Soccer thread 08/09 (will have spoilers!)

miget33 · Post by **miget33** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:40 pm

fsquid wrote:ESPN has lost the Champions League rights in the US to Fox. Boy, I hope fox goes HD sometime soon.

Which might lead to now ESPN getting the premier league rights

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 3:03 pm

miget33 wrote:
fsquid wrote:ESPN has lost the Champions League rights in the US to Fox. Boy, I hope fox goes HD sometime soon.
Which might lead to now ESPN getting the premier league rights

I'm hoping that Setanta gets to keep some of the rights here in the US

Macca00 · Post by **Macca00** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 3:29 pm

Often the media screws around with quotes when coming up with headlines but this one is straight from the horse's mouth;

"I'm not injury prone," declares Owen
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story ... nd&cc=5901

LOL

JRod · Post by **JRod** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 3:39 pm

Macca00 wrote:Often the media screws around with quotes when coming up with headlines but this one is straight from the horse's mouth;

"I'm not injury prone," declares Owen
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story ... nd&cc=5901

LOL

Haha...my reaction too!!!

Ah Owen, how we like your pluck. You might not be injury prone but you might be taking your "not injury prone ass" to the Championship next year.

Naples39 · Post by **Naples39** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:43 pm

The MLS season begins ~4 hours on ESPN2.

Please consider Jared's bandwidth before you deluge the board with posts about it.

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:46 pm

great night to start it morons

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:54 pm

Macca00 wrote:Often the media screws around with quotes when coming up with headlines but this one is straight from the horse's mouth;

"I'm not injury prone," declares Owen
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story ... nd&cc=5901

LOL

LOL is right. Seems like Mikey is sharing the same delusion as Magpies' supporters, who still insist they follow "a massive club."

I'm a Newcastle supporter, and I follow "a massively sh*t club."

Take care,
PK

GB_Simo · Post by **GB_Simo** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:18 pm

pk500 wrote:LOL is right. Seems like Mikey is sharing the same delusion as Magpies' supporters, who still insist they follow "a massive club."

I'm a Newcastle supporter, and I follow "a massively sh*t club."

Nicky Butt, a fella who seems to know which way is up, said last week that, "We need to put this season to bed and kick on next season. You seem to say that a lot at Newcastle."

Dave and I have waxed about Newcastle's fans in the past so I'll not bore you with it again, but I'll not shed too many tears if either they or the 19th-placed Smoggies (or, please Santa I've been ever such a good boy this year, both of them) start next season a tier lower than they're used to.

davet010 · Post by **davet010** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:22 am

Chumps League draw

Man U v Porto

Villareal v Arsenal

Chelsea v Liverpool

Barcelona v Bayern

Winner of tie 1 to play winner of tie 2 in semis, etc.

Didn't MU and Arsenal get lucky then.

Macca00 · Post by **Macca00** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:36 am

Who the f*** did Man U pay off to get suck a piss easy draw in the Quarters and the Semis. Bloody hell.

AND; Chelsea AGAIN?!?! I'm sick of it and I support one of the teams.....

davet010 · Post by **davet010** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:23 am

Yup, MU ended up in the half of the draw with the 3 weakest teams, spawny bastards.

In other news, City got drawn at Hamburg in the UEFA quarters, with a trip to Werder Bremen likely in the semis...Christ, our draw is tougher than theirs

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:24 am

Barca, I believe we can deal.

Post by **Jared** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:30 am

I may be the only person who watched the MLS opener...but that Seattle crowd was nice. And Fredy Montero is the real deal.

JRod · Post by **JRod** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:36 am

fsquid wrote:Barca, I believe we can deal.

On paper I think Bayern will be ok but I don't think they have enough to see them through. But Barca might we thinking they escaped from facing Man U, Liverpool etc. I think they will help Bayern.

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:55 am

Klose is out and the defense has been poor in the Bundesliga. Uphill climb. Of course, they will be playing on the same days as Chelsea-L'Pool, so I'll get it on Setanta which included pregame, halftime, and postgame. That is a plus.

EZSnappin · Post by **EZSnappin** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:58 am

Jared wrote:I may be the only person who watched the MLS opener...but that Seattle crowd was nice. And Fredy Montero is the real deal.

I watched it because the Hoops Tourney was so bad. Great crowd (I'm really happy for Seattle after the Sonics debacle), but not really good soccer. I'm hoping it is just first game rust and all, but outside of Montero both sides looked pretty sloppy and tentative, with the worst aerial work I've seen in ages. Guys looked happy just to get a head on it and then look around to see where it went.

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:36 pm

fsquid wrote:ESPN has lost the Champions League rights in the US to Fox. Boy, I hope fox goes HD sometime soon.

ESPN wasn't showing these games in HD anyways.

But that means lower ratings, because Fox Sports seems to be on higher tiers on most systems.

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:21 pm

wco81 wrote:
fsquid wrote:ESPN has lost the Champions League rights in the US to Fox. Boy, I hope fox goes HD sometime soon.
ESPN wasn't showing these games in HD anyways.

But that means lower ratings, because Fox Sports seems to be on higher tiers on most systems.

True, it's only been the final so far.

Naples39 · Post by **Naples39** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:27 pm

Jared wrote:I may be the only person who watched the MLS opener...but that Seattle crowd was nice. And Fredy Montero is the real deal.

I saw the first 25 and the last 15 minutes of the match. Montero was fantastic and is an ideal MLS forward; fast, capable of creating his own chances, and looks to be one of the best finishers the league. Montero and Ljungberg could absolutely terrorize the Western conference this season.

The crowd exceeded my expectations, even accounting for the fact that it was the team's inaugural game.

BTW, any word on what the players thought of the artificial surface that is supposedly much better than Giants Stadium and Toronto's fields?

I'm sure Zeppo saw the game as well. He might be too depressed to post about it though. I had been looking forward to seeing Celades make his debut for RBNY last night, but I guess we'll have to wait for another day.

tjung0831 · Post by **tjung0831** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 2:34 pm

Jared wrote:I may be the only person who watched the MLS opener...but that Seattle crowd was nice. And Fredy Montero is the real deal.

Nope...I watched every minute and thought it was great even if it was a one sided affair. Atmosphere was top notchs and I can only imagine what Seattle will be like once Ljungberg gets back into the lineup and Zakuani is starting every game. Zakuani and Nyassi should present some matchup problems for oppenents with their speed. Believe it or not, i'm gonna spend the $79 on the Direct Kick package just so I can watch the Sounders all season long.

Tim

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 3:25 pm

Well that sure was a quality morning's football.

Glory, glory...

davet010 · Post by **davet010** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 5:23 pm

Not quite - Chelsea blew their chance to gain more ground due to their loss at Shite Hart Lane, to Harry 'the Crook' Redknapp's outfit. He must have been gutted at the Modric and other transfers going through while he wasn't in charge...just thinking of all the bungs he could have been collecting, the fat bag of s***.

Macca00 · Post by **Macca00** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:00 pm

Indeed, Rob, great day of football, all means naught unless we can capitalize tomorrow against O'Neill's hoof merchants. C'mon you Redmen!!!

davet010 wrote:He must have been gutted at the Modric and other transfers going through while he wasn't in charge...just thinking of all the bungs he could have been collecting, the fat bag of s***.

Don't hold back, Dave, tell us what you really think of 'arry!

davet010 · Post by **davet010** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 5:42 am

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wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:34 am

Is there a manager worthy of respect?

Or one not deserving of scorn?