The New English Footie Thread

[Aardvark747]

WOW, chelsea lost. Now THATS a miracle

 

[Tyagu_Anaykus]

you-re so despaired.

 

[Aardvark747]

I was nearly in tears at the end of the game. And my throat wrecked from all the shouting I did during the last 20 mins when we constantly on the backfoot!

 

[Tyagu_Anaykus]

I never saw the game I wasn-t home.
well i gotta go. university calls me

 

[1stepcloser]

was a good game. got to the pub 2 hours early to get a good seat and have a fat pub lunch

i don't like either team but was glad chelsea lost.

 

[Aardvark747]

was a good game. got to the pub 2 hours early to get a good seat and have a fat pub lunch

i don't like either team but was glad chelsea lost.

 

[Party Boy]

Sunday lunch in the pub with footie on the TV and a beer nursing hangover gained from previous evenings shenanigans... life does not get much better than that...

 

[Aardvark747]

So thoughts now turn to this weekend and the Internationals. England play Argentina, with both teams away from home. Any thoughts or predictions? I'll go with either a 1-1 draw or 1-0 defeat I think. I reckon Sven will piss about with the team once again, which will lead to an awful 2nd half performence.

I'm SO behind my team!

 

[Party Boy]

Internationals... complete waste of time. Really hate them as they just interrupt league season. I really dont think most people give two flying f**ks about international football!

 

[babyman]

Internationals... complete waste of time. Really hate them as they just interrupt league season. I really dont think most people give two flying f**ks about international football!

Agree!!!!!




aard, in the end you´ve become happy, right??





Well done, united!

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

International football is a bit archaic in this day and age, I agree, but it's always nice to see an entire country get behind their team.

 

[Aardvark747]

aard, in the end you´ve become happy, right??

 

[Aardvark747]

International football is a bit archaic in this day and age, I agree, but it's always nice to see an entire country get behind their team.

And Party Boy is the ultimate representative of that I think!

 

[babyman]

Jokes apart, what a great season is doing Wigan??
Unbelieveble!

 

[Aardvark747]

Jokes apart, what a great season is doing Wigan??
Unbelieveble!

Yeah bless em! It won't last tho. We will whip their asses when we play em in a few wks. They'll def. stay up now tho, so fairplay to em.

 

[babyman]

It won´t last, that´s for sure, but it´s great to see that after years and years and years of Manchester United - Arsenal - Chelsea another team is coming up good.
Man Utd - Wigan becomes a top game, great!

 

[Aardvark747]

We'll show em' who the big boys are!

Ciao 4 now!

 

[babyman]

Ciao!

 

[babyman]

Great news for Italy!

Uefa´s general director Olsson, says: "Italy in pole position to organize Euro 2012"
Yes! At todays votation in Malta, Greece and Turkey were voted off of the list.
Still in competition:
1 Italy (11 votes)

2 Croatia/Hungary (9 votes)

3 Ukraine/Poland (7 votes)



Bring the Euro to Italy!!!!!!

 

[DaveC]

Where would the games be held if it was in Italy?

I assume the final would be in Milan at the San Siro, but here's hoping it'd be at Stadia delle Alpi.

 

[babyman]

Where would the games be held if it was in Italy?

I assume the final would be in Milan at the San Siro, but here's hoping it'd be at Stadia delle Alpi.

It could be San Siro, yes. But I rather think that if Euro 2012 will be hosted by Italy, the only place to have a final would be Rome.
The Stadiums can be these:

Milan, Stadio San Siro
Rome, Olympic Stadium
Turin, Stadio Delle Alpi
Genova, Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Neaples, Stadio San Paolo
Palermo, Stadio Renzo Barbera
Florence, Stadio Artemio Franchi
Verona, Stadio Bentegodi


But the problems are actually high, in fact no stadium in Italy is ruled following the Uefa conditions, like the stadiums in Germany or England, for example. The Euro 2012 would be a great opportunity to change them finally. I´ve been to a few german stadiums lately. I was in Munich (Allianz Arena), Stuttgart (Gottlieb Daimler Stadion), and Gelsenkirchen (Auf Schalke Arena). And next I´m planning to visit Frankfurt, Cologne and Berlin. Man, those were big things, next year there´s gonna be an incredible world cup!

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

I do not have that high an opinion of the Delle Alpi. It's huge, but the running track spoils it.

Plus Juve don't seem to be able to crack 20, 000 in crowds.

 

[Aardvark747]

We need another international tournament held over here. Tho it won't be for donkeys years now cos of the Olympics in 2012.

 

[Party Boy]

Italian crowds in general seem to be on the low side - stadiums never seem to be sold out. Guess you could say the same for a lot of UK clubs now..

 

[Aardvark747]

Italian crowds in general seem to be on the low side - stadiums never seem to be sold out. Guess you could say the same for a lot of UK clubs now..

I'm sure I even saw a few empty seats at the Man U - Chelsea game?!

 

[babyman]

Italian crowds in general seem to be on the low side - stadiums never seem to be sold out.

In the past it wasn´t so. The reason because stadiums are getting empty in Italy are Pay-Tv´s and most of all the tickets costs. Figure it out, for a place at a curve you pay 30-35 euros and for a standplace you pay 60-80euros ..............
These are things that must get a mend, this is the problem in football, too much interests, there´s too much money flowing, and fans are taking it in their asses.
Anyway, a competition is everytime different, you have different fans coming all over the world or europe, the crowd is there, everytime.
I still remember the WorldCup in 1990 in Italy, it was a huge success although we lost against Argentina

 

[Aardvark747]

I still remember the WorldCup in 1990 in Italy, it was a huge success although we lost against Argentina

Dont worry son....we lost too

 

[Party Boy]

Do you know that in Germany, the cost of a ticket to see Bayern Munich play is cheaper than it is to watch York City play?

That could be the reason why stadiums are starting to appear less full in the UK

 

[Aardvark747]

Do you know that in Germany, the cost of a ticket to see Bayern Munich play is cheaper than it is to watch York City play?

Bloody hell!

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

There were more people watching Leicester play Ipswich last year than Juventus play Barcelona. Crazy, that.