World Football Thread XX: Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.

[Krill]

Continued from:

World Football Thread XIX: Capello to the Rescue!
World Football Thread XVIII: The Beckham has Landed
World Football Thread XVII : Champions League Final and beyond..
World Football Thread XVI - The demise of one Ronaldo and the rise of another
World Football Thread XV - Life after the World Cup
World Football Thread XIV - Italy: Hail to the Champions
World Football Thread XIII - to Berlin
World Football thread XII
World Football Thread XXX - Germany 2006
World Football Thread X - Germany 2006
World Football Thread IX - Weltmeisterschaft Ausgabe
World Football Thread VIII - The beautiful game?
World Football Thread VII
World Football Thread VI
World Football Thread V
World Soccer Thread IV
World Soccer thread III
World Soccer Thread II
Worldwide Soccer Thread I
Newcastle vs. Spurs gloating thread.

[Krill]

Buh Bye Newcastle. You deserve it for being a crap team with no direction, so thank you for finally obliging us

Same for Middlesbrough.

Yay, Stoke

[Dauphin]

Yay Hull.

Let's see if they can go for the Premiership record of most consecutive games without a win. Currently on 11.

[Maquiladora]

I wonder where Owen will go. Still think he can be a decent goal-hanger in a team that actually creates chances.

[duke o' york]

His injury problems might well influence potential employers.

I think we deserved to go down. Unfortunately, so did Hull and only one of us could. In fact, with Phil Brown's godawful singing show then they should be put into League 2, and their parachute money be given to Darlo to keep them going.

We'll be back in the top division soon though. About 24 hours after West Ham go bust and are kicked out of the league...

[Tuberski]

Is the "AIG" on Man. U.'s jersey the same AIG that sucks here?

ACK!

[Imran Siddiqui]

Is the "AIG" on Man. U.'s jersey the same AIG that sucks here?

ACK!

Yes.

[Drake Tungsten]

ManU goes down like AIG.

[Traianvs]

Jawohl barça. A well deserved win, and a top performance by Messi on top of that to sweeten the deal. Suck it you Brits

[duke o' york]

My faith in the beautiful game is now restored.

[duke o' york]

Jawohl barça. A well deserved win, and a top performance by Messi on top of that to sweeten the deal. Suck it you Brits

The vast majority of British football fans were 100% behind Barça this evening, and are absolutely delighted now. I (we)'d hate the Scum a lot less if the players didn't whinge so much, and the fans weren't so incredibly arrogant, gloryseeking *******s. The rest of British football (except Chelsea) have the right to laugh at Man City for having received a hatload of cash through wealthy owners and failed (in their first season), but the Scum can't laugh at that, given the vast amount of cash they make from poor Asian countries each year, and the massive debt their new owners have saddled them with.
I'd love to see City teach their neighbours a lesson next season: like Barça, but for an entire season.

[Krill]

FFS?

ManU were not awful.

They were merely not in Barcas' league.

Barca did deserve to win it. I just wish it was a highscoring draw then Barca wopuld win in in ET.

As to players whinging...I don't really care.

[Drake Tungsten]

the massive debt their new owners have saddled them with.

ManU's new owners have been great for the club. Even with today's loss, ManU has exceeded all expectations since the Glazer's took over.

[Cort Haus]

Suck it you Brits

You are ****ing clueless. Most of us despise Yanited.

Barca were fantastic.

[Cort Haus]

Yay, Stoke

I watched them play my lot last sunday. I know they didn't care, but if they'd defended for the whole game like the had for the first 20 mins they could have conceded 10. Not that it mattered, of course, the Stoke fans were celebrating their survival the whole game.

As for those who did get relegated, too bad Phil Orange didn't go down with the barcodes. I was chatting to a Boro fan last night, and it seems they're all pretty much behind Southgate and Gibson. They had to cut costs this year after heavy spending in the past, but I admire clubs that decide to invest in youth, as Boro are now doing, rather than lashing out on top players all the time.

[Traianvs]

Interesting. Preferring a foreign team there. The hate must be immense then..

[MikeH]

I pretty much always support the English team in Europe, except Arsenal obviously 'cause they are French.

[Maquiladora]

I pretty much always support the English team in Europe, except Arsenal obviously 'cause they are French.

Although I wasn't upset Man Utd lost. Barca didn't deserve to be in the final, but neither did Man Utd deserve anything on the night. Ideally a plane would've crashed on the pitch killing every player, except the honest few.

[Krill]

I watched them play my lot last sunday. I know they didn't care, but if they'd defended for the whole game like the had for the first 20 mins they could have conceded 10. Not that it mattered, of course, the Stoke fans were celebrating their survival the whole game.

True, they sucked on teh day. Compared to Man U and Liverpool at home though... eh. Their away form is worst in the league for sure.

Second season it needs to be better.

Anyone heard about the extra officials in teh Europa league next season though? Retardly stupid IMO.

[Traianvs]

True that. Apparently FIFA has made the proposal as an alternative to the use of video images.

Absurd really, just use those video images already. They'll rule out a lot of disputes on the spot. Players, coaches and fans building up their frustration over a dubious call by the referee won't have that excuse anymore.

I have to admit the yankees playing ovalball have sorted this out quite nicely. I don't see why football shouldn't be able to adopt it as well.

[Kitschum]

FIFA is the evilest organization in the world. I would hope that was common knowledge by now.

[Cort Haus]

I pretty much always support the English team in Europe, except Arsenal obviously 'cause they are French.

****.

Racist tosser.

[Cort Haus]

Interesting. Preferring a foreign team there. The hate must be immense then..

Club football is not about national football. Local rivalries prevail. Local hatreds too. Unless a team has charmed neutrals, every supporter of every other team wants it to fail. Quite right too. Apart from those phucktards who have some racial aversion to foreigners, as is displayed above.

[Dauphin]

Netherlands
Australia
Japan
South Korea

[Dauphin]

North Korea can still make it.

[classical_hero]

We are going back to the world cup. It is hardly a surprise that the other two team made it through also, but it will be interesting to see which team makes it out of Saudi Arabia, Iran and North Korea.

[Krill]

Nothing makes it out of North Korea except for roskets, so I doubt they'll be sending a team.

[duke o' york]

Damn, another company in financial trouble bought West Ham. Maybe they won't go but, be relegated and let us straight back up after all.

[flipside]

The current world financial state, with the level of corpoate debt that is leveraged on any buy-out raises massive concerns for footy fans. I read how a Man. Utd can be leveraged on £700 million of borrowings at 15% interest while having the largest turnover in sport and sh!t myself for the fans when a collapse happens.

It will happen to someone.

[duke o' york]

Well West Ham are doing fabulously in their recruitment of companies with questionable balance sheets to invest.

Whereas Profitable Investments are looking to buy Newcastle.
Trade Descriptions Act anyone?