Official European Football 2010/2011 Thread

Y@k Bollocks · Post by **Y@k Bollocks** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 5:54 am

Comedy Quaddafi wrote:Arsenal V Ipswich
Hammers V Brum

:killa:

I'm reasonably confident West Ham can get to the final. Managed to get a draw off Brum the other week at their place.

Papers suspiciously quiet about the aggro at St Andrews last night!

spitboxer · Post by **spitboxer** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 12:55 pm

Was at The blues villa game last night even tho i hate both with a passion, got a free ticket so couldnt resist. Shit was crazy at the end, even 2 pubs in the area got smashed up after the game & more kicked off in the city centre. Going there again Saturday in the Spurs end so they better get them seats fixed.

Russia to host World Cup 2018 & Qatar to host in 2022

H.E. · Post by **H.E.** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 1:26 pm

Qatar

You can get far with enough oil money.

VideoKilledThe · Post by **VideoKilledThe** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 1:35 pm

H.E. wrote:Qatar

You can buy whatever you want with oil money, including a World Cup!

Yahoo.com wrote:Qatar, an oil-rich nation that has been independent since 1971, has a population of about 1.7 millionג500,000 less than Houston. At 4,416 square miles, it is smaller than Connecticut.

Following corruption allegations that led to two of the 24 FIFA executive committee members being excluded from the vote, the daring decisions that challenged conventional knowledge are bound to be controversial.

Req · Post by **Req** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 3:49 pm

absolute joke

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 7:41 pm

If there's been foul-play it needs to be dealt with accordingly. But I do think it's great that two new countries get to host it for the first time. Obama is

Damn... eventhough all of that violence is so stupid and I would never participate, there's still something kinda cool about people beating eachother senseless because of football. The only sport that is truly larger than life all over the world.

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 12:13 am

Comedy Quaddafi wrote:There's not a single Arsenal-starter who wouldn't walk straight in to the Spurs 11, Fabianski and Arshavin (on current form) being possible exceptions. They only won because Arsenal acted like an idiotic James Bond villain who talked about what they were about to do instead of just killing them when they had the chance. Wenger said today they "deserve success" - no they don't, they deserve to have their wages withheld for a month or two.
Arsenal haven't lost @ home to Spurs in 17 years, maybe you don't know what that means?

Sorry it's taken me so long to reply, I recorded a bunch of last weeks matches so I didn't want to come back in here until I'd seen them.

Arsenal not having lost to Spurs in 17 years means:

A:Tottenham has improved significantly.
B:Nothing lasts forever.

I'm not saying that Spurs are better than Arsenal. They're not. But they do deserve a bit more respect than you give them. They're a deserved top 5 team IMO.

eternalreflection · Post by **eternalreflection** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 12:13 am

H.E. wrote:Qatar

You can get far with enough oil money.

so retarded, but its Fifa so standard

Req · Post by **Req** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 12:58 am

Comedy Quaddafi wrote:If there's been foul-play it needs to be dealt with accordingly. But I do think it's great that two new countries get to host it for the first time. Obama is

Damn... eventhough all of that violence is so stupid and I would never participate, there's still something kinda cool about people beating eachother senseless because of football. The only sport that is truly larger than life all over the world.

yeah, it's really great that the same organization that rallies around 'fair play' and urges everyone to 'kick racism out of football' gave the most important sporting event in the world to a country that has some of the most socially backwards and unequal laws on their books and another that has a serious neo-nazi problem that tends to manifest itself at football games and could care fucking less?

holy crap, am i seriously condemning an arab country to you? lmao

The votes were bought a long time ago. FIFA is a corrupt steampile of shit and Sepp Blatter is an annoying faggot who despises the fact that he can't control the English free press.

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 1:48 am

Req wrote: holy crap, am i seriously condemning an arab country to you? lmao

Y@k Bollocks · Post by **Y@k Bollocks** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 7:44 am

spitboxer wrote:Was at The blues villa game last night even tho i hate both with a passion, got a free ticket so couldnt resist. Shit was crazy at the end, even 2 pubs in the area got smashed up after the game & more kicked off in the city centre. Going there again Saturday in the Spurs end so they better get them seats fixed.

Russia to host World Cup 2018 & Qatar to host in 2022

Do you live in Birmingham? Bet the atmosphere was amazing. I like St Andrews. Nice and grimy round Digbeth.

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 9:12 am

Req wrote:
Comedy Quaddafi wrote:If there's been foul-play it needs to be dealt with accordingly. But I do think it's great that two new countries get to host it for the first time. Obama is

Damn... eventhough all of that violence is so stupid and I would never participate, there's still something kinda cool about people beating eachother senseless because of football. The only sport that is truly larger than life all over the world.
yeah, it's really great that the same organization that rallies around 'fair play' and urges everyone to 'kick racism out of football' gave the most important sporting event in the world to a country that has some of the most socially backwards and unequal laws on their books and another that has a serious neo-nazi problem that tends to manifest itself at football games and could care fucking less?

holy crap, am i seriously condemning an arab country to you? lmao

The votes were bought a long time ago. FIFA is a corrupt steampile of shit and Sepp Blatter is an annoying faggot who despises the fact that he can't control the English free press.

Russia is a corrupt and godforsaken shithole and Qutar, in spite of their money and advanced technology, is still somehow stuck in the Flintstones era. But so what? We've seen how football unifies people and makes the world a smaller place, letting them host such an important event is a part of "reaching out" and giving them a chance to show themselves from their better side. It's not like SA is an incorruptible bastion of equality and social justice anyway. What's funny is Qutar and their stance on alcohol, wonder how they'll deal with drunken Scandinavians humping eachother in public. If you're saying Sepp Blatter is a monumental cunt then you're preaching to the choir.

jamrage wrote:
Comedy Quaddafi wrote:There's not a single Arsenal-starter who wouldn't walk straight in to the Spurs 11, Fabianski and Arshavin (on current form) being possible exceptions. They only won because Arsenal acted like an idiotic James Bond villain who talked about what they were about to do instead of just killing them when they had the chance. Wenger said today they "deserve success" - no they don't, they deserve to have their wages withheld for a month or two.
Arsenal haven't lost @ home to Spurs in 17 years, maybe you don't know what that means?
Sorry it's taken me so long to reply, I recorded a bunch of last weeks matches so I didn't want to come back in here until I'd seen them.

Arsenal not having lost to Spurs in 17 years means:

A:Tottenham has improved significantly.
B:Nothing lasts forever.

I'm not saying that Spurs are better than Arsenal. They're not. But they do deserve a bit more respect than you give them. They're a deserved top 5 team IMO.

They are getting better but when you look at individual quality they're not anything to write home about, this is what pisses me off. That they could beat Arsenal simply because they wanted it more. They really worked hard for each other and made the most of an impossible situation. If we had someone like Vieira, Mad Jens or Adams in the squad it wouldn't have happened, they would have shouted people's heads off and smacked Song in the face for thinking hes Zidane. City is looking slightly better in terms of squad and especially defense, but I think Tottenham is on the same level as Liverpool once Liverpool gets back in to gear. We'll see.

spitboxer · Post by **spitboxer** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 2:44 pm

Y@k Bollocks wrote:Do you live in Birmingham? Bet the atmosphere was amazing. I like St Andrews. Nice and grimy round Digbeth.

Yeah im from Birmingham. Been to a few of the derbies down the years, always great atmosphere's at those games especially at St Andrews, not so much at Villa Park, that place is like the Emirates.

Even tho im glad Russia got it for just for somewhere new & different i dont see how they beat England. They have to build 14 new staduims plus airports, train stations, hotels & roadworks where us & Spain/Port are not that far off being close now, we could have held it next summer if we had to. Moscow even struggled to host the Champions league final a couple years back & thats just one game. Will be a great world cup there tho if they pull it off. Woulda prefered Australia over Qatar for 22 but their bid didnt get past round 1 like Englands.

spitboxer · Post by **spitboxer** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 2:50 pm

Did anyone see this vid of Lineker, probably old but just come across it
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RacquetballGangsta · Post by **RacquetballGangsta** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 1:12 pm

yeah i say fuck russia and qatar's bids. russia less so..qatar's is an absolute joke.

spain and portugal wouldve been amazing. australia or usa shouldve gotten 2022.

@ even considering japan and korea even though they hosted 2 world cups ago.

also

2nd goal by nasri

@ chelsea

Req · Post by **Req** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 5:03 pm

now theyre saying the Qatar World Cup might have to be played in January 2022 lmaooooo

VideoKilledThe · Post by **VideoKilledThe** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 11:35 pm

Just saw the Nasri goals, both were

Dude has way faster straight line speed than he is given credit for.

Yohan · Post by **Yohan** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 3:42 pm

How come people still act suprised England didn't get it? The England bid was doomed from the start. I knew the Netherlands/Belgium bid was not going to make it as well, even though, in my opinion, we had the strongest bid. Total bias though. I'm actually halfway glad we don't get to host it in 2018.

Anyway, especially Russia was such an easy guess. You could probably make some good money backing their bid at the bookies, as to me it was a virtual certainty.

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 6:19 pm

You'd think they'd nominate a token Inter player for Ballon D'or, then again why pass up another opportunity to cream over Barca (?) ; )

And yeah, Nanananana Na-Na Nasri is unbelievably good this year. Hes actually better when Fabregas isn't on the pitch. Not only does he score crucial goals but he scores them in style as well. I struggle to think of an Epl-player who's in better form ATM.

Stoned Starks · Post by **Stoned Starks** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:19 pm

Sneijder and Milito are candidates, but it doesn't really matter because Spain won the WC.

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:50 pm

Oops, thought they changed it to only 3, misunderstood something I read.

Between Xavi and Iniesta it almost comes down to a coin-toss, they're damn near a conjoined entity in my mind.

Stoned Starks · Post by **Stoned Starks** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:27 pm

Yeah, pretty much. Though if I was voting I'd give it to Xavi. He had a much better club campaign last year, what with Iniesta being hurt for most of the second half of the year (including both legs of the tie with Inter). Plus, while Iniesta scored the most important goal of the WC in the final, Xavi was perhaps the tournament's best player, with 12 more "chances created" (25) than the next closest player.

Req · Post by **Req** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 7:30 pm

I CAN HAS DOG

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 8:15 am

Howard Webb is such a mug. Rio and De Jong kicking people in the chest and getting away without as much as a freekick. Blatant red cards in both instances.

Utd was dangerous on the counter and didn't mind letting Arsenal have posession and soaking up the pressure, which was never that dangerous anyway.

Gotta love that Rooney can't score to save his life, I wonder if people still think it's blasphemous to suggest that Cesc is better (?).

Req · Post by **Req** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 7:14 pm

sorry, you guys are still on a 10yr embargo from complaining about other teams and dirty play

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 11:34 pm

I was complaining about Webb. Awful challenge from Rio anyway but I don't think Man U play dirty, cheating is more their speed ; )

VideoKilledThe · Post by **VideoKilledThe** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 11:40 pm

It would be a shame if Rooney Grant Hilled himself with that ankle...but as they say form is temporary class is permanent, I'm sure he'll bounce back.

Crazy to see Chelsea in the 4th spot after that fast start they had.

Req · Post by **Req** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:09 am

Champions League first knockout round:

Roma V Shakhtar Donetsk
AC Milan V Tottenham

Valencia V Schalke
Inter Milan V Bayern Munich

Lyon V Real Madrid
Arsenal V Barcelona

Marseilles V Man Utd
Copenhagen V Chelsea

Req · Post by **Req** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 8:24 am

Europa League Knockout Phase:

Napoli V Villareal
Rangers V Sporting
Sparta Prague V Liverpool
Anderlecht V Ajax
Lech Poznan V Braga
Besiktas V Dynamo Kiev
FC Basle V Spartak Moscow
Young Boys V Zenit St Petersberg
Thessaloniki V Man City
PAOK V CSKA Moscow
Sevilla V Porto
Rubin Kazan V FC Twente
Lille V PSV Eindhoven
Benfica V Stuttgart
Bate Borisov V Paris St German
Metallist V Bayer Lverkusen

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 10:11 am

Fuck me. You just knew it would happen. I hate those "more than a club" DNA-obsessed cunts and two years in a row is just a little too much. At least Silvestre @ Camp Nou isn't a possibility and as of now the squad is fairly intact with only Verms crocked and Almooh out of the picture.

Bayern to avenge the final. I'm looking forward to that.