Football (Soccer)

[Winchy]

Plenty of backlash regarding the 'style' of football and gamesmanship in the Chelsea v PSG game last night. It's about time this sort of behaviour was highlighted and ridiculed by the press/pundits etc rather than it being written off as "part of the modern game".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31845015

Gutted I was only listening on the radio….

[Peter]

I watched the entire game last night. PSG impressed me, for once, this season. They usually rise to the occasion though. I got fucking pissed when Zlatan was shown the red card though, being a Swede and all haha. Good game though.

[bubbapest]

went to the NYCFC home opener

el guaje!!!!

what a player

[Peter]

Come on Dortmund..

[Dion]

Dortmund didn't even have a chance…

Who might win the CL this year? Very hard to say... no team is outstanding.

[Winchy]

Man City didn't have much of chance either! Considering the money they've spent they looked a long way off the level that Barça were playing at and are carrying some pretty average players.

[Peter]

I'm the opposite of a Barca fan, as I hate them, but I've got a bad feeling they're gonna win this year.

[Dion]

Teams I don't support at all are Dortmund and Barca. I'll be happy if any other team wins the trophy except these two. Seems like Pellegrini will be sacked for sure btw.

[Megatron1505]

I like Barca, I've been to the Nou Camp a few times and you really get a sense that it is a proper football club, I'm no Man Utd fan but you get the same feeling at Old Trafford. So many clubs and stadiums these days are sterile money making ventures that when you visit a proper football stadium you cannot help but be impressed.

The reason I fell in love with Newcastle is that when I was a kid and first went to St James Park it really had that feeling of being a real club, a part of the city and the community. Now however it is the absolute epitome of a football company run to make money first and play football second.

[Dion]

@Megatron1505:

I like Barca, I've been to the Nou Camp a few times and you really get a sense that it is a proper football club, I'm no Man Utd fan but you get the same feeling at Old Trafford. So many clubs and stadiums these days are sterile money making ventures that when you visit a proper football stadium you cannot help but be impressed.

The reason I fell in love with Newcastle is that when I was a kid and first went to St James Park it really had that feeling of being a real club, a part of the city and the community. Now however it is the absolute epitome of a football company run to make money first and play football second.

Nowadays almost everything is about to make money first and then anything else (if anything else at all).

I remember Newcastle Utd. has a huge amount of French players, how come?

[Megatron1505]

Because they're cheap, and so is our owner.

[Winchy]

@Megatron1505:

So many clubs and stadiums these days are sterile money making ventures…

cough Emirates! cough

[Peter]

PSG - Barca
Atletico - Real
Porto - Bayern
Juve - Monaco

Meh, PSG face Barca all the time and it's always boring when two teams from the same league go at it. Not super content with the quarter finals haha..

[Dion]

Damn, Atletico has the ability to kick Real's ass… I hope not this time. Bayern can easily plan the next round, I wish P$G good luck to kick Barca out. Juve or Monaco? May the best one win...

[Dion]

Anybody watching Barca-Real today?

[Peter]

Yes!

[Megatron1505]

Yup

[Dion]

Just watched the highlights Liv.-ManU, what a match. What's up with Stevie G? He seems fed up. I remember his mistake against ManC that cost LFC the title last year…

Anyway, I hope Real wins today.

[Peter]

Great game so far.

[louisbosco]

stevie G is an amazing and loyal player no doubt. but he needs to control his emotions. however, considering his love for the club, given if that was me, it would probably happen that way. sometimes, it just gets into your head.

that being said, united twice over liverpool this season. i'm a happy man.