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Old 31-01-2005, 06:29 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Football is not only about the English Football.

I am sure people are interested in other football as well and this thread should help in speaking about the alternates. Please dont start speaking about NFL!

Okay my favourite team is Barcelona. I have watched about 10-12 games of theirs this season and follow their scores atleast. I believe they are the best team in the world ahead of AC Milan, Juventus and Chelsea in that order.

Latest Barca Result - 4-0 vs Numancia after a humiliation not long back
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Norwegian football league doesn't start for three months - which is the only "alternate" that interests me...
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Norwegian football league doesn't start for three months - which is the only "alternate" that interests me...
dont know much about football/soccer, but i just noticed we have the same birthday- october 4th. awesome
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Old 31-01-2005, 09:15 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Italian Football has a Poor Cup which is Unlike the FA Cup
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Old 31-01-2005, 09:36 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Football is not only about the English Football.

I am sure people are interested in other football as well and this thread should help in speaking about the alternates. Please dont start speaking about NFL!

Okay my favourite team is Barcelona. I have watched about 10-12 games of theirs this season and follow their scores atleast. I believe they are the best team in the world ahead of AC Milan, Juventus and Chelsea in that order.

Latest Barca Result - 4-0 vs Numancia after a humiliation not long back
I watched quite a bit of Barcelona earlier in the season and thought they were superb. Ronaldinho and Deco are always great value, but I think Xavi and Puyol are the key men - fantastic players.

They did seem to be tailing off a bit, but seem to be back on form after winning emphatically at Sevilla (didn't Real Madrid play Numancia?) on Saturday. I didn't see the game - did they play as well as the scoreline suggests?
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dont know much about football/soccer, but i just noticed we have the same birthday- october 4th. awesome
my ma's birthday that..
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Heh, never heard of anyone who shares my birthday before - and then I hear of two in the same day...
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I watched quite a bit of Barcelona earlier in the season and thought they were superb. Ronaldinho and Deco are always great value, but I think Xavi and Puyol are the key men - fantastic players.

They did seem to be tailing off a bit, but seem to be back on form after winning emphatically at Sevilla (didn't Real Madrid play Numancia?) on Saturday. I didn't see the game - did they play as well as the scoreline suggests?
Ya my mistake. Madrid beat Numancia to keep the lead to 7 points. I couldnt follow either match due to weird hours they are played at.
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*marks 3 months on calendar until the mighty Bodř/Glimt start playing again*
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i like the german and spanish league

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Barca lost to Atletico Madrid 0-2 and the lead over Real Madridi is a mere 4 points now. Very unlike Barca this season, they have lost two matches in the past few weeks which is concerning.
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Deary me, how long ago was that?

The new Australian A-League begings and my local team have gone for the name the 'Queensland Roar' - what a pathetic nickname?

But at least they are trying to bring in Vieri (that is Max Vieri brother of Christian Vieri) as their marquee signing. For those who don't know, all 8 teams in the A-League have a starting salary cap of $1.5m but the marquee signing doesn't count. This could be from Max Vieri to Marcel Desially (if he has retired not that any club here could afford his wages even for some body so poor now).

The teams are:
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  • Perth Glory (they can justify that nickname)
  • Melbourne Victory
  • Sydney
  • Central Coast
  • Auckland
  • Brisbane
  • Newcastle United

Terry Venables IIRC is coach of Newcastle United, Englishman Steve McMahon is in charge of Perth, and former England and Norwich midfielder Ian Crook has a coaching role with Sydney (don't know how good he was and he is a regular guest 'expert' on Fox Sports when they show the Saturday night triple-header).

As I said a poor nickname, but they are my local side so I guess I have to support them whether I like it or not. I will give it a go and go to a couple of games at least depending on my availability.
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Barca lost to Atletico Madrid 0-2 and the lead over Real Madridi is a mere 4 points now. Very unlike Barca this season, they have lost two matches in the past few weeks which is concerning.
Do they still have as many injury problems as they did a few months ago? Guily and Larsson haven't featured much in Europe for them.

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