The Ultimate Soccer Thread 2011-2012. VOL 2 (EPL,LFP, SERIE A, BUND, ETC.)

[engoi]

Originally Posted by eiddyfouw

Î don't get it.What is so great about this commercial ?
It's the same commercial (except The Secret Tournament), a group of Nike sponsored players running around with no sense.


Riots in Auxerre after Montpellier won the french league and Auxerre lost and has to play in the 2nd division.
Alexander Merkel thinks about leaving Italy and play in the Bundesliga.
Fernando Torres wants mor playtime or wants to leave the club.
Dortmund expects around 20mil Euros for Kagawa.

 

[eiddyfouw]

Originally Posted by engoi

Originally Posted by eiddyfouw

Î don't get it.What is so great about this commercial ?
It's the same commercial (except The Secret Tournament), a group of Nike sponsored players running around with no sense.


Riots in Auxerre after Montpellier won the french league and Auxerre lost and has to play in the 2nd division.
Alexander Merkel thinks about leaving Italy and play in the Bundesliga.
Fernando Torres wants mor playtime or wants to leave the club.

The barber asks him what does he want. 
Balotelli says he wants to be remembered...

Look at the style of cuts he gets...

Ronaldinho

Roberto Baggio

Ronaldo (Luis Nazario de Lima)

Carlos Valderama

Balotelli

He doesn't want to be emulate those other players style, he wants to be himself, and be remembered as a great amongst those players. 

Conceptually the ad is brilliant...I think you just didn't get it.

Edit:

Lastly...

Mamadou Sakho says "see you on the pitch". 

he's seen as another future legend who's coming into game. 

 

[keepie uppie]

A run-down of all the honours across Europe's top leagues,and qualification for the 2012-13 Champions League and Europa League.

Premier League:
Champions League: Manchester City (champions),Manchester United,Arsenal,Chelsea (Champions League and FA Cup winners)
Europa League group stage: Tottenham Hotspur
Europa League final qualifying round: Newcastle United
Europa League third qualifying round: Liverpool (Carling Cup winners)
Relegated: Bolton Wanderers,Blackburn Rovers,Wolverhampton Wanderers
Promoted to top flight: Reading,Southampton,West Ham United

Scottish Premier League:
Champions League third qualifying round: Celtic (champions),Motherwell
Europa League final qualifying round: Heart of Midlothian (Scottish FA Cup winners)
Europa League third qualifying round: Dundee United
Europa League second qualifying round: St Johnstone
Scottish League Cup winners: Kilmarnock
Relegated: Dunfermline Athletic
Promoted to top flight: Ross County
NB: Rangers ineligible for Europe due to financial reasons

La Liga:
Champions League: Real Madrid (champions),Barcelona,Valencia
Champions League qualifying: Malaga
Europa League group stage: Atletico Madrid (Europa League winners)
Europa League final qualifying round: Levante
Europa League third qualifying round: Athletic Bilbao
NB: Athletic will enter at group stage if they win the King's Cup.
Relegated: Villarreal,Sporting Gijon,Racing Santander
Promoted to top flight: Two from Deportivo La Coruna,Valladolid and Celta Vigo.
Another from the play-offs which will feature one of those three teams,plus three from AD Alcorcon, Hercules,Cordoba and Almeria.
Three matches remaining in regular season.

Serie A:
Champions League: Juventus (champions),AC Milan
Champions League qualifying: Udinese
Europa League group stage: Napoli (Coppa Italia winners)
Europa League final qualifying round: Lazio
Europa League third qualifying round: Inter Milan
NB: Serie A has lost a Champions League place to the Bundesliga from 2012-13
Relegated: Lecce,Novara,Cesena
Promoted to top flight: Torino,US Pescara.Plus one from Sassuolo,Hellas Verona,Varese and Sampdoria via play-offs.
One match remaining in regular season.

Bundesliga:
Champions League: Borussia Dortmund (champions and DFB Pokal winners),Bayern Munich,Schalke 04
Champions League qualifying: Borussia Monchengladbach
Europa League group stage: Bayer Leverkusen
Europa League final qualifying round: VFB Stuttgart
Europa League third qualifying round: Hannover 96
Relegated: Hertha Berlin,FC Cologne,Kaiserslautern
Promoted to top flight: SpVgg Greuther Furth,Eintracht Frankfurt,Fortuna Dusseldorf

Ligue 1:
Champions League: Montpellier (champions),Paris Saint-Germain
Champions League qualifying: Lille
Europa League group stage: Lyon (Coupe de France winners)
Europa League final qualifying round: Bordeaux
Europa League third qualifying round: Marseille (Coupe de la Ligue winners)
Relegated: Caen,Dijon FCO,AJ Auxerre
Promoted to top flight: Bastia,Stade de Reims,Troyes

Eredivisie:
Champions League: Ajax Amsterdam (champions)
Champions League qualifying: Feyenoord Rotterdam
Europa League final qualifying round: PSV Eindhoven (KNVB Beker winners),AZ Alkmaar

Europa League third qualifying round: Heerenveen
Europa League second qualifying round: Vitesse Arnhem
Europa League first qualifying round: FC Twente (UEFA Fairplay)
Relegated: De Graafschap,Excelsior Rotterdam
Promoted to top flight: FC Zwolle,Willem II Tilburg

Primeira Liga:
Champions League: FC Porto (champions),Benfica
Champions League qualifying: SC Braga
Europa League group stage: Academica de Coimbra (Taca de Portugal winners)
Europa League final qualifying round: Sporting Lisbon
Europa League third qualifying round: Maritimo
Relegated: Feirense,Uniao de Leiria
Promoted to top flight: Estoril-Praia,Moreirense

Key dates:
June 18: English league fixtures published
June 25: Draws for Champions League and Europa League first and second qualifying rounds
July 3-5 and 10-12: Champions League and Europa League first qualifying rounds
July 17-19 and 24-26: Champions League and Europa League second qualifying rounds
July 20: Draws for Champions League and Europa League third qualifying rounds
July 31-August 2 and August 7-9: Champions League and Europa League third qualifying rounds
August 10: Draws for Champions League and Europa League final qualifying rounds
August 15: Carling Cup begins
August 18: Premier League season begins
August 21-23 and 29-30: Champions League and Europa League final qualifying rounds
August 30: Champions League group stage draw
August 31: Europa League group stage draw
September 18-20: First group games

 

[ajiiiplatinum]

^^ Good info but its Nat. Team time

Arg vs Brazil friendly june 9th will be awesome
http://msn.foxsports.com/...ualifier-051812?m_n=true

Guatemala vs Jamaica and USA June 12th will kick it off for concacaf...nice


The best of the best
http://www.goal.com/en-gb...-ronaldo-to-win-goalcoms

 

[illionaire]

 

[mastamind89]

Has anyone started a league for the FSC bracket or for another fantasy game?
Just made a league for the FSC bracket

Name: NikeTalk

Password: Taptappull

 

[eiddyfouw]

Expect more striker signing rumours for Chelsea now that Drogba has announced he's off....

 

[laker4lifeman]

Originally Posted by eiddyfouw

Expect more striker signing rumours for Chelsea now that Drogba has announced he's off....

 

[mastamind89]

Originally Posted by laker4lifeman

Originally Posted by eiddyfouw

Expect more striker signing rumours for Chelsea now that Drogba has announced he's off....

China maybe...or a another league that isn't as physically demanding as the EPL
I guess Torres doesn't have to worry about getting more playing time...

 

[engoi]

Originally Posted by eiddyfouw

Expect more striker signing rumours for Chelsea now that Drogba has announced he's off....

Did he said that ?

 

[Sinner]

All rumors for now...
http://www.guardian.co.uk...ba-quit-chelsea-shanghai

 

[jus3]

!*!@ Robben

 

[troymcclure]

"another future legend"? lulz. Balotelli will be remembered for his antics more than his on the pitch play.

 

[ham city]

Originally Posted by eiddyfouw

Originally Posted by engoi

Originally Posted by eiddyfouw

Î don't get it.What is so great about this commercial ?
It's the same commercial (except The Secret Tournament), a group of Nike sponsored players running around with no sense.


Riots in Auxerre after Montpellier won the french league and Auxerre lost and has to play in the 2nd division.
Alexander Merkel thinks about leaving Italy and play in the Bundesliga.
Fernando Torres wants mor playtime or wants to leave the club.

The barber asks him what does he want. 
Balotelli says he wants to be remembered...

Look at the style of cuts he gets...

Ronaldinho

Roberto Baggio

Ronaldo (Luis Nazario de Lima)

Carlos Valderama

Balotelli

He doesn't want to be emulate those other players style, he wants to be himself, and be remembered as a great amongst those players. 

Conceptually the ad is brilliant...I think you just didn't get it.

Edit:

Lastly...

Mamadou Sakho says "see you on the pitch". 

he's seen as another future legend who's coming into game. 

Come on now there was absolutely nothing brilliant about that add.

Acting like that ##%% was deep.

I think it's safe to say everyone got it by the time the Ronaldo cut popped up.

 

[Retroballer]

If rumors are true, Atlético Madrid and Porto are on speed dial.

 

[eiddyfouw]

Originally Posted by HAM CITY

Originally Posted by eiddyfouw

Originally Posted by engoi

Come on now there was absolutely nothing brilliant about that add.

Acting like that ##%% was deep.

I think it's safe to say everyone got it by the time the Ronaldo cut popped up.

There was nothing "deep" about it.  I explained exactly what happened on screen. 
I think it's a brilliant footie ad.  Selected the right players for the ad, and paid homage to some of the greatest players while respecting what new young talent is coming to the game.

Originally Posted by TroyMcClure

"another future legend"? lulz. Balotelli will be remembered for his antics more than his on the pitch play.

Once Balo gets his head in the game...you'll be amazed at what that kid will do. 

 

[dlo13]

So I've been posting in here for the last couple of years as a neutral, would you guys hate me if I jumped on the Chelsea bandwagon now? I promise to stick around when they're 11th in the table in November and RDM gets canned.

A few crappy iPhone pics from the bar in Chicago. Closest I came to dying this weekend was in there. So packed in that it felt like it was 400 degrees. By halftime, people were double-fisting with a beer and an ice water. Too much fun, though...

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[drewdioxin]

dd that guy really wear a US jersey to the pub though?

 

[dlo13]

Originally Posted by DrewDioxin

dd that guy really wear a US jersey to the pub though?

There's always one...or several.

The guy next to me was wearing a Schalke jersey and cheering for Bayern (engoi, what's that about?

)

Saw a guy with a Juventus jersey and a Fabregas Arsenal jersey...

 

[trunks206]

Originally Posted by DLo13

Originally Posted by DrewDioxin

dd that guy really wear a US jersey to the pub though?

There's always one...or several.

The guy next to me was wearing a Schalke jersey and cheering for Bayern (engoi, what's that about?

)

Saw a guy with a Juventus jersey and a Fabregas Arsenal jersey...

I dont see the problem though? I wear one of my Arsenal jerseys when Im going to watch a big match as a neutral. Plus the CL final is the biggest game it club competition, naturally there would be plenty of fans of other teams there watching it.
Oh and fine go support Chelsea, but I'm going to hold you to your word, no jumping off when the legs on the old guard run out. 

 

[weaponry expert]

you'll be missed

 

[dlo13]

Originally Posted by trunks206

Originally Posted by DLo13

Originally Posted by DrewDioxin

dd that guy really wear a US jersey to the pub though?

There's always one...or several.

The guy next to me was wearing a Schalke jersey and cheering for Bayern (engoi, what's that about?

)

Saw a guy with a Juventus jersey and a Fabregas Arsenal jersey...

I dont see the problem though? I wear one of my Arsenal jerseys when Im going to watch a big match as a neutral. Plus the CL final is the biggest game it club competition, naturally there would be plenty of fans of other teams there watching it.
Oh and fine go support Chelsea, but I'm going to hold you to your word, no jumping off when the legs on the old guard run out. 

Eh...I've never gotten wearing a jersey of a team that isn't involved. We left the bar and walked over to Wrigley for the Cubs/Sox game and I chuckled at the random Angels and Yankees jerseys I saw.

 

[drewdioxin]

I dunno, I was always from the understanding if you are neutral, keep it neutral. If your team is playing, fly your colors.

I liken to people that wear the shirt of a band they are about to watch perform lol.

 

[Retroballer]

A national team jersey is different though. It def different than wearing a different teams jersey

 

[weaponry expert]

Drog exit denied
Drogba's representatives distance the striker from exit talk
Last Updated: May 21, 2012 11:27pm

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Didier Drogba's representatives have denied reports that the Chelsea striker is set to leave the club.

The 34-year-old was quoted in France as saying he had decided to leave the UEFA Champions League winners.

But representatives of the player, who scored a late equaliser as well as the decisive penalty in the shoot-out win over Bayern Munich on Saturday, have said the quotes attributed to him 'are not genuine'.

Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay also insists there has been no decision on the player's future.

Drogba has been linked with a lucrative move to Chinese side Shanghai Shenhuan, where former Chelsea team-mate Nicolas Anelka is now player-coach.

The striker joined the Blues from Marseille in 2004 and has scored more than 150 goals for the club in eight seasons.