The AET Soccer/Football Thread

Heineken Helen

BrotherLoveBone wrote:

Looks like only the last 2 draws have been lucky for them

I can see 6 out of 8 groups where they would have been 99% confident.

AxlUlrich

Heineken Helen wrote:

EC Group 2004
England, Italy, Spain, Germany

those teams were definitely not grouped together
Italy had Sweden,Denmark etc...Germany had the Czechs,Dutch and England had like France and 2 other countries

ladygooddiva

AxlUlrich wrote:

those teams were definitely not grouped together
Italy had Sweden,Denmark etc...Germany had the Czechs,Dutch and England had like France and 2 other countries

damn something to forget for some coutrys !!!lol

i just remember the final in our portugese erea to watched it overcrouded lots of fun and @the end portugese and greece party friendly together;);)

Heineken Helen

AxlUlrich wrote:

those teams were definitely not grouped together
Italy had Sweden,Denmark etc...Germany had the Czechs,Dutch and England had like France and 2 other countries

Oh Sorry. England, France, Switzerland & Croatia... I was looking at the pots instead of the groups :rolleyes:

Sorry.

http://www.rdasilva.demon.co.uk/major.html#europe

BrotherLoveBone

Heineken Helen wrote:

I can see 6 out of 8 groups where they would have been 99% confident.

Well if they have always been the number one draw of their groups they of course most likely will have the upper hand but still the number 2 draws have been pretty tough Swe,Ger,Arg,Ita and Turkey who was 3rd in WC in South Korea

Romania and Bulgaria are solid teams at home at least.

2002 was the last decent qualifier from us :( 2-2 and 0-0 against Germany 0-0 and 1-2 against England and Greece 5-1 in Helsinki. As a Finland fan only nice memories are from the few good games in the qualifiers years ago LOL

BrotherLoveBone

Heineken Helen wrote:

Oh Sorry. England, France, Switzerland & Croatia... I was looking at the pots instead of the groups :rolleyes:

Sorry.

http://www.rdasilva.demon.co.uk/major.html#europe

Ok, I thought it looked tough but i can't remember shit from the past tournaments so it fooled me. Still France&Croatia pretty good.

ladygooddiva

but all this is/are in record books and they will be new written this year and than 2008 ......

ladygooddiva

West Ham's new �7million striker Dean Ashton will have to wait for another week to make his club debut after failing to recover from a groin injury in time to feature in Saturday's FA Cup fourth-round tie against Blackburn.

Hammers boss Alan Pardew indicated the England Under-21 international would not even be ready to feature on the bench.

Pardew is also without goalkeeper Roy Carroll, whose persistant back problem has flared up again, while Christian Dailly will fill in at right back following Tomas Repka's move to Sparta Prague.

Blackburn boss Mark Hughes is almost certain to be without Craig Bellamy because of a recurrence of his hamstring problem, and he joins Paul Dickov (shoulder) on the sidelines.

Shefki Kuqi is Hughes' only remaining fit first-team front man and he is expected to be partnered by David Bentley in a patched-up forward line.

Teams

West Ham (from): Hislop, Bywater, Dailly, Ferdinand, Gabbidon, Collins, Konchesky, Clarke, Reo-Coker, Mullins, Fletcher, Benayoun, Etherington, Noble, Newton, Sheringham, Harewood, Zamora, Aliadiere, Katan.

Blackburn (from): Friedel, Neill, Todd, Khizanishvili, Nelsen, Matteo, Tugay, Savage, Pedersen, Bentley, Kuqi, Enckelman, Emerton, Gray, Peter, Johnson, Mokoena, Reid.

ladygooddiva

Ryan Giggs will miss Manchester United's FA Cup clash at Wolves after picking up a hamstring injury in the midweek win over Blackburn.

The veteran Welshman felt the problem early in the game and was replaced after 13 minutes as a precaution.

Park Ji-sung is available again this weekend after a knee injury, while Cristiano Ronaldo returns from suspension.

Striker Tomasz Frankowski could make his Wolves debut in the fourth-round clash.

The Poland international joined Wanderers for �1.4million from Spanish side Elche, but his availability for the Cup clash depended on international clearance, which arrived at Molineux in time.

But long-term absentees George Ndah and Mark Clyde remain sidelined by respective knee ligament and hip problems.

Defender Jackie McNamara will miss the rest of the season thanks to cruciate knee ligament damage, while goalkeeper Matt Murray has yet to regain full fitness following surgery to repair a twice-broken foot.

Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Howard, Neville, Ferdinand, Brown, Vidic, Evra, Silvestre, Ronaldo, Richardson, Fletcher, Smith, Park, Van Nistelrooy, Rooney, Saha, Rossi.

BrotherLoveBone

Now this thread is getting too hectic. I'm starting to miss the "women of the world" conversation

AxlUlrich

thread is just getting gay with Manure news that noone cares aboot :(

ladygooddiva

AxlUlrich wrote:

thread is just getting gay with Manure news that noone cares aboot :(

when you talk about liverpool i never say it´s gay

by the way manu will win and before that west ham too!!!

AxlUlrich

ladygooddiva wrote:

when you talk about liverpool i never say it´s gay

by the way manu will win and before that west ham too!!!

yeh cos there actually a good fanbase of Liverpool fans here who actually care!
noone in this board cares for Manure

oh so now West Ham too..lol..damn i always had a soft spot for them but if you're gonna start posting every little thing aboot them and Anton i'm gonna get sick of them :(

BrotherLoveBone

AxlUlrich wrote:

thread is just getting gay with Manure news that noone cares aboot :(

LOL i don't have much hatred against any Premiership team probably because i live so far away from England. I just like to follow as much as i can.

Man Utd just seems to be a team like Real Madrid that just gathers (young) individuals to important roles who are like cancer when things don't work. Ferdinand,Smith,Ronaldo (sorry lady),Rooney....

In Real only players with some heart are Raul,Casillas,Gravesen (who's sitting on the bench all the time) Recently they acquired Cassano, one young arrogant fool more...

ladygooddiva

AxlUlrich wrote:

yeh cos there actually a good fanbase of Liverpool fans here who actually care!
noone in this board cares for Manure

oh so now West Ham too..lol..damn i always had a soft spot for them but if you're gonna start posting every little thing aboot them and Anton i'm gonna get sick of them :(

some are here sometimes
a bit but my biggest are manu and hsv off course
you won´t get sick of them i just post when they play (oh they play often ubs:D)

danielheyes

"GOD" has come home!!! robbie fowler has come back to anfield on loan!!!

oh my god!!! cant believe it!! never thought we'd see him in a red shirt again! if only we'd had him last week!!


im so happy,that has made my day!!!!!

ladygooddiva

danielheyes wrote:

"GOD" has come home!!! robbie fowler has come back to anfield on loan!!!

oh my god!!! cant believe it!! never thought we'd see him in a red shirt again! if only we'd had him last week!!


im so happy,that has made my day!!!!!

good for you guys but i guess bad for us ...

AxlUlrich

danielheyes wrote:

"GOD" has come home!!! robbie fowler has come back to anfield on loan!!!

oh my god!!! cant believe it!! never thought we'd see him in a red shirt again! if only we'd had him last week!!


im so happy,that has made my day!!!!!

most shocking transfer ever but one that am so happy aboot!
fuck Owen..Fowler is the real deal..im very excited and cant wait to see him partner Crouch upfront!
weird but..wow! i dont mind a permanent move later in June! but well free transfer til the summer for now
wonder what his number will be since 9 and 23 are taken

ladygooddiva

BrotherLoveBone wrote:

LOL i don't have much hatred against any Premiership team probably because i live so far away from England. I just like to follow as much as i can.

Man Utd just seems to be a team like Real Madrid that just gathers (young) individuals to important roles who are like cancer when things don't work. Ferdinand,Smith,Ronaldo (sorry lady),Rooney....

In Real only players with some heart are Raul,Casillas,Gravesen (who's sitting on the bench all the time) Recently they acquired Cassano, one young arrogant fool more...

well you ´ve your view and i´ve mine ...i try to follow foothball all around the world as good i can but in my heart i just support two teams as you know...and some intrest in other teams world around

danielheyes

AxlUlrich wrote:

most shocking transfer ever but one that am so happy aboot!
fuck Owen..Fowler is the real deal..im very excited and cant wait to see him partner Crouch upfront!
weird but..wow! i dont mind a permanent move later in June!
wonder what his number will be since 9 and 23 are taken

cisse will be gone soon and anyway i think he should give up his number for the legend that is god!!!