I will probably be banned for this but... Footie Thread

[donKey jote]

San Buffon!

[odykas]

Buffoooon!

[donKey jote]

Dirty Vidal :p

[donKey jote]

Jordi Alba does a Torres :p

[donKey jote]

Torres!

[donKey jote]

Torrez!!!

[pino]

Barca just too strong, we need a miracle...

[donKey jote]

It ain't over til the old lady sings, pino :)

... And Messi doesn't seem very inspired, so there's hope yet !

[gadjo_dilo]

... And Messi doesn't seem very inspired

But Neymar is.
:devil:

[donKey jote]

San Buffon!!!

[odykas]

Buffoooooooon!

[donKey jote]

Luis Torrez!!!

[donKey jote]

Looks like Messi might be slowly waking up :p

[donKey jote]

Real Madrid 1- barca1

[odykas]

Morata! :eek: :D

[donKey jote]

Stoopid Barca :mad: :p

[journeyman racer]

Didn't think Juve would score

[gadjo_dilo]

http://www.pic4ever.com/images/cancan.gif

[donKey jote]

Barcelona wasted too many half-chances :p

[gadjo_dilo]

http://www.pic4ever.com/images/cancan.gif
..

[donKey jote]

Tevres!

[donKey jote]

Suarez at last, thanks messiiiiiii :D

[odykas]

No Chiellini -> Suarez scores :dozey:

[donKey jote]

Neymaarrrrr... Balls :mad:

[odykas]

Neymar handball :laugh:

[gadjo_dilo]

http://www.pic4ever.com/images/4fvgdaq_th.gif

[odykas]

Ter Stegen did a Casillas :laugh:

[donKey jote]

piquessss !!!!

[odykas]

Pique -> Torres

[donKey jote]

Torrezzzz!!!

[donKey jote]

Suarez you clown... No need to walk like a duck, we all know you're wasting time :/

[odykas]

Pogba tries to get sent off

The ref always says no :p:

[odykas]

Mathieu in

Mathieu? :dozey:

[donKey jote]

Neymaaaaarrrrr :D

[odykas]

Neymar scores :dozey:

[donKey jote]

Well played pino :)

[journeyman racer]

Laughable last couple of minutes.

[odykas]

Great passion by Juve!

[Brown, Jon Brow]

For the 20 minutes after Suarez scored I was worried about how busy the Barca physio was going to be with all the terrible injuries they were picking up. But they all seemed fine sprinting around to celebrate when Neymar scored so nothing to worry about :)

[journeyman racer]

Enrique gets treble in his first year. Must be easy to coach Barcelona.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Barcelona are playing a pre-season friendly at the Nou Camp on August 8th. I happen to be on holiday in Barcelona that week. How difficult will tickets be to get?

[donKey jote]

Whodathunkit at the beginning of the season! :cool:

[pino]

Best squad won, nothin much to add. Still very proud of my Juve ! :)

[journeyman racer]

So with the benefit of a few hours rest, the game finishing 7am. Here are some reflections.

The way Barcelona were going in the first half. I feared we were going to see similar games to recent Barca/Manutd finals, where Barca comprehensively played Manutd off the park.

I enjoyed the second half very much. I didn't think Juve would have it in them to respond so well to Barca's dominance.

That last goal in the end annoyed me.

[Rollo]

I hope that whoever is in charge of buying and selling players at Liverpool looks upon Luis Suárez and realises that if you sell players who can score you goals, you don't score silverware but mid-table mediocrity.

[Storm]

^correct

You do not sell Suarez and instead get Lambert, Balotelli and Lallana and expect to see 31 goals.

I enjoyed this season totally, had its ups and down (very few, but the game against Sociedad in January was the turning point). Enrique may not be there next season but what an amazing last 4 weeks!

2009 treble was more exciting being the first, but this was very satisfying too. After the world cup and everybody in the team losing one way or other. Best send-off to Xavi (Pirlo should have gotten a better one, but he did win the double!)

[odykas]

OFFICIAL: Barcelona have confirmed the signing of Aleix Vidal on a 5-year deal from Sevilla after passing a medical.

I thought there was a transfer ban :dozey: :p:

[Storm]

He cannot play till January 2016. Doesn't stop them buying or selling players as per CAS.
That basically confirms that Alves will go, Montoya too perhaps. Quite a good player Vidal is.

[Big Ben]

That basically confirms that Alves will go

basically yes but not really :p

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/09/dani-alves-barcelona-new-contract

[pino]

Juventus already focused on next season; after wonder-boy Dybala from Palermo, today Khedira on free transfer from Real Madrid !

[odykas]

I hope they sign somebody who can score goals! :p:

[Storm]

basically yes but not really :p



That is weird, he practically cried while talking in the treble celebrations and looked like it was a good-bye...well what does that mean for Vidal?

Dybala should be a good one, does that mean Tevez is moving to Atletico?

[pino]

Juve wants Tevez to stay, but it's up to him to decide. Next signing should be goalkeeper Neto from Fiorentina (don't worry Buffon will continue for 3 more years), then we will bring back our young talent defender Rugani (will hear a lot from him in the future), so we should be ready to chase our 5th scudetto on row ! :D

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Wales 1 - 0 Second best team in the FIFA rankings

[pino]

Lol :p:

[steveaki13]

Nice to see Wales actually might qualify for a change. 58 world cup only so far. Say what you like but Bale leads Wales quite well.

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[pino]

Faroe Islands-Greece 2-0 :eek:

Not Ranieri fault after all then :p:

[gadjo_dilo]

In the same group

N. Ireland - Romania 0-0
So boring game that I fell asleep.

[Big Ben]

Faroe Islands-Greece 2-0 :eek:

Not Ranieri fault after all then :p:

It's not the Greek's either. It's never their fault. I think it's quite obvious that it's Angela Merkel's fault.

[pino]

In the same group

N. Ireland - Romania 0-0
So boring game that I fell asleep.

Good result for Romania, there are still on top of their Group! ;)

[gadjo_dilo]

Good result for Romania, there are still on top of their Group! ;)

Hungary is coming in a threat.......:s

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Who saw Jack Wilshire's goals at the weekend? The second one was sweet!

[steveaki13]

Who saw Jack Wilshire's goals at the weekend? The second one was sweet!

I enjoyed that game. Good close game unlike most in this group.

Both Wilshere's goals were sweet. The second was better. Nice to see Rooney move onto 48 goals too.

[Rollo]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-23/bronze-stunner-sends-england-into-women27s-world-cup-quarter-f/6565872
England has advanced to the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup after a stunning goal by Lucy Bronze saw the Lionesses to a 2-1 round-of-16 win over Norway.
- ABC News, 23rd Jun 2015

"Stunning" doesn't do this justice. This is a goal which wouldn't look out of place at the European Champions League.
Power. Contact. Bullet.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-23/bronze-stunner-sends-england-into-women27s-world-cup-quarter-f/6565872
England has advanced to the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup after a stunning goal by Lucy Bronze saw the Lionesses to a 2-1 round-of-16 win over Norway.
- ABC News, 23rd Jun 2015

"Stunning" doesn't do this justice. This is a goal which wouldn't look out of place at the European Champions League.
Power. Contact. Bullet.

The goalkeeper could have done better.

The standard of goalkeeping in the woman's game is far below that of the outfield players.

[steveaki13]

Congradulations to England women for finishing 3rd at the world cup. A great effort. Nice to see.

Also to Chile for winning there first ever Copa America, over a Argentina side, that really lacks direction.

[steveaki13]

Also a sad tale from the 2015 Pacific games football tournament.

Federartion States of Micronesia have sent a national team for the the first time in about 12 years and got off to a shocking start. They lost 30-0 to Tahiti.

Normally you would say things can only get better. There second game though ended up a 38-0 loss to Fiji.

One game to go.

Tahiti 30-0 Micronesia
Fiji 38-0 Micronesia

Vanuatu v Micronesia tomorrow. Keep battling lads.

[Tazio]

Congradulations to England women for finishing 3rd at the world cup. A great effort. Nice to see.

Also to Chile for winning there first ever Copa America, over a Argentina side, that really lacks direction.
Really a shame that England didn't make the final. They are a very good side, and I saw this coming since their very good showing at the last Olympics.
Oh yeah, the USA did the business, congrats to our gurlz.! :angel:

[journeyman racer]

I'm not sure what to make of Americans taking women's soccer so seriously. It's like the men's team is secondary. It's unusual.

Good on the Canadians for making a stadium where the sun directly faces a goal.

[Rollo]

I'm not sure what to make of Americans taking women's soccer so seriously.

I'm not sure why you think that's the case:

http://qz.com/446439/minimum-wage-for-members-of-the-uss-womens-soccer-team-is-just-6800-a-year/

players in the National Women’s Soccer League can receive as little as $6,842.
...
Instead, professional female footballers depend on sponsorships or second jobs to supplement their annual wages, which are capped at a maximum of $37,800.
- Richard Macauley, Quartz, 7th Jul 2015.

The tale of salaries in women's sport is generally atrocious. Even in a sport mad country like Australia, I can't honestly think of a single sport (except maybe for people who are paid by the AIS) where jugadora take home enough of a salary to be able to even live off of.

[journeyman racer]

So seriously relative to every other countries.

[anfield5]

So Raheem Stirling gone to City to warm their bench for 49 million pounds. Liverpool absolutely got the better of that deal. Good player, could be a great one, but he has a crap attitude and is being seriously manipulated at his so called manager. Can't delieve Firimo cost 29 million less than what Liverpool got for Stirling, the term laughing all the way to the bank springs to mind

[Storm]

^definitely, he is nowhere worth near 50m..could have been a great player if he had shown some skills by now that just running fast and scoring a few goals. I did not see any huge progression and he has been poor ever since the contract/transfer saga started; that tells a lot about his mental make-up. He could well blossom at City, but I do not think they will make a profit when they sell him down the line.

[pino]

Meanwhile, Leicester finally has signed a great coach...Claudio Ranieri ! :evil: :p:

[Storm]

:cheese:

[anfield5]

Meanwhile, Leicester finally has signed a great coach...Claudio Ranieri ! :evil: :p:

Interesting appointment for both Leicester and Claud

[anfield5]

Now it seems that Liverpool have triggered Benteke's 'Get Out of Villa' clause and will be signing him. Looking better ans better for this season, plenty of old wood removed and some quality coming in.

Benteke up front with Sturrige when and if he is fit, with Coutinho and Firimo playing behind them and Henderson and Milner in the heart of the mid field, a bit premature to say, but I am getting a good feeling about the coming season. Losing Stirling is not a big loss, as I have said he could be a great player, but his selfish 'I am the centre of the Universe.... my agent says so' attitude will not be missed and the rteam spirit shou;d improve without this garbage

[Big Ben]

If Sterling is worth 50 million pounds than I must be worth around a million. But I think I'm worth like a kilo of potatoes so I value Sterling at 50 kilos of potatoes. Liverpool made a good deal, Sterling an excellent one and City are the losers of the silly season... but it's not like they throw away hard-worked money anyway.

Now it's interesting what Liverpool does with the money. They already have Baloteli so they should look for that useless Dane Arsenal used to throw money at... Bendtner or something. Is that guy still around? Baloteli and that guy would be the ultimate attack

[gadjo_dilo]

Finally we have the groups for FIFA WC 2018 qualifications.
Romania will play against Denmark, Poland, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Montenegro. On TV they say it's a tough group. :crazy:

Lol. Spain and Italy are in the same group. :p
Same for France and Netherlands.....

[pino]

gadjo, are you coming to Denmark? ;) :p:

[gadjo_dilo]

I might come if you promise to go out with me for a :beer: and a pizza. :wave:

[pino]

I might come if you promise to go out with me for a :beer: and a pizza. :wave:

Only a stupid, would refuse such an invitation ! :p: Deal ! :D

[gadjo_dilo]

Ok, it's a date! :laugh:

[pino]

Ok, it's a date! :laugh:

See you in two years time then... :p:

[gadjo_dilo]

Crazy European supercup match at Tbilisi: Barcelona- Sevilla.
Already 1-1 after 7min.
Anybody watching or I'm again the only loser?

Edit. 2-1 min.16. :crazy:

[pino]

In Tbilisi ??? :eek:

[gadjo_dilo]

Why not if Georgia is associated to UEFA?
:confused:

[pino]

Sorry, I thought it was the Spanish Super Cup :p:

[gadjo_dilo]

A match without my crazy boy Neymar......:s

And it's 3-1. :eek:

[steveaki13]

Three free kicks in 15 minutes. lol

Messi ;)

[gadjo_dilo]

:eek:

4-4


Crazy........

[steveaki13]

What a crazy game indeed

[Storm]

did not watch it, I still need a few more days of vacation after the 2015 season ;)

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Didn't want Barca to win, especially when some Catalan tried to rob my wristwatch on La Rambla last Wednesday night. :p

[Storm]

soon you will have Pedro at that club :p:
I think 2009 and 2011 might be more like the reason you did not want Barca to win :p :spin:

[Big Ben]

Does anyone here think that Mourinho is really deranged? I don't mean it as an insult because of his despicable character but as a serious mental condition. I started having this impression after seeing him in an interview the previous season. He was going on about how there's a conspirancy to stop Chelsea from winning the EPL. He really seemed convinced that the FA actually has a very well defined secret agenda against him and therefor his team. He really seemed disturbed. Now the Premier League has just started and after just one match he went nuts again. Chelsea were lucky enough with a draw since both their goals were lucky and Swansea looked like the better team. But he sees everything the complete opposite of what everyone saw. Courtois' red card was wrong, Swansea only played better after Courtois' red card and so he goes on and on. He even picks on his own doctor because she was tricked by Hazard simulating an injury. The guy lookes more and more like a genuine psychopath.

[Storm]

Its just for show I think. As a person in real life he could be very different.
Still nice to see him lose though. I won't be watching the Premier League this season but I do hope some other team wins it than Chelsea...oh and ManU. '
City then or even ugh Arsenal! I know Liverpool won't :(

[pino]

I will support Rainieri's Leicester...:D

[Brown, Jon Brow]

soon you will have Pedro at that club :p:
I think 2009 and 2011 might be more like the reason you did not want Barca to win :p :spin:

It wasn't only the petty criminal who tried to steal my wristwatch, it was also that I was asked to pay over €20 to see Gaudis big church that they haven't even finished yet!

At least once upon a time we lifted the European Cup inside Camp Nou. :p

[steveaki13]

Bilbao 4-0 Barcelona after 70 minutes:smash:

[Storm]

:o
return leg tonight...might have to watch it, forza barca

[Big Ben]

BVB started this season alright, 4-0 against Gladbach, the best team of the second half of last season. I think they have the potential to get back up there where they belong... 2nd place :laugh:

[Storm]

Mou lost !?! :D Although apparently it was a fake score. :uhoh:

[pino]

Forza Bilbao :D

[Big Ben]

Mou lost !?! :D Although apparently it was a fake score. :uhoh:

I've been telling you, the guy is delusional. I wonder if in his head any of his teams has ever lost fair and square.

[steveaki13]

Mou is striking me as going ever more crackers. lol

Barca have little chance of turning round the tie, but I may still watch.

Dont get much time for football or anything these days.

Business is booming but more busy than we ever expected.

[Storm]

1-1, so that is one trophy less than the glorious Pep 2009 year.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

This must be the worst start of a season for Chelsea in their 12 year history.

[steveaki13]

Chelsea's start gets worse after yesterday 1-2 defeat to Crystal Palace.

West Ham can win 0-2 & 0-3 away to Arsenal and Liverpool but lose at home to Bournemouth and Leicester.

Bonkers league at the start.

[gadjo_dilo]

West Ham can win 0-2 & 0-3 away to Arsenal and Liverpool but lose at home to Bournemouth and Leicester.

.

Also lost the match against Astra Giurgiu and missed the qualification in Europa League :laugh:

[steveaki13]

We also got into Europa League through fair play and this season have about 7 red cards in 9 games..... lol

[Storm]

Vermaelen scored (finally started playing regularly - mainly due to Pique being red carded) so 1-0 win at home.

Juve lost to Roma now :eek:
I was flipping channels and saw the last 10 mins of this one!
where's pino?

[Big Ben]

BVB have started really strong this season. I doubt they can keep up but I do hope.

Man Utd won't win anything this year either. I used to like the fact that they were never big spenders (compared with other big clubs) but I guess it's really hard to be competitive without throwing ridiculous amounts of money left and right with the likes of Man City, Chelsea, Barcelona and the worst of all, Real Madrid around. They seem to be bad at it however. It looks like they just stumble upon players and buy them without any plan in mind. They have the midfield clogged up while the attack... well, there's no attack at the moment.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

BVB have started really strong this season. I doubt they can keep up but I do hope.

Man Utd won't win anything this year either. I used to like the fact that they were never big spenders (compared with other big clubs) but I guess it's really hard to be competitive without throwing ridiculous amounts of money left and right with the likes of Man City, Chelsea, Barcelona and the worst of all, Real Madrid around. They seem to be bad at it however. It looks like they just stumble upon players and buy them without any plan in mind. They have the midfield clogged up while the attack... well, there's no attack at the moment.

Man Utd's transfer strategy has been a complete shambles since Ed Woodward took control. But the Premier League is just a complete joke in general at the moment.

The team that finishes bottom of the EPL will get more money in TV rights revenues than Bayern Munich will, and almost all the English teams are obsessed with spending this money on expensive average players.

United have bought this 19 year old Frenchman I've never heard of for £30+million and sent their own youth academy star, Adnan Januzaj, out on loan. What is this all about?

They splash out millions of pounds without thinking about it because of the ridiculous money that is in the game. £30million is peanuts to Man Utd. They can waste their money and still expect fans to pay £40 for League Cup tickets against Ipswich Town.

Why do the top clubs even bother with youth academies anymore?

[Storm]

So 22m for Pedro was too much and 36m for some unknown isn't? Andy Carroll pt 2.

:rolleyes:

[Big Ben]

Maybe the problem was that with Pedro they would have had enough midfielders to make a team only of midfielders. Paying 36m for that guy was a bet but they can afford it.

Andy Carroll was not that young and LIverpool didn't have that much cash back then. Other than that it's completely the same.

Actually, while Man Utd are doing an awful job on the transfer market there's some comfort that Liverpool is way worse. They've replaced Torres with Carroll and Suarez with Balotelli :)))))

[odykas]

I'm back comrades :D

Tsipras, work and vacation kept me away.

Well done to Ernesto Valverde for exploiting crappy Barca Swiss cheese defence!

I missed most of the developments. I need to catch up! :p:

[gadjo_dilo]

I'm back comrades :D



Welcome back, I was about to report your absence on- Whatever happened to- thread. :devil:
We'll play against each other on 7th September. :p

[odykas]

Welcome back, I was about to report your absence on- Whatever happened to- thread. :devil:
We'll play against each other on 7th September. :p

I was about to say that nobody missed me :( :p:

[Storm]

^I did, but you are an idiot who does not check fb/pm etc

btw BigBen, Pedro is not a midfielder!
Though Luis Enrique did want to turn him into a wing back this season :s
Still your comment about Balo replacing Suarez etc is spot on :laugh:

[Brown, Jon Brow]

So 22m for Pedro was too much and 36m for some unknown isn't? Andy Carroll pt 2.

:rolleyes:

I think Van Gaal got to the transfer deadline day and just panicked.

I hear Tottenham offered £10m for Martial but were told they could have him for £20m....has LVG lost the plot?

I prefer the days when we had players like Welbeck and Cleverley. Yes, they were cr&p, but they were our own.

[odykas]

We'll play against each other on 7th September. :p

It's Romania vs Mykonos :dozey:

[gadjo_dilo]

Romania is probably the only team that can't score against Greece. :p
Even Faroe could......

[gadjo_dilo]

Balls.........:angryfire:

[pino]

Balls.........:angryfire:

Why angry, Romania is still in 2nd place, whilst Greece without Ranieri...

[steveaki13]

Amazed by how bad Greece have been this campaign. To even have Faroe Islands ahead is crazy.

[gadjo_dilo]

Why angry, Romania is still in 2nd place, whilst Greece without Ranieri...
Because Greece was the team to beat.
Because we haven't scored in the latest matches.
Because now we have to win the next two matches.
Because second place doesn't assure a direct qualification.
Because.

[pino]

Second place, does give direct qualification ! ;)

[steveaki13]

second does assure direct qualification now doesnt it? 24 teams.

[gadjo_dilo]

Second place, does give direct qualification ! ;)
Right. I thought about the 3rd place.

[Storm]

Because second place doesn't assure a direct qualification.
Because..
you forgot about the 24 team format (which is boring I think, 16 was always good and made it more special imo)

Also Greece needs King Otto back!

[pino]

Greece should have given Ranieri...more time :evil: :D

[gadjo_dilo]

Greece should have played with Samaras :evil: :D

[pino]

Who ? :p:

[gadjo_dilo]

Who ? :p:

http://images.dailystar.co.uk/dynamic/58/photos/938000/620x/63938.jpg


:love: :heart:

[odykas]

A series of mistakes lead to this situation.

Now it's quite hard to rebuilt a team when most of the players perform well only at Mykonos beaches and clubs with drinks and girls.

[steveaki13]

England 0-0 Switzerland at HT was a real bore feast.

After 5 minutes of the second half its better.

[Storm]

Switzerland games are boring - always
England games are boring - almost always

put them together and...well. you know.,

[steveaki13]

We must top the boring rankings anyway even if not FIFAs ;)

[Big Ben]

I think Romania's last 3 matches ended 0-0 so stop bragging

[Big Ben]

And De Gea signs a new contract after being reported he was super eager to leave all summer. That's really strange. Maybe he read into Real's shenanigans and saw they wanted him really bad but weren't prepared to pay any money for him... this from a club that paid more than a quarter of a billion for just 3 players.

[odykas]

No recent talks on Serie A.
I wonder why :p:

[gadjo_dilo]

No recent talks on Serie A.
I wonder why :p:
Me too. :laugh: :confused:

[pino]

Just concentrate on your Barca ody, Juve will be back on Top, don't you worry !!!

[odykas]

No worries. I'm sure a solution will be found :p:

[Big Ben]

I know no one cares but I'll keep you updated anyway :laugh:. BVB got to a wonderful start of the season, 5 wins in 5 matches and plenty of goals. Unfortunately so did Bayern and BVB's slide has already began. After 2 draws they're no 4 points behind. I think the Bundesliga is the most lopsided championship of the big ones. You have the big 4 in England where even finishing top 4 is a big breakthrough for the middle table teams. And then in Spain there's Barcelona, Real Madrid and the rest but in Germany Bayern is on its own. Most teams play half assed against them and the only thing they want is not to be humiliated... no wonder Lewandowski scored 5 goals in 9 minutes.

[odykas]

A statistic

Robert Lewandowski - 5 goals in 9 minutes
Sergio Aguero - 5 goals in 20 minutes
Mario Balotelli - 5 goals in 16 months

:laugh:

[Storm]

:laugh:

So Rodgers gone, is Klopp going to LFC?

[steveaki13]

Kind of surprised at the timing of this really, however also not that surprised.

International week so I guess its the best moment for a while.

[pino]

A statistic

Robert Lewandowski - 5 goals in 9 minutes
Sergio Aguero - 5 goals in 20 minutes
Mario Balotelli - 5 goals in 16 months

:laugh:

Crazy Balo, only played a few matches in the last 16 months. So get yourself updated, before acting like a smart-arse hahaha ! :p:

[Big Ben]

Romania draws against Finland... really embarrassing. Lewandoswski scored 5 in 9 minutes for Bayern , the entire romanian team didn't score a single goal in 430 minutes in the weakest group possible. Now they need to win against the Faroe Islands and there's reasonable doubt they're up the task. They don't deserve to go to the EURO.

[odykas]

Northern Ireland - Mykonos: 3 - 1 :dozey:

[gadjo_dilo]

Unbelievable.....
And bloody hilarious too.
I watch football games since I was 5 yo and witnessed a lot of qualifiers campaignes of our squad. There were dramatic clashes on the last round with strong teams that ended more or less happy. But this time our last match on euro qualifiers is against Faroe Islands and all the press talks about a sort of crucial clash. Come on..... A few years ago The Faroes were called the fishermen team and now we play so poor that we fear them. Our team is a real disgrace and I wouldn't mind if we lose ( although this might mean that Hungary will qualify and you know how much I hate this team ).
Well, it's min.15 and we lead 1-0 and Hungary is lead by Mykonos also with 1-0.

[steveaki13]

You made it Gadjo......

0-3 win and Hungary losing 4-3 in Greece.

Well done. Although I bet you expect to lose games in the finals?

[gadjo_dilo]

I expect Absurdistan to become the donkey of the Euros. :p
And can't wait for the Euros thread. Hope to have a laugh again with you and the rest of the gang.

[Storm]

If I can watch it. No football since I came here :(

[anfield5]

Kind of surprised at the timing of this really, however also not that surprised.

International week so I guess its the best moment for a while.

I have a sneeking feeling this deal was all but done at the start of the season. LFC mentioning to Klopp that BR had a month to 6 weeks to prove he was the right choice, if things didn't go well Klopp was in after this international break. It would explain why Klopp was unemployed at the start of the season.

I feel sorry for BR, he IS a good manager and will be successful at the highest level, unfortunately things went pear shaped for him at LFC, always sad when that happens. Wish him all the best for the future, we know his name will appear in the Managers space again soon.

[anfield5]

I expect Absurdistan to become the donkey of the Euros. :p
And can't wait for the Euros thread. Hope to have a laugh again with you and the rest of the gang.

I support England so I am guaranteed a laugh (or cry) during the finals.

Great to see the likes of Wales and Northern Ireland qualifying after such a long break, and especially great to see Iceland making their first ever finals in any competition "vel gert Iceland!"

[steveaki13]

I agree about Iceland. Great job from them considering its no fluke. They have been improving steadily over the last 10 years and this has been on the cards

Wales have done well, but they will rely alot on Bale. Which is no bad thing unless he gets injured and then they will struggle.

[odykas]

If I can watch it. No football since I came here :(

Why, no internet there? :p:

Yeah time zone is a bit challenging

[odykas]

I expect Absurdistan to become the donkey of the Euros. :p
And can't wait for the Euros thread. Hope to have a laugh again with you and the rest of the gang.

Well done Gagjo!
We are all with you.

[Big Ben]

I expect Absurdistan to become the donkey of the Euros. :p
And can't wait for the Euros thread. Hope to have a laugh again with you and the rest of the gang.

I don't have expectations from them either. I'm quite sure they will be mediocre at best but you are being a little too pessimistic. There will be 24 teams at this Euro, out of 54 I think, so almost half of the teams will have qualified to the finals. The competition for the donkeys of the Euros will be a very tight one. It is enough to look at this group. Northern Ireland won it and didn't set the world alight. Even Hungary might be there.

[gadjo_dilo]

The competition for the donkeys of the Euros will be a very tight one.

I have a feeling that this "competition" will be more exciting than the one for the European title. :p

[Big Ben]

I watched the Arsenal-Bayern match last night. Great result for Arsenal after playing in 10 for most of the game. I wasn't even sure if Ozil was still on the field before he scored the second goal, even that one was barely goal.

[steveaki13]

Good result for Arsenal. They need to win all 3 remaining games. Otherwise they risk Europa league :D

[Big Ben]

Manchester United can change their name in Borechester United. 3 goalless draws in 3 matches :rolleyes:

[anfield5]

chelsea 0 - LIVERPOOL 3. Good to see the team starting to play well, even with so many players missing. Jose has another 'vote of confidence' from the board, so he will be unemployed in a week or so. :)

[Storm]

3 years is the maximum for him at any club.

[odykas]

I'm really enjoying this PL season. Thanks to Mou :p:

[Big Ben]

I don't want Chelski to fire Mou. I hope he continues the good work right where he is. I am very pleased right now with his work. Chelski is the right place for this toxic person.

[steveaki13]

You think every game that it will turn around in the league and still it doesn't. I am sure come the end of season they will be top 6.

But let's enjoy it while it lasts

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[odykas]

Sevilla - Madrid Tourists : 3 - 2 :p

[odykas]

Meanwhile in Italy

5. Sassuolo 22
6. Milan 20
7. Juventus 18

Sassuolo? :dozey:

[Storm]

:D

[odykas]

Madrid Tourists - Barca : 0 - 3 :laugh:

[pino]

0-4 hahaha!!!

[odykas]

0 - 4 :bandit:

[donKey jote]

did I miss something? :bandit:
:D :D :D :D

[Storm]

:D
I did not.
My first Barca game in 2 months :eek: Never gone so long without footie.. but went to a sports bar that too alone... first for me. But a couple of Madrid shirts squirming was fun to see. Even the Budweiser tasted like nectar :p:

One Madridista tried to bait me by saying Neymar will be heading to Man Utd in Jan. Really :rolleyes:

[pino]

Meanwhile, useless Ranieri...is on top of PL. ody what you say about that ? :p:

[Storm]

good team I guess :p:

[pino]

good team I guess :p:

Greece, crap team then...I guess :p:

[donKey jote]

Talking about crap teams...
:D :D :D :D :D

[pino]

Talking about crap teams...
:D :D :D :D :D

Crap teams vs $-team :p:

[donKey jote]

Bayern? :-p

[Big Ben]

Another goalless draw for Manchester United. I hope they'll buy a few more midfielders, defensive ones if possible. I won't be surprised at all if they lose at Wolfsburg in the last round.

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[odykas]

Meanwhile, useless Ranieri...is on top of PL. ody what you say about that ? :p:

:dozey: :crazy: :p:

[donKey jote]

Madrid are a bunch of donkeys :rotflmao:

[Storm]

:D
Perez said that it's Villareal's fault for not informing. If I was the coach, Cheryshev should never play again - just for forgetting that he was ineligible...sure he was on loan but did he have a memory loss too while coming back?

[pino]

Real...stupid :laugh:

[Big Ben]

So it seems that France-Roumanie is going to be the opening match at the Euro. I'd rather didn't have our donkeys in the spotlight like that. We can hope for a boring goalless draw if they play their very best. Allez les citrons :laugh:

[Rollo]

Leicester City 2 - Chelsea 1

Leicester's run at the top of the league continues... in other news. Leicester's win puts them 11 points clear of Liverpool; which now means that I can officially write off Liverpool's season now. Writing it off before Christmas isn't fun.

[Big Ben]

I'd love it if Leicester City won the Premier League. With all these big teams throwing money left and right it would be refreshing to have them all beaten by a small team.
I won't mind if England loses its 4th spot in the Champions League either. The amount of money thrown at the Premier League is just ridiculous.

[Storm]

Ranieri defeating the guy who replaced him at Chelsea.....that must have felt good eh Claudio?

[pino]

Ranieri defeating the guy who replaced him at Chelsea.....that must have felt good eh Claudio?

Would love to ask that to stupid Abramovic...:p:

[Storm]

Like Perez too , sacking Del Bosque after winning the CL :D , that basically was turning point for recent Barca domination and the merry go round at Madrid.

[odykas]

TSO got sacked :bandit: :p:

[pino]

Who...the Special One ??? :laugh:

[donKey jote]

Po qué ?
Po qué ?
Po qué ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV1jtqpFRDY
:-p

[Rollo]

You were the Special One! It was said that you would destroy the Sith... oh, you did. Good job! :D

[steveaki13]

Awww.... Jose was doing a great job in my opinion. Shame he has gone.

Real scoring 10 today, Pep leaving Bayern and Barca winning the World Club Cup.

Its been a crazy few days. oh and Leicester dominating the Premier League

[pino]

Steve...never heard about Serie A ??? :eek: :p:

[steveaki13]

Steve...never heard about Serie A ??? :eek: :p:

I find myself barely following Footie these days. Only these things you cant avoid. Its not that I don't like it but I find myself too busy.

Oh and 8 years apiece for Blats & Plats.

[Storm]

Empoli in 6th :p:

[gadjo_dilo]

Good result for Espanyol with the new coach Costel Galca (ex Steaua coach :devil: )

:angel:

[donKey jote]

Bunch of donkeys :mad: :andrea: :p

[odykas]

Benitez sacked :p:

[odykas]

Zidane is next :dozey:

[Storm]

They think he will be Pep. If he head-butts Ronaldo should be fun to watch :p:

[Big Ben]

Pep seems to be guy who likes tough challenges... NOT

[pino]

I have lost all respect I had of him !

[Storm]

Man City...and british press seems to be salivating on the rumour (hoping) that Messi will go there too. maybe Ronaldo to Man Utd. There is always a Ronaldo bias in British media just because he played there and they think Messi has to prove himself :laugh:

I agree pino, choosing City or Bayern is the easy way out. He has won a lot of things, but perhaps he should have taken up the challenge of winning with a team like say...Valencia, Liverpool (especially!) or Dortmund (or even Juventus :D ) and tried to make them into powerhouses again. Build a team and he can attract good players - along with at least Barca and Madrid discards - and build his own dynasty. Seems like he is just like Mourinho in this respect now :s just not as obnoxious ;)

[Big Ben]

I don't like him at all but obnoxious or not, Mourinho won the Champions League with Porto and Inter, hardly the best teams of those days. On the other hand Guardiola coached two of the best teams in the world, yet at Bayern he took a team that won the treble the previous year and didn't really do anything impressive since. I know he won 3 consecutive titles in Germany but the Bundesliga is so lopsided lately that even BVB looks like a feeder club for Bayern.

[pino]

I agree with both of you guys. And that's why I said, I lost all respect for him. Way too easy to win titles coaching such rich Clubs...

[pino]

City-Leicester 1-3 hahaha :p:

[Big Ben]

I am really rooting for Leicester City. How sweet it would be if they finish ahead of all those big daddies in the Premier league.

[steveaki13]

I didn't think Leicester could do it but after today. I now believe they can. Great season for them.

[Storm]

They really should win it... Fantastic to see a side at the bottom a year ago, now on top.

[odykas]

Balls @ Juve :evil:

[steveaki13]

Been away from the forum for a while but have been watching more footie again of late too.

Champions League seems decent. Looks like we will have a couple of different teams in the latter stages. Benifica/ Zenit, Wolfsburg etc....

English footie still as crazy as ever.


Oh and Romania to win Euro 2016 :angel:

[Storm]

Atleti 1-0 Madrid
:D

[pino]

Atleti 1-0 Madrid
:D

Wrong !!!

Real- Atletico 0-1

That's better :p:

[steveaki13]

Barca looking tired but win never the less.

Real losing was super too.

Plus Arsenal lose, so the title is leaning towards a Leicester/Tottenham battle perhaps. Who predicted that. :p

I think before the season I predicted Leicester to go down.

[Storm]

Nice pred steve :p:

[odykas]

Elephant balls :mad:

[odykas]

Balls, Balls, Balls :evil:

[pino]

Very proud of my Juventus !!!

[odykas]

Great match by Juve but Bayern clinched it in the end :mad:

[Storm]

top 3 of Liga again in last 8. None from Italy :|

[pino]

top 3 of Liga again in last 8. None from Italy :|

As today, Juve is among the 4 best in Europe, and we would've reached the semi, or even the final, if we didn't have to play Bayern. Our fault, we should and could have won our Group, and play an easier side.

[Big Ben]

I felt like vomiting when I saw the final result in the morning. I would have loved to see Bayern and that coward manager of theirs out.

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[Storm]

As usual Madrid (and Chelsea normally - btw where are all the premier league has best teams talk? Leicester in CL next year ;) ) get the easier draw :s

Barca v Atleti - again! will be tough to break them! Arda Turan to score :p:

[odykas]

Bayern vs Benfica
Real Madrid vs Wolfsburg (who? :dozey:)

Give me a break!

[odykas]

RIP Johan Cruyff :(

[Storm]

:(

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Germany 2 - 3 England

Which obviously means England will win the Euros. :donkey:

Nice to see the Leicester and Tottenham players producing for England.

[odykas]

It appears Torres scored a goal vs Barca :dozey:

[pino]

And then he got a red card, by another stupid referee :mad:

[odykas]

Back to real Torres :laugh:

[gadjo_dilo]

Torres: angel and demon for Atletico. :s

What a match......

[pino]

Forza Atletico!!!

[gadjo_dilo]

Suarez :angryfire:

[steveaki13]

Not watching today. Just wanted to say hi to you guys :wave:

[gadjo_dilo]

Not watching today.
:eek: The end of the world is near......

[steveaki13]

:eek: The end of the world is near......

too busy and not been near a TV. ;)

[gadjo_dilo]

too busy and not been near a TV. ;)

Stuck in a motel, probably. :laugh:

[Mintexmemory]

And then he got a red card, by another stupid referee :mad:

'And then he got a red card, by another UEFA paid referee' there fixed it for you!

As an Arsenal supporter I am only too aware how referees are biased towards Barcelona. Just watch how much favour they receive in La Liga matches also!

[odykas]

Stupid ref :p:

[Storm]

As an Arsenal supporter I am only too aware how referees are biased towards Barcelona. Just watch how much favour they receive in La Liga matches also!
Yeah they love them so much that every CL draw is tough compared to some other *Real* teams. btw they might have had some luck with refs but then as the saying goes you do make your own luck..Arsenal on the other hand, even when the league is there for the taking with Utd,City and Chelsea piss poor, have 2 teams above them in the league, including Spurs :cheese:

I did not watch this but next week I'll be watching!

[odykas]

Real Madrid vs Wolfsburg (who? :dozey:)


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