2013 - 2014 Football Thread - Page 294

On October 05 2013 03:35 Pandemona wrote:
Bit of news...

pic.twitter.com/11x6Qb51hd

On October 05 2013 07:16 Pandemona wrote:


Pretty much this.
I mean our press go mad at players personal lives when they are caught cheating on their wives/girl friends (John Terry and Wayne Bridge saga) yet that happens in every day life like ALL the time, but because someone who is on 100k a week did it. It is a HUGE problem XD
Same with smoking, it is something everyone has an opinion on but the press in England would see any sports person in a position of celebrity status? that they should not endorse anything that is harmful.
Even though in this case many great footballers have smoked. Ashley Cole probably one of the best Left Backs in the world, he has smoked. Zidane...the god, has been pictured smoking many times. Maradona...even though most of the stuff he smoked was probably illegal xD.

Just Englands press for you :D

On October 05 2013 03:39 RvB wrote:
Why is thay even news he's an adult he can smoke if he wants. Yeh it's not good for your performance on the pitch but neither are things like drinking and everyone does that.

ZURICH -- FIFA says the top seeds in the 2014 World Cup groups will be host Brazil and the seven best-ranked teams in the October standings.
.
Friday's decision by FIFA's executive committee means Belgium and Colombia -- which did not qualify for the 2010 World Cup -- are almost assured of being seeded in the Dec. 6 draw. It also means that England are set to drop out of the seeds for this tournament.

The current top seven teams are Spain, Argentina, Germany, Italy, Colombia, Belgium and Uruguay. Brazil is ranked No. 8.

The other draw pots will be determined by "geographic and sports criteria."

FIFA originally planned to agree on a seeding method just before the draw in Salvador de Bahia.

But it has opted for a simple reference to its world rankings rather than also weigh teams' performances at previous World Cups.

The next rankings are published on Oct. 17.

As for construction progress in Brazil, The stadium that will host the World Cup opener in Sao Paulo just had goalposts installed. Organizers in the city of Cuiaba are still trying to find a supplier for the seats for their venue.

With less than three months to go before the December deadline established by FIFA for the delivery of the 12 World Cup stadiums, Brazil is working to have all venues ready in time. Local organizers say they'll meet it, but some recent setbacks have prompted concern.

Of the six stadiums yet to be delivered, five were less than 90 percent completed by September, according to the most recent government numbers. The other six venues were ready before this year's Confederations Cup -- just barely.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

On October 05 2013 05:45 mevshero wrote:
of course smoking in competitive sports isn't something coaches like to see, but it's not that big deal

i remember many german players who were smoking, for example thorsten frings, bernd schneider or mario basler, which even smoked just after the match :D

On October 05 2013 06:03 Liquid`Drone wrote:
germans/bundesliga followers!

I see norwegian media reporting that Per Ciljan Skjelbred (playing for hertha berlin) is doing really well. I haven't seen any matches of him at all myself, but he's basically my favourite player and guy I want to succeed more than any other. is this a case of norwegian media exaggerating his performance (which would certainly not be unheard of), or is he "making waves"?

I remember when he dominated against real madrid at the age of 17, then he broke his leg and while he was good after recovering he never seemed close to reaching his potential- but if he's actually currently doing really well in a league which is basically tied-ish for best league then that's awesome.