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Re: General Football Discussion

Bericht door aveslacker » do dec 10, 2009 8:33 am

Blind3 schreef:Just attended a meet the team party for the Philadelphia Union last night. Professional football returns to the banks of the Delaware River !! Can't wait to take my place in the River End of our new, currently under construction, 18,500 seater ground with my fellow Sons of Ben (SoBs...very Philly) . The SoBs are the Union Supporters group. I'm greatly looking forward to the I-95 rivalries v. DC United, Red Bull New York , and NE Revolution , not to mention many roadtrips in the US and Canada.
Which team members did you meet?
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Re: General Football Discussion

Bericht door Jojo » do dec 10, 2009 11:34 am

mako schreef:World Cup draw!

U.S. comes out about as well as they could have hoped, I think: in Group C, with England, Slovenia, and Algiers.

Netherlands in Group E, with Denmark, Japan, and Cameroon.
Don't get too excited about the U.S chances, doubt they will go through. Russian's were also delighted when they got Slovenia but look how that ended.

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Re: General Football Discussion

Bericht door Blind3 » vr dec 11, 2009 5:36 am

I met Alejandro Moreno , Sebastian LeToux, Nick Zimmerman, Andrew Jacobson, Jordan Harvey, Chris Seitz, and Shavar Thomas. Plus our coaches, Piotr Nowak , John Hackworth, and Josh Gros. All really down to earth and approachable.
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Re: General Football Discussion

Bericht door Orange14 » vr dec 11, 2009 3:32 pm

Blind3 schreef:I met Alejandro Moreno , Sebastian LeToux, Nick Zimmerman, Andrew Jacobson, Jordan Harvey, Chris Seitz, and Shavar Thomas. Plus our coaches, Piotr Nowak , John Hackworth, and Josh Gros. All really down to earth and approachable.
You did pick up some decent players in the draft. Nowak is a solid manager and will get the best out of the players. Josh Gros was a standout on our team DC United but had to retire because of concussions. Seitz is a prospective NT keeper. Maybe DC and Philly can start a good rivalry!!!
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Re: General Football Discussion

Bericht door aveslacker » za dec 12, 2009 2:07 pm

Jojo schreef:
mako schreef:World Cup draw!

U.S. comes out about as well as they could have hoped, I think: in Group C, with England, Slovenia, and Algiers.

Netherlands in Group E, with Denmark, Japan, and Cameroon.
Don't get too excited about the U.S chances, doubt they will go through. Russian's were also delighted when they got Slovenia but look how that ended.
Likewise Spain was probably pretty excited to be facing the U.S. in the Confederations Cup semis, and look how that ended. :biggthumpup.gif:
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Re: General Football Discussion

Bericht door Jari Litmanen » za dec 12, 2009 2:21 pm

England seems to be celebrating the advancement pre handedly. I'm personally not that optimistic, eventhough they are clearly favorites in their group. But they will get a mouthful against USA, and I think Slovenia is tougher than they appear. I don't even underestimate Algeria.

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Re: General Football Discussion

Bericht door Kowalczyk » ma dec 14, 2009 5:54 pm

This is a great own goal... (Belgian league) :drecul.gif:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3Rxh93qNOg

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Bericht door Jari Litmanen » ma dec 14, 2009 8:34 pm

Hehe, nice one Kowalczyk :biggrin.gif: I love the expression of the goalie :ajaxsmiley.gif:

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Re: General Football Discussion

Bericht door Khraa » ma dec 14, 2009 8:39 pm

I cannot look a goals like that without thinking about Chinese gambling syndicats.....
Alright, stop this nonsense. It is getting way too silly!

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Re: General Football Discussion

Bericht door Orange14 » di dec 15, 2009 1:55 am

Kowalczyk schreef:This is a great own goal... (Belgian league) :drecul.gif:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3Rxh93qNOg

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Not only is it the Belgian league but he could be between the pipes in Amsterdam this Thursday evening!!!!
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Re: General Football Discussion

Bericht door Blind3 » wo dec 16, 2009 1:26 am

Looked like a cat chasing his tail . Great stuff !

RE : MLS Rivalries, Philly vs. DC United, Red Bull (Pink Cow ) New York , and the New England Revolution ...the Interstate 95 rivalries are ready made. Easy to get too . Even New England is only five to six hours or so from Philly . Seattle v. Portland and Seattle v. Vancouver should be great too.
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Re: General Football Discussion

Bericht door Mr_Holte » zo dec 20, 2009 6:25 pm

Jari Litmanen schreef:England seems to be celebrating the advancement pre handedly. I'm personally not that optimistic, eventhough they are clearly favorites in their group. But they will get a mouthful against USA, and I think Slovenia is tougher than they appear. I don't even underestimate Algeria.
This is nothing new for the English media.

Win a game and we are the best in the world. Lose and we are a disgrace.

I think we will win the group and then get knocked out in the quater finals or semi's at best. As usual.

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Bericht door Manneken Pis » di dec 22, 2009 11:55 am

A funny article on a blog from a Dutch writer about a number of ex-Ajax people (the English in the translation has a few errors, but I forgive him).

Enjoy:

http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/s ... rence.html

:drecul.gif:
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Bericht door Van basten » di dec 22, 2009 8:57 pm

Manneken Pis schreef:A funny article on a blog from a Dutch writer about a number of ex-Ajax people (the English in the translation has a few errors, but I forgive him).

Enjoy:

http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/s ... rence.html

:drecul.gif:
Nice one :biggrin.gif:

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Re: General Football Discussion

Bericht door Amol » di dec 22, 2009 9:19 pm

Lol - “Karl Heinz, I overhead you ordering a number 35 with sauce on the side! I actually ordered that too!! I want you to order something different…”

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Bericht door The Purple Cow » ma jan 04, 2010 4:22 pm

My goal of the season so far - from the Italian third Division!

His name is Cozzolino - sign him up!!!!


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Bericht door SE6Ajacied » za jan 23, 2010 4:45 pm

just read this article about the Glazers at Manchester United. Quite staggering really but they certainly knew what they were doing..... :confused.gif:

http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2010/01/2 ... ord-pound/
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Bericht door SE6Ajacied » ma feb 01, 2010 11:19 pm

Memo to anyone thinking of buying the HFC Haarlem limited company name. Watch this first lol

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8492385.stm
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Re: General Football Discussion

Bericht door Orange14 » di feb 02, 2010 9:04 pm

Here is an interesting perspective on Barcelona and features some words of wisdom from the omnipresent JC: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/feature?id ... pe&cc=5901 It points out something that we pretty much all know, we miss the critical player in the midfield who can get the job done on offense. Since Sneijder left, a number of players have been tried and found wanting. Until we get better ball movement in the mid field I'm afraid our hopes of glory are ill-founded.
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Re: General Football Discussion

Bericht door Kowalczyk » do feb 25, 2010 1:22 am

The game: Vitoria Setubal vs União Leiria (Portugal).

The scorer: Przemyslaw Kazmierczak (no, I didn't sit down on my keyboard here; that's his name).

The goal: click here.

Wow. Nice one.

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Bericht door aveslacker » do feb 25, 2010 11:24 am

Kowalczyk schreef:The game: Vitoria Setubal vs União Leiria (Portugal).

The scorer: Przemyslaw Kazmierczak (no, I didn't sit down on my keyboard here; that's his name).

The goal: click here.

Wow. Nice one.

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Re: General Football Discussion

Bericht door Orange14 » do feb 25, 2010 3:52 pm

I probably should have posted the discussion of UEFA league finances to this section rather than the Random Post section yesterday. At any rate the full UEFA report is now available at: http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Dow ... WNLOAD.pdf It's a 12 MB file because of all the color and graphics (only 80 pages in length). It points out that the three most debt ridden leagues are England, Spain and Italy (no surprises there). Our league is in pretty good shape.
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Re: General Football Discussion

Bericht door jamcocteau » do feb 25, 2010 4:13 pm

Firstly thanks for the link.

One thing that should be noted that the above mentioned UEFA report is based upon financial statements for year 2008. it is going to look one hell of a lot worse for 2009, especially considering Real Madrids spending and the recession hitting across Europe
O would some power the giftie gie us to see ourselves as others see us.

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Bericht door Orange14 » do feb 25, 2010 4:40 pm

jamcocteau schreef:Firstly thanks for the link.

One thing that should be noted that the above mentioned UEFA report is based upon financial statements for year 2008. it is going to look one hell of a lot worse for 2009, especially considering Real Madrids spending and the recession hitting across Europe
Correct, it was noted in an article yesterday that the English data does not include the current Portsmouth debacle or the West Ham problems which do make things much worse.
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Re: General Football Discussion

Bericht door Amol » do mar 18, 2010 4:09 am

Happy 110th Ajax :anew.gif: !! Lets cap it off by winning the 30th title this year. :blub.gif:

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