Football team?

[Gischie]

Since I moved to London, I begin to get interest to football, and of course the team I support is Arsenal for 2 reasons, the first is because of Arsene Wenger, the manager, he is french and he always tries to build a good team with what he had and he is the only person I understand clearly the englis on TV lol. The 2nd is of course most of the player are French, I have to support immigrant french like me in the UK!

What's your?

[Ruka]

FC.Porto, not is just my hometown team as my grandfather was friends with some retired players and also an inspiration to me. Even so, I'm not much of a Soccer fan, I only watch a few games of Porto, but I won't miss a important game of my country no matter what.

I'm also a fan of Manchester United, for the reason some great portuguese players are there. I also admire the teamleadership and their acomplishments on the premier league(s). Next would be Arsenal and Barcelona.

[God-Like Phoenix]

Well, I dont really get to watch too many of the games, or get updates on how things are going in the european leagues, but the two team I really like are Chelsea and Bayern Munich. In the A-League(Aussies have 'football' also :p ) I go for the Melbourne Victory :D

The reason I like Chelsea, well...originally because I like the colour :p but now that I actually know something about football, I like them because of Ballack...hes my favourite player, and the reason I like Bayern is because the German ex-keeper Oliver Khan used to play for them, and he was I think my favourite keeper, that and Gemany is my favourite international team(Aus excluded) and the german players that I liked were in that team :p

[Sleipner]

I'm a big football fan, been supporting Manchester United all my life. Mainly the family's influence as like 4 others in my close family also support Man United :)

[Jas]

I count myself as a little bit of a football nut hahaha, i'v watched for as long as i can remember, i surport 2 teams, my local team and my glory team =P, "West Bromwich Albion" and "Real Madrid".

[Leady FF ^^]

Arsenal of course. Fav player Samir 'Nasty-Nas' Nasri!!

Jas - we are playing u in the next round of the FA cup I think. (If we can both get past our replays -_-).

[Lady Sun]

I used to be really into my football. If I was to say a team that I support, it is Arsenal. But I have lost nearly all interest in football. I just think football is about business, and not about football. I also find the pay for a footballer ridiculous. They aint doing anything important like saving peoples lifes. It infuriates me. This is just my personal views on the matter of course. Everyone is entitled to watch/play/support football.

Football sends me to sleep.

[Leady FF ^^]

Well u still counts as an Arsenal fan :D

Just have to say, thanks god for Robin Van Persie. Rescuing us right at the end there. I was almost in tears before that..

...still generally going to be very hard for us this season though -_-

[God-Like Phoenix]

Well...I guess that noone else follows the A-League :rolleyes: It isnt really all that big of a league either, right now there's only 8 teams, but next season there are 2 more teams being introduced, which will make the season longer and a bit more competative :)

[Psycho_Ifrit]

my favorite team is rangers althrough i dont watch football that much

[Leady FF ^^]

GLP - you must no Tim Cahill right? the best (and most annoying) Aussie player!

[God-Like Phoenix]

Lol, yeah...he is pretty good, but he does start to annoy the crap out of me at times :p
I dont think I really have a favourite Australian player...but I just support them whenever they play :)

[Leady FF ^^]

They are pretty good !!

[God-Like Phoenix]

Theyve only been somewhat good in this decade...before that, they were pretty much useless :p During the world cup(whenever it was) we were getting up very early in the morning just to watch Australia...and also was quite devestated when we lost to Italy(quite unfairly mind you <_< )

[Leady FF ^^]

frustrating day at the Emirates today and my fingers almost fell off with the cold!!

[God-Like Phoenix]

frustrating day at the Emirates today and my fingers almost fell off with the cold!!
Lol...would you rather trade weather :D Id rather put up with the cold anyway...and you can try and put up with the Aussie summer(its horrible, seriously)

I think I was watching the start of the Arsenal game last night...was it against West Ham? or one of the West teams? I didnt see all of it, how did they go?

[Leady FF ^^]

yeah it was West Ham, all Arsenal but ended 0-0:mad:

[Gischie]

Don't be sad Leady ff ^^, I'm sure Arsenal will sin the next one! and I also hope that Arshaving guy will finally join the team, after all the effort that Arsene made to get him -_-

[Leady FF ^^]

He just joined today !!! YAYAYYAYAYA. he will be good trust me, and we will be there to see him on his first match I think ^^

[Gischie]

Great news, I really hope he won't disappoint us!!! Arsenal truly needs some good player as almost of them are injured -_-

[Leady FF ^^]

yes, but I think Eduardo and Walcott will be back before long ^^

[UltimateWarrior]

Hey guys. We've got some cool teams on here. Big boys like Arsenal. Proper hometown teams like West Brom. Even the up and coming stars from down under. But with no mention of my beloved Liverpool I've had to join in.

Looks like it could be a good game tonight if the weather allows. Just hope we can stop that little Aussie nuisance Cahill from sneaking in and nicking another goal. He's one of those players that you'd love if he was playing for your team but hate when he's playing for someone else. Unlike players like Bellamy, Savage, Pennant, Diouf and Chimbonda who everybody hates.

How about a Premier League Hated 11 as chosen by us.

Goal - Lehmann (no longer in the Premier League but the memories of this nutter live on)
Defence - Terry
Defence -
Defence - Ashley Cole
Defence - Chimbonda
Midfield - Diouf
Midfield - Bowyer
Midfield -
Midfield -
Forward - Bellamy
Forward -

There's a few to start with. Any suggestions?

[Leady FF ^^]

Some additions :)

Goal - Lehmann (no longer in the Premier League but the memories of this nutter live on)
Defence - Terry
Defence - Rio Ferdinand
Defence - Ashley Cole
Defence - Chimbonda
Midfield - Diouf
Midfield - Bowyer
Midfield - Lampard
Midfield -
Forward - Bellamy
Forward -

[UltimateWarrior]

I can feel the Chelsea dislike already. They really have become such an unpopular team.

[Leady FF ^^]

My Most hated:

Chelsea + Tottenham (impossible to seperate) > Stoke > Newcastle > Villa (well mainly their fans and MON's goal celebrations)

[Gischie]

My Most hated:

Chelsea + Tottenham (impossible to seperate) > Stoke > Newcastle > Villa (well mainly their fans and MON's goal celebrations)

I joint you for Tottemham, I even wonder why they are still on premiere League, they are so rubbish -_-!!!!

@ UltimateWarriors : Of course, we need Liverpool fan!!!! (wonder if I should support Liverpool team now, as I live at 4 stop of Liverpool street tube station, anyway they are all better than Leyton Orient, please kill me if you see me one day, support them!)

[God-Like Phoenix]

Looks like it could be a good game tonight if the weather allows. Just hope we can stop that little Aussie nuisance Cahill from sneaking in and nicking another goal. He's one of those players that you'd love if he was playing for your team but hate when he's playing for someone else. Unlike players like Bellamy, Savage, Pennant, Diouf and Chimbonda who everybody hates.
Hurrah for the Aussies :D

In the A-League, one of the new teams (Nth Queensland Fury) had a big signing...and I recognised the name as a big one from over in one of bigger leagues...but I just cant remember the guys name...I also cant remember what is the other new team coming in :confused:

[Leady FF ^^]

I think it's best not to mention football to UltimateWarrior today....

*ouch*

[God-Like Phoenix]

Why...did Cahill manage to be a pain?

[Gischie]

Liverpool lost vs Everton, 0-1 ^^ you have to be fair play and accept the defeat!

[Leady FF ^^]

Actually Cahill was pretty quiet in that match but Everton one the battle of attritrion in the end!

I found this, the top 50 highest payed football players:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/4537364/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-and-Kaka-pip-Premier-League-stars-in-football-wages-list.html

Cant believe that Terry and Lampard are still that high up the list!

[Gischie]

Actually Cahill was pretty quiet in that match but Everton one the battle of attritrion in the end!

I found this, the top 50 highest payed football players:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/4537364/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-and-Kaka-pip-Premier-League-stars-in-football-wages-list.html

Cant believe that Terry and Lampard are still that high up the list!
-_- there is only one Arsenal guy on it, at least we can see who really work for quality and not money!

[God-Like Phoenix]

Bah...no Aussies in that list :p but at least one of my favourites made it up there ^^

Ballack ^.^ Also...it seems that Barcelona has quite a few up there...with Messi, Eto'o and Henry all in the top ten

[Insp. Chin]

Queens Park Rangers :3

The guys in the office have Arsenal, Liverpool, Spurs (Tottenham Hotspur) then I'll just choose QPR lol thanks to UltimateWarrior for giving that team to me XD

[Jsun]

I like the Washington Redskins http://209.85.122.85/10700/149/0/e6650//e6650.gif

[Gischie]

Queens Park Rangers :3

The guys in the office have Arsenal, Liverpool, Spurs (Tottenham Hotspur) then I'll just choose QPR lol thanks to UltimateWarrior for giving that team to me XD

Chin is completly unknown for me, why didn't you act like my new malaysian housemates, support Arsenal!

[God-Like Phoenix]

Hey...for those who either play the FIFA or Soccer/Footbal games...or think they know a thing or two about the game, what formation is your most effective, or what would you think would be good?

On pretty much all soccer games, the formation that I use is a 3-5-2 field, with a wide passing style, and when it comes to defending...not applying pressure untill they make it into my defensive third. Sure sometimes they might get to the wings easier...but with the amount of midfielders that come back, its fairly easy to clog the passing lanes :)

[Leady FF ^^]

I dont play football games >.< I'm useless at them for some reason.

Hey QPR is a good pick Insp. Chin, its the same team as Pete Doherty supports!

[God-Like Phoenix]

Last night was another World Cup qualifier for Australia...and we versed Japan.
It was a pretty good game, it was obvious that Australia was playing for a draw...since the game was a very defensive one...but just remind me never to watch any world cup related games with my mum again. My god she does not shut the hell up!! <.<

[Gischie]

Leady FF ^^ is a liar, he is quite good on football :p I saw him playing last time. But honestly I prefer to watch it then playing it, I'm kinda allergic to sport -_-

[Leady FF ^^]

wow, I didnt even know that Japan was playing (hahaha...it seems Toshi is more interested in the England team then)!

[God-Like Phoenix]

LOL, either way, the match wasnt the most exciting of games...it ended up 0-0
Australia I think only had one shot on goal, and that was a very long shot straight at the keeper by Cahill ^^

[Leady FF ^^]

well, its better than France

(lost 2-0 to Argentina and boo'd by their own fans!)

[Gischie]

Shut up Leady ff ^^, >< you know why France always lost, they have a team with all the good players and the problem is the manager, if only they change Domenech to Wenger 0_0!!!! WE WILL WIN ALL THE TIME!

[Leady FF ^^]

See my new avi - present from my beloved Gischie for Valentines day - Benzema 9 shirts!!! (except its Les Rouge not Les Bleu)

[UltimateWarrior]

Hey...for those who either play the FIFA or Soccer/Footbal games...or think they know a thing or two about the game, what formation is your most effective, or what would you think would be good?

On pretty much all soccer games, the formation that I use is a 3-5-2 field, with a wide passing style, and when it comes to defending...not applying pressure untill they make it into my defensive third. Sure sometimes they might get to the wings easier...but with the amount of midfielders that come back, its fairly easy to clog the passing lanes :)

Just saw you message about this GLP. You've got it sorted pretty well already. Always best to have an attacking formation in footy agmes as the focus is always on getting goals rather than defending. The only thing is to make sure you don't drag players out of position or you can get caught on the break. Always try to pass your way towards their goal and don't use one player for too long or he'll take ages to get back into position. It's also important not to tire out players in FIFA 09 so make sure you don't sprint too much. And most importantrly try to release sprint before you shoot as your shot at goal will be much more accurate. Hope the words of wisdom help.

LOL, either way, the match wasnt the most exciting of games...it ended up 0-0
Australia I think only had one shot on goal, and that was a very long shot straight at the keeper by Cahill ^^

The problem for the Aussie team is that the players have so far too travel for each game. They should try to have an Aussie based squad and a Europe based squad and organise frienlies in Europe for the Premier Legaue players and then get the Aussie based squad to play the easier qualifying games in Australia. It's no suprise why the Aussie players are always injured so much when they must be so tired and never get time to recover.

See my new avi - present from my beloved Gischie for Valentines day - Benzema 9 shirts!!! (except its Les Rouge not Les Bleu)

That's awesome. Just make sure you never wear that at Wembley or you'll never get out alive. You might want to burn it though if Man U ever sign Benzema.

[Gischie]

it won't happen -_- OL, the french team of Benzema asked too much money!!! and they are right about it because Benzema is their treasure!

[UltimateWarrior]

I'm sure Man City could afford him. They pay silly money. But they're rubbish. :p

[Gischie]

I hope it won't happen, after Ribéry who went to Germany if Benzema would go to UK -_-, there would be no more good player at France and only in the national team (and managed by a silly guy, what's a shame!)

http://www.lepost.fr/article/2007/12/17/1069254_manchester-utd-offre-32-m-pour-benzema.html
For people who can read french, in this article, you can read clearly than Benzema will say "no" to manchester, he said he will leave Lyon team only when they will win the french première ligue!
The O.L. manager said, he prefers to keep Benzema and sell Baros!

[God-Like Phoenix]

The problem for the Aussie team is that the players have so far too travel for each game. They should try to have an Aussie based squad and a Europe based squad and organise frienlies in Europe for the Premier Legaue players and then get the Aussie based squad to play the easier qualifying games in Australia. It's no suprise why the Aussie players are always injured so much when they must be so tired and never get time to recover.
That would be an alright idea, but the amount of really good players, who are at world cup standards, isnt all that good,and I think lately, due to injuries, we're finding it hard to get even one team of world-class players.

With that formation that I use, I sometime to get caught out while defending...there's a fair gap between the midfielders and the defenders, so when they get past the midfielders, I usually come up with one of the defenders, which just leaves a massive gap for them to run through...I need to work on that one :p but yeah, I try to pass it as much as I can in getting it towards goals, mainly because I cant be bothered to try and run it all the way ^.^

[Leady FF ^^]

Arsenal now 0 - 0 in their last three games. wtf that is something I never thought I would say. We are usually one of the best attacking sides around, jyst with a suspect defense!

[God-Like Phoenix]

LOL...when what your known for starts to fail, thats when you know that the team is having a bit of a problem :)

In the A-League, the Grand Final is next weekend, and its between the Melbourne Victory and the Adelaide Reds, and I really want the Victory to win, cause I really dont like Adelaide, and I dont think that will be a problem, seeing how they've beaten them 2 times in the past month ^.^

[Leady FF ^^]

Tonight and tomorrow are the first rounds of the Champions League Knock-Out stages. Tonights matched are Arsenal v Roma and Inter v Man U. Tomorrow is is Liverpool v Real Madrid and Chelsea v Juventus (I'm not sure who is home and away in those ties).

Anyway I hope that Arsenal and Liverpool go through and the two English teams get knocked out ^^

[Gischie]

RVP >< is so good, there isn't a lot of man who can score like this (some of them are too stressed and they automatically fail) but not him he scored one nil for Arsenal!!!

P.S. : For me who saw the match on TV last night, I found Roma player awful so cheaty!!!!

[Leady FF ^^]

(some of them are too stressed and they automatically fail

For sure.

We need to believe in ourselves and show our quality.

And yes Roma are cheats but luckily they got so much Yellow card, one of the best players (De Rossi) will miss the away leg of the game. Great!

[Gischie]

Keep on doing your Arsene Wenger impression by repeating everywhere Quality :p!!! None of them were sent off but it was though for Arsenal too -_- I can't believe even Nasri got a yellow card!

[LittleDragonZ]

Man U should've won, but their keeper was like a savior to them. At least though they couldn't get a goal in our net at their own ground, so it was a good result really.

[Leady FF ^^]

yeah but if they score 1 at Old Trafford you have to get 2. That tie is still in the balance (hopefully United will get 1-1 draw at OT and go out of the competition! hahaah).

[God-Like Phoenix]

YAY!! on the weekend, the Melbourne Victory won the grand final of the A-League :D
They beat the Adeliade reds 1-0 and the goal didnt come till around the 50th minute, and it was a fairly good one also, shot from outside the box ^^

So...anything new and interesting happening on that side of the world, football-wise?

[Leady FF ^^]

gratz to Melbourne!

Well this weekemd I was at Arsenal v Fulham, which resulted in Arsenal's fourth 0-0 in a row which is quite rubbish. We created 3 clear chances but Van Persie missed 2 and hit the post with the other wtf

Alot of people in the Stadium were frustrated and booing at the end which is annoying to me but I guess understandable.

Luckily we have a chance to put things right on Tuesday away to West Brom.

Other than that Spurs lost the Carling Cup final to Man u on penalties lol.

[Gischie]

Premiere League Classment :
1 Man Utd 62
2 Chelsea 55
3 Liverpool 55
4 Aston Villa 52
5 Arsenal 46

Luckily ARSENAL is still number 5 of the league >< everything seemed to change so quick, last time Liverpool was on the top now they are number 3!

[Leady FF ^^]

yer, but we have to finish 4th to qualify or the Champions League. We need to win 2 games and Villa lose 2 to even get equal!!! -_-

COME ON YOUR MIGHTY GUNNERS!!! SHOW UR QUALITY!!

[LittleDragonZ]

I read on the BBC site today that people were suggesting United were going to beat even the treble. Since they've won the Carling and there's 3 to go, but Sir Alex has said he won't want to think it's going to be that way until the final stages.

[Leady FF ^^]

Let's hope manu(re) win zero other trophies this season!

[Gischie]

>_> Let's hope some team like Tottenham will go back to their place ---> championship!

[LittleDragonZ]

@Leady FF ^^: What are the chances!

@Gischie: In a million years maybe! :p My brother, sister and step-dad are all Spurs fans. My dad is a Man U fan.

[Gischie]

OMG, LDZ, everything about you is worse and getting worst!

How come all your family is infected by Spur virus O_o and how did you do to survivre and support MAN U among them?
And sorry to say that to you but COLDSpurs won't shine anymore and they will stay at their usual place, bottom of the league.

[LittleDragonZ]

OMG, LDZ, everything about you is getting worst and worst!

How come all your family is infected by Spur virus O_o and how did you do to survivre and support MAN U among them?
And sorry to say that to you but COLDSpurs won't shine anymore and they will stay at their usual place, bottom of the league.
Hahahaha! Well since my biological dad is a Manchester United supporter, I was brought up as one myself. It's funny the rest like Spurs though.

[Gischie]

You mean it's a shame? (not funny at all)

[God-Like Phoenix]

Oh, when I was waiting for my dad to pick me up from basketball, I saw a guy leaving the sports center wearing the black Man U jersey, and I think it had Franko or some name like that...on the back, with 99...anyway, just seeing it reminded me of this thread :p

[Leady FF ^^]

I hope you cursed him.

Anyway Arsenal now 3 pts behind Villa in Fourth spot. Up the **** as they say!!

Gischie and I are goint to the Emirates for FA cup match against Burnley on Sunday, can't wait!

[Gischie]

Can't wait for it Leady ff ^^

Arsenal is climbing

[Leady FF ^^]

And the end 3-0

Carlos Vela 1-0 (class chip from just inside the area)
Eduardo 2-0 (outside of left boot - Beach Goal as Arsene said!)
Eboue 3-0 (what more can you say!)

Other than that it rained. HARD!!

[Jas]

Doesn't look too good for both of my teams =(

West Brom are stuck at the bottem of the league and can't even buy a point

And Real are behind Barca and about to lose to Liverpool

[Leady FF ^^]

lol

I remember you were a West Brom fans when we beat you 3-1

(i still think Real are dangerous but Liverpool are great at defending in Europe so it will be tough).

[Jas]

ye losing isn't fun lol

they can be but there too unpredictable, they funny thing i found with Rafa Benitez is that when he played agains't Real he had 9 men behind the ball, but when other teams do that to him after the match's he would whine and cry and say things like "small clubs" which ticked off a few managers but he used the same tactics against Madrid... hypocrite

but it still worked lol

[GanNing4Eva]

i support Man U
but when i was about 4 i actrully supported Arsenal
when Chelsea was in the lead i changed to Man U
because where i come from everyone likes Arsenal and i like to be different so i changed to man u! :D

[Gischie]

yeah some people >_> just turn to be worst!

Anyway, did you ever notice that player in Everton Marouane Fellaini, I usually don't care about Everton but since he is there, their game seemed to be more dirty -_-! and of course they paid him 12£m while he could go to play for tottenham and the worst in this story believe me or not he is FRENCH -_-!
http://www.sport.co.uk/public/images_news/2009/2/13/AI_fellaini1322009.jpg

[Jas]

I'm pretty sure he's not french, he's belgium i'm pretty sure

[Gischie]

I wish he is Belgium and not french, those people are so strange LOL (sorry if someone live in that country LOLOLOLOLOL XD)

P.S. : it's so long I didn't talk to you Jas :p

[Leady FF ^^]

lol Bebe ^^ I know you love Feillaini. Lets hope he knocks Man U out of the FA cup ^^

There is a spurs player with an even bigger haircut but he uusally keeps in platted and doesnt show the afro. I would tell you who it is but that would mean visiting the THFC website and I couldnt go that. The last time I even said the word Tottenham I stepped in some dog poo. >.,<

[Jas]

No Liz he is Belgian, here wiki link :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marouane_Fellaini

i Know how have you been ?

[Gischie]

lol Bebe ^^ I know you love Feillaini. Lets hope he knocks Man U out of the FA cup ^^

There is a spurs player with an even bigger haircut but he uusally keeps in platted and doesnt show the afro. I would tell you who it is but that would mean visiting the THFC website and I couldnt go that. The last time I even said the word Tottenham I stepped in some dog poo. >.,<

that was a classic you stepping in the poo when you began to sing Tottenham song, that's a sign Tottenham = **** and nothing else.

:) By the way Leady ff ^^, I love your new avi!

@ Jas : I bet it, he is Belgium, no french people could be so agressive ><

[Leady FF ^^]

By the way Leady ff ^^, I love your new avi!

ty, wot an Englisg gurl Football and Fish 'n Chips ^^

OMFG Liverpool 4 - Real Madrd 0

Tonite Arsenal!! Come on you mighty GOONERS!!

[God-Like Phoenix]

I think that its a nice avi too ^^

That sounds like a pretty good win for Arsenal...lets just hope that they can ride that wave of momentum and get a few more good wins :)

[Leady FF ^^]

wow! wot a game Gischie and me have just watched one of the most intense matches ever! I dont think I could got through it without her 0_0 Her lucky guantlets pulled through as well and my lucky shirt lives to fight another day!

Unbelievable penalty shoot out-but great work under pressure from the Arsenal boys! great work my Denilson, Diaby. Big balls stuff ^^

Determination, Quality, Mental Strength and Spirit!

[Gischie]

Liverpool showed their strenght once again 4-1 vs Man U, now we can see who is a good team and it's certainly not Man U O_o (hope LDZ is sad).

And yes Leady ff ^^, Arsenal and Roma was such a good match!!!! I was scared for them every moment!!!

[Leady FF ^^]

Up the **** and Up the Pool!!

(i cant admit it but i was actually happy with Spurs winnin today)

[Leady FF ^^]

Here's comes the Champions League qtr-final draw!:

(wots gonna happen 0_0)

EDIT:

Quarter-Final draw:

Villarreal v Arsenal :D
Manchester United v FC Porto :rolleyes:
Liverpool v Chelsea :eek:
Barcelona v Bayern Munich

Semi-Final draw:
Manchester United or FC Porto v Villarreal or Arsenal :cool:
Barcelona or Bayern Munich v Liverpool or Chelsea

[God-Like Phoenix]

Ahh dammit...both of my favourite teams have tough matches :(

Out of those, I think that the Liverpool v Chelsea match will be the best out of them, and then the Bayern v Barcelona, those two would be the two games to really watch :)

[God-Like Phoenix]

Right now im watching the Portsmouth vs Everton match...LIVE!!! (ZOMG) and yeah, Everton are off to a great start, with a goal in I think it was the 3rd-4th minute, from a penalty just outside the box...too bad Cahill isnt playing ^^

[Leady FF ^^]

1-1! Crouch, the lanky, robot-dancing, beanpole scores!

[God-Like Phoenix]

LOL, im not watching anymore...mainly due to the time, the satelite tv being in the other room...and me rather being in my room with the laptop :p but I did see Crouch's name on the list, and knew that he was going to make some sort of impact in the game...that seemed to come true ^^

[Thadius]

I very rarely watch footie and those times are mostly EU cup or World Cup purely to watch the overpaid England team girls fail miserably :) but I do always want Liverpool to win since my family is majorally scouse and I was born in Liverpool so yeah, ferry cross the mersey and all that.

COS DEY DOO DAT DOH DON DEY =p

[Gischie]

I'm also glad that Liverpool is on the top 3, they are my second favourite team after Arsenal.
Something I noticed recently, Arsenal turned to be so good, they always score 3 or 4 now O_o!!!!

And also, it's a shame for Man U, they lost versus FULLHAM, can you believe that?

[LittleDragonZ]

It was a first-half stumble. We still have the advantage and luckily Chelsea lost their game which was surprising.

We are just making the Premiership more exciting for you. ;)

[Gischie]

Or more dirt >_> I don't want to be mean again but the last Man U games, was extremly dirt, even Rooney at the end just caught the ball with his hands and Ronaldo almost kicked this guy because he wanted to be nice with him.... yeah -_- MAN U hates loosing, that's why they are dirt, honestly for me, they are a shame for football!!!!

[Leady FF ^^]

MAN U hates loosing, that's why they are dirt, honestly for me, they are a shame for football!!!!

i agree ! and now United fans are saying Owen Hargreaves is what they are lacking...lol...well I suppose he will better than all the ex-Spurs players you have!

[Jas]

Have you lot seen this "COMIC RELIEF 2009" thing about the england players by James Corden, so funny lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjHTM069qDM

[Leady FF ^^]

God I hate the England team! How could you support that reprehensible bunch.

[God-Like Phoenix]

The one national team that I like the most when Australia is not involved is Germany...I think ive said that before, earlier in this thread :confused:

Ballack, Klose and when he used to play... Khan are my favourite players in the team :)

[Leady FF ^^]

I'll go for France (and the Dutch) probably.

[Gischie]

>_> With the ****ing rubbish manager we had, I won't support France honestly!

[Jas]

Will how can you not support you home country ?

[Fayt]

Australia have a world cup qualifying match tonight actually, against Uzbekistan, if you are a Fox Sports subscriber in our country you can watch it live, I will be!

I really hope we can get into the World Cup again, the more times we can get in, the better the game will be in our country, I'd much rather see it success then the likes of Thugby. :P

[LittleDragonZ]

Bah, the goal lead stolen from us...

Well it was a very good game for a first-leg, and Rooney played well, but we will need to shock Porto in the next game or we are in trouble.

[Ruka]

Bah, the goal lead stolen from us...

Well it was a very good game for a first-leg, and Rooney played well, but we will need to shock Porto in the next game or we are in trouble.Will see that, LDZ. :D I a fan of both teams but when it comes to Porto x Manchester United, my hometown team takes priority. Still it was a good game. ;P

[LittleDragonZ]

Yeah, they have the goal advantage and home ground. Funnily though that Fergy never jumped in the air on that second goal of ours, his experience must've known not to get carried away (like their boss...)

What we need to do is give them a good scare at the start. Play and feed off their nerves.

[Leady FF ^^]

Bah, the goal lead stolen from us...

I didnt see it all, but it looks like Ronney kept you in it and his first goal was pure luck as well.

Porto are good at home, trust me, look what they did to Arsenal in the group stages.

And in case you missed Ade's goal from last night for Arsenal: http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/2333568/

1-1 and back to the Emirates for the second leg.

[LittleDragonZ]

Rooney was focused last night, he knew exactly what he was doing, he deserved that first goal. And did very well with that back touch to Tevez for the second. He showed to Porto that he's a threat.

Ronaldo really barely had the ball...

[Jas]

LDZ that first goal was pure luck, but was good judgement from Rooney, Porto on the other hand played alot better than even i expected, and i'm an optimist. As in the other game Villarreal vs Arsenal, Villarreal dominated the first half, but Arsenal came back strong in the second half.

[LittleDragonZ]

That was the thing though, Rooney was entirely focused the whole game. And as you may know, the passing was dreadful in the first 20 mins or so.

LOL except he were not on the ball when he took that cross outside the line that one time. That was exhaustion.

[Jas]

Lol ye Rooney has been playing very well for the past month now =P

[Gischie]

Will how can you not support you home country ?

Because Will is french in the link of wedding lol!

[Leady FF ^^]

Because Will is french in the link of wedding lol!

Exactly and our best man will be Arsene ^^ 'This is a marriage of great quality!'

[Insp. Chin]

Liverpool got owned >.< Hope UltimateWarrior is okay.

[Leady FF ^^]

Me too, I didnt hear from him yet. Must be completely gutted.

[Gischie]

Exactly and our best man will be Arsene ^^ 'This is a marriage of great quality!'

HAHAHHAHA, Quality wedding (the food might be great), spiritual wedding (sont' loose the ring before the D-Day) and mental strenght (make love to the bride at least 3 times in the night LOL)

Yeah it was sad for Liverpool :s, they keep on winning and winning and chelsea beated them like this -_-

[Leady FF ^^]

(make love to the bride at least 3 times in the night LOL)

lol what a coquin miss!!

[LittleDragonZ]

Hahaha, I'm really glad Liverpool got owned like that. I wouldn't of been if it were -
A: Their boss being so big-headed lately.
B: Some people I know who took the mick cause Man U drawed the other day.

I hate Chelsea! But it was time for Liverpool to stop with praising themselves like this. And I am sorry for UltimateWarrior, he's a nice guy.

FOOTBALL IS WAR, FOOTBALL MEANS WAR!!

[Gischie]

You know what, I hate Man U! But it was time for them to stop with praising themselves like this. And I am sorry for you LDZ, you're a bit stupid!

Football is a game, a sport silly boy and >_> the first rule is to be nice and fair with everyone even if you lost, something that MAN U can't do!

And how dare you to give lesson to Liverpool who I think really deserve what they earnt though all this season?


People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones, LDZ

[LittleDragonZ]

I knew that would get your attention, hahaha!

On a side note, well done to Kiko for getting that goal at Sunderland. And on another side note, football means business, Gischie! Ah I can remember the feeling of the treble, getting those two late goals against Bayern Munich... One of the best days of my life...

Also it's not possible to have ''nice and fair'' in the Champions League. A little tap and the player is diving, it'll continue to be that. The refs are bias as well.

[Gischie]

it's because of people like you that I hate football at France, they just make it so dirt.
For me a sport, it's something you should enjoy it and share it like a passion, it's not a matter who is strongest, who is the richest.... if you let your heart turns to business and money and ruin your talent, there is no point to get interest on it?

It's really make me sad what you said, sincerely!

[LittleDragonZ]

Will is a big Arsenal fan, I'm sure he'll agree that football is not ''just a sport'' and also believes the other few things I've said.

If you tell a diehard fan that football is overrated or that they take it too seriously, there's a high chance they'll turn their nose on you. To them, it's not just a game. A passion and religion more like, Gischie.

[Gischie]

>_> yeah I forgot if Will agree I should agree like if your dad eat a toast you want to eat one too, sorry to disappoint you, Will and I are complete different persons when it comes about to have an opinion on something.
Now if you want to talk about it, let's do it on msn or in face to face where I could crush and destroy all your arguments one by one with all a good pleasure or else stuck there but I'll stop answer to your stupid comments of "attention seeker" capiche!

[Insp. Chin]

Yoooo please calm down *gives some sweets to both of you*

Don't let the game breaks the friendship :P

[Jas]

Wow Wow wow guys cool it, it's one thing to discuss but you both have to respect each others own toughts, as were not all that same thats what makes us all so special,so we should just respect each others individuality.

[LittleDragonZ]

Chin knows me the best, all I stated was really a bias view on Man U and football in general. It's like I do with Zhao Yun in Dynasty Warriors.

On topic, I hope Liverpool get an early goal today, it'll make the match very interesting.

[Matty1994]

manchester united are the best and will always be the best

[LittleDragonZ]

^That's the spirit! :D

Ronaldo's goal was a cracker last night! It would've helped ease the tension if we followed that up and got another though.

Next round:
Man U vs Arsenal
Chelsea vs Barcelona

One of those English clubs will make it into the final. That's a bonus.

[God-Like Phoenix]

Hopefully two english teams are in there ;)

Chelsea vs Arsenal or Chelsea vs Man U... which one would be better? :rolleyes:

[Matty1994]

id prefer man u vs chelsea so manchester united can destroy them because i hate chelsea

[Jas]

Well that match was very painful to watch, barca killed us 6 - 2 T_T

[Leady FF ^^]

I sky+d it. I just hope they do the same to Chelsea!

[Jas]

Thet were unstoppable, they are the best team in the world at the mo, by far !!!

I think they will come ard and fast at Chelsea, and i think they'll go all the way

[ebil shrimp]

well i support west bromwich albion *cough*

manly cos i was born near there and my uncle supported them

[LittleDragonZ]

Well I'm so glad United are in the Champions League Final now. The first goal was an error by a defender, the second was a blinder and perhaps iffy judgement from the keeper, and the third was the really deserved goal. But what was wrong was Fletcher being sent off, the bottom of his boot clipped the ball and pushed it away in another direction. So he got sent off and his dreams shattered from playing in the final...

Anyways United's early goals were what sealed it.

[Matty1994]

i now fletcher shouldent have been sent off :mad:
but i am gld man u won and r in te finals :D
also did u find the comentators were a bit biased in the first half only talking about arsnal :mad: but got a bit better in the second :(

[Jas]

Too be fair When Man U face Tottenham, they got that lucky penalty for when Gomez got the ball and Carrick dived.

But in this game Fletcher did get the ball (by the way what a tackle!) but Fabregas dived and won the penalty, so i guess what comes around goes around, Man U are just luck that 1 it wasn't a big name player and 2 the goal didn't really matter

=P

[LittleDragonZ]

Yeah I did hear them often talk about how unlucky Arsenal were. It's was the lack of judgement the first two goals. The first the defender made a mistake and the second the keeper likely never expected a blast or just timed it wrong. It was the fact Ronaldo took the chance and hit it on target that mattered the most.

The third goal was probably the best and no questions about it having any excuses against it, as Ronaldo was crazy chasing that ball down.

[Matty1994]

best break away ever :D

[Matty1994]

finals manu vs barcelona

drogba is so totaly nuts i always call him diver drogba eaither way i am happy chelsea got umilliated on tv :D still so funny

[LittleDragonZ]

Chelsea probably deserved it though, I think Barcelona only had a few shots, and their late equalizer was one of them. But yeah, Drogba did go all a bit crazy at the end, though I know he's always been like that. The press know that.

That ref had to be shifted out the country because of many death threats.

[Jas]

Barca had about 15 - 17 shots but only one on target, but i guess you only need to score 1 lol

now on the pens 1st one wasn't IMO was always a free kick, 2nd was a pen but barca didn't get there pen when Henry was pulled down by Bosingwa back in the first leg so it kinda evens out, 3rd pen was 50/50 to me, too fast for him to react, but he shouldn't have had hs hands up, so 50/50 for me. Ow and the gerard pique one wasn't IMO, he didn't really know much about it.

And i think it's pretty cheap to think that the match was fixed by UEFA, for shame

[Leady FF ^^]

I've only just stopped laughing about last night. LOL Chelsea, deserved that ffor their negative game. Hope we tonk them at the weekend now. Super Arshavin for the hatrick ^^

best break away ever

if you are talking about United's 3rd on Tuesday. It was absolutely magical, I have seen it about 20 times now. And as an Arsenal fan that really hurts. But honestly to me that is what football is all about.

[LittleDragonZ]

Yeah, it really was. You could see Ronaldo's desire for it. He's a fantastic player, it's just that not many like him being big-headed, he even showed signs of show-boating versus Arsenal. Oh, and he's probably got many people frown at him because any player wants the FIFA award lol. But yeah, I would say it's his cockyness that goes overboard. It's like how I remember one of the commentators commenting on how he should be respectful to a beaten side, that's a prime example of him doing it.

[Leady FF ^^]

Cant wait til we murder you @ OT in revenge in the league ^^ haha...watch this space. Super Ashavin is coming for u!!!

[Matty1994]

lol but during the arsnal game some of the supporters left before half time and they say they support thir team they didnt even stay to support arsnals they put shame to football team fans :mad:

[LittleDragonZ]

Well when our previous game started, within the first few minutes Arsenal showed signs of ''Uh oh, this is gonna be gruesome.'' It's just that Park's goal made them all nervous and then Ronaldo pretty much sealed it moments after. I don't know why the keeper never got it, perhaps it was travelling too fast or just that he judged it wrong.

Hopefully the league game will be a good one.

[Matty1994]

Manu Manu will win :D because they are the best :D

[LittleDragonZ]

Nice 2-0 win, and I see why Fergie rested him, but why does Ronaldo have to go and have a paddy? Plus I'm sure Scholes wanted to play some football.

http://msn.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_5309744,00.html?ocid=today

[Leady FF ^^]

that was one of the worst £65 ever spent. and the fact i was sitting right next to Chelsea fans as well...omg

[Jas]

To be honest Arsenal deserved to win, but Chelsea took there chances and Arsenal didn't, but hey that's football, Arsenal were amazing just a shame they didn't take there chances =(

[Xx--Nik--xX]

My favourite team is FC Internazionale (its called Inter Milan in UK)
It was eliminate from Manchester United On the European cup.
I am so Angry about That :D

P.S.I'm Italian,sorry for the ortograph errors :D

[Leady FF ^^]

My favourite team is FC Internazionale (its called Inter Milan in UK)
It was eliminate from Manchester United On the European cup.
I am so Angry about That

P.S.I'm Italian,sorry for the ortograph errors

Well, everyone knows Inter for Mourinho and Ibrahimovic :) . they are a great side.

It was eliminate from Manchester United On the European cup.
I am so Angry about That

I know how you feel!!! >.<

[Jas]

Not a good weekend for both of my teams, West Brom got relegated today after outplaying Liverpool and lastnight Real Madrid got beaten by Villarreal 3- 2 and conceding the title to Barca T_T

[Neko_Kami]

My Favourite Football team is... F.C.Barcelona!!!

Is the Best!!!

F.C.Barcelona will win the Champions!!!

[Leady FF ^^]

yep, good luck tomorrow. Everyone in England apart from Man u(re) fans want you to win!

[FatDave]

My team, which is Berwick who are the only English team in a Scottish division, finished bottom(Elgin don't count, if it wasn't for Shire who got bought out, they'd finish bottom EVERY season) of the entire Scottish Football League. It's kinda embarrasing considering we won the division 2 seasons ago and then got relegated with a record low points last season.

[Gischie]

My Favourite Football team is... F.C.Barcelona!!!

Is the Best!!!

F.C.Barcelona will win the Champions!!!

They Won YAY and I'm glad for that ;)
Nice head score from Messi BTW and please give to Arsenal back Thierry Henry we miss him a lot

[Leady FF ^^]

I noticed that none of Manc fans posted in this thread since they lost lolz!!!!

[LittleDragonZ]

...

We played good for about 10 minutes in that game... Today I'm hoping Everton beat Chelsea. But will it happen? I don't know.

[Leady FF ^^]

damn, I knoew that we couldnt get our dream and Manure and Chelsea both lose in finals in the the same week!

[Gischie]

damn, I knoew that we couldnt get our dream and Manure and Chelsea both lose in finals in the the same week!

don't worry maybe next yeah but that first everton score was the FASTEST 23 sec that was unbelievable

[LittleDragonZ]

Manure? Hahahaha. Well to be honest credit to Everton for reaching the final, but Chelsea were more composed and looked like they were going to win.

[God-Like Phoenix]

Well, in around an hour and a half, Australia has another world cup qualifier, and all they need to get in is a draw...OMG...two years in a row...Australia FTW!!! (^.^Y^.^)

Its not everyday that I would stay up untill 2am to watch something like this :p

[Jas]

England won, but if i'm honest we did play well as you could tell form the reaction Capello had though-out the game, even tho we won 4 - 0 =P

[Gischie]

Come on it was versus Kazhastan, I don't even know they had a football team, but still I don't understand, England team represant Great britain?

[LittleDragonZ]

The English represent Great Britain because we're doing it, as a matter of speech, for Great Britain. Just like how Scotland or Wales would represent Britain. It's for honour and to symbolize where we live basically.

Ecouter is the French word.

[God-Like Phoenix]

Yay...we got a 0-0 draw, so Australia are officially into the world cup for next year (^.^)

[Gischie]

It's still stupid because you all live in that tiny island and don't even manage to get one Great Britain team where you could find scotland people, wales or england played together, isn't it a shame O_o!
(Even at France south people hates north but when it comes to football we played together)

and LDZ thanks to teach me french it's just my own language!

[FatDave]

Well the thing is, Gishie, that England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are different countries. The only problem is that they joined the olympic commission together as Great Britain. If the UK teams were to enter a GB team in the olympics, FIFA would use this as leverage to try and get them to field a UK team in the World Cup and Euro qualifiers, too. While it probably wouldn't bother England much, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland see this as a disaster situation because most, if not all, of the players from those countries would not be able to get into a UK team.

There would also be the issue that the Irish Football League, Scottish Premier Division and Welsh Premiership would also not get any teams allocated in the Champions League and UEFA Cup, and none of them would stand a chance of qualifying if they joined the English leagues. Even Celtic and Rangers would most likely be relegated from the English Premiership by the end of the first season, whether anyone from Glasgow(I have a feeling any Scotsman who isn't a Rangers or Celtic fan would admit this) likes it or not.

Great Britain is also a misued term. Great Britain is the name of the biggest of the British Isles. While all parts of it are in the United Kingdom, there are smaller islands and part of Ireland(Northern Ireland, as I mentioned) that is also part. I can only figure that it was for ease of use, as at the time it was "

[Leady FF ^^]

yer, it will never work. Scotland may even manage to qualify for the World Cup themselves this time O_o !

[Gischie]

Thank you for your explanation FatDave at least someone ^^ told it to me clearly not like a certain person named ZDL who just forwarded the question to my boyfriend because he won't know the answer if his dad didn't tell it to him first -_-.

Anyway I just hope for now, Arsenal will get some new player, I'm happy Ronaldo and Tevez left Man U, especially Tevez, he was too good for Man u.

[FatDave]

Well, I try to help as much as possible, but the reality of the matter is that I am in a Berwick, which is the most north point in England, so far north from the rest of England that we play in a Scottish division to save on travel expenses. A trip to Birmingham(the middle of England) would be a further journey for us than a trip to the Highlands. So if we were to draw against Portsmouth, the journey would just be too much for most people to endure.

You can imagine what away trips are like. 20 Englishmen in a crappy old stadium full of Scotsmen. Although we sometimes get a trip to Hampden(50,000 seats and he best facilities in Scotland... looks funny with 500 people in it) as Queen's Park own the stadium and the Scottish FA rent it for Scotland matches.

[Jas]

Will i feel well sorry for you your team seems to be heading in the wrong direction -_-

You just lost Adebayor to City of all teams, duno how much you got for him but if i had to guess mid 20's, ye hope you get the "The Hunter" Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, would be a great replacement, he's like a younger vesion of Van Nistelrooy, so a goal scoring machine lol

[Leady FF ^^]

Will i feel well sorry for you your team seems to be heading in the wrong direction -_-

You just lost Adebayor to City of all teams, duno how much you got for him but if i had to guess mid 20's, ye hope you get the "The Hunter" Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, would be a great replacement, he's like a younger vesion of Van Nistelrooy, so a goal scoring machine lol

I wish we could get Huntelaar too. But I think we anought strikers with Bendtner, Eduardo and Vela. What we need is more (good) defenders, I think we need one more CB ^^

[Jas]

Well you bought the 23 year old from Ajax he play CB, now what you guys really need is a strong CM, someone who can dominate the midfield for you and who can protect your other players, like what Patrick Vieira use to do.

It's like Real Madrid when they lost Claude Makelele for 3 seasons we won nothing and when we finally found a replacement we started winning again ;) lol

[Leady FF ^^]

Im not convinced on Vermulaen (sp?), he looks shorter - similar to Gallas or Toure to me. I think we need some bigger and scarier.

[FatDave]

The season starts for me on Saturday!

We(Berwick) travel all the way to Stair Park, Stranraer for a Scottish Football League Challenge Cup 1st round match. I can't go because it's too far. There's no away fans team bus this season, plus the trains and normal buses stop before we could realistically make it back to Berwick.

I am exicited though and will be glued to the BBC website all afternoon waiting on the goal updates.

[Leady FF ^^]

haha...yes, I miss Caroline Cheese and the other guys that do the bbc updates ^^

Ahhhh...I just cant wait for the football to begin. I'm going to see Spur v Barca and Arsenal v Rangers pre-season ^^

[FatDave]

Yeah, well up here, unless you're in the Premier Division, it starts a week earlier, because the Football League Challenge 1st round is played on the Saturday before the first league round and the Scottish League Cup qualifying for non-Premier Division teams is played on the Tuesday before the first league round.

I can't go to either, but I now finally have something to do on Saturday afternoons again.

[CuckooBanana]

I just watch the NFL in America, GO NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS!!!

http://api.photoshop.com/home_9cad38a919a04db4a04ec903649b6c23/adobe-px-assets/3290b58e82ee441586d99c1ce892babd

[FatDave]

Lost 4-2 at Stranraer. Not just that, but apparently there were issues at half time with 2 men being sent off in the tunnel. I had a look for what happened, but it's such a low division no website reports on it other than goals and cards. :(

[Leady FF ^^]

Got outed as an Arsenal fan on a train full of Spurs fans on Friday after the Wemberley Cup by some Celtic Fans :facepalm:

[FatDave]

I bet that was a fun ride.

[SunAndSteel]

Well, Dinamo beat us at home in the first leg. :(
It's gona be uphill from here....

[Leady FF ^^]

yer....but I could see that happening though since you havent started your season yet and the last match practice you had was versus Spurs (lol). How long has it been since you last won away in the Champions League, isn't it something like 6 years??

[SunAndSteel]

Never won a Champion's League away tie from what I remember, not unless you count beating Ajax away in the qualifiers back in '01. The last one we won away in Europe was indeed 6 years ago if I remember, sent SOuness' Blackburn packing. He was regretting the whole Men against Bhoys speech after that. :P

Liverpool and Boavista as well. But yeah, without an away win in Europe for 6 years and counting doesn't really bode well.

[FatDave]

The thing with the Celtic win over Blackburn was that Blackburn SHOULD have won in the first leg. It was kinda embarassing, really. Blackburn are ALWAYS crap in Europe, and the one time they played well and actually deserved to win, they basically let Celtic take it. Then, of course, after losing the first leg it was back to business as usual in the second leg.

Makes you wonder if Ewood is a cursed place for Europe? I don't pay too much attention to European football, but it always struck me as odd that Blackburn, even with a decent squad in their Premiership winning year, just can't play to their potential in European games.

Also; the thing with Celtic, they have a really bad disadvantage now. They are no longer seeded, they are in fact the opposite of seeded. The "weakest" team in the last round was Sivasspor, but you can't call them weak due to the fact they finished above both Galatasaray and Fenerbache to get this far, and if they get to the next round they will be facing either Arsenal, Lyonnais, Stuttgart, Fiorentina or Atlitico due to not being seeded. They really needed to win last season's Premier Division to have a decent chance of getting in.

And personally, I'd MUCH rather it been Celtic than Rangers. Although, tbh I'd much rather it be like Dundee United or Aberdeen, but I don't wanna get into an argument. It's not so much of wanting to see Rangers or Celtic fail, as much as it is I just wanna see someone different. Same goes for the "big four" in England. Never happen, but it's just my preference.

[God-Like Phoenix]

The A-League over here starts up again this week, and about bloody time...I was wondering when it would ever start up again (^.^) and as always, Melbourne Victory FTW!!! :D

[Leady FF ^^]

You play the same season timings as us then ^^

[God-Like Phoenix]

You play the same season timings as us then ^^ Ahh, of course, since Soccer/Football is pretty much a winter sport...but that makes it odd because it's almost spring here, ahh well, our season doesnt really go for all that long (^.^) there arent all that many teams :D

[FatDave]

Yeah, I'm not to knowledgable, but I remember on Football Manager, I always like to pick different countries outta curiousity, and it's only like 20 rounds then a playoff. The playoff puzzled me because there's no groups, but I suppose different cultures and all this.

[FatDave]

First relegation of the season and a ball hasn't even been kicked.

Livingston have today been relegated twice to the Scottish FL Third Division, to compensate, Airdrie United and Cowdenbeath have both been spared their relegations from last season.

What worries me is whether Livingston will be able to honour their fixtures. I mean when they visit the other Third Division sides, we'll see a big increase in crowds due to having a high-rep team visiting, but if they are to drop out due to financial difficulties, which looks likely, a 32 game schedule may put some more financial difficulties on everyone else.

[Leady FF ^^]

Celtric through to the next round of Champions Leaugue qualifying ^^

btw, if anyone is doing http://fantasy.premierleague.com/ we can start a mini koei.co.uk league. Chin, Gishie and I are already on there, so it could be good ^^ Let me know if you are interested and I will start one.

[God-Like Phoenix]

btw, if anyone is doing http://fantasy.premierleague.com/ we can start a mini koei.co.uk league. Chin, Gishie and I are already on there, so it could be good ^^ Let me know if you are interested and I will start one.
Right now signing up for it....always wanted to do a fantasy league thing...this might be at least a bit interesting (^.^)

Ok....done with all the signing up, and the making of my team....how do I get into the league? :D

[Leady FF ^^]

OK, well if we have you as well + Ranger Ryu that will give us five. OK, I'll open up the league and give you the password for it.

[Leady FF ^^]

OK, guys once you have registered here http://fantasy.premierleague.com/ go to join league and enter this code to join the Koei forum league (Xu Zhu's Super Cup) 120704-188202

[God-Like Phoenix]

OK, guys once you have registered here http://fantasy.premierleague.com/ go to join league and enter this code to join the Koei forum league (Xu Zhu's Super Cup) 120704-188202Ok, im in now....and lol at the title of the league :D also, for me this might end up bad, seeing how ive never done anything like this . . . but I really dont care, its going to be fun, and interesting to say the least (^.^) also because for most of the players, I dont have a clue on who they are, or how good they are XD

[Leady FF ^^]

Nice 1. I just sent the invite to Gischie so hopefully she will be in there too soon ^^

Need to get LDZ in as well.

[FatDave]

I totally would, but I dunno, I don't wanna show everyone how inept I am at spotting good footballers. I do that enough while playing Football Manager Live.

[Leady FF ^^]

Join up, the more people in the more fun it will be.

[God-Like Phoenix]

I totally would, but I dunno, I don't wanna show everyone how inept I am at spotting good footballers. I do that enough while playing Football Manager Live.LOL, believe me, I dont know the first thing about picking good players, so you wouldt be the worst one there, I just picked mine due to favourites (^.^) and then when I was running out of money...just picked some of the cheap players :D so im guessing you would have a much better chance than me, so come on, just give it a crack :)

[FatDave]

First time I've selected a fantasy football team since '95. I must be getting old(well, not really, but I did say that I don't watch much TV football) as most of the players are unknown to me yet if you given me that list of guys from '95 I probably could've told you which team all of them played for. :p

I went more the medium route, no real big names except Carragher. I always believe you need at least one solid defender.

[Leady FF ^^]

yes ^^ (but I think I heard that Carra is injured for the first few games of the season?).

GLP - Read a bit about the Aussie league in World Soccer mag. Sounds like it will be an interesting season this one with two new teams including Gold Coast who sound like the Man City of Aus lol (money-bags!).

[God-Like Phoenix]

GLP - Read a bit about the Aussie league in World Soccer mag. Sounds like it will be an interesting season this one with two new teams including Gold Coast who sound like the Man City of Aus lol (money-bags!).yeah, it will be quite an interesting season, and yes, Gold Coast are the "money-bags" team of Aus, only recently, they also started up a team for the NRL, buying out heaps of players, so yeah, they have enough money to throw around, which will make the season interesting, in a game, where money plays a bigger part than it seems to in the NRL :)

[FatDave]

Well, it has an injury warning on your squad, and he didn't have one, so I guess he isn't. I seen him get taken off in a friendly the other day at a friend's house, but according to the commentator it was just a precaution.

On the Australian thing isn't there a senior squad wage limit(and also a max of how many youth players you can have at one time) that'd kinda render their money pointless? Well, except for the 2 Marquee players who don't count towards the wage limit.

I remember reading about that somewhere, although maybe the rules have changed for this season.

[warriorsorochi1]

Totenham all the way.
I LOVE totenham because
1) They don't cheat
2) They play very honest games
3) We are always supportive of other totenham fans
4) Even if we lose we are still supportive of our team
5) Our manager shakes hands with others unlike SOME how i shall not name
6) we... MUST I GO ON. OK u get the idea right i am off

TOTTENHAM 4 LIFE!

[Leady FF ^^]

TOTTENHAM 4 LIFE!

As much as it pains me to say it. And it does...welcome to the forum.

Hope that Arshavin destroys you this year ^^. The 4-4 was one of the worst nights of the year for me -_-

[warriorsorochi1]

lol thanks XD
And just to point out WE WILL BEAT YOU! lol ^^

Warriorsorochi1

[God-Like Phoenix]

Ok, only around an hour and a half until the Chelsea game starts, and im going to watch it (^.^) I really want Lampard, Drogba and Cech to go well....just for my fantasy team to get off to a good start :rolleyes:

[FatDave]

Arsenal were even that good yesterday... I'm not slagging off Arsenal, BTW, I have nowt against them, they didn't even need to play well. I could've scored past that Everton defence on more than one occasion, and I'm a 17 stone beastman. I've seen better defending than that in Scottish Third Division matches. I've maybe seen defending that bad twice in Premiership history.

Honestly, if I was Moyes, I'd've jumped ship by now. He's obviously getting no money off the board and a lot of the players would rather not be there.

Also; the "great" Man City, eh? I loved how they struggled, and were lucky, to overcome a Blackburn side with no real striker(McCarthy et all aren't good enough) and even being overcome at times. Blackburn only let down by having no one who could get their shots on target.

[Leady FF ^^]

We were ACE!! Even thogh Everton were not great it was just what we needed. Nice to see Cesc having the freedom to get forward cuz of Song's holding. Also Denilson and Nicky B both great ^^

Liverpool to batter Tottenham now and will be great weekend.

Man U & Chelsea not at their best but got the job done.

[FatDave]

Did you see the Fabregas goal? He run 45 yards and not one of the Everton players even ATTEMPTED to stop him, except Falleni(I know I spelled both names wrong, I'm sorry :p) who was way too far behind to catch him. They just stood and watched like they were in the crowd when there was at least 3 guys who could've stepped in and stopped him. It was ridiculous. I know they'd already lost by that point, but honestly, at least try and keep the score down. The defending was pretty much like that on all the goals, too.

Seriously, if Arsenal were playing to their best it would've been a cricket score. They didn't even need to try.

[warriorsorochi1]

YEAH! 2-1 TO TOTTENHAM I KNEW WE WOULD WIN. GO U MIGHTY SPURS !!!! !!!! !!!!
It should have been 4-0 or something like that a commentator said on the radio.... but anyway great game.

[Leady FF ^^]

I hate to say it but Spurs did look good. Hopefully it's just a blip and they will fall away soon ^^

[warriorsorochi1]

Hopefully it's just a blip and they will fall away soon ^^

Yh keep dreaming mate XD tomorrow we play hull. i recon 3-1 to tottenham or close BUT we will win for sure.

warriorsorochi1:cool:

[God-Like Phoenix]

Yh keep dreaming mate XD tomorrow we play hull. i recon 3-1 to tottenham or close BUT we will win for sure.
Im pretty sure that Hull would at least give Tottenham a run for their money...if not beat them :p I would say either 2-1 to Hull, 2-1 to Tottenham or a 1-1 draw

EDIT: how awsome is that Ive already got 20 points for my team in just 2 games :D with all points coming from my Chelsea players, very nice....I like it, I just hope that the players I have that actually are playing tonight are going to go well... :)

[FatDave]

I told you guys I'd be bottom. :p

But anyways; Tottenham, eh? I mean 'Arry's a legend anyways, but this could be his season(not to win the league, but to show everyone just what a manager he is).

[Leady FF ^^]

I cant believe it....i go to Germany for 2 days and Burnley beat Man U and the the spuds are top of the league! i mean wtf!

[God-Like Phoenix]

LOl, its only the start of the season, once it gets a few more weeks in the scores will level out and from there we will know who would be the major contenders.

Im really hoping that Cech ends up have a screamer sooner rather than later, because his lack of points is really starting to get on my nerves (-.-) while I have a back up keeper who seems to be getting some amount of points....well, not when Stoke was beaten 4-0 by Liverpool...that didnt help his scores (^.^)

[warriorsorochi1]

TOTTENHAM WILL WIN THE LEAGUE FOR SURE...

Come on Mighty Spurs!!!!

[God-Like Phoenix]

Tottenham was jsut gifted that first goal...they didnt even have to work for it....and dont forget...Chelsea are 3 from 3, so dont go all super crazy spurs fan just yet...I really dont think they are going to make it much further than this :D

Im happy that im having a really good week for the fantasy league....with Drogba getting 12 points, and with him being my captain, making that 24 points.....BINGO!!!! :D I still have one more player yet to play, and that would be Carragher for Liverpool...hope he plays well :)

[LittleDragonZ]

Arsenal were unlucky yesterday, but you can't help but frown at that dive, especially after the controversy against Celtic. Slightly sticking his foot out and then withdrawing it quickly caught him out and got him booked.

[Leady FF ^^]

What a surprise LDZ in on a wind-up -_-

[God-Like Phoenix]

Oh what a shame that Tottenham lost :rolleyes: at least it gives Chelsea the outright lead. I probably shouldnt say anything....Chelsea have been lucky to scrape through with several of their wins, with their winning goals against Hull and Stoke coming in additional time....but hey, makes for some great entertainment (^.^).

The fantasy league isnt going all that bad, surprised that ive managed to hold 3rd for a few weeks now...but I think I might be overtaken sometime soon (^.^) my brother is doing it also...and I find it funny that he pretty much killed himself by allowing a transfer penalty of around 20-25 points xD

[Leady FF ^^]

I can't even speak about football after the weekend.

[LittleDragonZ]

I can't even speak about football after the weekend.

That mega sucked. Just shows how a player can turn against you. Like with Ronaldo, they care for the money.

[Leady FF ^^]

For Sunday, I'm an Man United fan (well still hope that Rooney gets injured and you win lol)

[Gischie]

That mega sucked. Just shows how a player can turn against you. Like with Ronaldo, they care for the money.

don't cry LDZ >_> Ronaldo wasn't the best, plus it's so obvious that he only cares for his look (even to look like a bit gay) and for the money and Man U has still some good player, look at the angry Rooney who Fergusson didn't let him play.

YAY what's a match for the champions league, I really though Arsenal will loose vs Liege, I mean 2 goals within 10 mins but in the end, it went good for us 3-2 even if we don't have our best players back yet -_- Arshavin, Nasri, we miss you LOL

[Leady FF ^^]

yer Nasri and Ashavin (even Almunia -_-) is sorely missed but well done Arsenal ^^

[God-Like Phoenix]

Ahhh....take that Tottenham...that should knock you down to size (^.^) too bad I couldnt stay up late to watch the game, I wouldve loved it...but I did end up watching the Arsenal game the other night, that was pretty good :)

[Leady FF ^^]

yep...I was there ^^ btw, I kicked a** in the fantasy footy this week. I think I got 80+ points. Trying to catch-up to Jas now.

oh and remember at Old Trafford they don't stop playing until United have one -_- the fact that it was inevitable msde it all the more annoying.

[God-Like Phoenix]

Yeah...damn you...and whoever that new addition is...it dropped me two places, even though my week of around 60+ isnt all that bad (^.^) now thats just some more competition to try and crush :D

[Leady FF ^^]

As long as Arsenal, Liverpool and Everton do well, I will have a good week. I have strict no Man U, No Chelsea and No Spurs policy.

[God-Like Phoenix]

As long as Arsenal, Liverpool and Everton do well, I will have a good week. I have strict no Man U, No Chelsea and No Spurs policy.Well thats a bit of a shame, seeing how Drogba, Lampard and Cole have been kicking @ss lately :D

[Leady FF ^^]

I couldnt live with myself if I had those guys in my team. Drogba was injured yesterday as well...

[God-Like Phoenix]

Holy crap, I just realised, with Febregas having a killer week, it sent you to the top of the standings (^.^) nice work mate...looks like ive got my work cut out for me :D I seem to be just stuck in the middle, with a gap in front and behind me...so for now...my position is safe (^.^)

[Leady FF ^^]

It all comes down to picking your captain wisely at the end of the day. Gone are the days when you could just pick Ronaldo every week and be done with it.

Anyway we all had a week off for the internationals and next week its back to it.

[God-Like Phoenix]

Yep....thats pretty much it, and yeah...the first game up is the Chelsea vs Aston Villa match...and im also really hoping that Tottenham lose this week...just out of spite, no other reason really (^.^) well...the fact that they're high on the table doesnt help them in getting my support :D

[Leady FF ^^]

Well, I always hope tottenham lose ^^

[Leady FF ^^]

Bit of stinker for me in the fantasy footy last week -_-

[God-Like Phoenix]

Aww....come on, if it wasnt for one of my Liverpool players getting a red card, I would still be ahead of you in the fantasy league...but no... now we are dead even at this point in the comp, and it seems that both of our favourite teams had some pretty good wins (^.^) so that's always a bonus!

[Leady FF ^^]

First of all: the spuds lol ^^ it should have been much worse considering Robbie Keane and Harry's big mouths before the game -_- ;.

Let me check my ff team now...

..not bad, but not great. Christine is doing better now.

(and omg my friend met Arsene Wenger yesterday 0_0)

[Leady FF ^^]

Double Post lol:

I had to play my wild card this week because of all the injuries I had -_-. Brought in Benayoun (LDZ), Dempsey and RVP

[God-Like Phoenix]

I dont think ive played my wild card yet, everytime that ive made a transfer it has either been very cheap penalty-wise, or it didnt cost me a thing...so its been pretty good so far (^.^)

[Leady FF ^^]

Ive had a pretty good week with Benayuon and Kuyt to come tonight ^^

[God-Like Phoenix]

Yeah....the week that my team has had has just been crap, Lampard has been the only one who has actually given me a chance at keeping up a good week. I made a few transfers, at the price of 4 points....but ahh well, could be worse....like when my brother made a heap of transfers that cost him 20+ points, and didnt even use his wildcard xD

[Leady FF ^^]

poor RVP -_-