Football/Soccer Thread

[mc_red23]

Good to see another Liverpool fan around here. From Manchester - that's a real bonus.

 

It's a bonus when we win but a massive pain in the backside when we lose haha. I'm looking forward to our next group of fixtures though: Swansea (H), Newcastle (A), West Brom (H), Watford (A), Leicester (H), Sunderland (A). Not that worried about Leicester, they've only faced two of the usual top 7 teams and have only got 1 point from them. 

[52520Andrew]

Anyone else watching Bayern Munich vs. Borussia Dortmund?

Edited March 5, 2016 by 52520Andrew

[allblackraven]

How is this possible?

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

 

Edited March 7, 2016 by allblackraven

[codizzle]

16 minutes ago, allblackraven said:

How is this possible?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBFkakbRoiY

Getting that money 

[Tank 92]

Is Marcus Rashford for real?  Pretty amazing start of a career for an 18 year old home grown.

[allblackraven]

1 hour ago, Tank 92 said:

Is Marcus Rashford for real?  Pretty amazing start of a career for an 18 year old home grown.

I wonder how old will he be when Barcelona, Real or Milan take him. 21? 22?

[allblackraven]

Johan Cruyff lost a battle with cancer aged 68. One of those truly special players for whom it can be said revolutionized the game. I was just a kid then but will never forget the Ajax from early 70s.

RIP

[Tank 92]

RIP Johan

[Cville-Raven]

Congrats to Leicester 

[rmw10]

48 minutes ago, Cville-Raven said:

Congrats to Leicester 

Seriously.  What a feat.

[allblackraven]

Even better, there was a complete chaos between Chelsea and Spurs players in the tunnel at the end of the game

[Inqui]

Arguably the best sporting story ever. There have been a lot of good one-time upsets but Leicester managed to do it repeatedly over the course of a season against some mega-spenders.

Meanwhile, when I head to the UK this week there's still a chance I get to be there to see my boys (Newcastle) get relegated. Yay.

[Cville-Raven]

46 minutes ago, allblackraven said:

Even better, there was a complete chaos between Chelsea and Spurs players in the tunnel at the end of the game

It was getting to that point. Why the ref didn't draw a red a the end there is beyond me. Some of the challenges from spurs players looked pretty malicious and I say this as someone who despises Chelsea.

[allblackraven]

3 minutes ago, Cville-Raven said:

It was getting to that point. Why the ref didn't draw a red a the end there is beyond me. Some of the challenges from spurs players looked pretty malicious and I say this as someone who despises Chelsea.

Lol, you too?

[Cville-Raven]

30 minutes ago, allblackraven said:

Lol, you too?

Man you don't even know lol

[allblackraven]

4 minutes ago, Cville-Raven said:

Man you don't even know lol

Yes, I do, trust me.

[Mt. Crushmore]

5,000-1 odds. Crazy 

[Cville-Raven]

11 minutes ago, allblackraven said:

Yes, I do, trust me.

Alright I see your a Liverpool supporter, I got you.

[arnie_uk]

11 hours ago, Cville-Raven said:

Alright I see your a Liverpool supporter, I got you.

Everyone hates them

[Tank 92]

12 hours ago, Mt. Crushmore said:

5,000-1 odds. Crazy 

Wouldn't that have been a sweet $100 investment!

[Cville-Raven]

2 hours ago, arnie_uk said:

Everyone hates them

lol this is true 

[RavensAllTheWay]

That match should be forever coined "The Burning Bridge."

[mc_red23]

On 5/3/2016 at 1:16 PM, arnie_uk said:

Everyone hates them

Wow wow wow! Won't be having any of that 

Who do people support on here then? 

 

Edited May 6, 2016 by mc_red23

[ludy51]

1 hour ago, mc_red23 said:

Wow wow wow! Won't be having any of that 

Who do people support on here then? 

 

Real football teams  

[Tank 92]

Man U wins, Black Cats win, Mags lose......... Gunners win tomorrow and it will have been a great weekend!

[Geving]

3 hours ago, Tank 92 said:

Man U wins, Black Cats win, Mags lose......... Gunners win tomorrow and it will have been a great weekend!

http://jakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/archive/why-we-shouldnt-use-man-u-to-refer-to-manchester-united/

[Tank 92]

32 minutes ago, Geving said:

http://jakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/archive/why-we-shouldnt-use-man-u-to-refer-to-manchester-united/

Interesting......... and an extremely obscure connotation I think. I have friends from the UK that are Red Devil fans and use the term Man U regularly. Not sure this has survived into the 21st century. I'd be interested to get a read from our UK friends on these boards.

Edited May 7, 2016 by Tank 92

[Geving]

1 hour ago, Tank 92 said:

Interesting......... and an extremely obscure connotation I think. I have friends from the UK that are Red Devil fans and use the term Man U regularly. Not sure this has survived into the 21st century. I'd be interested to get a read from our UK friends on these boards.

Not obscure at all. Songs about Munich and using Man U in a derogatory manner are used by opposition fans all the time and is very much alive today. It should be common knowledge for United fans, but I don't blame fans of other teams for not knowing it and it's probably even harder to know if you're not from the UK. Many United supporters from my country use "Man U", but it's a pet peeve of mine when people use it.

Edited May 7, 2016 by Geving

[Tank 92]

On 5/6/2016 at 1:15 PM, arnie_uk said:

Watch virtually every sport. Love sport.

Rugby

Soccer

Football

Cricket

Then golf basketball baseball tennis etc then.

I'd be most passionate about man u soccer, ravens nfl, the ulster and Ireland rugby though!

Hey Arnie, check out the link below. Are you familiar with this?

 

2 hours ago, Geving said:

http://jakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/archive/why-we-shouldnt-use-man-u-to-refer-to-manchester-united/

 

[arnie_uk]

12 hours ago, Tank 92 said:

Hey Arnie, check out the link below. Are you familiar with this?

 

 

Just read it. I wasn't actually, I wouldn't normally say man u right enough. Normally just say utd but when I was talking to Americans I wasn't sure if they would know what I meant by utd so used the man u term because I know that's how they are known in usa.

All that was before my time so i never knew how it originated.