The AET Soccer/Football Thread

Towerman

Hinny wrote:

They're not fucked, really. It's not like they can't find another club where they'll get paid a similar wage.

yeah they won't have any money problems but career wise some of them got somehow fucked, look for example at Del Piero he's played all his life for Juve and now that he's close to retire he has to go somewhere else where definitively he ain't getting the respect and admiration he's got at Juve. Or Vieira leaving Arsenal last season where he was an idol... I can see the guy right now regretting that move for the rest of his life. But sure as Pearl_Juli said the fans are really the ones that got totally screwed with this mess.

The problem with Juve and and their home crowd is that in Turin, most people are Torino fans but Juventus is the most popular in the rest of the country.

dkst0426

Towerman wrote:

yeah they won't have any money problems but career wise some of them got somehow fucked,

Or Vieira leaving Arsenal last season where he was an idol... I can see the guy right now regretting that move for the rest of his life.

While I do feel sorry for some of the players involved, this one tickles me the most. Of course, I won't be laughing as much if this rumored Old Trafford interest is for real.

AxlUlrich

Towerman wrote:

Del Piero, Cannavaro, Thuram, Trezeguet, Ibrahimovic, Luca Toni, Camoranesi.... and so many more great players that got fucked with this shit, this summers transfer market is gonna be an intensive one.

I reckon Del Piero might stay with Juve..with the rest heading to Inter or Real Madrid

in some transfer news..looks like Jermaine Defoe will be heading to Old Trafford as Manure have the dough..15 million apparently.
he's good..but don't think 15 million good..

ladygooddiva

AxlUlrich wrote:

I reckon Del Piero might stay with Juve..with the rest heading to Inter or Real Madrid

in some transfer news..looks like Jermaine Defoe will be heading to Old Trafford as Manure have the dough..15 million apparently.
he's good..but don't think 15 million good..

really defoe that would be cool;) ...still HSV is await for Baros ...

signaltonoise

AxlUlrich wrote:

I reckon Del Piero might stay with Juve..with the rest heading to Inter or Real Madrid

in some transfer news..looks like Jermaine Defoe will be heading to Old Trafford as Manure have the dough..15 million apparently.
he's good..but don't think 15 million good..

Del Piero and Zambrotta said they would stay in Juve no matter what...but that was before the World Cup...Zambrotta will probably leave.. Looks like Del Piero will be one of the few staying... Marchionni is another one, but this guy just joined the team this season (from Parma).

as for the rest I read that Camoranesi might move to either Valencia or Liverpool (!), Trezeguet to Lyon, Vieira and Ibra to Inter (just like Viola's Luca Toni), Thuram to Barca and Buffon to Milan... Inter is basically the only Italian team that can afford most of Juve's players...AS Roma, unfortunately, can't offer higher wages to Toni or Zambrotta...with these two on the team they could repeat the amazing 2000-2001 season...

AxlUlrich

signaltonoise wrote:

as for the rest I read that Camoranesi might move to either Valencia or Liverpool (!)

I wouldn't mind seeing him a red shirt cos we are desperate for a right sided winger.

btw for the Liverpool fans...we are leading 1-0 in our friendly...Anderson with the goal in the 5th minute

and Bellamy scores on his debut! won 2-0...good start

ladygooddiva

HSV had a good match yesterday too...a 7:0 won!!!

Pearl Juli

ladygooddiva wrote:

HSV had a good match yesterday too...a 7:0 won!!!

That's freakin' AWESOME! :eek: congrats ladyg!


I'm waiting around for the Argentine league to start (GO XENEIZES! ) and I wanted to follow the Italian and Spanish leagues, but yesterday I realized I didn't have the channel that broadcasts them :( Soooo...I'll settle for the Argentine and English leagues I guess haha.



Right now I was having a heated discussion on the myspace FIFA World Cup 2006 thread with a Mexican dude who supports Chivas... :rolleyes: He was talking all kinds of $h!t about how Boca Jrs. sucked..and so did Velez. Of course, I think I defended my team pretty well and presented the kid with the well known facts, that in brief indicated that Boca is a World Class team and that Chivas has nothing on it. And yes...surprisingly, I found myself defending Velez Sarsfield as well and stating that even River Plate was a better team than Chivas...lmao. YIKES! :eek:

ladygooddiva

Pearl_Juli wrote:

That's freakin' AWESOME! :eek: congrats ladyg!


I'm waiting around for the Argentine league to start (GO XENEIZES! ) and I wanted to follow the Italian and Spanish leagues, but yesterday I realized I didn't have the channel that broadcasts them :( Soooo...I'll settle for the Argentine and English leagues I guess haha.



Right now I was having a heated discussion on the myspace FIFA World Cup 2006 thread with a Mexican dude who supports Chivas... :rolleyes: He was talking all kinds of $h!t about how Boca Jrs. sucked..and so did Velez. Of course, I think I defended my team pretty well and presented the kid with the well known facts, that in brief indicated that Boca is a World Class team and that Chivas has nothing on it. And yes...surprisingly, I found myself defending Velez Sarsfield as well and stating that even River Plate was a better team than Chivas...lmao. YIKES! :eek:

it was a testmatch ...so from tommorow on they have their trainingcamp in going (austria) with a testmatch vs blackburn rovers on the 23th ...in august the german bundesliga is startin...
i think we are all await for the leagues to startin...

well that´s cool;)

brhf9

that's why i like football...

saw a great game today in the brazilian championship, Gremio FPBA x Fluminense FC.

4 x 4, lots of goals, 3 great ones, and the last one being scored with 94 minutes of the game!

what a game!!

Pearl Juli

brhf9 wrote:

that's why i like football...

saw a great game today in the brazilian championship, Gremio FPBA x Fluminense FC.

4 x 4, lots of goals, 3 great ones, and the last one being scored with 94 minutes of the game!

what a game!!

so the Brazilian championship already started?

Which team were you supporting?

brhf9

Pearl_Juli wrote:

so the Brazilian championship already started?

Which team were you supporting?

it started in May and had a break for the World Cup. It's already on the 12th week.

And i am a 'incha' for CR Vasco da Gama. Not facing our best days but still...

Pearl Juli

brhf9 wrote:

it started in May and had a break for the World Cup. It's already on the 12th week.

And i am a 'incha' for CR Vasco da Gama. Not facing our best days but still...

Coolness :cool:

I'm a CA Boca Jrs. fan

Pearl Juli

Do you think the Mexican league is better than the Argentine?

Just asking, I wanted to see what people other than Mexicans or Argentines thought



Ok...I'm "debating" if we could say so...I guess it's more like a fight at this point, lol with some dudes on myspace about football and this issue, lol.

AxlUlrich

reports claim Kuyt will be a Liverpool player within the next 48 hours!!!!!!

but Kromkamp looks to be on his way to PSV..I wish he stayed to prove himself cos I don't think the fans got to see the best from him.

brhf9

Pearl_Juli wrote:

Do you think the Mexican league is better than the Argentine?

Just asking, I wanted to see what people other than Mexicans or Argentines thought



Ok...I'm "debating" if we could say so...I guess it's more like a fight at this point, lol with some dudes on myspace about football and this issue, lol.

their league seems strong, but i guess that made them too self-centered...

brhf9

thuram and zambrotta are on Barcelona wishlist for next season.

and Liedson wants to 'pull a Deco' and be another brazilian playing for Portugal. luck for them because he is way better than Pauleta...

soapyrows

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh i LOVE michael ballack!!!!!!!! anyone who has seen him play...........i'm sooooooooo jealous!!

Towerman

well I'm going to se Barcelona!.... friendly match in New York(well Giants stadium it's actually New Jersey but...). Saturday, August 12th on my birthday!, Barcelona vs Red Bull NY... Djorkaeff plays for Red Bull so is gonna be cool to see him also. The last four years I got to see Real Madrid, Manchester United, Milan, Juventus, River Plate, Rangers, Bayern Munich, Roma and Liverpool playing here... I know this pre-season matches don't compare with league games but still its pretty cool to get to see every summer some of the beast teams in the world. I hope that Ronaldinho pulls a couple of his tricks.

Pearl Juli

Towerman wrote:

well I'm going to se Barcelona!.... friendly match in New York(well Giants stadium it's actually New Jersey but...). Saturday, August 12th on my birthday!, Barcelona vs Red Bull NY... Djorkaeff plays for Red Bull so is gonna be cool to see him also. The last four years I got to see Real Madrid, Manchester United, Milan, Juventus, River Plate, Rangers, Bayern Munich, Roma and Liverpool playing here... I know this pre-season matches don't compare with league games but still its pretty cool to get to see every summer some of the beast teams in the world. I hope that Ronaldinho pulls a couple of his tricks.

You are a lucky, LUCKY man!!!! I wanted to go see Barca as well, but they're not playing around here (much like my beloved Pearl Jam...LOL).

Oh well. Hopefully there'll be other clubs touring around here

Whenever I finally get to go to Europe, I'm gonna make sure to catch at least a few games by all the top teams. Or at least I wish so...haha.