The European football thread - Page 542

ukhotstove · 03-10-2007, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by bababui

There should be a two-legged 32 team World Champions League.

Only problem is when would you play it ? You can't play it during a football season so you'd have to do it in Summer but then you have the problem of having the World Cup one Summer and the European Championships another Summer so that only leaves two Summers out of 4, so if say you had it every four years players would only get a rest one summer in every four or if you played it every other summer they'd be playing non stop and you'd kill them after about 4 years lol.

bababui · 03-10-2007, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ukhotstove

Only problem is when would you play it ? You can't play it during a football season so you'd have to do it in Summer but then you have the problem of having the World Cup one Summer and the European Championships another Summer so that only leaves two Summers out of 4, so if say you had it every four years players would only get a rest one summer in every four or if you played it every other summer they'd be playing non stop and you'd kill them after about 4 years lol.

How about the fall and the spring when all leagues are running?

ukhotstove · 03-10-2007, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by bababui

Chelski will be invading Los Angeles this summer. And the Beckham affair is kinda like what happened with Daisuke Matsuzaka in baseball.

Team I'll be following is Toronto FC they seem to tick all the boxes for me.

bababui · 03-10-2007, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ukhotstove

Team I'll be following is Toronto FC they seem to tick all the boxes for me.

i'm afraid to ask what those boxes are??

ukhotstove · 03-10-2007, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by bababui

i'm afraid to ask what those boxes are??

lol

Chicago Fire
Columbus Crew
Kansas City Wizards
New England Revolution
Colorado Rapids
Colorado Rapids

Didn't tick the name box, I'm watching football not basketball where these names belong.

DC United
It's an NFL stadium not a football stadium.

New York Red Bulls
I want to follow a football team not a product.

Club Deportivo Chivas USA
An original team not a clone.

FC Dallas
Don't like their kit lol.

Houston Dynamo
They'd have had a shot if it was Dynamo Houston.

Los Angeles Galaxy
I'd rather have my left testicle put in a vice than support a Beckham team.

Real Salt Lake
Name thing again, why not Salt Lake United or Salt Lake City would have been better.

Sdpm100 · 03-10-2007, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ukhotstove

Real Salt Lake
Name thing again, why not Salt Lake United or Salt Lake City would have been better.

I think a lot of locals wanted it to be Highlanders.

bababui · 03-10-2007, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ukhotstove

lol

Chicago Fire
Columbus Crew
Kansas City Wizards
New England Revolution
Colorado Rapids
Colorado Rapids

Didn't tick the name box, I'm watching football not basketball where these names belong.

DC United
It's an NFL stadium not a football stadium.

New York Red Bulls
I want to follow a football team not a product.

Club Deportivo Chivas USA
An original team not a clone.

FC Dallas
Don't like their kit lol.

Houston Dynamo
They'd have had a shot if it was Dynamo Houston.

Los Angeles Galaxy
I'd rather have my left testicle put in a vice than support a Beckham team.

Real Salt Lake
Name thing again, why not Salt Lake United or Salt Lake City would have been better.

Will you be a traitor to England if Beckham returns to England?? Hmmmm???

ukhotstove · 03-10-2007, 09:43 PM

Barca v Madrid summed up both teams, they can't defend.

rudel.dietrich · 03-10-2007, 09:57 PM

Im not sure what you mean about DC Uniteds stadium?
Do you mean RFK stadium or the new one?
Their new facility is looking to be quite nice

Raderick · 03-10-2007, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ukhotstove

lol

Chicago Fire
Columbus Crew
Kansas City Wizards
New England Revolution
Colorado Rapids
Colorado Rapids

Didn't tick the name box, I'm watching football not basketball where these names belong.

Welcome to America!

Sdpm100 · 03-11-2007, 03:32 AM

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Originally Posted by ukhotstove

Houston Dynamo
They'd have had a shot if it was Dynamo Houston.

Real Salt Lake
Name thing again, why not Salt Lake United or Salt Lake City would have been better.

I'm confused how you would have liked Dynamo Houston, when I would doubt Houston has anything to do with the ex-Soviet Union, but not Real Salt Lake?

Would you have liked Colorado Rapids mooted change to Arsenal Colorado?

ukhotstove · 03-11-2007, 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager

Im not sure what you mean about DC Uniteds stadium?
Do you mean RFK stadium or the new one?
Their new facility is looking to be quite nice

RFK, it isn't just an MLS thing as I don't like teams who either ground share or play in a stadium that wasn't built for their sport, I dislike the fact that Wigan Athletic and Leigh RMI ground share the only good thing is that the JJB was built for football it's just they share it with a rugby team.

ukhotstove · 03-11-2007, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Sdpm100

I'm confused how you would have liked Dynamo Houston, when I would doubt Houston has anything to do with the ex-Soviet Union, but not Real Salt Lake?

Would you have liked Colorado Rapids mooted change to Arsenal Colorado?

Dynamo could be any team but we all know the Real part is to jump on Madrid's name, you ask say 20 people about the name Dynamo and you'll get different answers ask them about Real and you'd get them all saying Madrid.

ukhotstove · 03-11-2007, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by bababui

Will you be a traitor to England if Beckham returns to England?? Hmmmm???

He wont play for England again.

Sdpm100 · 03-11-2007, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by ukhotstove

Dynamo could be any team but we all know the Real part is to jump on Madrid's name, you ask say 20 people about the name Dynamo and you'll get different answers ask them about Real and you'd get them all saying Madrid.

Ah, okay, that's fine. Thanks for taking the time to clarify it to me.

LFC1892 · 03-11-2007, 07:55 AM

Going a few pages back, but UKHS and I share a fave team....the Blues!!! After 2 consecutive wooden spoons(last place) 2007 looks like a better year. Any time you guys wanna talk AFL or Rugby,by all means I'll be here. But back to football.....any new transfer rumors over there in the UK?

ukhotstove · 03-11-2007, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by LFC1892

Going a few pages back, but UKHS and I share a fave team....the Blues!!! After 2 consecutive wooden spoons(last place) 2007 looks like a better year. Any time you guys wanna talk AFL or Rugby,by all means I'll be here. But back to football.....any new transfer rumors over there in the UK?

Parramatta over in Australia and St Helens here in England, other teams I follow in various sports are Wigan Athletic, Leigh RMI and Celtic in football, Green Bay Packers in the NFL, Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL, Boston Celtics in the NBA but I'm not a big basketball fan, Notre Dame in college sports, Lancashire in cricket, never really followed one baseball team and after 15 years of baseball in one form or another you'd think I would but never really been able to decide on one team.

When I was on about ticking the boxes the above teams tick the boxes, some are local but all have things in common like their names fit the sports and they have a rich history.

ukhotstove · 03-11-2007, 08:38 AM

Chelsea are after a few players, Quaresma £15,000,000, Alves £18,000,000, Miguel £10,500,000, Guzman £2,000,000, Villa £45,000,000 so Roman only needs to hand over £90,000,000

Benitez is tipped to be the next Madrid manager.

West Ham have stated that gambling amongst the Hammers players is a concern, guess who one of West Hams sponsors are, yup you guessed it a casino

LFC1892 · 03-11-2007, 09:10 AM

No Rafa,don't do it..........

rudel.dietrich · 03-11-2007, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ukhotstove

Dynamo could be any team but we all know the Real part is to jump on Madrid's name, you ask say 20 people about the name Dynamo and you'll get different answers ask them about Real and you'd get them all saying Madrid.

DC United should have their own stadium by 2009 or so

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03-11-2007, 08:38 AM	#10838
ukhotstove Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North of England Gods Country Posts: 7,175	Chelsea are after a few players, Quaresma £15,000,000, Alves £18,000,000, Miguel £10,500,000, Guzman £2,000,000, Villa £45,000,000 so Roman only needs to hand over £90,000,000 Benitez is tipped to be the next Madrid manager. West Ham have stated that gambling amongst the Hammers players is a concern, guess who one of West Hams sponsors are, yup you guessed it a casino __________________ Detroit Diesel Dynasty San Antonio Calzones of Laredo Dynasty

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rudel.dietrich Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Zürich, Switzerland Posts: 8,608	Im not sure what you mean about DC Uniteds stadium? Do you mean RFK stadium or the new one? Their new facility is looking to be quite nice

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LFC1892 All Star Reserve Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Global Posts: 963	Going a few pages back, but UKHS and I share a fave team....the Blues!!! After 2 consecutive wooden spoons(last place) 2007 looks like a better year. Any time you guys wanna talk AFL or Rugby,by all means I'll be here. But back to football.....any new transfer rumors over there in the UK?

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