2011-2012 football (soccer) thread - Page 24

On August 16 2011 22:26 GTR wrote:


them qatarians used fmrte to increase their finances!!!

On August 16 2011 19:05 Cocacooh wrote:
Man Citys lineup looks like a FM lineup.

On August 16 2011 22:40 EchoZ wrote:
Where did Fifa fair play go ..

On August 17 2011 03:33 Telebear wrote:



into a swiss bank account

On August 17 2011 04:36 TranceStorm wrote:
Arsenal really look quite shaky right now against a solid Udinese side despite being up at the moment. Without Van Persie they look quite toothless.

On August 17 2011 04:54 Liquid`Drone wrote:
gary neville wrote a great piece of wenger-defense which made a lot of sense to me.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2025700/Gary-Neville-Arsenal-fans-shouldnt-criticise-Arsene-Wenger.html

On August 14 2011 07:28 Klogon wrote:
Nah, 2nd or 3rd tier sounds about right. Improving rapidly though.

On August 17 2011 18:04 popzags wrote:
SOCCER - FUN FACTS!

o Francesco Totti released a book which holds a collection of jokes about himself. His favourite: Totti goes to a court:
- Name?
- Totti.
- Surname?
- Francesco
- Born?
- Yes.

o Oliver Kahn, during 2002 World Championship, before playing Paraguay: "Roque Santa Cruz will never dare to score a goal against me, because he knows that this would end his story in Bayern Munchen. And if Chilavert ever gets a goal in my net, I'll immediately end my professional career" That wasn't necessary - Germany won 1:0.

o In 2003, Milan play away match against Bologna. After 1st half (0:0, mediocre play by visitors) Silvio Berlusconi called Milan vice-president, Adriano Galliani and demanded Serginho's entry to the pitch. The order were passed foerward to coach Ancelotti who obeyed them. Milan eventually won 2:0; Serginho scored once.

o After racist incidents during the match against FC Barcelona, president of Getafe Angel Torres declared that his team will play another league match with their faces painted in black. This idea was eventually abandoned in favor of playing exhibition match against racism.

o Spring 2004. Hertha Berlin desperately fights to remain in German 1. Bundesliga. To help them out, one of Berlin's radio stations offers 1 million Euro for a player who scores... an own goal in a match against Hertha.Noone tries to, but one man nearly destroys his promising career by getting accidental near miss towards Bayern's goal. It's 19 years old midfielder - Bastian Schweinsteiger.

o One day, Eric Cantona had an argument with Football Association's Disciplinary Comittee. During the brawl, he called those people 'idiots'. When asked to repeat it, he approached Comitee's members one by one and repeated in their faces: 'Idiot', 'Idiot', 'Idiot', 'Idiot'...

o Even Alex Ferguson makes mistakes. Once, in Champions League, he went to a press conference and shown great knowledge about MU's next rival, Maccabi Tel Aviv. Little he knew that MU's next opponent was in fact Maccabi Haifa...

o There were days when Mario Basler was international football superstar. Fans called him 'Super Mario'. Later, when he started slumping and drank too much alcohol beverages, they changed that nickname to 'Saefeur Mario' (drinking Mario).

o Young Kieron Dyer, after his debut in English national team under coach Kevin Keegan: "I was Liverpool's fan when Keegan played for The Reds". Coach had to think for a while, before he realised that during those days, Dyer wasn't even born yet.

o Alessandro Nesta (Milan), about the ways of stopping Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus):
"I'm recommending using a gun".