General Soccer Thread

[HrvatskaDomovino]

Beckham just had a couple of flukey free kick assists that all, he is still past his hey-day!

 

[peachey]

hahahhaha carling cup final - Arse v Cheatski...john terry got kicked in the face - knocked him out..very funny..brawl at the end..3 players got sent..1cheatski and 2 arse...adebyour wasnt happy about being sent..talk about throwing a tantrum hahahahahah....the 2 managers came on to the field to break up the brawl...should of knocked them out 2

 

[sharkiesfreak]

The john terry knockout was hilarious i could watch that all day long and never stop laughing..... the brawl was rather piss weak who else apart from adebyour was sent off? would have been good to see murinho knocked out

 

[HrvatskaDomovino]

Hey Peachey it looks like your beloved Man U are choking, lost to the mighty Pompey 2-1 and how good is Niko Kranjcar going scoring some great goals. But they did pretty well against Roma in the Champions League 7-1, that even surprised me.
And how about the mighty Croatian NT flogging everyone and a mile ahead of England and Russia in Group E for the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign. The great Slaven Bilic; best young coach in the world at the moment. If we had him at the WC then we would of got past Australia but we didn't, so end of story.

 

[peachey]

MANCHESTER UNITED 7 - 1 AS ROMA, BRING ON AC MILAN, GOING TO BE AN ALL ENGLISH CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL, WITH LIVERFOOL AND CHEATSKI PLAYING EACH OTHER IN THE OTHER SEMI FINAL...choking...we can have a slip up, we have to play cheatski plus we have a huge for/against

 

[HrvatskaDomovino]

Video highlights

I was just flicking through YouTube when I rediscovered some grand old memories of a match Croatia played against Serbia. Zoran Mirkovic (Serbia) grabs Robert Jarni's (Croatia) balls and gets sent off. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUW4MZqn3c0&mode=related&search=

And how about this goal from Niko Kranjcar for Portsmouth vs Fulham, it's an absolute jaffer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycQ4GkGOUDA

It reminded me of a goal by Robert Prosinecki (one of the most talented players ever) also playing for Portsmouth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQgpRAJJ3Cg

Then just to rub it in (Peachey) I've got the video of Portsmouth vs Man U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQnrBqC63w4

 

[HrvatskaDomovino]

Ohh the silence is deafening in here Peachey. Man U were absolutely murdered by Milan & how good is Kaka (That makes me laugh because his name means poo in Croatian). You must be majorly depressed about how abysmal the Red Devils performance was but better luck next time. Comiserations Peachey!

 

[sharkiesfreak]

Ohh the silence is deafening in here Peachey. Man U were absolutely murdered by Milan & how good is Kaka (That makes me laugh because his name means poo in Croatian). You must be majorly depressed about how abysmal the Red Devils performance was but better luck next time. Comiserations Peachey!

hahah well in Hrvatska yer the red devils had nothing and obviously had no chance ever of winning the cup good on AC now onto defeat liverpool....

 

[Megashark]

Well I thought Milan were going to smash Liverpool last time as well, but it didn't happen...surely it will happen this time???

 

[peachey]

come On Liverfool!!!!!!!!! Intalians Dont Deserve To Exist....cheats...i Admit We Were Shyt But *&^% Me..that Gutso Or Wtf His Name Is....deserves To Have His Head Knocked Off Which Scholes Was Gonna Do..surprise Surprise Ref Refused To Give Us Free Kicks For Blatant Fouls...nice Dive By The Italians.....brown And Heinze Are *%^&^ Shyt I Want Em Shot.... ..but we r still gonna win the the epl which is by far the best comp in the world..so we r still the best in the world..kaka aint that great..hey we had no defence milan should of won by more....cristiano ronaldo is the best player in the world..not kaka...if kaka wins it, its a *&^$$#@ rort

 

[peachey]

Manchester United Premiers!!!!

MANCHESTER UNITED PREMIERS!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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CHELSEA surrendered the English Premier League title to
Manchester United today after Jose Mourinho's 10-men were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw with Arsenal today (AEST).

Chelsea needed to win at the Emirates Stadium to maintain its slender hopes of overhauling United's eight-point lead

United manager Sir Alex Ferguson revealed he'd watched only the last few minutes of the drama.

"I went to watch my grandson play, he won his league, we won ours. Then I went home to watch the race (the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket), then switched over for the end of the game."It's a fantastic day for the club. We've had a great season."Asked by Sky Sports whether this was the most satisfying title to have won Ferguson said: "They're all good. It was a big job to catch Chelsea and we did that very well, our good early start gave us momentum."

The game finally came to life in the 43rd minute after a piece of slap-stick defending from Boulahrouz. The Dutch defender has been used sparingly by Mourinho, and it was easy to see why as he misjudged the bounce from Adebayor's flick, allowing Julio Baptista to muscle him off the ball before sending him sprawling with a rash challenge.

Alan Wiley awarded the penalty and wasted no time sending-off Boulahrouz. Gilberto confidently sent Cech the wrong way from the spot to edge United closer to the title. Adebayor almost doubled the advantage just after the break with a volley that flashed just past the far post. As frustration crept in, Paulo Ferreira was lucky to escape a red card for a nasty lunge on Denilson that forced the young midfield player out of the match.

Chelsea summoned up the energy for one last desperate assault in the closing stages, and was rewarded in the 70th minute.

 

[sharkiesfreak]

wat the wonderful arsenal does for u united supportes u boys should be thanking us

 

[peachey]

bullsh!t ....bolton did it for us...and we would of done it this morning but we didnt need to..we had it in the bag ages ago

 

[FoRzA aZzUrRi]

Henry switches focus to Barca

ONE of the world's best strikers, French star Thierry Henry, yesterday told of his sadness at quitting Arsenal for Barcelona.

Henry is to sign a four-year contract with Barcelona for a transfer fee of €24 million($38 million).

Henry said instability at the English Premier League club was behind his decision.

"Arsene Wenger has said that at this moment he will not commit to the club past the expiration of his current deal, which finishes at the end of this coming season," Henry told The Sun newspaper.

"I respect his decision and honesty but I will be 31 at the end of next season and I cannot take the chance to be there without Arsene Wenger and [former director] David Dein.

"It is with great sadness that I am saying goodbye to the club I genuinely love. I have spent eight fantastic seasons at Arsenal and I have enjoyed every minute of my time there."

Sources at Primera Liga club Barcelona said all that remained was for lawyers to scrutinise the details. They indicated the signing was likely to be made official overnight (Sydney time).

Henry, who turns 30 in August, is expected to have a medical tomorrow before a press conference.

Barcelona were denied a third straight title on the last day of the season on Sunday, losing to arch rivals Real Madrid on head-to-head results. A great deal of soul-searching has gone on since then after a season with no silverware, and the club has moved quickly to strengthen its squad to appease the fans.

Henry was the focal point at Arsenal and their top scorer in four of the five Premier League seasons between 2001-06, though he spent much of the past campaign sidelined with injury. He rejected a move to Barca and signed a four-year contract with Arsenal after they lost to Frank Rijkaard's team in the 2006 Champions League final.

The former Monaco and Juventus player's change of mind will be a major blow to the north London club.

At Barca, Henry faces the prospect of having to find a place in one of the most feared forward lines in European football, which includes Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o, Brazil playmaker Ronaldinho and Argentine winger Lionel Messi. One of Barca's problems last term was that neither Iceland's Eidur Gudjohnsen nor Argentine Javier Saviola provided adequate cover up front when Eto'o suffered a knee ligament injury.

Saviola has already announced his decision to leave the club and Gudjohnsen is expected to follow.

Barcelona are also expected to strengthen their defence in the close season with AS Roma centre back Cristian Chivu their top target.

Henry's move could prompt Real Madrid into action.

Real president Ramon Calderon wants to pry Brazil's Kaka from Champions League winner AC Milan. The club has already released David Beckham (Los Angeles Galaxy) and Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo and Roberto Carlos.

Calderon indicated on Friday that there could be other sweeping changes at the Bernabeu from coach Fabio Capello down.

If Capello doesn't stay, Calderon said Madrid could go for Wenger, PSV Eindhoven's Ronald Koeman or former Denmark regular Michael Laudrup as a replacement.

That would mean big changes to the playing personnel.

Although Henry's move is another body blow for Arsenal, the Gunners would have £16 million ($38 million) to spend to replace the Frenchman. But the Gunners have a reputation of not spending big, instead relying on young, home-grown players.

Wenger has a team of emerging prospects who are the envy of his Premiership rivals.

 

[peachey]

oh my, henry linking up with ronaldinho

hahaha envy them, thats the least of my worries

GO UNITED GO UNITED

WE R THE CHAMPIONS

we jus signed 2 cristiano ronaldo clones in Nani and Anderson, and signed hargraves to baulk up our defensive midfielders

 

[scott17]

**** how good or much better are barca going to be now

 

[peachey]

hmm all PL fans here, lets do a oztips tipping comp for the up coming season

 

[chunk67]

Football Dream Team

Buffon

Puyol Cannavaro Lahm

Viera

Kaka Lampard

Ronaldinho Ronaldo

Eto'o Henry​

 

[sharks195]

what the hell?

 

[bort]

what the hell?

ahahaha agreed