Soccer Thread : 2004-05 (11 Viewers)

[DRAGONZ]

stick to nrl you fool

sydney fc are through to the oceania cwc qualifiers not the cwc itself.

and i know everyone expects sydney to go throught but i think we will do ourselves i huge disservice if we underestimate the oceania club, but i dont think sydney fc will take them as lightly as the media does.

I know that very well, mate.

And maybe I am guilty of underestimating the opposition, but seriously:

Auckland City; Sobou FC (PNG); AS Pirae (Tahiti)

Does that really seem like this is much of a challenge in the group stage? The semi final would be against one of Tafea FC (Vanuatu), As Magenta (New Caledonia), Makuru FC (Solomon Islands), or Manu Ura (Tahiti). And then the final, permitting we make it, against one of those 7 clubs.

I think we can be more confident that they won't underestimate these teams, though, as we will still be without Dwight Yorke, and Mark Milligan, Justin Pasfield and Jacob Timpano will all be at the World Youth Championships, and Zdrillic and Bolton could both be in London with the Socceroos preparing for the Confed. Cup.... without a whole bunch of players, the ones chosen will want to show that they deserve to be in the regular first team and will play hard.

At least, this is the theory.

In any case, it would be disastrous for the A-League if Sydney doesn't make it through to the World Club Championships, and if all goes according to plan, they should make it there with some amazing scores.

 

[Paragon]

we're not gonna sack souness and we have no chance of getting owen.
hopefully this season was just a one off.... :worried:

i think ferdinands got a younger brother playing 4 west ham at the moment.. anton is it?

yeah it's Anton, think he is 19/20 or so, although from what I've seen or heard, he isn't anywhere as good as his brother. Poor fella, I'm sure he is getting enough unwanted comparisons as it is.

 

[matt#1]

Here are the final standings for the boredofstudies fantasy premierleague comp.


1 Manchester United Matt #1 19 1954 :uhhuh:
2 jacee fc jas on 47 1953
3 Legendz FC Matt Johansson 31 1920
4 fei_wa utd fei wa 37 1874
5 losers los er 26 1870
6 Retards John Huang 39 1857
7 St George Gunners Dimitri Anastasopoulos 33 1850
8 Timbk2 United Tim Cheng 38 1850
9 i-so-topes felix js 43 1832
10 NumeroUno A Tello 39 1827
11 RUB!X FC > RUB!X < 49 1769
12 Liverpool FC Lachlan Hillman 34 1756
13 All Blacks Howie T 38 1746
14 Tha_Kop Ben Blake 22 1730
15 BlueFire [s!nergy] Sun Tzu 35 1696
16 Ziggy Arsedust Cat and the Spiders from Mars 16 1676
17 Backyard United FC Sum Guy......Sum Guy Called Gabbo 15 1628
18 Small Fry F.C BJ Myatt 18 1583
19 Reno Allstars Rene Torres 6 1543
20 KopStarZ Ac Style* 46 1526
21 Arseno1 Arsenal Champions 31 1424
22 FC Club Maq Vamsi Kavattur 21 1408
23 flashing-georgians johnny chen 47 1353
24 Elite Shmacka Daniel Moschione 45 1317
25 Pimlico Laurence Visser 33 1294
26 Sublime FC Mike Barber 25 1284
27 Dane-Wins, Bye Gill Dane Nexo 40 1180
28 St Andrews FC Lindt Chocalate 21 956

 

[Benny_]

I wonder why this thread isn't stickied. It's pretty damn popular.

 

[RUB!X]

i agree ...
hey hey i won for the last week !!!

 

[AcStyle*]

Here are the final standings for the boredofstudies fantasy premierleague comp.
1 Manchester United Matt #1 19 1954 :uhhuh:
2 jacee fc jas on 47 1953

Whoa, jasee fc almost pipped u for the title!

 

[Paragon]

Here are the final standings for the boredofstudies fantasy premierleague comp.


1 Manchester United Matt #1 19 1954 :uhhuh:
2 jacee fc jas on 47 1953
3 Legendz FC Matt Johansson 31 1920
4 fei_wa utd fei wa 37 1874
5 losers los er 26 1870
6 Retards John Huang 39 1857
7 St George Gunners Dimitri Anastasopoulos 33 1850
8 Timbk2 United Tim Cheng 38 1850
9 i-so-topes felix js 43 1832
10 NumeroUno A Tello 39 1827
11 RUB!X FC > RUB!X < 49 1769
12 Liverpool FC Lachlan Hillman 34 1756
13 All Blacks Howie T 38 1746
14 Tha_Kop Ben Blake 22 1730
15 BlueFire [s!nergy] Sun Tzu 35 1696
16 Ziggy Arsedust Cat and the Spiders from Mars 16 1676
17 Backyard United FC Sum Guy......Sum Guy Called Gabbo 15 1628
18 Small Fry F.C BJ Myatt 18 1583
19 Reno Allstars Rene Torres 6 1543
20 KopStarZ Ac Style* 46 1526
21 Arseno1 Arsenal Champions 31 1424
22 FC Club Maq Vamsi Kavattur 21 1408
23 flashing-georgians johnny chen 47 1353
24 Elite Shmacka Daniel Moschione 45 1317
25 Pimlico Laurence Visser 33 1294
26 Sublime FC Mike Barber 25 1284
27 Dane-Wins, Bye Gill Dane Nexo 40 1180
28 St Andrews FC Lindt Chocalate 21 956

no jim_green ?

 

[braad]

I know that very well, mate.

And maybe I am guilty of underestimating the opposition, but seriously:

Auckland City; Sobou FC (PNG); AS Pirae (Tahiti)

Does that really seem like this is much of a challenge in the group stage? The semi final would be against one of Tafea FC (Vanuatu), As Magenta (New Caledonia), Makuru FC (Solomon Islands), or Manu Ura (Tahiti). And then the final, permitting we make it, against one of those 7 clubs.

I think we can be more confident that they won't underestimate these teams, though, as we will still be without Dwight Yorke, and Mark Milligan, Justin Pasfield and Jacob Timpano will all be at the World Youth Championships, and Zdrillic and Bolton could both be in London with the Socceroos preparing for the Confed. Cup.... without a whole bunch of players, the ones chosen will want to show that they deserve to be in the regular first team and will play hard.

At least, this is the theory.

In any case, it would be disastrous for the A-League if Sydney doesn't make it through to the World Club Championships, and if all goes according to plan, they should make it there with some amazing scores.

wow, that was like...in the paper today, yet you posted yesterday...same sort of format too fuckin weird lol

 

[HeCtic]

I wonder why this thread isn't stickied. It's pretty damn popular.

Then they'd have to do it the same for the NRL and F1 threads too. But yeah, good to see so many people keeping this thread active recently.

 

[IamaFloorMat]

God, the 4th spot in the EPL needs to go

everton needs better players, or they are gonna get hammered in the EPL , Lolz Peter Weir Lolz

 

[LMF^^]

Everton didn't get hammered thiz season, and they didn't have any big name playerz after they sold Rooney. But to be able to compete in Europe, they do need some quality acquisition.

 

[slip]

champs league qualification means 10million, im sure everton will make some decent buys.

 

[HeCtic]

champs league qualification means 10million, im sure everton will make some decent buys.

They haven't spent their Rooney or Graveson money either. They'll heavily invest this summer.

 

[Benny_]

I think they only get that 10 million if they make it through qualification, and given the quality of opposition they're likely to come up against (I'm hoping Inter ), that's quite unlikely.

Besides all bets are off before the Champions League final, who's to say if Liverpool won't still qualify

no jim_green ?

Next season mate

 

[RUB!X]

if u were moyes, who would be on ur shopping list? realistically ofcourse ...

 

[LMF^^]

Scott Parker, just to start thingz off.

 

[Benny_]

Tough, tough question that. I think they'll play 4-4-1-1 in Europe for sure, with Cahill behind a striker. That striker won't be Drunken Duncan if they want to get anywhere, so I imagine they'll be after one of the top strikers from the relegated teams: Johnson or Crouch (although both run the risk of being 1 season wonders ala their own James Beattie). I hear Milan Baros is also a target, although I doubt he'd want to go to such a ho-hum club. Their back 4, with the exception of that trouncing by the Gunners, has been fairly solid this season, I don't think they'll need to tinker with that too much there, maybe 1 experienced centre back that isn't past his used by date to help marshall the defence. Roma is 1 club in a heap of trouble with plenty of CB talent to offload. Dellas could be signed for 5-6 mil I think, or maybe they can get Mexes on loan, he's been appalling this season, but Moyes might be able to knock some sense into him.

In midfield, they have Cahill as one very capable man in the hole, but the rest is dodgy at best. This might sound slightly absurd, but I think they should give someconsideration to Igor Biscan in the centre of the park. I'd hate for him to go there, but he paid off some of what he's cost Liverpool this season with a couple of top notch performances, and he'd get all the first team opportunity he needs. Papa Diop is another fairly good, and probably cheap option. Steed Malbranque in the centre of the park, or on the wings would be a good buy for the other CM position.

 

[Crazy Horse]

Next season mate

Me too. I'm gonna try give Matt#1 a run for his money - got my eye on first place

 

[LMF^^]

Just heard on Sportz Tonight, Batistuta goin to Perth...? Damn...

 

[DRAGONZ]

wow, that was like...in the paper today, yet you posted yesterday...same sort of format too fuckin weird lol

Haha maybe I write the paper

Nah, the article was on a website last night.

Anyway, the point is that Sydney should win, and hopefully manage to get a few cricket scores there.