Soccer

spl does suck. bunch of runners with a major lack of creativity.



buffon was interviewed about man city. i liked what he said. he said no good players are going to go there for a while. all the good players in the world are paid enough to live fine for the rest of their lives. also that city wont even be in the champions league for like 3 or 4 years atleast, he said why would i want to go to a team at 31 years old and not be able to play in the champions league again until 35 if im lucky. which is a damn good point, and i think robinho is already feeling this. i wouldnt be suprised if he left within a year or two.

right from the start, i was convinced robinho only signed with citeh to get out of madrid and get closer to chel$ki

think about it, he plays at a club that won't do well, outshines everyone, makes a lot more cash than he did at madrid and his reputation rises ... chel$ki come in, first bid is rejected, robinho doesn't like it, refuses to play, he gets sold

the biggest non signing wasn't kaka but ronaldinho ... if they'd have signed robinho AND ronaldinho at the same time, i think buffon would be talking different because there would have been an attraction ... but look at chel$ki now, they're already falling apart ... citeh won't even get that high

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg Chelsea http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ngland.svg.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Italy.svg.png Juventus 25 Feb 10 Mar Villarreal http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Spain.svg.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Greece.svg.png Panathinaikos 25 Feb 10 Mar Sporting CP http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...rtugal.svg.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ermany.svg.png Bayern Munich 25 Feb 10 Mar Atlético Madrid http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Spain.svg.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...rtugal.svg.png Porto 24 Feb 11 Mar Lyon http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...France.svg.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Spain.svg.png Barcelona 24 Feb 11 Mar Real Madrid http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Spain.svg.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ngland.svg.png Liverpool 25 Feb 10 Mar Arsenal http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ngland.svg.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Italy.svg.png Roma 24 Feb 11 Mar Internazionale http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Italy.svg.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ngland.svg.png Manchester United 24 Feb 11 Mar

aight sons...time to pick em, im going with...

Juve
Villarreal
Bayern Munich
Athletico Madrid
Barca
Liverpool
Inter
Roma

Juve - cause Chelsea going through a transition period, while Juve are in good form.
Villareal - this season hasnt really gone their way, but they been picking it up lately.
Bayern - they too strong for Sporting.
Athletico - Aguero and Forlan....
Barca - would be a crime if they didnt win.
Real Madrid - cause lpool has been shit of late and Real are going crazy.
Roma - this is a real tight one cause both teams aint really playing that good this season.
Man Utd - another close one but i think Man Utd jus edge it. Though i think Inter has the stronger squad it all comes down to if Ibrahimovic and Adriano want to run instead of walk.

i'm not happy that ESPN decided that villarreal v panathinaiakos is a better game to broadcast than bayern v sporting

i'd go with, to prgress through to the quarters

Juve - they've been very good in europe, even when their serie a form wasn't
Vilarreal - class above panathinaikos
Bayern - we'll struggle to beat sporting, but we will ... 1-0 over the two legs, something like that
Porto - they usualy can pull a surprise out of the hat
Barca - no explanation needed
Real - are in top notch form, liverpool not so much
Roma - arsenal are a shambles lately
Inter - coin toss ... ibrahimovic factor

english teams are in danger here ... inter are one of three teams, i feel, would knock man u ... barca and real being the other two ... arsenal are a laughing stock and roma have a full squad, chel$ki have been squanderous with their football and after liverpool's performance against citeh, i'm even more confident real will do the biz ... liverpool would have to win 2/3-0 at anfield because a 1-0 lead won't be enough for them to hold out at the bernabeau

on the flip side, if they manage to win their games - which they can - they'll have a free ride to the semi's

well

our defence is loooking like posh spices ass

we have no, Rafael, Vidic, Brown, Neville, and Evans got injured.

I have no fucking idea what he will play if Evans doesnt get fit.

Weve seen how disasterous Fletcher has been at RB in the past.

Fucks sake. I cant believe this shit.

After this long defensive record, we get handed these blows.

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what i'd like to know

how the fuck does the SPL have two champions league qualification spots? that is, by FAR, the worst league i've ever seen, and we used to get the swedish first division once upon a time (CHEA, AIK STOCKHOLM)

it is fucking god awful boring, a real cure for insomniacs, and setanta flicked the portugese first division and regular broadcasting of the french and german first divisions, which are by far amongst the most entertaining leagues to watch, so that we can witness motherwell and celtic hoof and kick and fall over in the mud?

and this league get two champions league spots? fucking hell, the coca cola championship deserves a spot before the SPL

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haha, even more discomforting is the fact that its lookin like SPL will get an EXTRA 2 teams into UEFA this year too. If two of the top four teams make it to the final of the Scottish cup they get given a 5th europe slot, and it appears that Scotland could get the fair play league which offers another spot.

aye SPL is one of the worst football leagues in europe atm, I had motherwell season tickets since I was 3 but now its just unbearable. Outside of Celtic and Rangers theres really nothin happening

smh at this fag biting my right alligned text style from last year

i have ZERO recollection of you doing that, faggit

I am speaking biblical, get off my log.

juve - chelsea were looking mad shaky against villa this week and were VERY lucky to walk away with the 3

villareal - > panathanekos

munich - This'll be a sweep

porto - Ever since 04 (I think it was?) I try and not doubt Porto lol

barca - This one kinda goes without explanation

liverpool - IF GERRARD IS MATCH FIT, Ill aggree the result against City was pretty pitiful but I think its safe to call it an unlucky loss, as careless as it was.

roma - Arsenal have just been playing shit football lately, Roma are in top form, its just not lookin good for the gunners

man u - I just cant see United losin this one, they're peaking at the right time, I cant see Ibrahimovich doin too much against the likes of Vidic and Ferdinand

^Vidic isnt playing

we only have 1 fit CB

if Gerrard and Alonso start... and no fucking jynx Lucas isnt playing... id say we have one of the strongest sides.

we beat man united and chelsea(twice) with that side. we will beat real. alonso will def start, hopefully gerrard will aswell.

if not, then were fucked.

alonso is only serving a ban... if he doesnt start and if lucas comes on before 80 minutes then were fucked. hopefully babel will play apart around 60 minutes aswell.

i dont get why so many people are on babels nutts. hes alright. but people are always rating him so high. if he was so good why is he always coming off the bench?

^remember solskear(sp)? for man utd... the wonder sub.

i dont rate babel as much as others do, but hes alot better than lucas.. and has alot of pace... alot more than most defenders in england anyway, so hes good to sitck on either wing to get past the full backs.

i agree. but than agian lucas and babel play two diff positions. if he needs a holding midfielder babel is not in the equation.

i get what your saying about ole, but idk with ole its like you know hes just not up to that superstar level, but still can be very timely and contribute greatly in certain situations. the way i hear people talk about babel is that hes just the sickest and at that big time level. if he is he is, but i wonder why he doesnt play more if he really is that good, thats all. or even talk about leaving the club for more burn else where, usually any good player not playing wants to leave his club to play more else where. o well.

I think Benitez utilises Babel quite well, with his pace, comin on around the 60 minute mark there is nobody that can keep up with him, saw this against City this weekend.

^yeah.

but babel pissed me off against city this weekend. twice he was on the edge of the box, could easily of drived a cross in... yet he decided to come inside then get overwhelmed by the city defense... then play it back to midfield. i was shouting at him alot for that.... lol

tomorrow real madrid will win liverpol im sure

^^IDK about that.

Inter must play 0:0 or this will get ugly pretty fast. At least Inter is playing better in the second half.

i wish lyon wins barca 1half and 2half lyon is playing better than barca

Inter were robbed, that far cross to Ibrahimovich inside the box was definately on-side. He got a great first touch on it too.

Decent game though considering the 0-0 score

Arsenal - Roma was a tense game. pretty physical from what i could see. Roma fans are pretty funny, the banners they brought into the stadium were quite good i must say.

Juninho's free kick was world class.

in other news...

Leading bookmakers have suspended betting on Rafa Benitez leaving Liverpool as odds were even.

bookies say benitez won't make it until sunday

what's the point in sacking him now? this will 100% destroy any chance liverpool had of winning anything and would probably make top 10 worst administration moves ever seen in football - worse than schteve mclarensch's appointment as england national team manager and citeh sacking sven

i really cant see Benitez going.. he isnt going to get a bigger club than Liverpool in his career. pundits were pairing him with athletico madrid, but i doubt that.

if he was to go, theyre saying that Kenny Dalgleish will be interim manager for the rest of the season. i would actually love to see that, hes probably the type of manager we would need if Benitez goes.

....we'll see how tonight goes i suppose. i dont know whats going to happen. with Gerrard and Alonso back, we might be able to pull something out the hat and get our momentum back on track.

OMG you people are still talking about soccer.

pathetic

^you a pathetic attention seeking whore. we all know soccer is miles better then any american sport. the world knows that. you know that. stay out of this thread faggot.

so sensitive

Alonso nearly scored from his own half, Casilas had to knock it out for a corner. Then the ref blew the whistle before taking the corner....??? 7 seconds after the 45mins. Torres went off and took like 2-3 minutes. where was the injury time? wtf?

Real Madrid 0 - 1 Liverpool.... Benayoun mu'fuckah!

the away goal and a 1-0 advantage going to Anfield. thats what talkin 'bout wiggaaaaazz

Reina must be the the goalkeeper with the least friction in the world, always slippin on his ass.

BENAYOUNNNNNN!!!!!!! shalom nigga shalom.

This means Benitez will stay for another week.

Bayern absolutely fucked sporting up. it was away to, they pretty much through to the quarters. They really didnt feel no remorse jus kept pounding them.

shittt madrid loose

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OMG you people are still talking about soccer.

pathetic

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coming from a guy who faked his e-death. :loser:


its not our fault soccer is a above your level of comprehension.

lol @ liverpool
madrid will be the winner

of ALL the games they are NOT showing that happened it is ours and it's the only one worth watching ... fuck espn

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lol @ liverpool
madrid will be the winner

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you dont have a clue. you hardly speak english and you babble(babel) about shit.


check that wordplay son!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this chel$ki v juve game is very boring

dammit i had 5iver on Juve to win the whole thing

they should of scored.

Real Madrid were CRAP

ribery's first goal is the goal of the week ... fuckin, this guy is that guy right now ... i hope he goes to barca instead of madrid

ribery is fucking SHIT

overrated pile of frog turd.