Football / Soccer topic

Originally posted by MWSAH[..]

Wrong picking of words there...still need to update my knowledge more

Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]

Ah I see. I used to watch channel 5's Serie A coverage this season but after a while lost interest...also sometimes used to catch this highlights programme on channel 4 at some godforsaken hour which has all the leagues, but to be honest it's at such a stupid hour that I can't be bothered lol. If we got Setanta, it might change things...I usually just keep abreast of the Football League, SPL and EPL (aswell as the major leagues like you say, but not on a regular basis)...

Originally posted by MWSAH

Respect...I adore English football and often watch Match of the Day. Also interested in German, Spanish, Scottish and Italian football. But the English are the football-gods (except for Euro 2008)

Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]

Aha, remember April 2005 lol? The last good thing to happen to Norwich for A LONG TIME lol...it's been downhill ever since...

Originally posted by iTim[..]

Yeah, that's the bad thing, they put the stuff on at stupid hours of the morning.

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Haha, the English Premier League is getting a bit tedious for me, for me, it seems to have lost it's unpredictability. In terms of smaller teams doing well etc. No doubt we have some of the best talent in the world here though.

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Haha, I remember. 2-0 wasn't it? Kept you in the race to avoid relegation though, and what an epic relegation battle we had. Four teams battling it out to avoid relegation.

Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]

It most certainly was, Dean Ashton and Leon McKenzie. We should have stayed up that season, but we well and truly fucked up at Craven Cottage...a lot of the Premier divisions across Europe are predictable now, I mean you have "the big four" in the EPL, the Old Firm in the SPL, the main 3/4 in Italy (Inter, Milan, Roma and Juve) and in Spain it's usually Real Madrid and Barca battling it out.

To the lower leagues of the world - we salute you!

I mean yeah, Norwich have had a shocking season BUT it's been engaging - one week you beat someone 5-1, the next you get trounced 3-0 and then draw 2-2. Great stuff for the eyes, if not the heartrate...

Originally posted by MWSAH[..]

Thanks...

Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]

My pleasure Casper lol. Real football for the real fans...usually...although to be fair, REAL fans support the big clubs too, it's just that their image has been tarnished by corporate sponsorships and FAR TOO MUCH MONEY coming into the game...

Originally posted by MWSAH[..]

I usually think: Big clubs are about money, small clubs in the lower divisions are about real pleasure and football..joy to watch.

Originally posted by iTimWell, I'll eat my hat. I say about smaller clubs not being able to compete, then find out that Heskey has earned Wigan a point against Chelsea! Massive news for United, almost certain to win the league now.


Still not relishing Barcelona. We can beat them, i'm confident we can perform well. But it's going to be tense. Last time we met them was the group stages of 1998/1999 and both of those games finished 3-3. As exciting as that would be, I don't think i could take it.

Originally posted by iTimWell, I'll eat my hat. I say about smaller clubs not being able to compete, then find out that Heskey has earned Wigan a point against Chelsea! Massive news for United, almost certain to win the league now.


Still not relishing Barcelona. We can beat them, i'm confident we can perform well. But it's going to be tense. Last time we met them was the group stages of 1998/1999 and both of those games finished 3-3. As exciting as that would be, I don't think i could take it.

Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]

European football is always great to watch as a neutral, especially when you have nothing riding on it except the time when you wander off to bed lol. I have a soft spot for Liverpool though...

I REMEMBER the days when Norwich finished 3rd in the Prem and got into the UEFA Cup!...lol. Even if I was only 3...I remember watching us beat Bayern Munchen in the old Olympic Stadion (THE ONLY British team to manage it I'll have you all know, learn and remember!). Jeremy Goss' wonder volley and Mark Bowen's far post header - those really were the days...