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Re: The round ball thread

Post by klr » Wed May 27, 2009 5:13 pm

pawiz wrote:
klr wrote:One glory-hunting Man. U. fan, one ABU*. Perfect. :levi:

*Anyone But United
As a Leeds United supporter it is impossible to ever want the scum to win anything :lay:
Most ABU's are Leeds or Liverpool fans, or have been taken in by same (my pet theory). Funny I don't remember there being anywhere near as much anti-Liverpool feeling when they were as successful as Utd. are now. :coffee:
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Post by AshtonBlack » Wed May 27, 2009 5:15 pm

klr wrote:
pawiz wrote:
klr wrote:One glory-hunting Man. U. fan, one ABU*. Perfect. :levi:

*Anyone But United
As a Leeds United supporter it is impossible to ever want the scum to win anything :lay:
Most ABU's are Leeds or Liverpool fans, or have been taken in by same (my pet theory). Funny I don't remember there being anywhere near as much anti-Liverpool feeling when they were as successful as Utd. are now. :coffee:
Jealousy, mainly, I would suggest.

(Maybe I'll care next season!)

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Re: The round ball thread

Post by klr » Wed May 27, 2009 5:56 pm

The teams:

Barcelona: Valdes, Puyol, Toure, Pique, Sylvinho, Busquets, Iniesta, Xavi, Messi, Eto'o, Henry. Subs: Pinto, Caceres, Gudjohnsen, Krkic, Keita, Rodriguez, Muniesa

Man Utd: Van der Sar, O'Shea, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra, Carrick, Anderson, Giggs, Park, Ronaldo, Rooney. Subs: Kuszczak, Berbatov, Nani, Scholes, Rafael, Evans, Tevez
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Re: The round ball thread

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klr wrote:The teams:

Barcelona: Valdes, Puyol, Toure, Pique, Sylvinho, Busquets, Iniesta, Xavi, Messi, Eto'o, Henry. Subs: Pinto, Caceres, Gudjohnsen, Krkic, Keita, Rodriguez, Muniesa

Man Utd: Van der Sar, O'Shea, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra, Carrick, Anderson, Giggs, Park, Ronaldo, Rooney. Subs: Kuszczak, Berbatov, Nani, Scholes, Rafael, Evans, Tevez
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The Apprentice was really good. Did Man United win? :hilarious:
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Post by AshtonBlack » Wed May 27, 2009 9:16 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:The Apprentice was really good. Did Man United win? :hilarious:
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Re: The round ball thread

Post by klr » Wed May 27, 2009 9:21 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:The Apprentice was really good. Did Man United win? :hilarious:
ZZZZ .... ZZZZ .... ZZZZ .... ZZZZ .... :snooze:

... er, no. :lol: Worse than that, the match was a terrible contest - well, Man. Utd. were terrible. Barcelona were the luckiest team alive to reach the final, but once there ...
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Re: The round ball thread

Post by klr » Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:04 pm

:shock: The USA are now 2-0 up against Brazil in the Confederations Cup Final. Brazil have had all the play, but the USA have the goals (and other chances besides). The second USA goal by Landon Donovan was as good a breakout goal as you are likely to see.
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Post by klr » Sun Jun 28, 2009 8:25 pm

Well, it couldn't last. Brazil scored right at the start of the second half and went on to win 3-2, and should have had another goal when the ball clearly crossed the line. Still a great effort by the USA, but it was asking an awful lot for any team to beat Spain and Brazil in the space of a few days.

Great game though - way better than many, many international and club finals I've had the misfortune to watch over the years. :eddy:
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Re: The round ball thread

Post by redunderthebed » Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:28 am

Its a bit over a month until the footie starts again i cant wait. :woot:

Fixtures

EPL
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/footbal ... efault.stm

Championship
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... ip/5556803 /Football-Fixtures-20092010-Championship.html

League One
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... eague-One- Fixtures.html

League Two
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... eague-Two- Fixtures.html

SPL
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... emier/5556 914/Football-Fixtures-20092010-Scottish-Premier-League.html

and of course my beloved A-league
http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx ... e_fixtures
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Re: The round ball thread

Post by klr » Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:32 am

redunderthebed wrote:Its a bit over a month until the footie starts again i cant wait. :woot:

Fixtures

EPL
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/footbal ... efault.stm

Championship
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... ip/5556803 /Football-Fixtures-20092010-Championship.html

League One
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... eague-One- Fixtures.html

League Two
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... eague-Two- Fixtures.html

SPL
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... emier/5556 914/Football-Fixtures-20092010-Scottish-Premier-League.html

and of course my beloved A-league
http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx ... e_fixtures
There was a time *cough* when the off-season stretched out for several months, and the newspaper pools used the Australian soccer results. Those were the days my friend, long before the Internet and saturation sports coverage on the TV. Even news from South American soccer seemed to take ages to arrive. :eddy:
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Post by redunderthebed » Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:47 am

There was a time *cough* when the off-season stretched out for several months, and the newspaper pools used the Australian soccer results. Those were the days my friend, long before the Internet and saturation sports coverage on the TV. Even news from South American soccer seemed to take ages to arrive. :eddy:
In Australia footie pools still use the various state leagues for pools. I remember hearing that a local croatian club Adelaide Raiders or Adelaide Croatia back then became famous amongst the croatian diaspora because they where the first croatian team to be feature in the footie pools. Now the A-league runs concurrent with the european football season so it doesn't have to compete with the NRL and AFL and super 14 for stadia and media coverage et al.

Several months without football nooooooooooooooooooo!!! :shock: :cry:
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Post by klr » Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:54 am

Back in my youth (years before you were even born :shifty:), there was hardly any live football on the TV (FA Cup final, European Cup Final, a few internationals), so the off-season didn't seem quite so bad as it could have been. But still, the complete lack of football ... summer = no football. :cry:

Nowadays, there is always football on somewhere. Or at least ready news of football. Or nostalgia programs (50 best goals of whatever ...). Yes, it's a tough time, but we need these things to help toughen us up.
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Re: The round ball thread

Post by redunderthebed » Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:52 am

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Re: The round ball thread

Post by klr » Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:24 am

Sir "Barmy" Bobby Robson has kicked the bucket at 76:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8177945.stm
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