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Football Thre... Errm... Soccer Thread
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dr_no
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11. February 2006 @ 08:25 |
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Did I say they will be fighting for McLaren's job?
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11. February 2006 @ 08:45 |
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Well, against Chelsea they always play at their best! Everyone had enough of their supremacy, they want to knock them down! The league is pretty competitive bellow us, that's for sure! Could have been 4 or 5 nil... Kubuto wasn't offside on that 4th goal...
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11. February 2006 @ 08:52 |
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Just got back from QPR VS MILLWALL. We Won 1-0. But their fans provoked violence so were kept inside the stadium 40mins after the game, while we had to walk the long way. not happy.
They are scum. Them & their fans. They had a man sent off for elbowing. quality.
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11. February 2006 @ 08:55 |
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Bloody Millwall hooligans, they are always the same thing...
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11. February 2006 @ 09:42 |
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They kept chanting "No-One Likes us, we don't care", and we replied with, "No-One Likes you, 'cos you're $hit!"
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11. February 2006 @ 10:46 |
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Millwall are the scum of London. The riots in May 2002 were appauling. They must be the most hated club in London.
Where are QPR in the league?
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dr_no
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11. February 2006 @ 13:01 |
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Maybe next season they will be a division lower, Milwall that is.
Rooting for Palace to make it back up to the Premiership :)
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11. February 2006 @ 17:13 |
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WOW!,did I hit the wrong thread, I tought this was about American football, oops.
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dr_no
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11. February 2006 @ 17:37 |
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We'll start a thread for you called handball :)
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11. February 2006 @ 19:45 |
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Oh Man, I hope that was just a funny, not a cut, because we don't even want to go there, all we need is a British & Yank blowout here, nah! we argue enough amoust ourselves with our American football, and let you guy's sort out your own, so in closing should I say cheerio.lol.
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11. February 2006 @ 22:40 |
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@ Fredburn
The title could get changed to Soccer.
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12. February 2006 @ 03:38 |
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No it coudn't...LMAO!!
@Fred
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Oh Man, I hope that was just a funny, not a cut, because we don't even want to go there, all we need is a British & Yank blowout here, nah! we argue enough amoust ourselves with our American football, and let you guy's sort out your own, so in closing should I say cheerio.lol.
You're right there... We should not start an European footbal/American football argument! Just like yourselves, we are very passionate about our game...
But just out of curiosity... Why don't they play rugby like men? Why do they have to wear the MX gear? Can't they handle it?...
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dr_no
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12. February 2006 @ 03:53 |
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Hey Fred i'm from the USA:)
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12. February 2006 @ 12:19 |
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@ dr_no
Thought you were from Hungary?
@ permiggs
Because they don't want to get brain damage
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12. February 2006 @ 12:35 |
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Well that's Barca's second loss in a week now. Finished 1 - 0 to Valencia. Feeling confident Permiggs? Barca are only 6 points ahead of 2nd place Valencia and 7 points ahead of 3rd place Real Madrid.
Juve increased the gap in Serie A to 12 points by beating Inter 2 - 1. Both Milan clubs are now on 54 points.
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12. February 2006 @ 12:56 |
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Well, Valencia isn't exactly Boro... I don't know, i don't feel very confident, i know they ain't going through the best of forms but we're at the worst of the last two years... It's gonna be 2-1 Barca.
Juve just proved that they are a very respectfull alfet(spell?) endeed... I watched a bit of their game against Inter, they had chances to equalize near the end with the old timers, but throughout the game, Juve was far superior. Del Piero is back, i tell ya, watch him in the World Cup...
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12. February 2006 @ 12:59 |
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David Villa is amazing. Watch out for him in the world cup. As for Juve they are on fire. Vieira has contributed loads to the team.
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12. February 2006 @ 13:17 |
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Yeah, i bet Wenger is still licking his wounds from head butting the wall for letting him go... What a player! :D
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12. February 2006 @ 13:58 |
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His last season with us wasn't his best. Im still annoyed he went though as he helped us so much.
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12. February 2006 @ 18:47 |
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OK, Let see, how can I put this without sounding like I'm taking sides, I'm of Ukranian American decent, where I lived back in Philadelphia, Pa. USA in the 50's and 60's all us mostly also UA we played soccer before we could walk, having UA fathers it was them that instilled the game into us, from novice to pewe to juniors league we dominated every year with a state championship, we than all went to the same high school, were we also dominated un-defeated and un-tied, after high school we went to the majors, that's one step before pro here, several of us had the God givin talent to become pro when we were 16 yrs. old and joined the Ukranian National soccer team here in Philadelphia.
We also were fortunate enough to win the US championship all 3 years that I played, all 3 years we wound up playing against the Armanian American soccer club from Los Angelas California, it was a great time.
But I will tell you about our 3 most memorable games of our young carriers, our second year as pro's we were visited by your Manchester pro team, we tied 1-1, our 3rd year we were visited by Newcastle, we won 1-0, a German team also came, I forget what they were called, I know they came from Frankford, we lost 1-0, my father use to house players in our home that came from differnt country's, some came here to find jobs, some for education, I became close to all of them, but my best friend who's name was Lawrence Oliver, he came from Newcastle, he lived in our home for 2 years, my Dad brought him from England and we played together, he was so excited when his home team came here and is was like a dream to play against them, what shocked me was that they ruffed him up so badly every chance they got, but he never showed any fear or pain, after that game I was at least glad that they did congradulate him after the game, they knew they punished him but he showed them he had spunk and I think they respected that, it was a big thing for him because back home during try outs Newcastle turned him down, he left us after the 3rd year and I'm sorry to say we never kept in touch, we moved to another house and I think he moved somewhere else in England so we lost touch, what I would'nt do to locate him again, it was a big mistake in my part, in the late 60's I went to England I had family there, my Uncle from Peterborough, he took me everywhere, plus many soccer games, I was so fascinated, the stadiums were huge, so many people, you see in America the most people that ever came to see us was a maximun of maybe 3 thousand people, so to me it was a big deal, and the sad part of our whole ordeal was that we were never regonized here in our own country, nobody really cared.
Anyway my 3rd year I tore up my knee and was never the same again, knee surgery was not as advanced as it is today, besides nobody here could not have afforded that kind of surgery anyway.
I went to Vietnam after that and when I came back because I could'nt play anymore my heart was not into soccer anymore, I could'nt even watch it, local games I mean, you never saw soccer games on tv back than, even the world cup games, the only way you got to watch them was if somebody brought film from Europe and we watched it from reel to screen, of course it's different now, I was born like 40 years to early.
That's when my love shifted from soccer to American football, to watch not play of course, and stayed the course ever since, my Dad always ribbed me saying how can you watch that crap, that's because he never took time to understand it, but no matter, he was my Dad.
Now to answer your question about rugby which I only played maybe 2 times here just for fun and once I played in England when my Uncle let me play in a neighboorhood in Peterborough, wow, was it ruff, and I was never big, but I can tell you this, you can not compare American football to soccer or rugby, don't forget, football players here are huge, and the hits are a lot different than soccer or rugby, I know it might not be easy to beleive unless you tried it, I never had any fear playing soccer or rugby, but believe me when I tell you, I would never play a football game without football gear, never, as a matter of fact I would'nt play football with gear, you have to be a totally different animal plus big of course, and when I say big, I mean really big, when you people see these guys on tv you have no idea how big they really are, and if these guys played without gear you would have half the team in the hospital during every game, and I am not making lite of this issue, I have experinced both worlds, love all 3 games, I think the best way I can explian this is if your rugby players played a game of rugby against an American football team, without gear of course, we all know as far as the finall score would go your guys would beat the pants of of us, but the downside would be your rugby players, half of them would be in a hospital, our football players would not hold back because no gear was worn, 50 years ago you people might not know, our players hardly wore any gear at all, there was no helmets, just a leather cap, shoulder pads was just a pieace of rubber, to many people wound up in hospitals or almost killed, and if your rugby players decided to play some American football, beleive me after a couple of games they would very fast vote in for playing with gear.
So to end it, beleive me, I admire and respect your rugby and soccer, but please try to understand what I had explained, I've experinced both worlds, sorry if this was to lenghtly, but it's the only way I could fully explain.
And by the way, when I was in England, I loved it, the people were great, the pubs were the best, I'll never forget my first lime and lougher, I hope I spelled that right, lol, and the green grass, wow, it was spell binding, and how every street was so clean and the parks immaculate, and I got a big kick from your mods and rockers, this was all in the 60's of course, plus I will be visiting my Uncle again, he's in his 80's now, so this summer I will be coming again, I just hope it's still the same England when I first saw it. Cheerio mates.
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13. February 2006 @ 09:11 |
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@ FredBun
Have you heard of Andrei Shevchenko?
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13. February 2006 @ 09:44 |
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@Fred
LOL Of course i know yank footy is rough... That was just a joke! You can't compare it to football, ops, soccer! LOL
Yeah, ever heard of Andrei Shevchenko, the best striker in the world?
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13. February 2006 @ 09:51 |
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Isn't it strange how some countries only produce one decent player but that player ends up being world class. e.g. Stoitchkov and Bulgaria
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13. February 2006 @ 10:09 |
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Yeah... I know... Do you remember Chapuisat from Switzerland?
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13. February 2006 @ 13:38 |
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Yeah he played for Borussia Dortmund in their 1996/1997 Champions League winning season.
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