Any REAL football fans here? (Page 41)

I think that is how derbys are played. trying to win an edge anywhere possible makes for a dirty game. Barca is NOT at the top of its game and I doubt it could really go by Madrid with just football.

and Madrid can't beat Barca with ONLY football. thats why we have such dirty games. and the Mou word game with Pep.... 

sorry Crowny, gonna take you to task on that one....it is absolutely not called Soccer in England, the name is recognised as pertaining to our great sport, but in no way is this a standard in the country of the games creation!  Whenever I talk to the boys back home about "Soccer", there comes forth a torrent of abuse about falling into colonial ways!!   :-)

Just FYI, I would not call it soccer if it was not so confusing for the kids I coach when I talk about football!!  :-)

Crowny - I don't think it's important where the investment comes from, right now we cannot be too fussy, to run a top flight club like Liverpool and make them contenders takes more than a passion for the game/club/supporters etc, unfortunately because of the completely ridiculous money flowing in the sport today club owners have to have financial means well beyond the majority of football fans.  I would rather have a financial backer with means and a solid management and playing staff, than be financially restricted and owned by the good 'ol local boys.

I do have concerns about the way the clubs are "purchased", Glazer for instance with Manure - he "bought" the club out mostly with loans, which are secured against the club, the rest was from Red Football Ltd (PIK) loans - again these are secured against the club (now owned by hedge funds).  I mean, ManUre are doing OK recently, but something happens to offset the delicate financial situation and they are going under, their debts are now huge after Glazer's purchase.  (Not that I would be upset if they lost 10 points for going into financial administration)

The last couple of muppets who took Liverpool to the brink of financial disaster were just that, Muppets.  they could have been from anywhere....hopefully that short period in the clubs history will be swept away in the next few years.

Long way of saying, the game globally has moved on from smaller, local owners who love the club to big business, run like a business by people who see the clubs as investments (or toys in some cases)  Not the way lots of people would want it to go, but money talks, and when someone can drop $50M on a player who scores once after 730 minutes of play.................'nough said!

crowny2 - 2011-04-28 10:03 AM

Prince of Denmar - 2011-04-28 10:00 AM

crowny2 - 2011-04-28 8:22 AM

Prince of Denmar - 2011-04-27 11:08 PM

Well played by Monterrey.

I could only stay awake for the first half.  Many missed opportunities by RSL.  And the one mistake they made they paid for it.

I can only imagine Monterrey bunkered in the second half if it stayed that way. And it probably didn't help that RSL was without their captain due to yellows.

Aye. RSL played very well IMO. just didn't hit the net...

this is the Monterrey I like to see.

I was very disappointed. It got chippy for a while, but from the match report, looks like it may have calmed down a bit in the second half.

Monterrey played well.  I'm not happy about it but they played with class.  Good luck in Japan.

thanks! I bet Barca and ManU are keeping an eye on us...

Don't know if anyone say the Colorado v Seattle match this last weekend or the horrendous tackle that saw Zakuani have his Tib and Fib broken clean in two.  Think Theisman.  I can't watch it.  And I won't post a link to it.  It gives me the heebeejeebees.

Anyway, MLS announced the penalty for Colorado's Brian Millan today. 

http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/mls/story/brian-mullan-suspension-steve-zakuani-tackle-major-league-soccer-042811

Brian will not appeal the 10 game suspension.  That is a pretty hefty suspension.  1/3 of the season. 

What say you BT'ers.  Too harsh?  Just right?  Not harsh enough?  I don't know yet. 

o.O I just saw that. bad. but there is no bad milk there. 4-5 would've been 'fine' I think... 

it is a hard decision to make I bet...

Whoopeeeeeee!!!!

We are now on top of Spurs with Goal Differential.  Yes they have a game in hand but we still have to play them too!!

Thought the Premier League would be another one team race, but that shredded by this weekend. Chelsea would want some justification on what happened to them in the European Champions League quarter final.

crowny2 - 2011-05-04 3:47 PM

Prince of Denmar - 2011-05-03 4:25 PM Barca is in the final... probably against ManU...

More than likely.  I agree with bcozian's evaluation above.  Schalke is good but Inter must have been horrible with the way ManUre disected Schalke in the first game. 

Probably, but they are still recovering from having a weighty royal wedding weekend.

crowny2 - 2011-05-17 7:18 PM Well, coming up on the end of the season for the rest of the planet except us and Russia (And Russia sounds like they may be changing soon too).

Insites about the year?

Thoughts on the coming year?

Thoughts on the summer transfer window?

Me, primarily, I think the transfer window will be fairly quiet.  I think the new Fair Play rule is now in effect on purchasing players, is it not.  Therefore, gone are the days of upper 8 and 9 figure deals for single players.  At least, I think. 

Dear Crowny2,

Before I comment to your series of questions, I would like to make a small remark regarding my last comment of which I was pointing at Leonardo and his merry men and not the German delegation.

Having to watch UEFA final between the Portuguese clubs, I would speculate something magnificent happens to Porto in the next upcoming year.

Yes, we have seen how it was done over 5 years ago, and the saga since then.

However, there are some facts that works against this. For example Atletico Madrid, the team which won last year competition and managed to defeat Inter Milan on the European Super Cup, they failed to persist its winning momentum. There was also Liverpool where they made a surprising comeback on the final in Istanbul a while back, they also failed to repeat their spectacle in the year after.

Yet amidst all the odds, Porto seems to have rose to the top. I think they would make some significant appearance in the Champions League next year, unlike the other Madrid club this year.

Porto already have a manuscript of success in both UEFA and Champions league cup while simultaneously dominating the local competition. Their manager, whom to be likely nicknamed “the One after the Special One”, their star players like Hulk and Falcao would be high in the shopping list of many top European football teams

Not much play acting or diving this final, then again they didnt need to do it, they totally dominated ManU...It is beautiful to watch Barca play, and that triangle they form with Messi orchestrating the attack.  No long passes, no divided balls, everyone touches the ball and goes from side to side.

Tell me about it, i was stuck with Fox Sports but with the spanish comments, my sap option wasnt working.  One of the commentators was Mexican which needless to say has a love affair with Chicarito, his bias was so obvious that it got annoying.