Worldwide Soccer Thread I

[Imran Siddiqui]

Nearly as bad as US commentators calling a throw-in a "line-out".

Never heard that phrase before.

"had a stormer against you guys" sounds like someone who deserves a kicking.

Would you perfer "had a barnburner"?

"fooking" certainly does

Autocensor once again...

[Maquiladora]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

Nearly as bad as US commentators calling a throw-in a "line-out".

Never heard that phrase before.

They use allsorts, i wish i could remember some of the corkers they come out with, but its been a while.

"had a stormer against you guys" sounds like someone who deserves a kicking.

Would you perfer "had a barnburner"?

"had a shedburner", maybe not.

"fooking" certainly does

Autocensor once again...

I know, i wasnt saying you intended it to, it just did.

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Al'Kimiya
Haven't followed the premiership for a few years. My favorite team was always Blackburn Rovers though, since they had the coolest name (beside Blackpool, but they're in some lower division). How are they doing this year?

I like them too, and you've gotta like any team named Hotspur.

However, the Gunners are my team.

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Though Beckham should really come back to England. Real is not helping his career.

Who's that guy? You know the one. Used to be famous. Could have gone places. Oh, yeah. Owen. Whatever happened to him?

[Az]

He's in the milky way too.

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by MikeH
Eastern Europe:

I notice you managed to get Austria in that shot.

[Az]

actually, if one looks carefully, Greece is there, too. At least partly.

[notyoueither]

That's only Macedonia. Not Greece!

/Markos

[Az]

Markos would never say something like this. He'd call it FYMOR or whatever.
Notice small purple spot near the corner.

[MikeH]

Originally posted by Azazel
You could've won Euro 2000.

Euro 2000? Are you joking? We were appalling in that tournament. Our game against Germany was one of the most ugly disappointing games of football ever. We beat Germany and I was hoping we'd get knocked out so I didn't feel ashamed of how horrible our football looked to the rest of the world.

Anyway, our current squad is much better than that squad and our manager is a lot better.

[Az]

Euro 2000? Are you joking? We were appalling in that tournament. Our game against Germany was one of the most ugly disappointing games of football ever. We beat Germany and I was hoping we'd get knocked out so I didn't feel ashamed of how horrible our football looked to the rest of the world.

Oh, of course you sucked. Everyone saw this. I was talking about your squad at the time. That's why it was so disappoointing. Your current manager does rule, though.

[MikeH]

Originally posted by notyoueither


I like them too, and you've gotta like any team named Hotspur.

However, the Gunners are my team.

You can't like both Tottenham and Arsenal, they are huge local rivals... it's just wrong!

[notyoueither]

No, he just sucks less if they get results.

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by MikeH


You can't like both Tottenham and Arsenal, they are huge local rivals... it's just wrong!

What do I know, I'm just a dumb colonial. I didn't even know they were rivals until I was almost 40.

I like Spurs and Rovers for their names (and maybe Spurs a bit for Gazza) and I like Arsenal because I saw them playing on the tube when I was a kid.

Spurs and Rovers may be cool, but the Gunners own my allegiance.

[MikeH]

Originally posted by Azazel

Euro 2000? Are you joking? We were appalling in that tournament. Our game against Germany was one of the most ugly disappointing games of football ever. We beat Germany and I was hoping we'd get knocked out so I didn't feel ashamed of how horrible our football looked to the rest of the world.

Oh, of course you sucked. Everyone saw this. I was talking about your squad at the time. That's why it was so disappoointing. Your current manager does rule, though.

Our squad then wasn't as good as the current one. Then we had a realatively good first eleven, although only 4 or 5 were really world class, and potentially one of the best midfields in the competition but we were really struggling with the left side of the team and we had very little backup in the squad. If anyone was injured the player coming in was significantly worse. Also quite a few of those players in the 2000 squad were well past their best.

Now we have one of the best midfields in the world, Gerrard and Lampard are two of Europes best and most consitent midfielders. We've got one of the best defences - it's possible that Sir John Terry might not even make the team because Campbell and Ferdinand are even better and two world class forwards in Owen and Rooney, plus we actually have really good cover in pretty much every position.

Basically this current squad dumps all over the 2000 squad, and they have a low average age so will only get better.

But there are plenty of other good squads out there in the world.