THAT is really embarrassing.

by **Serrland** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:11 pm

I V Stalin wrote:I was going to come on here and post an ironic 'Fergie out' one-liner. Sadly it seems I have been beaten to it, though not ironically. Seriously, this is one of the worst United teams I can remember...and they're top of the league.

Also, apparently Berbatov will be leaving United. It won't happen, but he could do a job for Arsenal.

Hah, I was about to say the same thing about Berby going back to Arsenal's hated neighbor. I feel a bit bad for him, well, as bad as I can feel for anyone playing for a top-of-the-table team and making more money than I would know what do with. I mean, he scored 20 goals in 36 games last year and now he can barely get on the pitch. He deserves a move to a club that will give him consistent time in the first 11, even if that means going to a mid-table team.

by **Cromarty** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:24 pm

Miasto Lodz wrote:No, it's just another proof that the gap between Spain and the rest of football world is still widening.

Ha, no.

Athletico Bilbao beating United in one tie has nothing to do with any Spain-rest of the World gap, (such a gap is non-existant). United didn't perform and Bilbao did, and that's all there is to it.

by **Cromarty** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:26 pm

Serrland wrote:
I V Stalin wrote:I was going to come on here and post an ironic 'Fergie out' one-liner. Sadly it seems I have been beaten to it, though not ironically. Seriously, this is one of the worst United teams I can remember...and they're top of the league.

Also, apparently Berbatov will be leaving United. It won't happen, but he could do a job for Arsenal.

Hah, I was about to say the same thing about Berby going back to Arsenal's hated neighbor. I feel a bit bad for him, well, as bad as I can feel for anyone playing for a top-of-the-table team and making more money than I would know what do with. I mean, he scored 20 goals in 36 games last year and now he can barely get on the pitch. He deserves a move to a club that will give him consistent time in the first 11, even if that means going to a mid-table team.

He's scored 7 in 10 in the league so far this season. Fergie should be playing him more. :|

by **Serrland** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:28 pm

Cromarty wrote:
Serrland wrote:
Hah, I was about to say the same thing about Berby going back to Arsenal's hated neighbor. I feel a bit bad for him, well, as bad as I can feel for anyone playing for a top-of-the-table team and making more money than I would know what do with. I mean, he scored 20 goals in 36 games last year and now he can barely get on the pitch. He deserves a move to a club that will give him consistent time in the first 11, even if that means going to a mid-table team.

He's scored 7 in 10 in the league so far this season. Fergie should be playing him more. :|

Agreed. I get sick and tired of people saying that his goals are only vulture goals, anyways.

If I were a Man U fan, I wouldn't care if every goal was a damned beach ball goal if you were scoring in 70% of your matches.

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:33 pm

Serrland wrote:
Cromarty wrote:He's scored 7 in 10 in the league so far this season. Fergie should be playing him more. :|

Agreed. I get sick and tired of people saying that his goals are only vulture goals, anyways.

If I were a Man U fan, I wouldn't care if every goal was a damned beach ball goal if you were scoring in 70% of your matches.

Some of his goals are just examples of how gracefully you can play as a striker.

by **Rubiconic Crossings V2 rev 1f** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:41 pm

well had you asked me if Man U would beat Bilbao...I'd have said yes (given Man U's propensity to improve in the later stages of the campaign)) especially as it is in a lesser comp than the CL...

So quite surprised...but that's football...Bilbao wanted it more. Fair enough.

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