Rod in Toronto Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Brazil 3-0Spain in the Confederations Cup!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkrush Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Brazil 3-0Spain in the Confederations Cup!!!!!Well, there you go. At least soccer may be in good shape in your country. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-Tor Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Brazil 3-0Spain in the Confederations Cup!!!!! Not too shabby. Especially, against the arguable top team in the world. Could we be witnessing the beginning of the end of the period of Spanish dominance? When you look at Bayern's steamrolling of Barcelona in the CL and now Spain being thoroughly dominated by Brazil, you have to wonder. All dynasties have to end eventually. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Maybe this is th start of Spain´s decline, I don´t know. It´s too early to tell, but even in the semifinal against Italy on Thursday, their game was way below what we´re used to seeing. For Brazil, the best thing is that our new manager has accomplished in 06 months what the previous guy tried to do in 2,5 years unsuccessfully: building a team with an identity. Maybe this result is somewhat misleading - no team who won this competition ever won the WC one year later - but let´s see how things develop until next June. The one thing I´m sure of is that I don´t want to be in Brazil when the finals start - it all went crazy here yesterday with all the protests and traffic jams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FountainOfSyrinx Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 Just a few more weeks before all the friendlies get going :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkrush Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Latest FIFA rankings: 1) Spain 2) Germany 3) Columbia 4) Argentina 5) Holland 6) Italy 7) Portugal 8) Croatia 9) Brazil 10) Belgium... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FountainOfSyrinx Posted July 4, 2013 Author Share Posted July 4, 2013 Latest FIFA rankings: 1) Spain 2) Germany 3) Columbia 4) Argentina 5) Holland 6) Italy 7) Portugal 8) Croatia 9) Brazil 10) Belgium... where is Tahiti? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FountainOfSyrinx Posted July 4, 2013 Author Share Posted July 4, 2013 Arsenal is going to sign Higuain apparently.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkrush Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Latest FIFA rankings: 1) Spain 2) Germany 3) Columbia 4) Argentina 5) Holland 6) Italy 7) Portugal 8) Croatia 9) Brazil 10) Belgium... where is Tahiti?Not as bad as you might think. 154th out of 207. :madra: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Wow, Brazil went from 19th (I think) to 09th just by winning the Confederations Cup? This ranking system is a joke anyway - how can Brazil have 05 World Cup titles and be behind Colombia, Holland, Croatia and Portugal???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FountainOfSyrinx Posted July 5, 2013 Author Share Posted July 5, 2013 Wow, Brazil went from 19th (I think) to 09th just by winning the Confederations Cup? This ranking system is a joke anyway - how can Brazil have 05 World Cup titles and be behind Colombia, Holland, Croatia and Portugal???? I feel like, with the exception of Spain, that there aren't any other teams that are just clearly better than everyone else, so the rankings seem like a joke right now anyways. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 WTF? TWO Nigerian football clubs chasing a single place for promotion into the Nigeria Nationwide League began the second halves of their final games of the season level on points and goal difference: Plateau United Feeders were winning 7-0 against Akurba FC; Police Machine FC was up 6-0 against Bubayaro FC. Police Machine then netted a further 61 goals, while Plateau United Feeders went on an even wilder scoring spree, averaging 1.6 goals a minute and ending its game 79-0. “In a game of 45 minutes? Is that possible?” asked an official of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF). Questionable refereeing and home bias featured heavily. “There were times when they didn’t even wait for the ball to go back to the centre,” says Arafat Aliy, a local sports journalist. The games were scheduled at the same time in the hope of avoiding match-fixing, but spies with mobile phones at the two venues communicated with running commentaries to club officials. While fans were mildly amused, the NFF was outraged by the “mind-boggling show of shame, never previously witnessed in Nigerian football”. It vowed to deal with the “despicable matter”. All four teams have been suspended; the players, club owners and match officials are under investigation. Bubayaro FC’s owner has disbanded his team. The episode is a particularly comical example of the corruption endemic in Nigerian football. League tables are curiously close because home teams rarely lose. Twelve of Nigeria’s 20 clubs are unbeaten at home. The two bottom clubs, Wikki Tourists and Sharks, have between them won 13 of the 19 games played on their own turf. Tempting match officials with bulky brown envelopes and intimidating visiting teams are customary in order to secure a home win. Lax security at stadiums means referees are poorly protected from bribes or coercion. Some say televising the matches could help curb the problem. In the meantime, a committee has been set up to investigate the scandal. But judging by the past performance of a string of similar committees, match-fixing is unlikely to end in a hurry. http://www.economist.com/blogs/baobab/2013/07/nigerian-football?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/bl/goalaminute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkrush Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 WTF? TWO Nigerian football clubs chasing a single place for promotion into the Nigeria Nationwide League began the second halves of their final games of the season level on points and goal difference: Plateau United Feeders were winning 7-0 against Akurba FC; Police Machine FC was up 6-0 against Bubayaro FC. Police Machine then netted a further 61 goals, while Plateau United Feeders went on an even wilder scoring spree, averaging 1.6 goals a minute and ending its game 79-0. “In a game of 45 minutes? Is that possible?” asked an official of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF). Questionable refereeing and home bias featured heavily. “There were times when they didn’t even wait for the ball to go back to the centre,” says Arafat Aliy, a local sports journalist. The games were scheduled at the same time in the hope of avoiding match-fixing, but spies with mobile phones at the two venues communicated with running commentaries to club officials. While fans were mildly amused, the NFF was outraged by the “mind-boggling show of shame, never previously witnessed in Nigerian football”. It vowed to deal with the “despicable matter”. All four teams have been suspended; the players, club owners and match officials are under investigation. Bubayaro FC’s owner has disbanded his team. The episode is a particularly comical example of the corruption endemic in Nigerian football. League tables are curiously close because home teams rarely lose. Twelve of Nigeria’s 20 clubs are unbeaten at home. The two bottom clubs, Wikki Tourists and Sharks, have between them won 13 of the 19 games played on their own turf. Tempting match officials with bulky brown envelopes and intimidating visiting teams are customary in order to secure a home win. Lax security at stadiums means referees are poorly protected from bribes or coercion. Some say televising the matches could help curb the problem. In the meantime, a committee has been set up to investigate the scandal. But judging by the past performance of a string of similar committees, match-fixing is unlikely to end in a hurry. http://www.economist.../bl/goalaminuteSomething like that happened in Poland in 1993 but that was for the championship. They decided to award the title to the third place team. The Nigerians should promote the club directly behind these two cheaters, unless of course that club was involved in one of those games. :P Honestly, why do they continue to go with the goal difference? Use the head-to-head stat and be done with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FountainOfSyrinx Posted July 27, 2013 Author Share Posted July 27, 2013 So, I'm really confused as to what is going on with Arsenal's pursuit of Suarez. Liverpool rejects £40M, says it's gonna have to be at least 50M. Now there's a chance it may go to an arbitrator? So confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkrush Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Borussia 4 Bayern 2 Dortmund wins the German Supercup. :7up: Good start to the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FountainOfSyrinx Posted July 28, 2013 Author Share Posted July 28, 2013 Madrid puts in a $132M bid for Bale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkrush Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Arsenal is going to sign Higuain apparently..Poor start for Arsenal. I understand Szczesny was terrible. :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Amazing first day. United were poor and won easily.Liverpool were excellent, just scraped a 1-0 win. Should have been 5-1 at half time.Arsenal were awful. Villa are not great, but Arsenal made them look like world beaters.Southampton are going to be tough to play against this year.West Ham look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkrush Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 West Ham look good. :ebert: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkrush Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Borussia left it late but finally came away with a victory today. Fans sounded puzzled by Dortmund's play for most of the match. Still, 6 points after 2 games. :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkrush Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Different type of tears for Rod Stewart as Celtic goes down in Kazakhstan today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkrush Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Borussia 1 Werder 0 Easy tip-in for Lewandowski. League leading Dortmund! :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkrush Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Different type of tears for Rod Stewart as Celtic goes down in Kazakhstan today.But Celtic scores 3 in the second leg and enters Champions League proper. :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkrush Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Borussia vs Arsenal in Champions League group F. :drool: :madra: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Beat Man U 1-0!!!!! Thank you Liverpool!!! Best birthday present EVER!! YNWA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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