The AET Soccer/Football Thread

AxlUlrich wrote:

lol yeh
Robbie Fowler is a great businessman hah...but soon hes gonna be released by Man City cos his wages are too high

but that´s his prob than ...well if he really like to stay @man city he would put down his wages himself but hey nobody do this anyways
but hey some do .........

AxlUlrich wrote:

think also it has alot to do with his agent
i wouldnt mind Fowler coming back to Liverpool..still idolise him

yea that´s why i don´t like thoose agant sh.... they spoil a bit ....

ok i see

oh just a short question is there anything out yet for the english team 2006 rummers maybe ?

ladygooddiva wrote:

this is making me more unhappy and yea a bit angry

my answer is no he should stay !!!



SHOULD FERGIE GO NOW?

Manchester United have crashed out of Europe after a 2-1 defeat to Benfica in Portugal on Wednesday night. It is the first time they have failed to get out of the group stages for 11 years, despite being arguably the least taxing of all of the groups they have been drawn in. So is it time for Sir Alex Ferguson to abandon his hopes of a second Champions League title and call it a day at Old Trafford?

With just one win from six games and only three goals to their name, United came a miserable fourth place in Group D, meaning that they don't even get the consolation of a place in the UEFA Cup. Once again, they were desperately short of ideas at Benfica, rarely threatening to find the one goal they needed to turn a disaster into qualification.

Does the buck stop with the manager, whose European tactics seem to have been badly misjudged this season, or with the underperforming players? Do you think Fergie and United can bounce back from this to use their lack of continental football to build a concerted domestic challenge to Chelsea? Will the Glazers accept such a crushing financial blow so early on in their reign?

Have your say!

No way. I believe the buck stops with players who aren't in form. Ferguson has been a champion coach and a coach cannot lose form...unlike players...he can lose interest though...maybe that is happening.

Neville: 'We Weren’t Good Enough This Year'

Gary Neville succinctly summed up United’s premature European exit with defeat to Benfica on Wednesday: consistently below-par performances in Group D cost the Reds their place in the knockout stages.

The devastating 2-1 defeat to Benfica at the Stadium of Light on Wednesday saw United finish bottom of the group and without even the consolation of a Uefa Cup place, which went to third-placed Lille.

But the problems stem back to a campaign that saw United score only three goals and collect five points at home.

"It's not just tonight, but right throughout the campaign we haven’t been good enough," Neville told Sky Sports. "It just hasn’t happened for us.

"That’s very much unlike us because we normally do well at home and score lots of goals in the group stages. Qualifying for the knockout stages has been par for the course for us down the years, but unfortunately we haven’t achieved it this year."

Reds boss Sir Alex Ferguson talked of a lack of composure, someone to slow the pace of the game and bring patience to United’s play. Neville clearly agrees.

"People will criticise us, and rightly so. Our performances haven't been up to the standards we have set ourselves."
Gary Neville
"It was a dream start in the first 15 minutes," he said. "We looked as if we were completely in control. But we didn’t react well after their first goal. After that we were all over the place at times.

"We lost our discipline a little bit. That’s disappointing because we’ve been doing very at keeping our shape in the last few weeks but… We got it back in the second half and played a lot better. By that point there was a difficult atmosphere to the game – their players were going down and wasting time. It’s difficult to get the goal you want because they’re doing everything possible to hang onto it."

After the first goal United needed to dictate the pace of the game, particularly from midfield. But, such was the desire to recover the lead, that a certain desperation sneaked into the team’s play.

However, United were not completely without experience. Alongside Neville, the Reds had Ryan Giggs, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Paul Scholes, Rio Ferdinand, Edwin van der Sar, Mikael Silvestre, all with vast European experience.

"There was experience out there," Neville said. "We just seemed to lose our way. I’m extremely disappointed."

"Now we have to stick together now and perform in the league. We've got an opportunity to close the gap on Chelsea."
Gary Neville
Neville anticipates a wave of criticism that he thinks will be deserved. But the Bury-born right-back says the team needs to pull together and transfer their focus to the Premiership and catching Chelsea.

"People will criticise us, and rightly so," he said. "Our performances haven’t been up to the standards we have set ourselves down the years.

"But from the team’s perspective we have to stick together now and perform in the league on Sunday against Everton. We’ve got a big league programme coming up and we have got to do well in those games.

"We have the opportunity in the next week with two league games [against Everton and Wigan] to close the gap on Chelsea. That is something we have been wanting to do for a long time.

"[My responsibilities] as captain and as a senior player stay the same," he added. "The senior players in the dressing room have to lift the other players.

"It was a bad result and there’s a lot of disappointment, but we have to train Friday and Saturday and then get ready for Everton on Sunday. We have a chance to put a show on for our fans at Old Trafford - that is what they deserve."

Yee haa!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ajax are through

Ferguson will go at the end of the season - I'd put ANY money on it.

ladygooddiva wrote:

no way fergi was so many times susesfull so only one time not
but hey real madrid is the same and who is gone ....damn i hope fergi stays

Nope, he shoulda retired a few years back. He'll be gone. This is the worst year yet for Utd. even with things like losing Keane and Best dying. It's just a bad year for them so I think he's best to leave before they go even further downhill and get away from the Glazers.

Qualifiers

Liverpool
Chelsea
Olympique Lyon
Real Madrid
AC Milan
PSV Eindhoven
Inter Milan
Rangers
Barcelona
Werder Bremen
Arsenal
Ajax Amsterdam
Bayern Munich
Juventus
Villarreal
Benfica

The first round draw will take place on December 16.

First-leg matches to be played on February 21 and 22, second-leg matches to be played on March 7 and 8.
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i´m not happy anymore :(:(:(:(:(
i am have to clear up my pain ..........

elmer wrote:

didnt see the game but fuckin hell.....whats goin on?? I think fergie should go when he sees fit, but they do need to buy.........players like Stam, beckham(can understand why he was offloaded tho. was glad to see the back of him in england) and keane have not been replaced and too many are not up to it--like richardson, neville and fletcher............I really thought they'd prevail last nite and of all the english teams in europe they are the club that I like watching the most(maybe liv as well). In fact, regarding chelsea I just pray that they dont win the champs lge and never do....come on barca

not barca not chelsea not liverpool

maybe bremen:D

first we have to give them time but if they kick fergie no no no i hope soooooooo much no

Heineken Helen wrote:

Nice list there.

not for me:( but i´m fair enough to wish the teams good luck withouth us:D:(

Heineken Helen wrote:

Well I know it's not probable but it would be nice to see Ajax return to the glory days.

when was the last time ajax got glory days -damn i was really young ....