The AET Soccer/Football Thread

Towerman

AxlUlrich wrote:

yeh seen Mark Gonzalez play afew times for Real Sociedad..looks a good player..kinda reminds me of Kewell in his Leeds days.

Mark Gonzalez is banned to play for Chile... they found him with some prostitutes in a hotel in Ireland where Chile had travelled to play a friendly match before the WC.

AxlUlrich

Towerman wrote:

Mark Gonzalez is banned to play for Chile... they found him with some prostitutes in a hotel in Ireland where Chile had travelled to play a friendly match before the WC.

he quit international footie too cos of that incident...ah well..sure he will return if there's a change in management.

Towerman

AxlUlrich wrote:

he quit international footie too cos of that incident...ah well..sure he will return if there's a change in management.

yeah... still funny though

hosenbisler

Fucking idiots http://www.isnichwahr.de/redirect12745.html By the way, they´re holding tickets for the world cup...

Towerman

hosenbisler wrote:

Fucking idiots http://www.isnichwahr.de/redirect12745.html By the way, they´re holding tickets for the world cup...

hahahahaha, how fucking stupid can you be?

elmer

Towerman wrote:

Mark Gonzalez is banned to play for Chile... they found him with some prostitutes in a hotel in Ireland where Chile had travelled to play a friendly match before the WC.

he claims that some girls simply knocked at their hotel door asking for autographs

ladygooddiva

elmer wrote:

he claims that some girls simply knocked at their hotel door asking for autographs

some girls do everthing to get attention grrrr

brhf9

here is some funny reading:

Bill Simmons, a writer for espn.com, got hooked by the World Cup fever and decided to pick a team to follow in the English Premier League this season.
To help him make his decision, he asked his readers to send him e-mail explaning which team he should choose and he lists some things that could help him with the process.

I think it's funny stuff...

Here are the links:

1st part:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/060719

2nd part:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/060719_2




CHELSEA

Unintentional Comedy: Various reader comments on Abramovich included, "He's a billionaire oil tycoon who's suspected of high crimes in Russia" … "In a way, he's Mark Cuban, but in another strangely satisfying way, he's the Godfather" … "You couldn't invent a guy like this: Russian oligarch who dumps money into players, hitting the bid on exorbitant transfer fees to stock his squad with so much talent while showing no regard for the bottom line; even Steinbrenner is profit oriented" … "Their owner is probably the only major sports owner who's had his business rivals assassinated" … "Plays the Russian anthem before home matches, at the conclusion of which he stands and waves to the delirious crowd like Caesar."

(Now he sounds FANTASTIC. And we thought Mark Cuban was fun.)



ARSENAL

Celebrity Fans: An astonishingly bizarre group that includes Gavin Rossdale, Spike Lee, Hornby, Dido, Johnny Rotten, Roger Waters, Andrew Ridgeley (the other guy from Wham!), Ray Davies, Colin Firth, Will Wheaton, Freddie Prinze Jr., Kevin Costner, Jackie and Joan Collins, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Harry, Fidel Castro, John Gotti, Michael Moore and Osama Bin Laden. Now there's a list you want to avoid.


PORTSMOUTH

Reader comments included, "Blue-collar fans, blue-collar team, there are no executive boxes at their ground which means it's very rowdy and the club has no money" and "this place is down on the South coast for a reason -- it's a hell-hole and no matter how much money the team spends, it still stinks." I think that fails my vacation test.


TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

Unintentional Comedy: They have a Kafka-reading, gigantic Dutchman of a coach named Martin Jol who (A) has brothers named "Cock" and "Dick" (I'm not making this up), and (B) apparently talks just like Goldmember (in the third Austin Powers movie). Now there's someone who needs to be in my life.

Klumpie

Some rumours are still continueing. And where smoke is, is fire

RvNistelrooij to Bayern Munchen
Makaay to PSV
Kromkamp to PSV
Vennegoor to Porto
Kuyt to Liverpool
McArtney to Blackburn
Viera to Inter
Pennant to Liverpool
Kluivert to HSV

caifan82

And there goes Velez :P

brhf9

caifan82 wrote:

And there goes Velez :P

are you a Chivas fan?

let's see if they can stop another brazilian-only final...

caifan82

brhf9 wrote:

are you a Chivas fan?

let's see if they can stop another brazilian-only final...

No, not really a Chivas fan... I'm a Pumas fan, but they are sucking bad lately. I do like Chivas though, since they historically have always been a team with only Mexican players. I hope they can do good against Sao Paulo. It should be a good couple of matches.

Pearl Juli

brhf9 wrote:

are you a Chivas fan?

let's see if they can stop another brazilian-only final...

yeah, it could very well end up being Inter vs. Sao Paulo. I like Libertad, but I'm not sure they'll be able to defeat Inter...




On another note, does whoever wins the Libertadores play for the Intercontinental Cup? is it still going?

ladygooddiva

so now it´s official Kluivert is not moving to HSV...to risk for beiersdorfer ...and no baros so what ???Beiersdorfer is still searching for a striker ..but who???

caifan82

Pearl_Juli wrote:

On another note, does whoever wins the Libertadores play for the Intercontinental Cup? is it still going?

I think that if Chivas manages to win the cup, they wouldn't be allowed to play for the Intercontinental Cup since they are not from Conmebol. It would be the second place.

Pearl Juli

caifan82 wrote:

I think that if Chivas manages to win the cup, they wouldn't be allowed to play for the Intercontinental Cup since they are not from Conmebol. It would be the second place.

ok, got it.

brhf9

Pearl_Juli wrote:

yeah, it could very well end up being Inter vs. Sao Paulo. I like Libertad, but I'm not sure they'll be able to defeat Inter...




On another note, does whoever wins the Libertadores play for the Intercontinental Cup? is it still going?

yeah, just like last year. most likely it will be Barcelona x Libertadores winner...

ladygooddiva

tommorow HSV vs Blackburn Rovers and i can´t be there grr (it´s also a testmatch)

Towerman

brhf9 wrote:

yeah, just like last year. most likely it will be Barcelona x Libertadores winner...

actually last year the Intercontinental Cup wasn't played, insted it was the Fifa World Club Championship with winners from all confederations, the southamerican and european winners go directly into the semifinals, so most likely they'll face each other in the final like last year when Sao Paulo beat Liverpool 1-0. If Chivas wins the Libertadores they won't go to Japan, mexicans teams need to win the Concacaf Cup in order to qualifiy to the Fifa World Club Championship

brhf9

Towerman wrote:

actually last year the Intercontinental Cup wasn't played, insted it was the Fifa World Club Championship with winners from all confederations, the southamerican and european winners go directly into the semifinals, so most likely they'll face each other in the final like last year when Sao Paulo beat Liverpool 1-0. If Chivas wins the Libertadores they won't go to Japan, mexicans teams need to win the Concacaf Cup in order to qualifiy to the Fifa World Club Championship

sorry, i got the names wrong...