Are some football fans here?...

Well, today is the last day of Champions League for this year.

Roma has lost all the chances, you know. But the battle at that group has reached it's apogee. Who'll be lost: Real, Bayern or Dinamo?

Welcome Emperor! How's the weather in Russia?

I'm sure you'll find that there are many fans of "footie" here, especially among the Brits, Europeans, & South Americans.

Have fun here, & nice to "talk" to you, so far away -- isn't technology grand?

Welcome Emperor! How's the weather in Russia?

-Hi, Peter! Pleased to meet you and all! :-)

It's hard to say about the weather in hole Russia: from -50 at the Eastern Siberia to +20 at the Black Sea Bay :) :) :) :)

Till the last 3-4 days the weather in Moscow was cold (-15 - -10), but now it's near zero.

I'm sure you'll find that there are many fans of "footie" here, especially among the Brits, Europeans, & South Americans.

-Yes, Southern Americans, Australians and Asians are not so familiar with football :-)

Have fun here, & nice to "talk" to you, so far away -- isn't technology grand?

-What does it mean about "technology grand"? :-)

Emperor wrote: Welcome Emperor! How's the weather in Russia? -Hi, Peter! Pleased to meet you and all! :-) It's hard to say about the weather in hole Russia: from -50 at the Eastern Siberia to +20 at the Black Sea Bay :) :) :) :) Till the last 3-4 days the weather in Moscow was cold (-15 - -10), but now it's near zero.   I'm sure you'll find that there are many fans of "footie" here, especially among the Brits, Europeans, & South Americans. -Yes, Southern Americans, Australians and Asians are not so familiar with football :-)   Have fun here, & nice to "talk" to you, so far away -- isn't technology grand? -What does it mean about "technology grand"? :-)

Hi Emperor, welcome to our nightmare!

"Grand" = very good, impressive.

Dynamo Kiev for the Champions League? Need good luck against Leverkusen tonight.

I support Man Utd, we have already qualified and are playing our young players tonight, so we will lose to Fenerbahce!

Tell us about Russian Prog. I bet it's reet gradely!

Welcome indeed Emperor.

May I add my welcome even though I'm currently gagging at the thought of sharing the forum with a MAN U supporter.....

sigod wrote: Welcome indeed Emperor. May I add my welcome even though I'm currently gagging at the thought of sharing the forum with a MAN U supporter.....

2-0,2-0,2-0,2-0

Hey I love international football. It just doesn't get he exposure it deserves.

Now Hockey....  Some of my favorite players came from Russia!

Welcome to the forum Mr. Emperor.

Glad to have you with us!

But I can't add anything about soccer...I don't even know much about American Football

Reed Lover wrote: [QUOTE=sigod] 0,2-0,2-0,2-0

Shut up, shut up, we were distracted. A pigeon flew across the stands at the wrong time and distracted our first class, never make a mistake keeper, the sun was in his eyes too.

Plus Cygan is a bloody donkey so cut us some slack

I'm a Clyde supporter myself.

You'll find us in the lower divisions of the Scottish league, but we were a big team once. Clyde have the distinction of holding the Scottish Cup for the most years in succession. We won it just before the second world war, and held it for 8 years....till they played the next one!

I don't think we'll be troubling European football for a few years, but maybe the Scottish premier league one day..

Easy Livin wrote:   I don't think we'll be troubling European football for a few years

Hi Easy, it's a bit of a shame Scotland can't get their sh*t together on the pitch these days. Back in the glorious 70's, when England were knocked out of the world cup, our entire (English) junior school switched allegiancies to Scotland. A few years ago when England played Germany in the European cup (here in Holland) I bumped into a Scottish "friend" of mine in Amsterdam. He and his mates (Jocks to a man) were all proudly wearing GERMAN shirts. Trouble is, as I told them at the time, some people have got a great big tartan chip on their shoulders, and would be well advised to stick to chucking telegraph poles around a field, and leave football to the real countries.

Hi Emdiar,

It was really Clyde I meant wouldn't be troubling Europe for some time (OK ever!), hopefully the Scottish national team will get their act together a bit sooner!

The Scots are very fair minded when it comes to the England football team, we don't mind who beats them!

Emperor wrote: Are some football fans here?...   Well, today is the last day of Champions League for this year. Roma has lost all the chances, you know. But the battle at that group has reached it's apogee. Who'll be lost: Real, Bayern or Dinamo?

.............err...... Dinamo!

Man Utd lost 3-0 but are through. Gerrard scored a wonderful goal to drag Liverpool through. Arsenal and Chelsea already through.

Bring on Juve,Barca and Real!

Remember this, Shydog?

Lofl!!!!

Sure thing! Big soccer fan here... actually my team, Pumas, is playing the 1st round for the Championship this evening. The second round on Saturday! So if anyone feel like cheering for team, you're welcome!

I also love watching the Premiere League and the Calcio... the one I cannot stand is the LFP... too many stars in Spain, and most of them in Real Madrid!  

And to my Scottish friends, go Celtic! Good luck on the UEFA Champions League

Reed Lover wrote: Remember this, Shydog? Lofl!!!!

Is that Rudd Van Nistelrooy?

THERE'S ONLY ONE TEAM.............THE MIGHTY WHITES FROM YORKSHIRE............

LEEDS UNITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

landberkdoten wrote: Reed Lover wrote: Remember this, Shydog? Lofl!!!! Is that Rudd Van Nistelrooy?

Ryan Giggs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Batts wrote: THERE'S ONLY ONE TEAM.............THE MIGHTY WHITES FROM YORKSHIRE............ LEEDS UNITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are they a Vauxhall Conference team, yet?

Reed Lover wrote: Remember this, Shydog? Lofl!!!!

Er...yes, that was a dark day in FA cup history if I remember...

Batts wrote: THERE'S ONLY ONE TEAM.............THE MIGHTY WHITES FROM YORKSHIRE............ LEEDS UNITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you need to borrow a quid?

Reed Lover wrote: Emperor wrote: Welcome Emperor! How's the weather in Russia? -Hi, Peter! Pleased to meet you and all! :-) It's hard to say about the weather in hole Russia: from -50 at the Eastern Siberia to +20 at the Black Sea Bay :) :) :) :) Till the last 3-4 days the weather in Moscow was cold (-15 - -10), but now it's near zero.   I'm sure you'll find that there are many fans of "footie" here, especially among the Brits, Europeans, & South Americans. -Yes, Southern Americans, Australians and Asians are not so familiar with football :-)   Have fun here, & nice to "talk" to you, so far away -- isn't technology grand? -What does it mean about "technology grand"? :-) Hi Emperor, welcome to our nightmare! "Grand" = very good, impressive. Dynamo Kiev for the Champions League? Need good luck against Leverkusen tonight. I support Man Utd, we have already qualified and are playing our young players tonight, so we will lose to Fenerbahce! Tell us about Russian Prog. I bet it's reet gradely!

Hello, Reed Lover!

Both - Dimamo and MU has lost, but MU continue to play in League, though Dinamo will continue in UEFA Cup... They had to win Real in Kiev! :-(

Speaking about English Premier League, I always supported Liverpool and Everton (since 80s) :-) MU was also one of my favorite club in Europe till last several years - I really don't like Beckham, and now you have another unpleasant player for me - Ronaldo... But Van Nistelroy is is really Great!

I hardly can inform you about Russian Progressive, because it's practically nothing to inform about :-( Though I believe I really can give some good information about Progressive of Italy, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany, France and some other countries - last years I've collected a good amount of Music from there :-)

Easy Livin wrote: Hi Emdiar, It was really Clyde I meant wouldn't be troubling Europe for some time (OK ever!), hopefully the Scottish national team will get their act together a bit sooner! The Scots are very fair minded when it comes to the England football team, we don't mind who beats them!

I remember very good Scottish team of 12-17 years ago (Leighton, McCoist, McStay, McCall, Gallespie, McKeanally, etc), but a bit unsuccessful one. I also remember how USSR had lost in EURO-92 from yours 0-3 ;-) (It was the very last game of USSR team, by the way - Scotland has made a deathbox for it!).

Guys!

Thank you for all's welcomes! :-)

sigod, you have a fellow gooner - just the love the way we can be rubbish in europe and still top the group -

and man u - oh dear oh dear, what happened to the great youth academy of yesteryear, that fabulous conveyor belt of talent we used to hear so much about with giggs, becks and anybody else ending in `s'. Oh yeah, I know, Liam Brady set up a better one and all the best kids end up at highbury now.

Indeed, for Sigod's info, keep an eye on a young Irish kid, Anthony Stokes, - just 16 but big things expected of a striker the Gunners' match programme referred to as a young  Alan Shearer.

And before anybody asks why an Irishman supports a London club, i was born in London and... have you seen the state of domestic soccer here

for landerkdoten, my mexican missus is from guadalajara but for some inexplicable reason is an America supporter - go figure.

arcer wrote: sigod, you have a fellow gooner - just the love the way we can be rubbish in europe and still top the group - and man u - oh dear oh dear, what happened to the great youth academy of yesteryear, that fabulous conveyor belt of talent we used to hear so much about with giggs, becks and anybody else ending in `s'. Oh yeah, I know, Liam Brady set up a better one and all the best kids end up at highbury now.

Oy Arsey,

Do you want to tell me which of Arsenal's great academy are playing regularly in the first team?

Scholes,Giggs,The Nevs,Brown, O'Shea, Fletcher................

yeah but they're all rubbish (with the excpetion  of scholes)

our lot of kids (admittedly bought in but still put through the academy process) includes the wonderful van persie - good swing at fletcher that - flamini, hoyte, fabregas, pennant, owusu abeyie, etc are filtering in with increasing regularity and one of the most promising David Bently is off at NOrwich getting more experience of first team football.

Not denying Man U's academy was good - it was, although the Nevilles would seem to give lie to that - but these days? C'mon you can't tell me that the calibre being turned out these days are any good. None of them would EVER have got within a country mile of the first teams of the mid and late 90s.

And as for the ones bought in? with the exception of the (hated) Van Nistelrooy and Cristiano Ronaldo, they're all hopeless.

at least Wenger still know how to buy a decent talent - Reyes, Fabregas, Van Persie,  and of course Lehmann and Almunia (doh!!!!!!!)

Pride comes before a fall.

Arsenal's record in the Prem and Europe is vastly inferior to the RED-SHIRTED SUPER-HEROES!

You've not won anything with the above-named Johnny-come-lateleys yet!

hmm reverse deja vu..... seem to remember alan hansen saying something about "you'll never win anything with kids" about United too

ShrinkingViolet wrote: I enjoy football, love watching my fave team the mighty HOOPS playing ..Goooooo Celtic ...woooo..we were drawn in the hardest champions league group of them all. My fave English team is Arsenal..and i also like watching the spanish (Barca *with Larsson*) and italian (juventus *ned ved*) footy the spanish are pro's.

Shrieking Violent???????????????????????????????????

Ned Ved?

Does he play up front with Lars' Son?

Girlies & Football =

Gunner v Bayern

Man United v AC Milan

Chelsea v Barcelona

Liverpool v Bayer Leverkeusen

Arsenal get one of the kinder draws but they'll still probably bottle it. Probably would have been better to get Milan or Barca. They might get motivated for that.

arcer wrote: Gunner v Bayern Man United v AC Milan Chelsea v Barcelona Liverpool v Bayer Leverkeusen Arsenal get one of the kinder draws but they'll still probably bottle it. Probably would have been better to get Milan or Barca. They might get motivated for that.

got your excuses ready already!

will wrote: Arsenal are garunteed to mess up in europe, unlike Mancester united (the true chapions).

Not if we retain the form we showed against the MIGHTY PORTSMOUTH.

One - nil...

...er, now the...er...world can truly er, fear...er..us? 

L-I-V

E-R-P

DOUBLE O L

LIVERPOOL F.C.

Syzygy wrote: L-I-V E-R-P DOUBLE O L LIVERPOOL F.C.

Got any hubcaps for sale?

The motto of John Lennon Airport is 'Above us only sky'. A more appropriate choice would have been 'Imagine no possessions'.

...and whose supporters can be heard on Meddle?

Syzygy wrote: The motto of John Lennon Airport is 'Above us only sky'. A more appropriate choice would have been 'Imagine no possessions'.

LOL

Nice one sausage!

That's it! Chelsea have got the 'effin premiership.   Thanks Bolton!

The only thing that cheers me up was that performance Liverpool gave against the mighty, mighty Burnley

Having said that, I bet Arsenal will do likewise...

Sigod, Bolton sends it's best wishes!

Hey...I was at this game....there I am in the upper deck!....You guys see me...don't ya?

^ Sorry Gdub, how could we have missed you???

Nice shoes.