Football / Soccer topic

Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]

Tim, can I ask, how the hell do you keep up to date with Dutch football when you're based in Staffordshire lol?

Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]

Erm...yes lol. I wouldn't call it a charm, more desperation...

Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]

Indeed, ridiculously close, and in fact so close that the gap between the Prem. and the Champ. is getting wider - look at Derby as a case in point. Who do you follow, if anyone?

Originally posted by iTim[..]

I keep track of all the major European leagues. Serie A, Eredivise, Championnat and La Liga. German football doesn't bother me that much. We used to get a lot of Dutch football on channel 5 early in the morning, which i used to record and watch, so that kinda got me interested in Dutch league football.

Originally posted by iTim[..]

I keep track of all the major European leagues. Serie A, Eredivise, Championnat and La Liga. German football doesn't bother me that much. We used to get a lot of Dutch football on channel 5 early in the morning, which i used to record and watch, so that kinda got me interested in Dutch league football.

Originally posted by iTim[..]

Alkmaar are quite low in the league if i remmeber rightly. Only reason they do well against British sides is beacues they're British


And The Championship is crazy. Getting tighter and tighter each year.

Originally posted by iTim[..]

Support Man United. Simply because my dad has since 1977, so I was brought up a United fan.

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...