AnPheitseog Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 On 05/12/2016 at 2:34 PM, Berlin Wall said: Hertha is 3rd, Leeds is 4th. The season can go on like this! Even better. Ingolstadt 1-0 Leipzig Formerly known as DiePerske Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyk33 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 LOL Arsenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlin Wall Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 I'd love to see Bayern gettin' kicked out. I'm a simple person, I have a pixelated David Beckham as profile photo since 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninersdd Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 It seems like it's a tradition with Bayern vs Arsenal in this round. BEAR DOWN ARIZONA!2013/14 Tanks Picks Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wences Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 In Spain everybody's talking about the 'fantastic' luck of Real Madrid in the Champions League draw every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcos Flamengo Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 On 14/12/2016 at 4:00 PM, wences said: In Spain everybody's talking about the 'fantastic' luck of Real Madrid in the Champions League draw every year. Honestly. Something's wrong with the Libertadores champions. On the last six years, 3 champions did not advance to the Final. This includes the 2006 world champion and now relegated Sport Club Internacional (2010 Libertadores champion), the Clube Atlético Mineiro (2013 Libertadores champion) and Colombia's Club Atlético Nacional (2016 Libertadores champion) who had the support from the fans of Associação Chapecoense de Futebol (2016 Sudamericana champion), who sadly was deeply affected by a horrific air tragedy last november and from the entire Brazilian football, but didn't make the final thanks to eventual runners-up Kashima Antlers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wences Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 2 hours ago, Marcos Flamengo said: Honestly. Something's wrong with the Libertadores champions. On the last six years, 3 champions did not advance to the Final. This includes the 2006 world champion and now relegated Sport Club Internacional (2010 Libertadores champion), the Clube Atlético Mineiro (2013 Libertadores champion) and Colombia's Club Atlético Nacional (2016 Libertadores champion) who had the support from the fans of Associação Chapecoense de Futebol (2016 Sudamericana champion), who sadly was deeply affected by a horrific air tragedy last november and from the entire Brazilian football, but didn't make the final thanks to eventual runners-up Kashima Antlers. I was talking about the European Champions League. I didn't say anything about the Club's World Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaffa Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Mike Phelan has been sacked by Hull City. I'm struggling to think who would be desperate or stupid enough to come here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashcarson15 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 1 hour ago, Jaffa said: Mike Phelan has been sacked by Hull City. I'm struggling to think who would be desperate or stupid enough to come here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaffa Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 A chap in the local sporting media has tweeted that the players have apparently been told by the owners to expect a new manager to be in place later this week. Mind, given that tomorrow marks 1,000 days since said owners stated the club was up for sale and that they'd be gone in 24 hours you might like to take that with a very large pinch of salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marble21 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 On 04/01/2017 at 0:13 AM, Jaffa said: A chap in the local sporting media has tweeted that the players have apparently been told by the owners to expect a new manager to be in place later this week. Mind, given that tomorrow marks 1,000 days since said owners stated the club was up for sale and that they'd be gone in 24 hours you might like to take that with a very large pinch of salt. ...looks like the local journo was right. I have no idea whether this is a good appointment or not to be honest. I guess it all depends whether the owners back him during the transfer window and if so, will they buy sensibly? Marco Silva: Hull City appoint ex-Sporting & Olympiakos boss UBI FIDES IBI LUX ET ROBUR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaffa Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 7 hours ago, marble21 said: I guess it all depends whether the owners back him during the transfer window and if so, will they buy sensibly? That's the question. Vice-Chairman and noted buffoon Ehab Allam put a rare statement out yesterday, saying that the current squad needs only 'two or three key additions' during this transfer window - a very optimistic opinion at best. I can't see us spending much money, given how the owners have been more focused on taking it out rather than putting it in. It's worth noting too that Silva has only been appointed until the end of the season, so it's fair to say that if we go down he won't be sticking around. And as an aside - this is the first time that Hull City have appointed a manager who's younger than I am. I'm getting old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyk33 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperThin Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 It's weird watching AFC Wimbledon and non-league side Sutton United play an FA Cup match on Fox Sports 1. Also these past Arsenal games have been weird but oddly brilliant. Giroud is a beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 A 48-team World Cup for 2026? http://m.bbc.com/sport/football/38547638 This also must mean FIFA wants a joint bid from USA/Mexico or USA/Canada, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyk33 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 15 hours ago, dfwabel said: A 48-team World Cup for 2026? http://m.bbc.com/sport/football/38547638 This also must mean FIFA wants a joint bid from USA/Mexico or USA/Canada, right? This means they really want to increase the chances of China & India qualifying for the World Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 32 minutes ago, Nyk33 said: This means they really want to increase the chances of China & India qualifying for the World Cup. The USA could possibly handle this by itself, but going on from here you'll be seeing more joint bids or some way of keeping teams in a group in a set stadium or area. With the USA you could see a layout like this: New York-Boston Philadelphia-Washington San Jose-San Francisco Los Angeles-San Diego Atlanta-Miami Cleveland-Pittsburgh Chicago-Minneapolis Dallas-Houston Denver-Salt Lake Portland(Beaverton)-Seattle With three team groups you could have 2 groups sit in the same general area to utilize resources. The biggest issue is how are these teams going to split practice time, because even if you use college and MLS stadiums for practice facilities you don't have guarantees that every area will have everything these teams will need. It may become a case of, Team A is playing in LA, practicing at the Olympic Center in Chula Vista and having to bus in or take a quick flight in for the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 From BBC - Uefa have released a statement on the news that the World Cup will be expanded to 48 teams from 2026. “During the Fifa Council meeting in Zurich, it was clear that all other confederations were overwhelmingly in favour of expanding the Fifa World Cup to 48 teams starting in 2026. As a result, Uefa decided to join in supporting the new format of the competition," it says. "Uefa is satisfied that it succeeded in postponing the final decision regarding the slot allocation of every confederation in the future format of the Fifa World Cup. "We would also like to state that we are happy that the new proposed length and format of the tournament does not increase the burden on players. We will also ensure that clubs’ interests will continue to be protected.” We don't like it but if Bobby didn't get to bring Suzy and Suzy didn't bring jake it'd screw up our chances of getting more of what we want later. See? We aren't useless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marble21 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 16 hours ago, dfwabel said: A 48-team World Cup for 2026? I don't think the increase in the number of teams will be as bad as I originally thought. Euro 2016 was generally quite exciting in the early stages with a lot of teams competing for the first time or first time in a generation. Granted, the latter stages were a bit of an anti-climax and the 'best' 3rd place teams going through wasn't ideal. What concerns me is the change in format. The current system pretty much guarantees you need to win a game to advance. This new system doesn't do that and could lead to some negative tactics. I'd also be interested to see how the seeding would work for the last 32 as I have some concerns about that too. 28 minutes ago, MJWalker45 said: The biggest issue is how are these teams going to split practice time, because even if you use college and MLS stadiums for practice facilities you don't have guarantees that every area will have everything these teams will need. It may become a case of, Team A is playing in LA, practicing at the Olympic Center in Chula Vista and having to bus in or take a quick flight in for the game. It's pretty much standard practice that international teams operate from a single base during a tournament, travelling to each game when required. I don't think anything would need to change from that in your example. UBI FIDES IBI LUX ET ROBUR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlin Wall Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 That's bad for the Dutch. I guess 48 won't be enough to get them into the competition. I'm a simple person, I have a pixelated David Beckham as profile photo since 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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