Soccer Discussion

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:14 am

Southampton here. EPL is the only league I religiously follow.

&

West Ham

Some help you three are. I start questioning my rooted in nothing casual fandom of Spurs and I get hit with an EPL bottom feeder, a 2. Bundesliga club, a recently promoted Segunda club, the Pitt clique throwing me another team that produces good players but never succeeds even when they are willing to spend money and always lets you down team THAT I WILL NOT FOLLOW IN MISERY WITH YOU, and my idiot buddy who swears to me that Swans are worth wasting my time giving a **** about.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:18 am

Portsmouth and Hibs are my main two European clubs. I had a soccer coach who came up through Lazio's youth system before coming to the state's to play indoor in the 80's in America, so I keep an eye on them.

Postby **willeyeam** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:31 am

Some help you three are. I start questioning my rooted in nothing casual fandom of Spurs and I get hit with an EPL bottom feeder, a 2. Bundesliga club, a recently promoted Segunda club, the Pitt clique throwing me another team that produces good players but never succeeds even when they are willing to spend money and always lets you down team THAT I WILL NOT FOLLOW IN MISERY WITH YOU, and my idiot buddy who swears to me that Swans are worth wasting my time giving a **** about.

West Ham is perfect for you. Plus Declan Rice is the truth

Postby **Gaucho** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:46 am

You know what they say, you don't choose a club, it chooses you. Thanks, Arminia, thanks a lot.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:55 am

Cringe.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:02 am

Cringe.

The joys of forced team culture...

Postby **slappybrown** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:28 am

Who do the soccer people in this topic root for?

AC Milan; you can join now as we begin our resurgence and regain our place amongst the giants of the game (I've been saying this for the better part of a decade).

Postby **count2infinity** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:32 am

You know what they say, you don't choose a club, it chooses you.

Yeah... it wasn't really that I did a thorough investigation and landed on Saints... they picked me.

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:39 am

Who do the soccer people in this topic root for?
AC Milan; you can join now as we begin our resurgence and regain our place amongst the giants of the game (I've been saying this for the better part of a decade).

It's getting harder and harder to keep the faith in them righting the ship. So many missteps over the past decade.

Postby **Gaucho** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 5:28 pm

*cough*

Postby **slappybrown** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 5:36 pm

meh, glorified friendly

Postby **Gaucho** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 5:41 pm

Oh sorry, my post was Saints related.

Postby **count2infinity** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 5:57 pm

*cough*

back to back choke jobs in the FA cup... oh well. Now that's done, and today took some games away from starters who were suspended. On to Everton!

Postby **Tomas** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 10:35 am

Wow! So this is how much it costs to secure Brazil National Team to play a meaningless friendly game with you:

Their initial demand:
$2 Mill in cash
100% coverage of all travel, accommodation, etc. costs
50% share of ticket revenues

Czech soccer federation considers it a "big success" that they were able to slash the final numbers by roughly 50%, so Brazil will play Czech Republic in Prague on March 26...

(Interestingly, Argentina would have been cheaper, but they refused to play in a stadium with less than 30,000 capacity, which the Czech Republic does not have. So, they were willing to play the Czechs only if the match were in Dresden!)

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 8:59 am

Cardiff record signing Emiliano Sala aboard missing flight

https://t.co/QJS9NsuH9Q https://t.co/vu1P42qq17

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 11:39 am

I saw the story but didn't know that they had only signed him over the weekend. Terrible.

Postby **willeyeam** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 10:38 pm

https://www.goal.com/en-au/amp/news/i-a ... ssion=true

Postby **Gaucho** » Wed Jan 23, 2019 5:24 am

I was just reading that. Terrible.

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Sat Jan 26, 2019 4:26 pm

Hammers about to get ousted from FA Cup by League One - soon to be League Two- AFC Wimbledon.

I can’t even.....

Meh, it’s worth it to read the comments on FB. So much better than when American teams lose.

Have we got a World Class manager in charge, or a F*****G womble, the latter I think!!!!!!!

You disgraceful shower of overpaid C****

If Masuaku is a defender my pricks a bloater.

Stupid gobshites they don’t want to win
, no pride in the team

What a joke of a club you are the fa cup is an established cup and you play that shower of shite

Postby **Gaucho** » Sat Jan 26, 2019 4:37 pm

*last place League One AFC Wimbledon

Postby **Gaucho** » Wed Jan 30, 2019 9:33 am

https://twitter.com/Arsenal/status/1090323712216350725

Postby **count2infinity** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 11:49 am

I know that no one besides me actually cares about Southampton on this site... potentially in this state, but I'm enjoying the Ralph Hasenhuttl revitalization of this team. They're attacking more and players are back to forms like we've seen them previously. I think my favorite is James Warde-Prowse. Under the past few managers, he was looking like that kid that was going to be a super star, but just flopped. Now he's playing with some aggression that I haven't seen from him in my entire time watching this team.

I'm also enjoying how much people are hating him after this interaction:
https://www.givemesport.com/1448773-jam ... s-sent-off

Anyways... like the direction this team is moving. Hope they keep moving forward.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 12:02 pm

Tottenham's indifference to the transfer market makes me feel like I'm rooting for the Pirates of EPL soccer.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 12:48 pm

I know that no one besides me actually cares about Southampton on this site...

I was actually talking to our new Director of Marketing yesterday. He noticed I was using a Man U mug (which I only use for oatmeal because my wife brought it back from Leeds). After we realized we are both Gunners supporters, I did mention your support for Southampton. He kind of raised his eyebrow at that, but definitely respected not following one of the big boys.

Postby **Gaucho** » Thu Jan 31, 2019 12:52 pm

Your wife bought a Man U mug in Leeds? Oy ...