Poll
Question:
Which team will win World Cup 2014?
Option 1: Argentina
votes: 2
Option 2: Brasil
votes: 2
Option 3: England
votes: 0
Option 4: Germany
votes: 3
Option 5: Italy
votes: 0
Option 6: Netherlands
votes: 1
Option 7: Portugal
votes: 0
Option 8: Spain
votes: 0
Option 9: none of these
votes: 0
It's hard to believe but the next World Cup is coming already in the summer...
Three ridiculous groups (E,F,H), three dynamite groups (B,D,G) and two average groups (A,C).
It's a pity because we will see some weak teams in the last 16 and some strong teams eliminated in the group stage.
Group A:
Brazil,
Croatia,
Mexico,
Cameroon.
Group B:
Spain,
Netherlands,
Chile,
Australia.
Group C:
Colombia,
Greece,
Ivory Coast,
Japan.
Group D:
Uruguay,
Costa Rica,
England,
Italy.
Group E :
Switzerland,
Ecuador,
France,
Honduras.
Group F:
Argentina,
Bosnia-Hercegovina,
Iran,
Nigeria.
Group G:
Germany,
Portugal,
Ghana,
USA.
Group H:
Belgium,
Algeria,
Russia,
South Korea.
ARG-BRA 2-2 so far...
Early predictions for group phase?
I guess some teams will be very lucky.
I'd like to save my predictions for later because there's a lot of teams I know little about at the moment.
chicken
Well, go ahead with yours :-)
Already posted it :D
If you watch the attached image you'll see I predicted 1st and 2nd place of every group.
ABout the matches Uruguay vs Ivory Coast (won by Uruguay) and Nigeria vs Switzerland (won by SW) I predict they will win by a lucky goal after suffering the whole match.
Well, it is too early for the predictions, but some early thoughts:
- yes, I agree with BJ on the strength of the groups
- 2nd spot is very open in Group A behind Brazil
- it's obvious, Spain and Netherlands in B...
- ridiculous Group C, anybody can qualify
- no chance for CRC, but I can't guess how the other 3 teams will finish... I hope England will fly home early (Group D)
- maybe Switzerland and France from E... though I'm not really sure
- in Group F, Argentina first, Iran last
- Group G: Germany, Portugal, for sure
- Group H: the same comment as for Group C
- 1 or 2 big surprises may happen again
- winner will be Brazil, good medal chance for Argentina, Germany, Spain... or for a surprise team
This is my (very) early tip
Group A: Brazil will have a complicated 1st half against Cameroon but will solve everything in the 2nd. Easy wins vs. Croatia and Mexico. Cameroon will beat Croatia and secure 2nd place, all of them beating Mexico easily.
Group B: This is a much tighter group than it seems. Chile can surprise any team if they have a good day (just remember Spain-Chile in SA 2010). And Spain is not nearly as good as back then.
The Neds should win this group, but it won't be easy. Spain will earn 2nd place by goal difference over Chile
Group C: Colombia will win easily. Ivory Coast is best of the rest.
Group D: Uruguay, England and Italy will beat Costa Rica. Uruguay will get draws against England and Italy, with Italy beating the English and winning the group, leaving Uruguay in 2nd place and waving England goodbye.
Group E : France, easily. Ecuador vs. Switzerland will decide 2nd place. My bet is Ecuador.
Group F: Argentina will win without any doubts (hopefully!), Nigeria will be 2nd.
Group G: Cristiano is really good (againts my liking) but he alone cannot beat the Teutons nor the "black stars" . Germany will be 1st, Ghana 2nd.
Group H: Russia vs. Belgium will decide 1st and 2nd.
Okay, that kind of predictions are okay to make now. I thought we were talking about exact match result predictions.
But I almost totally agree with Chulk.
Where I don't agree:
Group A: Croatia will qualify and not Cameroon.
Group B: Spain will win this group.
Detailed predictions are coming as soon as I go back to Budapest.
ManUtd won't win FA Cup... ;D
Racing 3 - Independiente 0 (our eternal rivals)
Just look at the 1st goal. The goalkeeper kicks the ball then a bicycle kick from the striker and goal :o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAHTwB5gzK4
Quite crappy rounds in La Liga: both Atletico and Barca lost 4 points, while cristiana FC plays in top shape. Damn...
But at least ManUtd was humiliated again. :D Now really, what the hell do the leaders see in Moyes? They should be in TOP3 with such a strong team - but luckily they aren't. :D
I don't think their team is that strong compared to City, Arsenal and Chelsea. It's rather on the same level as Tottenham and Everton - especially when van Persie is missing (ironic for him that Arsenal is now leading the premiership and Manchester United is 8th...)
Messi can't really find back to his "normal" way - yesterday he had a really weak game (again).
Seems he's a human being after all...
Well-done, Stoke City! ;D
Where's joy in seeing the money clubs - Chelsea, Real Madrid, Manchester City, dominate the leagues? I'd much rather have Manchester United and FC Barcelona win.
Man UD and Barcelona aren't "money clubs"?
Quote from: alanrotoi on February 02, 2014, 07:29:57 PM
Man UD and Barcelona aren't "money clubs"?
I don't know much about United, but Barça generally promotes youngsters instead of just buying the current super expensive star (Neymar Jr. being the rarely exception)
Atletico Madrid is the clear winner of this round. And finally, cr was punished for his disgusting and arrogant behaviour. ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0cEgur6SLs&feature=player_embedded
Hmmm... now I'm almost sure about Real winning the title. (Despite of his two goals, Messi still can't find back to his usual level... I don't want to see another Golden Ball in gaynaldo's hand, so come on, ARG dwarf! ;D)
Maybe Eden Hazard will win it, if he goes crazy at the World Cup. He's scary good.
I agree Real will win the championship. Of course United and Barca have a lot of money, but Real, City and Chelsea are the most extreme examples of clubs that use nearly infinite amounts of money to buy whoever is best at the moment and put them together in a team. City and Chelsea are only good because of this. They were bought by some oligarch from Asia and suddenly they were top teams.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on February 10, 2014, 11:45:20 AM
Maybe Eden Hazard will win it, if he goes crazy at the World Cup. He's scary good.
Don't make me laugh. Not even a TOP20 player.
Quote from: CTG on February 10, 2014, 12:53:51 PM
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on February 10, 2014, 11:45:20 AM
Maybe Eden Hazard will win it, if he goes crazy at the World Cup. He's scary good.
Don't make me laugh. Not even a TOP20 player.
You obviously haven't watched Chelsea's latest games ???
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on February 10, 2014, 04:22:51 PM
Quote from: CTG on February 10, 2014, 12:53:51 PM
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on February 10, 2014, 11:45:20 AM
Maybe Eden Hazard will win it, if he goes crazy at the World Cup. He's scary good.
Don't make me laugh. Not even a TOP20 player.
You obviously haven't watched Chelsea's latest games ???
But hey, let's make a top 20!
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on February 10, 2014, 04:23:22 PM
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on February 10, 2014, 04:22:51 PM
Quote from: CTG on February 10, 2014, 12:53:51 PM
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on February 10, 2014, 11:45:20 AM
Maybe Eden Hazard will win it, if he goes crazy at the World Cup. He's scary good.
Don't make me laugh. Not even a TOP20 player.
You obviously haven't watched Chelsea's latest games ???
But hey, let's make a top 20. Here's mine for attacking players:
Messi
Ronaldo
Ribery
Robben
Hazard
Ibrahimovic
Aguero
Suarez
Lewandowski
Cavani
Neymar
Costa
Falcao
Sneijder
Benzema
Silva
Pogba
Bale
Götze
van Persie (in 2 months)
No goalkeepers or defenders? I don't know those in the bottom so maybe yes :D
It's specifically a top 20 of attacking players.
One of the best goal celebrations of all time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfnc___G6ME
:D :D :D
(Stjarnan players can be envious now... :D)
Quote from: Akoss Poo on February 12, 2014, 07:22:55 PM
One of the best goal celebrations of all time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfnc___G6ME
:D :D :D
(Stjarnan players can be envious now... :D)
What a crappy goal... ;D
Quote from: CTG on February 12, 2014, 08:00:44 PM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on February 12, 2014, 07:22:55 PM
One of the best goal celebrations of all time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfnc___G6ME
:D :D :D
(Stjarnan players can be envious now... :D)
What a crappy goal... ;D
That's only an amateur league... and the pitch and the ball was muddy and wet...
But still, an excellent video it is... ;)
Quote from: Akoss Poo on February 12, 2014, 08:30:12 PM
That's only an amateur league... and the pitch and the ball was muddy and wet...
We scored better goals in primary school... I wouldn't celebrate such a crappy one with this attitude.
Quote from: CTG on February 13, 2014, 10:46:22 PM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on February 12, 2014, 08:30:12 PM
That's only an amateur league... and the pitch and the ball was muddy and wet...
We scored better goals in primary school... I wouldn't celebrate such a crappy one with this attitude.
That wasn't about the quality of the goal...
Quote from: Akoss Poo on February 13, 2014, 10:59:20 PM
Quote from: CTG on February 13, 2014, 10:46:22 PM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on February 12, 2014, 08:30:12 PM
That's only an amateur league... and the pitch and the ball was muddy and wet...
We scored better goals in primary school... I wouldn't celebrate such a crappy one with this attitude.
That wasn't about the quality of the goal...
Who cares? He got a well-deserved red card.
1 Messi
2 Cristiano
3 Zlatan
4 Falcao
5 Agüero
6 Neymar Jr.
7 Muller
8 Van Persie
9 Robben (Is he a FW or a MF?)
10 Ribbery (Same as Robben)
11 Giroud
12 Koke
13 Goetze
14 Higuain
15 Tevez
16 Hazard
17 Rooney
18 Lewandowski
19 Villa
20 Suarez
Yes, I don't even CONSIDER Bale a TOP20 FW
Quote from: Chulk on February 17, 2014, 07:06:17 AM
2 Cristiano
I think crystiana gaynaldo is not even in top100. Football is a team sport, but he's only an egoistic, arrogant individual glory-hunter.
Collecting 20 attackers makes no sense - let's build a dream team instead!
I meant "offensively minded players", not only forwards. I feel it's almost impossible to compare the qualities of Vincent Kompany and David Silva, for example. And even more impossible to compare goalkeepers to forwards.
About goalkeepers, my favourites are:
Courtois
Neuer
Lloris
Buffon
But actually I don't know enough about goalkeepers to really have an opinion.
Since I played a lot as a GK, I always kept an eye on this position. My historical favorites were Schmeichel, Chilavert, Van der Sar - and an active one, Casillas (now really, I can't understand Real Madrid - why Diego Lopez?). But if you ask who is the best GK at the moment, I'll obviously say Neuer.
Some other memorable goalkeepers / goalkeeper actions:
Oliver Kahn - probably the best goalkeeper of the late 90s/early 00s, but I couldn't really stand his agressive behaviour
Vitor Baia (Portugal, 90s/early 00s)- a talented GK from the good old cr-free Portugal team
Ivan Campos (Mexico, 90s) - such a dwarf in this position... and still a good one! Do you remember his funny colorful dresses?
Francesco Toldo (Italy, 2000) - the famous penalty killer, do you remember NED-ITA from Euro2000? ;D
Thomas Ravelli (Sweden, mid-90s) - member of the World Cup bronze medalist team in 1994, he had a funny kick-off style (making a circle with the ball around his body)
Gábor Király (Hungary, 1998-) - he had some amazing seasons in Hertha BSC (even in Champions League, he made a fool from the attackers of AC Milan). His performance got a lot worse lately, but still, he's in the national team...
And some negative heros, all from the late 90s/early 00s:
David "F.uck you" Seaman (England) - English GKs are usually crappy, but Seaman was most memorable one. I guess his nightmares are full of 25+ meter goals. :D
Mark "F.uck you" Bosnich (Australia/ManUtd) - not really talented, drug addict and he screwed with me twice in one or two weeks (in 2000): Hungary-Australia 0-3 (the only game of the national team I've ever seen live, he messed with the spectators), a bit later ManUtd-Wimbledon 2-2 (I've lost about 15 Euros because of his extremely bad performance, all the other matches were already in the pocket).
Jens Lehmann (Germany): the same brainless idiot as Kahn, but without the spark of talent.
Bogdan Stelea (Romania): shall I say more about him than his country? ;D Btw he looks like a mutant clone of Fabien Barthez.
Why Robben runs so weird? Did you noticed that?
Quote from: alanrotoi on February 17, 2014, 02:22:33 PM
Why Robben runs so weird? Did you noticed that?
Weird or not, he plays well. Although I don't like him.
Don't forget Rene Higuita besides of the scorpion trick, he did awesome and stupid things in very important matches and he was the goalkeeper of the best colombian team ever. (Asprilla, Valderrama, Valencia)
A dream team? I'm in! (Between brackets a History-Dream-Team)
GK: Weidenfeller (Schmeichel)
DF (Right to left): Maicon (Cafu), Kompany (Beckenbauer), David Luiz (Cannavaro), Lahm (Ziege)
MF (Right to left): Schweinsteiger (Basler), Toure (Gullit), Ribbery (Savio)
FW: Messi (Cruyff), Zlatan (Ronaldo), Cristiano (Ronaldinho)
I'm sorry I can't see Maradona there.
Quote from: alanrotoi on February 19, 2014, 02:41:55 AM
I'm sorry I can't see Maradona there.
He's the linesman - hopefully he won't suck up the white line... :D
Sorry, I can't respect a drug addict, who scored the most important goal of his career with his hand.
Btw we had this one already: http://forum.stunts.hu/index.php?topic=2293.msg40532#msg40532
Quote from: alanrotoi on February 19, 2014, 02:41:55 AM
I'm sorry I can't see Maradona there.
When asked for a dream team, I tend to leave him out as he's the obvious choice. I also leave out players I have not seen play much (Pele, Garrincha, Puskas, Eusebio...) Cruyff being the exception as I've seen a lot of videos about him and The Netherlands is a team I usually like and support.
I intentionally left out my favourite ever, Nedved.
If it's not Maradona is a bad dream :D
Quote from: alanrotoi on February 20, 2014, 02:16:02 PM
If it's not Maradona is a bad dream :D
The old fat junkie is back: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/early-doors/please-don-t-diego-maradona-set-playing-comeback-125012224.html
UEFA Euro 2016, qualification groups:
Group A: Netherlands, Czech Republic, Turkey, Latvia, Iceland, Kazakhstan
FUCKIN' STRONG! :o
Group B: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Israel, Wales, Cyprus, Andorra
Ridiculous... Belgium will have a nice time here.
Group C: Spain, Ukraine, Slovakia, Belarus, Macedonia, Luxembourg
Another hard one.
Group D: Germany, Ireland, Poland, Scotland, Georgia, Gibraltar
Fair enough.
Group E: England, Switzerland, Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania, San Marino
England was "lucky" again, it's a joke...
Group F: Greece, Hungary, Romania, Finland, Northern Ireland, Faroe Islands
Well, well, well... the only thing I knew before the draw that we will play against Romania, again. I would be a lot happier without them. Not that strong group anyway, it will be a tight contest of pot 1-5 teams (and we won't qualify).
Group G: Russia, Sweden, Austria, Montenegro, Moldova, Liechtenstein
Pretty strong, but not a death group.
Group H: Italy, Croatia, Norway, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Malta
Quite well-balanced and strong.
Group I: Portugal, Denmark, Serbia, Armenia, Albania; + France (out of contest)
Very strong group with some violent teams (pot 3-5).
Not Portugal again...
Not Armenia again...
Not Albania again...
Serbia sounds dangerous.
Good news for the English top clubs: the Belgian top players won't need to play national team matches between 2014 and 2016.
Let's see our chances...
Optimistic version: 2 pts vs Greece, 3 pts vs Romania (we won't ever earn a point in Bucharest...), 4 pts vs Finland, 6 pts vs Northern Ireland and Faroe Islands, SUM: 21 pts
Realistic version: 1 pt vs Greece, 1 pt vs Romania, 3 pts vs Finland, 4 pts vs Northern Ireland, 6 pts vs Faroe Islands; SUM: 15 pts
My prediction: 1 pt vs Greece, 0 pt vs Romania, 2 pts vs Finland, 3 pts vs Northern Ireland, 6 pts vs Faroe Islands; SUM: 12 pts
Worst case: 0 pt vs Greece & Romania, 1 pt vs Finland, 2 pts vs Northern Ireland, 6 pts vs Faroe Islands; SUM: 9 pts
Btw I'm sorry for Denmark's group, it's full of strong and agressive teams.
Lucky Aarhus, they equalized versus Köbenhavn in the 89th minute... :D
Wheeeee ;D
Bröndby vs Aalborg was even more dramatic...
Has anybody seen the goals of Ludogorets against Lazio yesterday? I can't imagine how could they allow such goals... Lazio defence and goalie dug the team's own grave to say the least...
Quote from: Akoss Poo on February 28, 2014, 10:44:10 AM
Has anybody seen the goals of Ludogorets against Lazio yesterday? I can't imagine how could they allow such goals... Lazio defence and goalie dug the team's own grave to say the least...
Europe League is secondary and boring. Btw go Fiorentina! ;D
Quote from: CTG on February 28, 2014, 11:04:44 AM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on February 28, 2014, 10:44:10 AM
Has anybody seen the goals of Ludogorets against Lazio yesterday? I can't imagine how could they allow such goals... Lazio defence and goalie dug the team's own grave to say the least...
Europe League is secondary and boring. Btw go Fiorentina! ;D
There are often better matches than in the money-oriented/based Champions' League.
Quote from: Akoss Poo on February 28, 2014, 11:50:11 AM
Quote from: CTG on February 28, 2014, 11:04:44 AM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on February 28, 2014, 10:44:10 AM
Has anybody seen the goals of Ludogorets against Lazio yesterday? I can't imagine how could they allow such goals... Lazio defence and goalie dug the team's own grave to say the least...
Europe League is secondary and boring. Btw go Fiorentina! ;D
There are often better matches than in the money-oriented/based Champions' League.
But at least ManUre sucked in Greece. ;D
Quote from: CTG on February 28, 2014, 12:06:29 PM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on February 28, 2014, 11:50:11 AM
Quote from: CTG on February 28, 2014, 11:04:44 AM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on February 28, 2014, 10:44:10 AM
Has anybody seen the goals of Ludogorets against Lazio yesterday? I can't imagine how could they allow such goals... Lazio defence and goalie dug the team's own grave to say the least...
Europe League is secondary and boring. Btw go Fiorentina! ;D
There are often better matches than in the money-oriented/based Champions' League.
But at least ManUre sucked in Greece. ;D
They will resurrect like dirty lucky cocksucker Töttyenham...
Quote from: Akoss Poo on February 28, 2014, 12:16:39 PM
Quote from: CTG on February 28, 2014, 12:06:29 PM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on February 28, 2014, 11:50:11 AM
Quote from: CTG on February 28, 2014, 11:04:44 AM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on February 28, 2014, 10:44:10 AM
Has anybody seen the goals of Ludogorets against Lazio yesterday? I can't imagine how could they allow such goals... Lazio defence and goalie dug the team's own grave to say the least...
Europe League is secondary and boring. Btw go Fiorentina! ;D
There are often better matches than in the money-oriented/based Champions' League.
But at least ManUre sucked in Greece. ;D
They will resurrect like dirty lucky cocksucker Töttyenham...
Don't worry, they won't have "Fergie Time"... Moyes sucks! ;D
Glad Tottenham managed to win. We're not gonna qualify for Champion's League this year, so better win the Europa League. Next round vs Benfica will be hard.
What's your team BJ?
My team is AGF, but outside Denmark it's Tottenham Hotspur.
What do you think about Erik Lamela? When he was here he's a very fine player. Then he was sold to Roma.
I think he's been useless in Tottenham. Like a technically talented player with no idea how to adapt to new styles or formations or leagues. I don't know his skills that well, but when I've seen him in action for Tottenham, he hasn't shown anything noteworthy.
Bad start of the spring season from my favourite Hungarian teams.
Putnok-Kazincbarcika 2-1 (2-0)
and
Diósgyör Miskolc - Debrecen 1-1 (1-1).
However, Juventus is flying towards the Italian championship title and the Europa League victory.
New coach, bad start for the spring: Ferencváros - Györi ETO FC 1-1. But at least Videoton couldn't win in this round...
Football revolution in Denmark:
FC København - FC Midtjylland 1-5
FC København is the rich team from the capital, defending champions and champions in 7 of the last 10 seasons. FC Midtjylland is a team from the middle of Jutland (that's what the name means). They're from the "wild west" according to people from Copenhagen. Even when I grew up in Århus, I thought Herning (where Midtjylland plays home games) was remote farmland.
Everybody was expecting FCK to finally show that they're the best. Instead they suffered their biggest home defeat since... ? I don't know. Now FCM is 9 points ahead of FCK (3rd) in 1st place.
FCK is taking Gimnasia's best player next season: Franco Mussis. What do they say (if anything) there?
I hadn't heard about it but I just checked the Danish football media and there's a lot of reactions from fans. Most of them are mildly positive and intrigued. A few haters too. One person said "he's like an offensive vesion of Stig Tøfting with better technical skills." Stig Tøfting was a legendary player for AGF and Denmark in the 90's. I played a match with him as a kid.
Of course there was some talk about it in the media, as it was a serious signing by the biggest club here, but it seemed like nobody had heard of him before he was signed.
Chulk's Gimnasia vs Aburaf's Atletico de Rafaela was a 1-1 draw.
Here is the proof: Romania is the most disgusting place on Earth. Even Messi is vomiting there... ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXt0s_U9_9Q
Btw I think Messi should visit a doctor, this is not the first case...
Györi ETO FC - Pécsi MFC 2-5, the guests are close to go bankrupt, while ETO is the relatively rich title holder. Congratulations! Ferenc Horváth (the new coach, prototype of the untalented Hungarian strikers in the 90s), go away!
AGF - AaB 2-5 ... no better
and Chelsea - Tottenham 4-0. Terrible day in football. Even Barcelona failed to win.
The only acceptable result was ATM's victory. Not a confident one anyway...
Meanwhile the Hungarian football sinked even deeper in this round: Viktor Orbán's son debuted in the first class (Puskás Akadémia). Experts say he's not enough talented even for NB III... :D
Luckily they sucked versus Budapest Honvéd (0-4). Btw Orbán FC's security forced the Honvéd fans to remove the "Puskás, Honvéd, Hungary" transparent, because Puskás is their "academy's" name. Funny, because Ferenc Puskás played in Honvéd... The dictator monopolized the name of the legend. Why am I still surprised...
That sounds absurd. Hopefully people who love football will not vote for someone who does that kind of thing.
Muhahaha, Videoton earned only 2 pts in the last two rounds. Hopefully they won't be able to win the championship.
Standings:
1 Debrecen 41 pts
2 Videoton 35 pts
3 Györi ETO 31 pts
4 Diósgyör 30 pts
5 Budapest Honvéd 29 pts
6 Pécsi MFC 29 pts
7 Ferencváros 28 pts
8 Haladás 28 pts
9 Lombard Pápa 25 pts
10 Kecskemét 25 pts
11 Újpest 22 pts
12 Puskás Akadémia 20 pts
13 Mezökövesd 19 pts
14 MTK Budapest 19 pts
15 Paks 18 pts
16 Kaposvár 11 pts
Meanwhile, Bácsa started the spring season in 5th class with a heroic home victory versus Pannonhalma (1-0). ;D
Ok, you can take The Netherlands out of the "Title contenders" pool: Strootman is out.
My final tips for the cup will be different from the preview posted some time ago
Kazincbarcika-Létavértes 2-2
1. KAZINCBARCIKAI BSC FC 18 11 4 3 29–12 17 37
2. DVSC-DEAC 18 11 3 4 38–19 19 36
3. LÉTAVÉRTES SC `97 17 10 3 4 43–20 23 33
4. PUTNOK FC 18 9 4 5 31–22 9 31
5. TERMÁLFÜRDÖ TISZAÚJVÁROS 18 9 2 7 21–24 -3 29
6. CIGÁND SE 18 8 5 5 34–29 5 29
7. FORTRESS FELSÖTÁRKÁNY 18 7 5 6 30–27 3 26
8. FC HATVAN 18 7 5 6 27–26 1 26
9. HAJDÚBÖSZÖRMÉNYI TE 18 6 8 4 32–26 6 26
10. NYÍRBÁTORI FC 17 6 4 7 27–30 -3 22
11. JÁSZAPÁTI FK 18 6 3 9 24–31 -7 21
12. FERENCVÁROSI TC II 18 5 6 7 27–30 -3 21
13. EBES KKSE 18 5 1 12 16–32 -16 16
14. EGRI FC 16 4 4 8 20–25 -5 16
15. REAC 18 3 7 8 21–36 -15 16
16. VERESEGYHÁZ VSK 18 1 4 13 16–47 -31 7
Next match is against Nyírbátor, let's hope we can earn our first spring victory.
Quote from: Akoss Poo on March 11, 2014, 02:54:17 PM
Next match is against Nyírbátor, let's hope we can earn our first spring victory.
Go Tirpáks! ;D
Videoton - Györi ETO 0-1 ;D ;D ;D
Egyed - Bácsa FC 1-2, great start in the spring! 5th place in the league, but only 4 pts behind the leader. ;D
Where do Bácsa play? Do you ever go to watch their games? Thomas and I often go to matches in the 2nd and 3rd leagues. It's a great feeling to be part of the small fan groups and observe the strange local quirks in different suburbs of Copenhagen. It's like taking a time travel to football as it was in the 60's or 70's.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on March 17, 2014, 11:00:08 AM
Where do Bácsa play? Do you ever go to watch their games? Thomas and I often go to matches in the 2nd and 3rd leagues. It's a great feeling to be part of the small fan groups and observe the strange local quirks in different suburbs of Copenhagen. It's like taking a time travel to football as it was in the 60's or 70's.
Bácsa, my homeland (formerly called Nagybácsa, see USC 2004/05) is the northernmost district of Györ, close to the Hungarian-Slovakian border. It used to be a fishing village in the middle age (and even in the late 19th century), but when Györ started to grow, it became the part of the town (joined in 1966). Nowadays it's a "garden suburb" of Györ, even the mayor lives there.
Bácsa FC was founded in 1994 and they started in the 7th class. They could win it in 1997 (oh, that one was a legendary season!), then 2nd place of 6th class in 1999 (we deserved the title, but... I'll tell it later), since that they are in 5th class with quite a hectic performance. I used to watch their matches in the late 90s, but since I live in Budapest, I can follow their results only from the newspaper and internet.
Quote from: CTG on March 17, 2014, 11:59:15 AM
2nd place of 6th class in 1999 (we deserved the title, but... I'll tell it later)
(http://www.magyarfutball.hu/data/upl/2013/07/1373175372_199899gyoriiigyor.jpg)
As you can see, it was an extremely tight finish between Tápszentmiklós and Bácsa FC - even the goal difference was almost the same (+80 and +79). The last round of the competition seemed to be an easy one for Bácsa: home match versus Pázmándfalu, far the weakest team in the league (sometimes they played with 8-9 players in the last few rounds, suffering a lot of humiliating knockouts). I wanted to watch the game, because I was almost sure about the championship title. But arriving to the pitch I was surprised to see that our team is playing versus... our junior team? WTF? It turned out that Pázmándfalu gave up the championship, they did not come to the last match. So, the league gave us the 3 pts with "3-0" automatically - however, Bácsa could have scored 10 or even more goals in this match...
Sounds like a case of bribery. Although it's hard to believe there's a lot of money involved in that league :-)
It's a really goal-heavy and uneven league by the way.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on March 17, 2014, 03:04:25 PM
Sounds like a case of bribery. Although it's hard to believe there's a lot of money involved in that league :-)
It's a really goal-heavy and uneven league by the way.
I don't think it was an organized cheat - simply a huge unlucky coincidence (such retirements from the league were quite common in that era).
About the power levels: what did you expect from such a low class championship? :D
(I remember the 1996/97 season when they won the 7th class, beating most of the rivals by 4-10 goals ;D)
Btw current standings (not that uneven, but still funny):
| 1. | RÁBASZENTANDRÁS SE | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 52-13 | +39 | 40 |
| 2. | ABDA SC | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 54-28 | +26 | 38 |
| 3. | GYÖRSZENTIVÁN SE | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 45-16 | +29 | 37 |
| 4. | FC TÁP | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 50-28 | +22 | 36 |
| 5. | BÁCSA FC | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 45-18 | +27 | 36 |
| 6. | PANNONHALMA SE | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 41-16 | +25 | 36 |
| 7. | GYÖRÚJBARÁT SE | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 35-22 | +13 | 29 |
| 8. | TÉTI SOKORÓ FC | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 32-40 | -8 | 21 |
| 9. | GYÖRÚJFALU SE | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 31-35 | -4 | 20 |
| 10. | EGYED KSE | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 31-32 | -1 | 18 |
| 11. | RÁBAPORDÁNY KSK | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 29-38 | -9 | 16 |
| 12. | KAJÁRPÉC SE -HEROLD TRANS | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 22-35 | -13 | 16 |
| 13. | KÓNY SE | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 26-56 | -30 | 15 |
| 14. | PÉR SE | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 31-47 | -16 | 14 |
| 15. | BAJCS SE | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 20-66 | -46 | 11 |
| 16. | TÖLTÉSTAVA SE | 17 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 11-65 | -54 | 1 |
Predictions for tomorrow:
Chelsea - Barcelona
Bayern München - Borussia Dormund
Atletico Madrid - Real Madrid
Manchester United - Paris SG
Dortmund - Chelsea
Bayern München - Atletico Madrid
Real Madrid - Manchester United
Barcelona - Paris SG
Btw this is far the most boring TOP8 I've ever seen - only the big names, no surprise teams...
Atlético - Manure
Barcelona - Bayern
Real - Chelsea
Paris SG - Dortmund
Alkmaar - Basel
Lyon - Valencia
Juventus - Benfica
Sevilla - Porto
Nyírbátor-Kazincbarcika 2-2 (0-0)
1. LÉTAVÉRTES SC `97 19 12 3 4 47–20 27 39
2. DVSC-DEAC 19 12 3 4 40–20 20 39
3. KAZINCBARCIKAI BSC FC 19 11 5 3 31–14 17 38
4. CIGÁND SE 19 9 5 5 36–30 6 32
5. PUTNOK FC 19 9 4 6 32–24 8 31
6. TERMÁLFÜRDÖ TISZAÚJVÁROS 19 9 3 7 22–25 -3 30
7. FORTRESS FELSÖTÁRKÁNY 19 8 5 6 32–27 5 29
8. FC HATVAN 19 8 5 6 30–26 4 29
9. HAJDÚBÖSZÖRMÉNYI TE 19 6 9 4 33–27 6 27
10. NYÍRBÁTORI FC 19 7 5 7 32–32 0 26
11. JÁSZAPÁTI FK 19 6 4 9 27–34 -7 22
12. FERENCVÁROSI TC II 19 5 6 8 27–31 -4 21
13. EBES KKSE 19 5 2 12 19–35 -16 17
14. REAC 19 3 7 9 22–38 -16 16
15. VERESEGYHÁZ VSK 19 1 4 14 16–49 -33 7
Quote from: Akoss Poo on March 21, 2014, 08:54:12 AM
Alkmaar - Salzburg
Lyon - Valencia
Juventus - Benfica
Sevilla - Porto
Ah yes, the EL...
Juventus - Basel
Benfica - Porto
Sevilla - Valencia
Lyon - Alkmaar
Predicted final winners: Real Madrid in CL, Juventus in EL.
Quote from: Akoss Poo on March 21, 2014, 08:54:12 AM
15. VERESEGYHÁZ VSK 19 1 4 14 16–49 -33 7
Poor Szilvantyu! ;D
Salzburg? They are knocked out from EL by Basel.
Quote from: Usrin on March 21, 2014, 10:55:33 AM
Salzburg? They are knocked out from EL by Basel.
Somebody was sleeping during the match... :D
Whatever... Juventus will get the easiest opponent.As for me, power rankings at the moment:
CL
1 Real Madrid (Ancelotti fits simply better than the "Not Really Special One")
2 Bayern München (although they kick ass both in CL and Bundesliga, Guardiola wants to build a new Barca from Bayern, but they have totally different strengths - first of all, BM is not a smurf team :D)
3 Barcelona (not enough hungry + Martino is a crappy trainer)
4 Paris SG (Ibra's renaissance)
5 Chelsea (Mourinho's teams play ugly, but efficient football)
6 Atletico Madrid (their performance in Spain is amazing, but still not a top team in Europe)
7 Manchester United (Moyes is pathetic)
8 Borussia Dortmund (the whole team is a lot weaker than last year + Lewandowski didn't show that much in this season)
EL
1 Juventus (eternal cheaters :P)
2 Valencia (probably the 3rd strongest Spanish team of the last decade)
3 Sevilla (probably the 4th strongest Spanish team of the last decade)
4 Benfica (I hope they'll win EL - unfortunately they won't)
5 Porto (quite a weak season from the strongest Portugal team)
6 Lyon (where are the Real Madrid killers?)
7 Alkmaar (dirty lucky Usrin!!! ;D)
8 Basel (Swiss football? Don't make me laugh. Okay, I know, they were there in 2013.)
Champions League:
Atletico - Chelsea
Paris SG - Bayern
Real - Barcelona
Manchester Utd - Dortmund
Europa League:
Juventus - Alkmaar
Sevilla - Porto
Benfica - Valencia
Lyon - Basel
Champions' League: 0 correct tips from everyone. ;D
So... Atletico (weaker than Barca, but they know how to kill their game), Real, Chelsea, Bayern. UEFA wants to see Real-Bayern finale.
So do I. Those are clearly the best teams.
But of course if either of them will face Barcelona, I hope Barcelona wins.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on March 21, 2014, 01:17:50 PM
So do I. Those are clearly the best teams.
But of course if either of them will face Barcelona, I hope Barcelona wins.
All I want to see is a serious injury of cr. Or a missed (and fatal) Panenka-style penalty from him in the shootout.
Go, goat! ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnYV2wdoPpE
Oh my God, this one was probably the best El Clasico I've ever seen...
Real Madrid - FC Barcelona 3-4
Paks - Györi ETO FC 1-2
Bácsa FC - Kajárpéc 2-0
perfect weekend
I agree:
Real Madrid - Barcelona 3-4
Vendsyssel - Brønshøj 0-3
Tottenham - Southampton 3-2
Now we only need AGF to win tonight vs Esbjerg.
I also agree. Three hard-fought victories.
Debrecen-Pécs 1-0 (0-0)
Kazincbarcika-Hatvan 2-1 (0-0)
Catania-Juventus 0-1 (0-0)
1. Debreceni VSC 21 13 6 2 46:21 45
2. Videoton 21 11 5 5 38:20 38
3. Györi ETO 21 10 7 4 33:26 37
4. Honvéd FC 21 9 6 6 32:24 33
5. Diósgyöri VTK 21 8 9 4 33:26 33
6. Pécs 21 9 5 7 34:31 32
1. Létavértes 20 13 3 4 51–22 29 42
2. Kazincbarcika 20 12 5 3 33–15 18 41
3. DVSC-DEAC 20 12 3 5 42–24 18 39
4. Cigánd 20 10 5 5 39–30 9 35
5. Putnok 20 10 4 6 35–24 11 34
6. Tiszaújváros 20 10 3 7 24–25 -1 33
1. Juventus 29 25 3 1 65:19 78
2. AS Roma 28 19 7 2 54:14 64
3. Napoli 29 17 7 5 53:30 58
4. Fiorentina 29 15 6 8 49:31 51
5. Inter 29 12 11 6 47:31 47
6. Parma 28 12 11 5 46:32 47
Quote from: CTG on August 20, 2013, 10:04:21 AM
What about a top league's prediction game? Try to find out the final podium of La Liga / Bundesliga / Serie A / Premier League!
La Liga:
1 Real Madrid
2 Barcelona
3 Valencia
Bundesliga:
1 Bayern München
2 Bayer Leverkusen
3 Borussia Dortmund
Serie A:
1 Juventus
2 AC Milan
3 Internazionale
Premier League:
1 Chelsea
2 Manchester United
3 Arsenal
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on August 20, 2013, 10:37:48 AM
Sure.
Spain
1. Real Madrid
2. Barcelona
3. Atletico Madrid
England:
1. Chelsea
2. Manchester United
3. Manchester City
Germany:
1. Bayern München
2. Bayer Leverkusen
3. Dortmund
Italy:
1. Juventus
2. AC Milan
3. Napoli
Quote from: Chulk on August 20, 2013, 04:22:58 PM
Why not?
Spain
1. Barça
2. RM
3. Atletico Mad.
England:
1. Man. United
2. Arsenal
3. Chelsea
Germany:
1. Dortmund
2. Bayern
3. Werder
Italy:
1. Milan
2. Juve
3. Inter
Quote from: Akoss Poo on August 20, 2013, 05:34:59 PM
Serie A
1. Juventus
2. Milan
3. Udinese
Bundesliga
1 Bayern
2 Dortmund
3 Schalke
La Liga
1 Barcelona
2 Real Madrid
3 Sevilla
Premier League
1 Manure
2 Chelsea
3 Töttyenham
Quite bad predictions... Nobody expected such a weak performance from ManUtd and Milan.
Espanyol - Barcelona 0-1 (although Real won, too)
Györi ETO - MTK Budapest 3-0 (and Videoton sucked against Debrecen, so we are up to 2nd place!)
Kóny - Bácsa FC 2-4 (already 3rd in the league, only 2 pts behind the leader)
Another great weekend!
Well... worse weekend...
Videoton - Debrecen 1-2
1. Debreceni VSC 22 14 6 2 48:22 48
2. Györi ETO 22 11 7 4 36:26 40
3. Videoton 22 11 5 6 39:22 38
4. Haladás 22 9 8 5 30:24 35
5. Honvéd FC 22 9 6 7 32:25 33
6. Ferencvárosi TC 22 9 6 7 35:31 33
Napoli - Juventus 2-0
1. Juventus 31 26 3 2 67:22 81
2. AS Roma 30 21 7 2 58:15 70
3. Napoli 31 19 7 5 59:32 64
4. Fiorentina 31 15 7 9 49:33 52
5. Inter 30 12 12 6 47:31 48
6. Parma 30 12 11 7 49:37 47
Cigánd - Kazincbarcika 0-0
1. Létavértes 21 14 3 4 58–24 34 45
2. Kazincbarcika 21 12 6 3 33–15 18 42
3. DVSC-DEAC 21 12 4 5 43–25 18 40
4. Putnok 21 11 4 6 37–25 12 37
5. Cigánd 21 10 6 5 39–30 9 36
6. Felsötárkány 21 10 5 6 38–28 10 35
Quote from: Akoss Poo on March 31, 2014, 09:53:49 AM
Napoli - Juventus 2-0
Cigánd - Kazincbarcika 0-0
GREAT WEEKEND #2! ;D
It seems that "German" tiki-taka is not really efficient versus a fuckin' weak ManUtd... (last year's Bayern would kick the Moyes guys' ass by 5 goals)
Quote from: CTG on April 02, 2014, 10:13:31 AM
It seems that "German" tiki-taka is not really efficient versus a fuckin' weak ManUtd... (last year's Bayern would kick the Moyes guys' ass by 5 goals)
Good thing (for BM) that Van Persie is injured because he wouldn't have missed what Wellbeck missed.
Anyway, the match in Germany will be a complete different story
Debreceni VSC (peasants) - Györi ETO FC 2-2
Debreceni VSC (best team in Hungary) - Györi ETO FC (wannabe-cultural citizens, but just cultural peasants) 2-2
Kazincbarcika - REAC 2-0
Quote from: Akoss Poo on April 05, 2014, 11:37:46 PM
Györi ETO FC (wannabe-cultural citizens, but just cultural peasants)
1, ? ? ?
2, I live in Budapest for ages, so I don't really care about the citizens of Györ
Racing vs Velez 1-0!!! yeah!!
Del Piero is still the master of free kicks...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fYF4bVCS3w
Riquelme is not the best player but I must admit he's one of the best on free kicks right now. He did it last weekend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfYCiZ3AwyQ
Bácsa FC - Abda 1-0 ;D ;D ;D
Double woodwork... :o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6tEVs17Qpo#t=21
Juventus-Livorno 2-0 (2-0)
Debrecen-Györ 2-2 (1-2)
Kazincbarcika-Rákospalota Budapest 2-0 (1-0)
1. Juventus 32 27 3 2 69:22 84
2. AS Roma 32 23 7 2 65:18 76
3. Napoli 32 19 7 6 59:33 64
4. Fiorentina 32 16 7 9 51:34 55
5. Inter 32 12 14 6 51:35 50
6. Parma 32 13 11 8 52:41 50
1. Debreceni VSC 23 14 7 2 50:24 49
2. Györi ETO 23 11 8 4 38:28 41
3. Videoton 23 11 5 7 40:25 38
4. Haladás 23 10 8 5 32:25 38
5. Ferencvárosi TC 23 10 6 7 37:32 36
6. Diósgyöri VTK 23 9 9 5 37:30 36
1. Létavértes 22 15 3 4 61–25 36 48
2. Kazincbarcika 22 13 6 3 35–15 20 45
3. DVSC-DEAC 22 13 4 5 46–26 20 43
4. Putnok 22 12 4 6 40–27 13 40
5. Cigánd 22 11 6 5 40–30 10 39
6. Felsötárkány 22 11 5 6 41–29 12 38
Orbán FC's new stadium with 3500 seats - in a village with ~1700 inhabitants... Such a team should play in the 4th class.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuAB5XNj1bc
The village (Felcsút): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felcs%C3%BAt
Some nice results last week - Atlético getting to the CL semis (even though I like Barcelona), Liverpool 3-2 Man City and Ituano defeating Santos to become only the third team from the countryside to win the São Paulo state championship in 113 years.
Udinese - Juventus 0-2 (0-2)
1. Juventus 33 28 3 2 71–22 +49 87
2. Roma 33 24 7 2 68–19 +49 79
3. Napoli 33 20 7 6 63–35 +28 67
4. Fiorentina 33 17 7 9 56–37 +19 58
5. Internazionale 33 13 14 6 55–35 +20 53
6. Parma 33 13 12 8 53–42 +11 51
Eger - Kazincbarcika 0-3 -> decision (Eger was excluded.)
1. Létavértes 23 16 3 4 63–26 37 51
2. Kazincbarcika 23 14 6 3 38–15 23 48
3. DVSC-DEAC 23 13 5 5 49–29 20 44
4. Putnok 23 13 4 6 47–27 20 43
5. Felsötárkány 23 12 5 6 44–29 15 41
6. Cigánd 23 11 7 5 43–33 10 40
MTK Judapest - Debrecen 5-2 (2-2)
1. Debrecen 24 14 7 3 52:29 49
2. Györi ETO 24 12 8 4 40:29 44
3. Haladás 24 11 8 5 34:25 41
4. Videoton 24 11 6 7 42:27 39
5. Ferencváros 24 11 6 7 38:32 39
6. Diósgyör 24 10 9 5 38:30 39
Quote from: Akoss Poo on April 15, 2014, 08:56:46 AM
MTK Judapest - Debrecen 5-2 (2-2)
Grape is sour... :D :P
Quote from: CTG on March 30, 2014, 04:47:31 PM
Quote from: CTG on August 20, 2013, 10:04:21 AM
What about a top league's prediction game? Try to find out the final podium of La Liga / Bundesliga / Serie A / Premier League!
La Liga:
1 Real Madrid
2 Barcelona
3 Valencia
Bundesliga:
1 Bayern München
2 Bayer Leverkusen
3 Borussia Dortmund
Serie A:
1 Juventus
2 AC Milan
3 Internazionale
Premier League:
1 Chelsea
2 Manchester United
3 Arsenal
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on August 20, 2013, 10:37:48 AM
Sure.
Spain
1. Real Madrid
2. Barcelona
3. Atletico Madrid
England:
1. Chelsea
2. Manchester United
3. Manchester City
Germany:
1. Bayern München
2. Bayer Leverkusen
3. Dortmund
Italy:
1. Juventus
2. AC Milan
3. Napoli
Quote from: Chulk on August 20, 2013, 04:22:58 PM
Why not?
Spain
1. Barça
2. RM
3. Atletico Mad.
England:
1. Man. United
2. Arsenal
3. Chelsea
Germany:
1. Dortmund
2. Bayern
3. Werder
Italy:
1. Milan
2. Juve
3. Inter
Quote from: Akoss Poo on August 20, 2013, 05:34:59 PM
Serie A
1. Juventus
2. Milan
3. Udinese
Bundesliga
1 Bayern
2 Dortmund
3 Schalke
La Liga
1 Barcelona
2 Real Madrid
3 Sevilla
Premier League
1 Manure
2 Chelsea
3 Töttyenham
Quite bad predictions... Nobody expected such a weak performance from ManUtd and Milan.
I don't think my predictions are bad at all. I have 2/3 in England, Germany, Italy and 3/3 in Spain. I hadn't predicted the shittiness of United, Leverkusen and Milan, but I've predicted most of the rest.
My summary (as for now):
England: 1/3, 1 out of 1 in correct place
Italy: 1/3, 1 out of 1 in correct place
Germany: 3/3, 3 out of 3 in correct place
Spain: 2/3, 1 our of 2 in correct place
Overall: 7/12, 6 out of 7 in correct place
Gibraltar (U19) - Hungary (U18) 2-2...
Quote from: CTG on April 17, 2014, 06:55:42 PM
Gibraltar (U19) - Hungary (U18) 2-2...
In the Hungarian sports forum, someone said that the average age of the players was 17.x for Gibraltar, and only 17.x+0.1 for Hungary... knowing this fact, the result is even more pathetic, miserable...
Hungarian "professional" league: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfHYzTPtmzg ;D
Match of the year:
Gimnasia's Chulk vs Racing's Rotoi
This is for the leadership of the team! (?)
Now live!
http://www.tvpublica.com.ar/vivo/
Quote from: alanrotoi on April 18, 2014, 01:47:13 AM
Match of the year:
Gimnasia's Chulk vs Racing's Rotoi
This is for the leadership of the team! (?)
Now live!
http://www.tvpublica.com.ar/vivo/
Fernandez changed the leader of Meganium! :D
No I won. I guessed Gimnasia will win :)
I wonder if Messi will leave Barca or not...
Someday.
Al least he said he will finish his career in Newells.
Galatasaray - Kasimpasa 0-4... :o
Quote from: CTG on April 19, 2014, 01:39:52 PM
I wonder if Messi will leave Barca or not...
This is Top Secret so don't tell anywone. But Messi is coming to Gimnasia, we're buying him with the money we got from Mussis moving to Copenhagen
Quote from: alanrotoi on April 06, 2014, 06:55:32 PM
Riquelme is not the best player but I must admit he's one of the best on free kicks right now. He did it last weekend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfYCiZ3AwyQ
Another nice shot from the good old Riquelme.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KtUY6CaPFo
Quote from: CTG on April 21, 2014, 03:50:34 PM
Quote from: alanrotoi on April 06, 2014, 06:55:32 PM
Riquelme is not the best player but I must admit he's one of the best on free kicks right now. He did it last weekend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfYCiZ3AwyQ
Another nice shot from the good old Riquelme.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KtUY6CaPFo
Yes, another nice goal from Mr. Freeze.
Do this for me: just search in google images "capitan frio" (batman's enemy) and tell me how many pics are jokes about Riquelme :D
Crisis in Aarhus? No points in the last 5 rounds (0-0-5; 1-9).
Isn't it six rounds? Oh well. Yes, crisis! Again! We're by far the worst team in the league at the moment. Crappy coach was fired and an even crappier one (young and inexperienced and completely useless) was hired. We have zero quality forwards, so we're scoring zero goals. It's pathetic. We're heading straight for the 2nd league. Everyone must be fired. Sometimes I think it's just a lazy Århus spirit. We're a city known for happy inhabitants, lots of beer and sleazy jazz music played by old men with beards.
But now I'm living in Copenhagen, and even though I can never stop supporting AGF, I also support Brønshøj, a small Copenhagen team in the 2nd league, and Brønshøj has seven wins in a row, so it's not all bad.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on April 21, 2014, 11:21:42 PM
We have zero quality forwards, so we're scoring zero goals.
This is a bad thing, but good MF could fix this. Gimnasia here is the 2nd top scoring team in the league with 22 goals, and its FW only scored 7 of this if I remember correctly.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on April 21, 2014, 11:21:42 PM
Isn't it six rounds?
Even worse. ;D I follow the international football at eredmenyek.com (with real-time results) and checked only the series of the last 5 rounds. I hope your team won't be relegated to second class.
Btw results of the weekend, in Hungary...
1st class:
Paks (15th) - Debrecen (1st) 0-0 ;D :P
Pápa (10th) - Györi ETO (2nd) 1-2 ;D
Újpest (11th) - Videoton (3rd) 1-2 ::)
Standings (5 rounds left):
1 Debrecen 50 pts
2 Györi ETO 47 pts
3 Videoton 42 pts
2nd class:
Gyirmót FC (4th) - Vasas (9th) 4-0
Gyirmót is a suburb of Györ, having a strong second class team for ages, often very close to get in first class. Vasas is a legendary team from the capital with respectable results in the past (usually they play in the first class).
Szolnok (10th) - Békéscsaba (5th) 3-1
Standings (6 rounds left):
1 Nyíregyháza 55 pts
2 Dunaújváros 47 pts
3 Siófok 43 pts
(4 Gyirmót 41 pts)
(10 Szolnok 29 pts)
3rd class:
Kazincbarcika (2nd) - Hajdúböszörmény (9th) 6-2
Standings (6 rounds left):
1 Létavértes 54 pts
2 Kazincbarc
elonaika 51 pts
3 Putnok 46 pts
5th class:
Bácsa FC (3rd) - Bajcs (15th) 5-1
Bajcs (just 2 kms from Bácsa) used to be a strong 5th class / mediorce 4th class team in the last 10 years - it's strange to see them suffering.
Standings (8 rounds left):
1 Rábaszentandrás 53 pts
2 Táp 51 pts
3 Bácsa FC 51 pts
Cech is injured... let me guess: Chelsea will call back Courtois. ;D
Not for Champions League, of course. But to make Atletico weaker. :D
Quote from: CTG on April 22, 2014, 08:35:40 AM
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on April 21, 2014, 11:21:42 PM
Isn't it six rounds?
Even worse. ;D I follow the international football at eredmenyek.com (with real-time results) and checked only the series of the last 5 rounds. I hope your team won't be relegated to second class.
Btw results of the weekend, in Hungary...
1st class:
Paks (15th) - Debrecen (1st) 0-0 ;D :P
Pápa (10th) - Györi ETO (2nd) 1-2 ;D
Újpest (11th) - Videoton (3rd) 1-2 ::)
Standings (5 rounds left):
1 Debrecen 50 pts
2 Györi ETO 47 pts
3 Videoton 42 pts
2nd class:
Gyirmót FC (4th) - Vasas (9th) 4-0
Gyirmót is a suburb of Györ, having a strong second class team for ages, often very close to get in first class. Vasas is a legendary team from the capital with respectable results in the past (usually they play in the first class).
Szolnok (10th) - Békéscsaba (5th) 3-1
Standings (6 rounds left):
1 Nyíregyháza 55 pts
2 Dunaújváros 47 pts
3 Siófok 43 pts
(4 Gyirmót 41 pts)
(10 Szolnok 29 pts)
3rd class:
Kazincbarcika (2nd) - Hajdúböszörmény (9th) 6-2
Standings (6 rounds left):
1 Létavértes 54 pts
2 Kazincbarcelonaika 51 pts
3 Putnok 46 pts
5th class:
Bácsa FC (3rd) - Bajcs (15th) 5-1
Bajcs (just 2 kms from Bácsa) used to be a strong 5th class / mediorce 4th class team in the last 10 years - it's strange to see them suffering.
Standings (8 rounds left):
1 Rábaszentandrás 53 pts
2 Táp 51 pts
3 Bácsa FC 51 pts
For better understanding:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_football_league_system
Debrecen, Györ: NB I (OTP Bank Liga)
Szolnok: NB II (NB2)
Kazincbarcika: NB III Kelet (East) group
Bácsa: Megye II, second tier of local divisions, Györ-Moson-Sopron megyei labdarúgó másodosztály – (Gy?ri-, Soproni-, Mosonmagyaróvári- teams)
R.I.P. Tito!
Debrecen-Kecskemét 5-0 (2-0)
Kazincbarcika-Ferencváros II 3-2 (1-0)
Sassuolo-Juventus tonight
1. Debrecen 26 15 8 3 57:29 53
2. Györ 26 14 8 4 43:30 50
3. Videoton 26 13 6 7 47:29 45
4. Ferencváros 26 13 6 7 41:32 45
5. Haladás 26 12 8 6 35:27 44
6. Diósgyör 26 11 9 6 39:34 42
1. Létavértes 25 18 3 4 66–26 40 57
2. Kazincbarcika 25 16 6 3 47–19 28 54
3. Debrecen II 25 14 6 5 55–32 23 48
4. Putnok 25 14 5 6 51–29 22 47
5. Cigánd 25 12 8 5 48–35 13 44
6. Felsötárkány 25 12 5 8 45–34 11 41
Györi ETO FC - Újpest 1-0
ETO is the worst nightmare of the "purple monkeys" - I can't recall the last victory of Újpest versus Györ... ;D
Ah the good old days when AGF was a strong team in Europe and I went to see AGF vs Újpest on Århus Stadion and we won 3-1 and proceeded to knock out Nantes in the next round but then lost to Twente by the away goals rule.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on April 28, 2014, 05:29:23 PM
AGF vs Újpest on Århus Stadion and we won 3-1
One important fact why to support AGF. ;D
Even if I seem to be a "nationalist", I'm unable to cheer for certain Hungarian teams in international cups (Videoton, Puskás Akadémia, Újpest, Debrecen).
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on April 28, 2014, 05:29:23 PM
Ah the good old days when AGF was a strong team in Europe and I went to see AGF vs Újpest on Århus Stadion and we won 3-1 and proceeded to knock out Nantes in the next round but then lost to Twente by the away goals rule.
It was 3-2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdWCs6uEZtw - you forgot the last goal of Újpest. It was 3-2 on aggregate as well.
Sassuolo - Juventus 1-3
1. Juventus 35 30 3 2 75:23 93 2. AS Roma 35 26 7 2 71:19 85
3. Napoli 35 20 9 6 64:36 69
4. Fiorentina 35 18 7 10 59:38 61
5. Inter 35 14 15 6 57:35 57
6. Torino 35 14 10 11 54:45 52
Oh, okay. I thought we'd lost 0-1 away.
CTG: No, you don't seem like that much of a nationalist. But Akoss does. I believe he's able to support Videoton internationally.
I do the same, though. I (vaguely) support Brøndby and FCK in European matches.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on April 29, 2014, 09:13:35 AM
CTG: No, you don't seem like that much of a nationalist. But Akoss does. I believe he's able to support Videoton internationally.
Before Viktor Orbán became the dictator of Hungary, Debrecen and Videoton had been friend teams of each other, I had liked Videoton to some extent those times. Now of course I hate Videoton (and other Orbán's teams like Puskás Akadémia and Mezökövesd).
Viktor Orbán is only a puppet nationalist (and a gypsy), he is only the one who must lead our country to bankrupt under a superior command. I always hated him and I never voted for him. A true nationalist hates him.
Great. I didn't think you had sympathy for him, by the way, I only assumed that you would support his football teams despite hating him, just because they're Hungarian.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on April 29, 2014, 09:39:54 AM
they're Hungarian
Are they? (6.5/24 is not really convincing, the half is Nemanja Nikolic)
In Györi ETO: 12/27... ::) still better than a few years ago when our starting eleven was almost Hungarian-free
4 rounds left, it's time to make some predictions...
General statements:
- Only the peasants (DVSC) and ETO have a realistic chance for the title (we need some luck)
- Videoton will go for the silver medal, the other three teams from TOP6 won't be on the podium.
- Videoton will be heavily supported directly/indirectly by the refrees and the little Orbán teams (at the expense of ETO, Ferencváros, Diósgyör and Haladás)
- Since Videoton can't be a champion, Debrecen won't be punished by the refrees.
- Honvéd and Diósgyör are quite corruptible teams
As for me, chances are the following:
Round 27
BUDAPEST HONVÉD - VIDEOTON FC; home victory 15%; draw 35%; guest victory: 50%; expected result: 1-3
MEZÖKÖVESD ZSÓRY FC - FERENCVÁROSI TC 20-35-45; expected result: 0-3
PUSKÁS AKADÉMIA FC - GYÖRI ETO FC 25-35-40 (refrees will help Orbán's lil' team - to help Orbán's main team for the silver medal); expected result: 2-1 (Orbán's son will score from penalty)
DVTK - SZOMBATHELYI HALADÁS 30-40-30; expected result: 1-1
LOMBARD PÁPA TERMÁL FC - DVSC-TEVA 10-25-65; expected result: 1-3
Round 28
FERENCVÁROSI TC - DVTK 35-35-30 (expecting a brutal war on the field); expected result: 3-2
VIDEOTON FC - KAPOSVÁRI RÁKÓCZI FC 80-15-5; expected result: 6-1
DVSC-TEVA - ÚJPEST FC 50-35-15; expected result: 1-0
GYÖRI ETO FC - BUDAPEST HONVÉD 30-40-30 (we don't really like to play against Honvéd...); expected result: 1-2
SZOMBATHELYI HALADÁS - MVM-PAKS 40-40-20; expected result: 1-1
Round 29
PUSKÁS AKADÉMIA FC - DVSC-TEVA 10-25-65; expected result: 1-3
DVTK - PMFC-MATIAS 40-40-20; expected result: 2-0
KAPOSVÁRI RÁKÓCZI FC - GYÖRI ETO FC 20-30-50; expected result: 1-2
SZOMBATHELYI HALADÁS - FERENCVÁROSI TC 25-40-35; expected result: 1-1
MEZÖKÖVESD ZSÓRY FC - VIDEOTON FC 5-10-85 (Orbán's C team will lay down easily); expected result: 0-4
Round 30
PMFC-MATIAS - SZOMBATHELYI HALADÁS 25-40-35; expected result: 0-0
VIDEOTON FC - DVTK 60-30-10; expected result: 2-0
GYÖRI ETO FC - MEZÖKÖVESD ZSÓRY FC 40-40-20 (if the match is tight, refrees won't let us win); expected result: 2-2 (with two penalties for the guests, one of them in the 90+ minute)
DVSC-TEVA - BUDAPEST HONVÉD 55-30-15; expected result: 3-0
FERENCVÁROSI TC - MVM-PAKS 50-30-20; expected result: 0-0
From the above listed predictions:
12 pts for Debrecen and Videoton
8 pts for Ferencváros
4 pts for Györi ETO, Diósgyör and Haladás
Final results:
1 Debrecen 65 pts
2 Videoton 57 pts
3 Györi ETO 54 pts
4 Ferencváros 53 pts
Important weekend in NB III East! The best four teams is playing against each other!
Létavértes (1st, 57 pts) is playing in Putnok (4th, 47 pts), while Kazincbarcika (2nd, 54 pts) is playing in Debrecen against DVSC-DEAC (3rd, 48 pts).
Congrats to Guardiola for destroying Bayern München's powerful style with the outdated tiki-taka.
1, Bayern is full of physically strong players, being able to run a lot - but less talented is short passes. Why to force this style at a German team?
2, Most of the top teams know the medicine against tiki-taka - especially Real Madrid, playing at least 3-4 matches versus Barcelona in a year. Was it really worth to choose this way?
3, Last year's super-Bayern kicked Barcelona's ass - now they follow the style of the demolished opponent...
Guardiola is not a good coach at all, he was unable to recognize the difference between the strengths/weaknesses of Barca and Bayern, or the changing trends of world football.
(http://www.excelsior.com.mx/media/storage/meme5240414.jpg)
I bet you waited a lot of years just to say that. :D
Quote from: alanrotoi on April 30, 2014, 10:49:28 PM
I bet you waited a lot of years just to say that. :D
Check my team preferences. I like Barcelona and actually I liked tiki-taka too, when it was still a dangerous weapon instead of useless ball possession.
It's not about that. It's about dancing on the misfortune of a winner.
Quote from: alanrotoi on May 01, 2014, 05:07:25 AM
It's not about that. It's about dancing on the misfortune of a winner.
FORMER winner. Teams and trainers should accept that world is changing - and they should learn from that (it seems Guardiola still lives in 2009). I'm afraid that defensive football will dominate in the following years. Just take a look at Mou's Chelsea: gameplay is ugly, but damned effective. Or Atletico with it's well-organized, agressive defense.
Btw the Atletico & Simeone combo seems to be the greatest team unit of the last few years. Maybe Dortmund and Klopp can compete with that.
I agree about Chelsea's defensive style, but I really think that's just Mourinho squeezing as much as possible out of the squad he has at hand and utilizing his own areas of expertise. I don't think the other great teams at the moment are particularly defensively minded. When Greece won the European Cup in 2004, everybody thought their brand of depressive football was what the future held, but this turned out to be wrong.
This... is... ARDAAAA!!! ;D
(http://www.nemzetisport.hu/data/cikk/2/33/27/33/cikk_2332733/Turan.jpg)
Simeone's Atletico shows that a cheap team but very motivated can beat the greatest teams. Barcelona is not hungry. It's about 10 years they used to win almost anything. They may be the best but not that motivated.
Remember Atletico de Madrid sold a lot of stars like Falcao and even without them they are fighting La Liga and Champions!
Simeone was Racing Club manager but has no success.
Results of the important NB III East matches:
Putnok-Létavértes 1-1
Debrecen II-Kazincbarcika 3-4
So only one more point is needed to overtake Létavértes!
Roma lost their match this weekend and thus, Juventus became champions again!
Pápa-Debrecen 1-3 in the 66th minute - good weekend so far! :-)
Quote from: CTG on April 29, 2014, 12:54:23 PM
Round 27
BUDAPEST HONVÉD - VIDEOTON FC; home victory 15%; draw 35%; guest victory: 50%; expected result: 1-3
MEZÖKÖVESD ZSÓRY FC - FERENCVÁROSI TC 20-35-45; expected result: 0-3
PUSKÁS AKADÉMIA FC - GYÖRI ETO FC 25-35-40 (refrees will help Orbán's lil' team - to help Orbán's main team for the silver medal); expected result: 2-1 (Orbán's son will score from penalty)
DVTK - SZOMBATHELYI HALADÁS 30-40-30; expected result: 1-1
LOMBARD PÁPA TERMÁL FC - DVSC-TEVA 10-25-65; expected result: 1-3
Results:
Budapest Honvéd - Videoton 0-1
Mezökövesd - Ferencváros 0-1
Puskás Akadémia - Györi ETO 0-1
Diósgyör - Haladás 1-1
Lombard Pápa - Debrecen 1-5
Standings:
1 Debrecen 56 pts
2 Györi ETO 53 pts
3 Videoton 48 pts
4 Ferencváros 48 pts
5 Haladás 45 pts
6 Diósgyör 43 pts
Quote from: CTG on May 05, 2014, 12:05:58 AM
Quote from: CTG on April 29, 2014, 12:54:23 PM
Round 27
BUDAPEST HONVÉD - VIDEOTON FC; home victory 15%; draw 35%; guest victory: 50%; expected result: 1-3
MEZÖKÖVESD ZSÓRY FC - FERENCVÁROSI TC 20-35-45; expected result: 0-3
PUSKÁS AKADÉMIA FC - GYÖRI ETO FC 25-35-40 (refrees will help Orbán's lil' team - to help Orbán's main team for the silver medal); expected result: 2-1 (Orbán's son will score from penalty)
DVTK - SZOMBATHELYI HALADÁS 30-40-30; expected result: 1-1
LOMBARD PÁPA TERMÁL FC - DVSC-TEVA 10-25-65; expected result: 1-3
Results:
Budapest Honvéd - Videoton 0-1
Mezökövesd - Ferencváros 0-1
Puskás Akadémia - Györi ETO 0-1
Diósgyör - Haladás 1-1
Lombard Pápa - Debrecen 1-5
Standings:
1 Debrecen 56 pts
2 Györi ETO 53 pts
3 Videoton 48 pts
4 Ferencváros 48 pts
5 Haladás 45 pts
6 Diósgyör 43 pts
Great predictions. You should put money on them next time. The only miss was because of typical CTG pessimism. If you had been honest, you would have guessed ETO would win.
Quote from: CTG on April 29, 2014, 12:54:23 PM
Round 28
FERENCVÁROSI TC - DVTK 35-35-30 (expecting a brutal war on the field); expected result: 3-2
VIDEOTON FC - KAPOSVÁRI RÁKÓCZI FC 80-15-5; expected result: 6-1
DVSC-TEVA - ÚJPEST FC 50-35-15; expected result: 1-0
GYÖRI ETO FC - BUDAPEST HONVÉD 30-40-30 (we don't really like to play against Honvéd...); expected result: 1-2
SZOMBATHELYI HALADÁS - MVM-PAKS 40-40-20; expected result: 1-1
It's better not to bet on the next round, it's a lot more risky:
Ferencváros vs Diósgyör is a prestige match, both teams have really mad fanatic supporters, FTC is in better form in the championship, but DVTK just kicked their ass in League Cup semi-final (quite an irrelevant cup, but still...)
Videoton vs Kaposvár: Orbán FC is still going for the silver medal, while Kaposvár has only a tiny mathematical chance to avoid relegation (last place, 9 pts from the safe 14th position). Probably the only fix result, we will see many goals.
Debrecen vs Újpest seems to be a clear match on paper (based on the standings and the extreme crappy form of Újpest), but DVSC doesn't really like to play against the purple monkeys. However, the peasants still have a lot better chance to win.
Györi ETO vs Budapest Honvéd... well... difficult match. Honvéd is always dangerous and maybe they are our "bugaboos" in the league compared to their poor skills (traditionally we have worse results versus Vasas, but they are in the second class now.. and Ferencváros, but since they are strong, it's less annoying to suffer against them)
Haladás vs Paks: although the home team is 5th and the guests are only 14th on the tabelle, the real difference is not that big between them. Might be a tight match.
La Liga: annoying performance from Atletico and Barca, bad luck for cristiana FC (although their 90+ min goal should be considered lucky, they dominated the game & stats, so the poor one point doesn't really cover the reality). Should be an interesting finish, just like in Premier League.
Local football, 5th class:
Bácsa FC - Téti Sokoró FC 4-2, we are still fighting for the championship title!
6 rounds before the finish:
1 Táp 57 pts
2 Rábaszentandrás 56 pts
3 Bácsa FC 54 pts
4 Pannonhalma 49 pts
5 Abda 49 pts
6 Györszentiván 49 pts
7 Györújbarát 44 pts
huge gap, the next team has 29 pts :D
Remaining matches, not so easy series:
Táp (1st) - Bácsa, f*ckin' hard game
Bácsa - Györújfalu (8th)
Rábapordány (9th) - Bácsa
Bácsa - Györújbarát (7th)
Rábaszentandrás (2nd) - Bácsa, another key game
Bácsa - Töltéstava (16th)
1. Létavértes 26 18 4 4 67–27 40 58
2. Kazincbarcika 26 17 6 3 51–22 29 57
3. Debrecen II 26 14 6 6 58–36 22 48
4. Putnok 26 14 6 6 52–30 22 48
5. Cigánd 26 12 9 5 50–37 13 45
6. Felsötárkány 26 13 5 8 48–35 13 44
Hajdúböszörmény (10th)-Létavértes
Kazincbarcika-Veresegyház (15th)
Jászapáti (11th)-Kazincbarcika
Létavértes-Nyírbátor (9th)
Kazincbarcika-Tiszaújváros (8th)
Hatvan (7th)-Létavértes
Ebes (14th)-Kazincbarcika
Létavértes-Cigánd (5th)
Tiebreaker: more points, more wins, better goal difference, more goals, better result vs. each other (Kazincbarcika-Létavértes 1-0, 2-2)
Quote from: Akoss Poo on May 05, 2014, 09:13:12 AM
1. Létavértes 26 18 4 4 67–27 40 58
2. Kazincbarcika 26 17 6 3 51–22 29 57
3. Debrecen II 26 14 6 6 58–36 22 48
4. Putnok 26 14 6 6 52–30 22 48
5. Cigánd 26 12 9 5 50–37 13 45
6. Felsötárkány 26 13 5 8 48–35 13 44
Hajdúböszörmény (10th)-Létavértes
Kazincbarcika-Veresegyház (15th)
Jászapáti (11th)-Kazincbarcika
Létavértes-Nyírbátor (9th)
Kazincbarcika-Tiszaújváros (8th)
Hatvan (7th)-Létavértes
Ebes (14th)-Kazincbarcika
Létavértes-Cigánd (5th)
Tiebreaker: more points, more wins, better goal difference, more goals, better result vs. each other (Kazincbarcika-Létavértes 1-0, 2-2)
Go, horseradish town! ;D But of course gipsy FC (Kazincbarcika) has easier matches left... ::)
Quote from: CTG on May 05, 2014, 09:18:22 AM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on May 05, 2014, 09:13:12 AM
1. Létavértes 26 18 4 4 67–27 40 58
2. Kazincbarcika 26 17 6 3 51–22 29 57
3. Debrecen II 26 14 6 6 58–36 22 48
4. Putnok 26 14 6 6 52–30 22 48
5. Cigánd 26 12 9 5 50–37 13 45
6. Felsötárkány 26 13 5 8 48–35 13 44
Hajdúböszörmény (10th)-Létavértes
Kazincbarcika-Veresegyház (15th)
Jászapáti (11th)-Kazincbarcika
Létavértes-Nyírbátor (9th)
Kazincbarcika-Tiszaújváros (8th)
Hatvan (7th)-Létavértes
Ebes (14th)-Kazincbarcika
Létavértes-Cigánd (5th)
Tiebreaker: more points, more wins, better goal difference, more goals, better result vs. each other (Kazincbarcika-Létavértes 1-0, 2-2)
Go, horseradish town! ;D But of course gipsy FC (Kazincbarcika) has easier matches left... ::)
???
Létavértes is the farm team of DVSC, which you hated very much in your last posts because of Orbán...
http://www.dehir.hu/sport/nb-iii-szarnyalnak-a-tabella-elen-allo-letai-loki-fiokak/2014/04/27/
Quote from: Akoss Poo on May 05, 2014, 09:33:06 AM
Quote from: CTG on May 05, 2014, 09:18:22 AM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on May 05, 2014, 09:13:12 AM
1. Létavértes 26 18 4 4 67–27 40 58
2. Kazincbarcika 26 17 6 3 51–22 29 57
3. Debrecen II 26 14 6 6 58–36 22 48
4. Putnok 26 14 6 6 52–30 22 48
5. Cigánd 26 12 9 5 50–37 13 45
6. Felsötárkány 26 13 5 8 48–35 13 44
Hajdúböszörmény (10th)-Létavértes
Kazincbarcika-Veresegyház (15th)
Jászapáti (11th)-Kazincbarcika
Létavértes-Nyírbátor (9th)
Kazincbarcika-Tiszaújváros (8th)
Hatvan (7th)-Létavértes
Ebes (14th)-Kazincbarcika
Létavértes-Cigánd (5th)
Tiebreaker: more points, more wins, better goal difference, more goals, better result vs. each other (Kazincbarcika-Létavértes 1-0, 2-2)
Go, horseradish town! ;D But of course gipsy FC (Kazincbarcika) has easier matches left... ::)
???
Létavértes is the farm team of DVSC, which you hated very much in your last posts because of Orbán...
http://www.dehir.hu/sport/nb-iii-szarnyalnak-a-tabella-elen-allo-letai-loki-fiokak/2014/04/27/
I hate DVSC mainly because they are peasants and because my father-in-law and you are Debrecen fans. ;D The Fidesz factor is secondary in this case (Videoton and Felcsút are a lot worse from this aspect) - however, it's still a significant fact.
I hate KBSC because they are gipsies and because it's your hometown. :P
So: peasant factor + minor Poo factor + in-law factor < gipsy factor + major Poo factor ;D
Sometimes the less is more: Atletico Madrid needs only 2 pts to win La Liga - while they can lose it with 3 pts. Atletico and Barca are my favorite teams in Spain, but the latter one doesn't really deserve the title now (maybe not even the second place, Real Madrid seems to be a lot stronger at the moment). I hope to see ATM winning both the championship and CL.
Quote from: CTG on May 05, 2014, 08:45:44 AM
Quote from: CTG on April 29, 2014, 12:54:23 PM
Round 28
FERENCVÁROSI TC - DVTK 35-35-30 (expecting a brutal war on the field); expected result: 3-2
VIDEOTON FC - KAPOSVÁRI RÁKÓCZI FC 80-15-5; expected result: 6-1
DVSC-TEVA - ÚJPEST FC 50-35-15; expected result: 1-0
GYÖRI ETO FC - BUDAPEST HONVÉD 30-40-30 (we don't really like to play against Honvéd...); expected result: 1-2
SZOMBATHELYI HALADÁS - MVM-PAKS 40-40-20; expected result: 1-1
It's better not to bet on the next round, it's a lot more risky:
Ferencváros vs Diósgyör is a prestige match, both teams have really mad fanatic supporters, FTC is in better form in the championship, but DVTK just kicked their ass in League Cup semi-final (quite an irrelevant cup, but still...)
Videoton vs Kaposvár: Orbán FC is still going for the silver medal, while Kaposvár has only a tiny mathematical chance to avoid relegation (last place, 9 pts from the safe 14th position). Probably the only fix result, we will see many goals.
Debrecen vs Újpest seems to be a clear match on paper (based on the standings and the extreme crappy form of Újpest), but DVSC doesn't really like to play against the purple monkeys. However, the peasants still have a lot better chance to win.
Györi ETO vs Budapest Honvéd... well... difficult match. Honvéd is always dangerous and maybe they are our "bugaboos" in the league compared to their poor skills (traditionally we have worse results versus Vasas, but they are in the second class now.. and Ferencváros, but since they are strong, it's less annoying to suffer against them)
Haladás vs Paks: although the home team is 5th and the guests are only 14th on the tabelle, the real difference is not that big between them. Might be a tight match.
Ferencváros - Diósgyör 2-1
Videoton - Kaposvár 2-0
Debrecen - Újpest 3-1
Györi ETO - Budapest Honvéd 4-2 (it was a really hard match, 2-2 in the 77th minute...)
Haladás - Paks 0-1
Standings, 2 rounds left:
1 Debrecen 59 pts
2 Györi ETO 56 pts
3 Videoton 51 pts
4 Ferencváros 51 pts
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5 Haladás 45 pts (bye-bye, podium)
6 Pécs 44 pts
7 Diósgyör 43 pts
Quote from: CTG on May 11, 2014, 06:58:33 PM
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on April 21, 2014, 11:21:42 PM
Isn't it six rounds?
Already 10... ::)
Yes, and if we lose the last one, we can be the first team in the history of the "Superliga" (since 1994) to lose against all the other teams in a row. This is quite a feat because in 2002, Lyngby went bankrupt in the middle of the season and had to play the last 15 games with only amateur players. Still, they managed a draw against Vejle in the third last game.
Relegation is a fact as of today. I have no comments anymore. Not sure I can bother to follow their games next season.
3rd class, gipsy/peasant + Ferencváros + REAC + Veresegyház (=east) division:
Hajdúböszörmény (10th) - Létavértes (1st) 0-5 ;D
Kazincbarcika (2nd) - Veresegyház (fuckin' last) 1-1, well-done, Szilvi Town ;D :P
3 rounds left, standings:
1 Létavértes 61 pts
2 Poo Town 58 pts
3 DVSC-DEAC 51 pts
GO LÉTAVÉRTES!!! ;D
I hope it's just the usual pessimism, but I'm afraid Atletico will be the tragic hero of this football season: Barca will have luck (and refrees) in the last round of La Liga, while Real will demolish them in CL final. :-\
I like Barcelona, but lame Tata's gnome squad (with lazy and fed Messi) don't deserve to be the champion of this season with their impotent gameplay. Based on their performance, they were only the third best team in Spain, with huge amount of luck. Actually, Tata is a really bad and colorless coach with no sense to tactics. Barca should find a strict and more characteristic coach, being able to win the respect of the players and to teach alternative strategies instead of fruitless ball possession. And they need some new players, too - preferably not midgets (Messi, Iniesta) or bantamweights (Jordi Alba, Neymar), because the new tactics would require physically strong warriors (like Ibrahimovic was a few years ago in FCB). And please fire Pinto, he would be a crappy keeper even in Hungary.
Quote from: CTG on April 29, 2014, 12:54:23 PM
Round 29
PUSKÁS AKADÉMIA FC - DVSC-TEVA 10-25-65; expected result: 1-3
DVTK - PMFC-MATIAS 40-40-20; expected result: 2-0
KAPOSVÁRI RÁKÓCZI FC - GYÖRI ETO FC 20-30-50; expected result: 1-2
SZOMBATHELYI HALADÁS - FERENCVÁROSI TC 25-40-35; expected result: 1-1
MEZÖKÖVESD ZSÓRY FC - VIDEOTON FC 5-10-85 (Orbán's C team will lay down easily); expected result: 0-4
More detailed opinion:
Puskás Akadémia - Debrecen: Orbán's local team will stay in first class for sure (what a surprise), so they can afford to lay down against the other Fidesz team.
Diósgyör - Pécs: now it's only a useless middle class derby, nothing more. I don't expect a good match.
Kaposvár - Györi ETO: the home team is already relegated to second class, they should not have enough motivation - but I'm afraid ETO will be too self-confident or just too frustrated because of the expectations... well... crossing fingers...
Haladás - Ferencváros: the guests are in extremely good form, probably they are the strongest team in the league at the moment. Prediction should be reconsidered (although refrees won't let Ferencváros to overtake Videoton).
Mezökövesd - Videoton: fixed result of two Fidesz teams, Mezökövesd is out of first class, they won't resist on the field.
Zanetti, Veron and Heinze retired yesterday :(
Quote from: alanrotoi on May 12, 2014, 03:32:24 PM
Zanetti, Veron and Heinze retired yesterday :(
Bonzai Joe mode ON
Why don't you discuss it with Chulk in PM?
Bonzai Joe mode OFF
Legendary names... Players of my late childhood are disappearing. :-\
Hahaha why would BJ say that?
Legendary names are Mark Nailwood and Roy Wiegerinck :P
Quote from: alanrotoi on May 12, 2014, 09:54:26 PM
Hahaha why would BJ say that?
See 'Sport 2014' topic.
Hahaha I see your point now. :D
Quote from: CTG on May 12, 2014, 05:31:27 PM
Bonzai Joe mode ON
Why don't you discuss it with Chulk in PM?
Bonzai Joe mode OFF
Stupid "I have no answer for that" mode ON
BÖFF!
Stupid "I have no answer for that" mode OFF
Quote from: alanrotoi on May 12, 2014, 03:32:24 PM
Zanetti, Veron and Heinze retired yesterday :(
I only care about Zanetti and Heinze (in a minor way). I always hated Velord and I always will.
Quote from: CTG on May 12, 2014, 05:31:27 PM
Legendary names... Players of my late childhood are disappearing. :-\
One way I realize I'm getting old is by seeing the retirement of players I saw their first professional match.
Also Giggs is retiring. That's a legendary name, not Veron or Heinze.
Quote from: CTG on May 12, 2014, 05:31:27 PM
Why don't you discuss it with Chulk in PM?
Only Rotoi knows the answer, but I'm guessing it's because they are legendary, international players that you and I know about.
Poor Benfica...
8 consecutive times?
They lost 8 finals in a row?
Anyway, good job by La Liga, winning both EL and CL. Even though Barcelona made a disappointing CL performance, we have to remember they were knocked out by another Spanish team. Only Real Sociedad's CL performance was truly disappointing. Valencia and Real Betis also made it to the close of the EL and were only knocked out when they met another Spanish team...
Quote from: alanrotoi on May 15, 2014, 08:03:26 AM
8 consecutive times?
OFF: Benfica reminds me on the old series of Györi Audi ETO KC (female handball), losing several European cup finals in a row: EHF Cup in 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005; Cup Winners' Cup 2006; Champions League 2009, 2012... Luckily, they are two times Champions League title holders at the moment. I wish something similar to Benfica!
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on May 15, 2014, 11:36:02 AM
They lost 8 finals in a row?
Anyway, good job by La Liga, winning both EL and CL. Even though Barcelona made a disappointing CL performance, we have to remember they were knocked out by another Spanish team. Only Real Sociedad's CL performance was truly disappointing. Valencia and Real Betis also made it to the close of the EL and were only knocked out when they met another Spanish team...
Betis lost the category in la liga. That's disappointing too.
Quote from: alanrotoi on May 15, 2014, 08:03:26 AM
8 consecutive times?
I guess that teaches us not to mess with a gypsy!
Quote from: Chulk on May 15, 2014, 05:13:42 PM
Quote from: alanrotoi on May 15, 2014, 08:03:26 AM
8 consecutive times?
I guess that teaches us not to mess with a gypsy!
Actually it was a
Hungarian jewish coach (born in Hungary) who said Benfica won't win the cup in the next 100 years... See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Guttmann
Quote from: wikipedia
After the 1962 European Cup Final, Guttmann approached the Benfica board of directors and asked for a pay rise. However despite the success he had brought the club, he was turned down. On leaving Benfica, Guttman allegedly cursed the club, declaring "Not in a hundred years from now will Benfica ever be European champion". Benfica have gone on to lose all eight of their subsequent European finals, including five European Cup finals (1963, 1965, 1968, 1988, and 1990), and three UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League finals (1983, 2013 and 2014). Before the 1990 final, which was played in Vienna, where Guttmann was buried, Eusébio even prayed at his grave and asked for the curse to be broken.
I don't really know why, but general belief here is that gypsies are mostly Hungarian so it is usual to refer to Hungarians as gypsies.
Quote from: Chulk on May 15, 2014, 05:23:53 PM
I don't really know why, but general belief here is that gypsies are mostly Hungarian so it is usual to refer to Hungarians as gypsies.
1, Gipsies were coming from India.
2, As far as I know, Romania (or maybe Bulgaria) is the most gipsy-infected country on Earth.
Gypsy distribution in Europe:
http://www.europeanunionmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/roma-in-europe-map-2007.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Romani_population_average_estimate.png
http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?2341-Europe-s-Racial-Nightmare-The-Gypsies
Origin of gypsies:
http://www.abroadintheyard.com/dna-study-finds-european-gypsies-left-their-ancestral-home-in-northwest-india-1400-years-ago/
Probably the worst gypsy ghetto in Europe can be found in Eastern Slovakia, Luník IX, an outskirt district of Kosice (Kassa):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUFUkVivh_M
http://gigapan.com/gigapans/83770
http://www.im-canada.ca/articles/gypsy-ghetto
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lun%C3%ADk_IX
Nice lesson of tolerance...
I wonder if any ethnicity isn't hated here.
BTW: It's not sure they come from India but from Indus River valley.
Quote from: alanrotoi on May 15, 2014, 09:26:53 PM
BTW: It's not sure they come from India but from Indus River valley.
Whatever, just send them back, please!
Quote from: CTG on May 12, 2014, 07:13:04 AM
3rd class, gipsy/peasant + Ferencváros + REAC + Veresegyház (=east) division:
Hajdúböszörmény (10th) - Létavértes (1st) 0-5 ;D
Kazincbarcika (2nd) - Veresegyház (fuckin' last) 1-1, well-done, Szilvi Town ;D :P
3 rounds left, standings:
1 Létavértes 61 pts
2 Poo Town 58 pts
3 DVSC-DEAC 51 pts
GO LÉTAVÉRTES!!! ;D
Kazincbarcika applied for the NB II license and got it. Létavértes has no such license document, but it is not known whether they hasn't got it or hasn't applied for it.
If Létavértes can't or doesn't want to play in NB II next season, the first team which will be promoted to substitute them is: the best 2nd place team of the NB III groups. This can be Szeged (60 pts) or Kazincbarcika (58 pts), the West 2nd place team has much less points. But it might happen that both can get promoted if there are two uneligible teams. (Szeged got the license document as well.)
But first of all, Jászapáti-Kazincbarcika on Saturday.
Quote from: CTG on May 15, 2014, 05:28:07 PM
1, Gipsies were coming from India.
2, As far as I know, Romania (or maybe Bulgaria) is the most gipsy-infected country on Earth.
I knew this already (well, the infected part is not the way I see, but everybody is free to be a racist I guess...) but what you hear when you're a kid is somewhat hard to change even under the light of clear evidence. That's the main reason I object baptism (or any equivalent rite) and forcing religion into little kids because most of them remain
stupid religious for the rest of their lives
Not every initiation ritual is a bad thing. If you adopt Judaism in New York they'll suck your cock.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/nyregion/regulation-of-circumcision-method-divides-some-jews-in-new-york.html
(Me acuerdo que cuando salio la noticia hacia el chiste sobre la bronca que debe tener Grassi por haberse equivocado de religion jajaa)
Quote from: CTG on May 12, 2014, 07:17:30 AM
I hope it's just the usual pessimism, but I'm afraid Atletico will be the tragic hero of this football season: Barca will have luck (and refrees) in the last round of La Liga, while Real will demolish them in CL final. :-\
I like Barcelona, but lame Tata's gnome squad (with lazy and fed Messi) don't deserve to be the champion of this season with their impotent gameplay. Based on their performance, they were only the third best team in Spain, with huge amount of luck. Actually, Tata is a really bad and colorless coach with no sense to tactics. Barca should find a strict and more characteristic coach, being able to win the respect of the players and to teach alternative strategies instead of fruitless ball possession. And they need some new players, too - preferably not midgets (Messi, Iniesta) or bantamweights (Jordi Alba, Neymar), because the new tactics would require physically strong warriors (like Ibrahimovic was a few years ago in FCB). And please fire Pinto, he would be a crappy keeper even in Hungary.
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! ^_^
When a "player" really deserves banana, showing no respect... See from 0:20.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS_vpkg3KX4
A friend of mine did it, but one thing is to do it with friends and quite another in front of thousands of spectators. That's disrespectful.
Today at 17:30 GMT-3 Argentinian championship ends. The champion may be River Plate, Estudiantes or Gimnasia's Chulk.
Watch it here:
http://www.tvpublica.com.ar/vivo/
If you watch now there is a race of Turismo Carretera (Melange like cars :) ). They are racing in Concepción del Uruguay track.
(http://radio9digital.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Concepci%C3%B3n-del-Uruguay-ya-Palpita-el-Turismo-Carretera-radio-9-digital-620x330.jpg)
If we don't want to see Anelio's Rafaela descend to second category Racing must win against Godoy Cruz and Rafaela must win too against Arsenal. They are playing right now!
Quote from: CTG on May 12, 2014, 08:24:14 AM
Quote from: CTG on April 29, 2014, 12:54:23 PM
Round 29
PUSKÁS AKADÉMIA FC - DVSC-TEVA 10-25-65; expected result: 1-3
DVTK - PMFC-MATIAS 40-40-20; expected result: 2-0
KAPOSVÁRI RÁKÓCZI FC - GYÖRI ETO FC 20-30-50; expected result: 1-2
SZOMBATHELYI HALADÁS - FERENCVÁROSI TC 25-40-35; expected result: 1-1
MEZÖKÖVESD ZSÓRY FC - VIDEOTON FC 5-10-85 (Orbán's C team will lay down easily); expected result: 0-4
More detailed opinion:
Puskás Akadémia - Debrecen: Orbán's local team will stay in first class for sure (what a surprise), so they can afford to lay down against the other Fidesz team.
Diósgyör - Pécs: now it's only a useless middle class derby, nothing more. I don't expect a good match.
Kaposvár - Györi ETO: the home team is already relegated to second class, they should not have enough motivation - but I'm afraid ETO will be too self-confident or just too frustrated because of the expectations... well... crossing fingers...
Haladás - Ferencváros: the guests are in extremely good form, probably they are the strongest team in the league at the moment. Prediction should be reconsidered (although refrees won't let Ferencváros to overtake Videoton).
Mezökövesd - Videoton: fixed result of two Fidesz teams, Mezökövesd is out of first class, they won't resist on the field.
Results of round 29:
Puskás Akadémia - Debrecen CANCELLED (weather issue)
Diósgyör - Pécs 3-0
Kaposvár - Györi ETO 0-5
Haladás - Ferencváros 0-1
Mezökövesd - Videoton 1-1 (Orbán FC equalized in the 90th minute, with a lucky goal... how typical...)
Standings before the last round:
1 Debrecen 59 pts (2 matches left, from now they can only lose the title with extreme bad luck)
2 Györi ETO 59 pts (silver medal in the pocket)
3 Ferencváros 54 pts (guess who will lose a point in the last round, after a 8 games long winning streak, because...)
4 Videoton 52 pts (...Orbán won't let his team to miss EL position)
gap
Poo's league:
Létavértes - Nyírbátor 2-1 ;D
Jászapáti - Kazincbarcika 2-1 :P ;D
Standings, 2 rounds left:
1 Létavértes 64 pts
2 Kazincbarcika 58 pts
3 DVSC-DEAC 54 pts
I hope Létavértes won't step back from playing in second class. ::)
River Plate is the new champion and the next weekend the match between Atl. Rafaela vs C.A. Colon. The loser goes to second category :o
Quote from: Chulk on May 16, 2014, 04:48:52 PM
Quote from: CTG on May 15, 2014, 05:28:07 PM
1, Gipsies were coming from India.
2, As far as I know, Romania (or maybe Bulgaria) is the most gipsy-infected country on Earth.
I knew this already (well, the infected part is not the way I see, but everybody is free to be a racist I guess...) but what you hear when you're a kid is somewhat hard to change even under the light of clear evidence. That's the main reason I object baptism (or any equivalent rite) and forcing religion into little kids because most of them remain stupid religious for the rest of their lives
Chulk for president.
Kazincbarcika failed to win NB III group east... :-X
Quote from: Akoss Poo on May 19, 2014, 09:49:37 PM
Kazincbarcika failed to win NB III group east... :-X
Nyenyenyenyenyeeenyeee-heheheheheeeheeee! ;D (by Eric Cartman)
Hungary - Denmark 2-2, it sounds better than it really was...
We have sunk so low :'(
AGF has sunk even lower than that. I suppose we could still beat Kazincbarcika.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on May 23, 2014, 08:37:07 PM
AGF has sunk even lower than that. I suppose we could still beat Kazincbarcika.
It's time to update the old TurboPascal based football games (made by Usrin and Akoss) with AGF... :D
Quote from: CTG on May 23, 2014, 09:23:08 PM
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on May 23, 2014, 08:37:07 PM
AGF has sunk even lower than that. I suppose we could still beat Kazincbarcika.
It's time to update the old TurboPascal based football games (made by Usrin and Akoss) with AGF... :D
I'm afraid I've lost my MLSZ game series (btw, they were in QuickBasic) several years ago when a hard disk died in my home computer. :-[
Fvck you Ramos, dirty lucky Real Madrid! I don't want to see cristiana's conceited face when they win the cup.... TV off.
Stolen cup
Aburaf's Atletico de Rafaela stays in the first category of Argentinian football. Felicitaciones Anelio! ;)
OFF: which World/Euro Cup song is your favorite one? The current one (with JLo and the talentless bald gigolo) is simply annoying...
My personal favorite is (of course) the Euro2000 anthem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ftx-xwmEYQ
The first 93 minutes of that game were just great.
In the extended time, the many minutes Atletico had spent defending and pressuring meant they had no more energy.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on May 25, 2014, 01:27:16 PM
The first 93 minutes of that game were just great.
In the extended time, the many minutes Atletico had spent defending and pressuring meant they had no more energy.
It was worth to switch off the TV after the 93rd minute.
What I predicted after the first half of the game (as a usual pessimistic CTGism): RMA will equalize in the very last few minutes by gaynaldo, from a penalty. More or less correct, except that it wasn't the equalizer.
Poo League:
Hatvan - Létavértes 2-4
KBSC - Tiszaújváros 2-2
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ^_^
CTG League:
Györújbarát - Rábaszentandrás 5-1 :o ;D
Táp - Egyed 5-1 ::) >:(
Rábapordány - Bácsa FC 0-4 ;D
Standings, 3 rounds left:
| 1 | FC Táp | 21 | 0 | 6 | 84-40 | 44 | 63 |
| 2 | Rábaszentandrás SE | 19 | 5 | 3 | 88-35 | 53 | 62 |
| 3 | Bácsa FC | 19 | 3 | 5 | 73-29 | 44 | 60 |
| 4 | Abda SC | 17 | 4 | 6 | 76-45 | 31 | 55 |
| 5 | Györszentiván SE | 16 | 6 | 5 | 67-35 | 32 | 54 |
| 6 | Györújbarát SE | 17 | 2 | 8 | 67-30 | 37 | 53 |
| 7 | Pannonhalma SE | 16 | 5 | 6 | 68-32 | 36 | 53 |
| 8 | Györújfalu SE | 9 | 6 | 12 | 55-59 | -4 | 33 |
| 9 | Téti Sokoró FC | 9 | 3 | 15 | 49-66 | -17 | 29 |
| 10 | Egyed KSE | 8 | 5 | 14 | 47-52 | -5 | 29 |
| 11 | Rábapordány KSK | 8 | 4 | 15 | 46-61 | -15 | 28 |
| 12 | Kajárpéc SE-Herold Trans | 7 | 6 | 14 | 43-55 | -12 | 27 |
| 13 | Pér SE | 6 | 5 | 16 | 45-77 | -32 | 23 |
| 14 | Kóny SE | 6 | 3 | 18 | 52-102 | -50 | 21 |
| 15 | Bajcs SE | 4 | 2 | 21 | 35-111 | -76 | 14 |
| 16 | Töltéstava SE | 4 | 1 | 22 | 28-94 | -66 | 13 |
Predictions for the last 3 rounds (TOP7 teams):
Round 28
Pannonhalma - Rábapordány 3-0
Rábaszentandrás - Töltéstava 8-1
Bácsa - Györújbarát 1-4 (you saw what they did versus the league leader... dangerous opponents!)
Abda - Györszentiván 3-2
Kajárpéc - Táp 0-4
Round 29
Györújbarát - Pannonhalma 3-1
Rábaszentandrás - Bácsa 3-1 (they are way too strong for us)
Tét - Abda 0-2
Táp - Kóny 6-0
Györszentiván - Pér 5-1
Round 30
Pannonhalma - Rábaszentandrás 1-3
Egyed - Györújbarát 0-4
Bajcs - Györszentiván 1-6
Bácsa - Töltéstava 1-1 (even if Töltéstava is last now...)
Abda - Táp 2-3
So, the expected final results:
1 Táp 72 pts
2 Rábaszentandrás 71 pts
3 Györújbarát 62 pts
4 Bácsa FC 61 pts
5 Abda 61 pts
6 Györszentiván 60 pts
7 Pannonhalma 56 pts
World Cup prediction game? ;) This time I suggest to use some kind of official prediction sites - like for F1 races several years ago.
http://www.predicttheworldcup.com/
Quote from: CTG on May 26, 2014, 11:06:18 AM
World Cup prediction game? ;) This time I suggest to use some kind of official prediction sites - like for F1 races several years ago.
http://www.predicttheworldcup.com/
I was already planning a system for a WC prediction game, but this is way better.
Great, I'm in.
I have to admit one fact about Zlatan Ibrahimovic: he has probably the best awareness of scoring possibilities, being able to recognize every little chance. And he really feels where to shoot - from any range...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia-zi5oLa_0
10 minutes left before the "dramatic" bronze medal of Orbán FC... they need a goal versus Diósgyör, while Paks should equalize against Ferencváros.
Quote from: CTG on June 01, 2014, 06:12:45 PM
10 minutes left before the "dramatic" bronze medal of Orbán FC... they need a goal versus Diósgyör, while Paks should equalize against Ferencváros.
Orbán FC couldn't catch the podium, WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! ^_^
Last round:
Györi ETO FC - Mezökövesd 5-0
Pécsi MFC - Haladás 1-1
Debreceni VSC - Budapest Honvéd 0-2 (the peasants are still champions with that... what a shame!)
Videoton - Diósgyöri VTK 1-1
Ferencváros - Paks 2-0
And the final results (see attached).
Debrecen will start in the second qualification round of Champions League, while Györi ETO, Ferencváros and Diósgyör (runner-up of Hungarian Cup, as the winner Újpest is banned from international cups) are in Europe League qualifications. Mezökövesd and Kaposvár will continue in second class, their substitutions are Nyíregyháza (arch-enemy of Debrecen) and Dunaújváros.
Quote from: CTG on May 26, 2014, 08:06:29 AM
CTG League:
Predictions for the last 3 rounds (TOP7 teams):
Round 28
Pannonhalma - Rábapordány 3-0
Rábaszentandrás - Töltéstava 8-1
Bácsa - Györújbarát 1-4 (you saw what they did versus the league leader... dangerous opponents!)
Abda - Györszentiván 3-2
Kajárpéc - Táp 0-4
Round 29
Györújbarát - Pannonhalma 3-1
Rábaszentandrás - Bácsa 3-1 (they are way too strong for us)
Tét - Abda 0-2
Táp - Kóny 6-0
Györszentiván - Pér 5-1
Results of round 28:
Pannonhalma - Rábapordány 9-0
Rábaszentandrás - Töltéstava 1-1 (quite a big surprise!)
Bácsa FC - Györújbarát 0-2 (it was so predictable...)
Abda - Györszentiván 0-2
Kajárpéc - Táp 0-4 (the guests will win the league for sure)
Results of round 29:
Round 29
Györújbarát - Pannonhalma 2-1
Rábaszentandrás - Bácsa 1-2 WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! ^_^
Tét - Abda 4-3 (unexpected!)
Táp - Kóny 13-1 (bah... now really, what was that?)
Györszentiván - Pér 2-1
Standings (one round left):
1 Táp 69 pts (champion)
2 Bácsa FC 63 pts
3 Rábaszentandrás 63 pts
4 Györszentiván 60 pts
5 Györújbarát 59 pts
6 Pannonhalma 56 pts
7 Abda 55 pts
Quote from: CTG on May 31, 2014, 05:25:21 PM
I have to admit one fact about Zlatan Ibrahimovic: he has probably the best awareness of scoring possibilities, being able to recognize every little chance. And he really feels where to shoot - from any range...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia-zi5oLa_0
Not to mention he's more than talented enough to execute what he sees is best, and do it perfectly
Quote from: CTG on May 26, 2014, 11:06:18 AM
World Cup prediction game? ;) This time I suggest to use some kind of official prediction sites - like for F1 races several years ago.
http://www.predicttheworldcup.com/
Have you already registered?
If not, please join MasterCTG's Stunts mini-league!
You have to give us a 5-digit code so we're able to join.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on June 10, 2014, 01:09:00 PM
You have to give us a 5-digit code so we're able to join.
Whooops... I'll do it at home.You mean seven-eight-eight-six-zero? :D
Great, I'm there and ready for the World Cup.
I'm in as well!
Me too! :)
I'm there! Thursday and Friday results sent!
Of course I'll be in, too.
Beware, a Slovak pipsqueak has also joined the league (and he is not Friker)!
Quote from: Usrin on June 11, 2014, 09:55:03 PM
Beware, a Slovak pipsqueak has also joined the league (and he is not Friker)!
Is it Satan the hockey player?
Just for convenience, here's a link to the league:
http://www.predicttheworldcup.com/minileague/standings/2003
I gained 3000 positions by changing my name to Bonzai Joe. Then I sky-rocketed to 44th place after changing my name to ".". Now back to 2600th place again...
I made some kamikaze tips for round 1... ::)
Quote from: CTG on June 12, 2014, 10:58:14 AM
I made some kamikaze tips for round 1... ::)
Uh oh, sounds like CTG will get a 100% correct score ;D
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on June 12, 2014, 11:52:39 AM
Quote from: CTG on June 12, 2014, 10:58:14 AM
I made some kamikaze tips for round 1... ::)
Uh oh, sounds like CTG will get a 100% correct score ;D
I hope so... ;D
(As for me, Portugal will beat Germany - cr wants another Golden Ball, so he'll shoot at least 25436534 times for his own glory.)
Marcelo, LOL! Nice start ;D
It was a flat feeling to see the game decided by a phantom penalty. I think not even the Brazilians will claim it was a real one.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on June 13, 2014, 01:22:16 AM
I think not even the Brazilians will claim it was a real one.
No, we won't; and I hope we don't keep getting crap decisions in our favour (N. Kovac: "if we continue in this way we will have a circus".). That said, this game was eerily reminiscent of Brazil 2 - 1 Turkey in 2002: tough first game for Brazil, in which we started losing and ended up winning through a non-penalty. An omen?
I was falling asleep at the beginning of the second half... ::)
Today's matches:
Mexico vs Cameroon (donkeys vs monkeys*) can be a tight one, but in the worse meaning. I don't expect a high level game.
Spain vs Netherlands, well... both teams are significantly weaker than in 2010. Spain is getting more and more boring with the Messi-free tiki-taka, with an oldster Xavi, unmotivated Iniesta and overrated forwards (Villa, Torres); while the Dutch squad lacks team unity ("Aryan" Robben doesn't really like black people in the team :D). It might be a card party.
Chile vs Australia is totally uninteresting for me. However, the South Americans seem to be significantly stronger.
*No, not because they are 'N'**, but because of their attitude (they didn't want to travel to Brasil, because the national football association offered too low premium for the World Cup results. That's quite a disgusting act from a pack of overpayed football "stars". But what do you expect from them, when their biggest name was hungry enough for money to play in Anzhi Makhachkala...
**I like Ivory Coast and Ghana. While Eto'o is a true monkey and a football whore, I think Drogba is a true icon.
But Drogba played in some Chinese club :D
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on June 13, 2014, 10:56:11 AM
But Drogba played in some Chinese club :D
But you can't name any clubs being too proud of Eto'o - while Marseille and Chelsea fans still respect Drogba (remember the Galata-Chelsea CL matches). What's more, Eto'o played both in Barca and Real Madrid. I don't have say more...
Quote from: wikipedia article of Didier Drogba
His shirt from his only season at OM is also framed in the basilica of Marseille, Notre-Dame de la Garde, which he presented to the church before the 2004 UEFA Cup Final. Drogba remains a club legend in Marseille, despite playing only one season for the club.
In October 2012, he was voted by Chelsea supporters as the club's greatest ever player.
Drogba is credited with playing a vital role in bringing peace to his country. After the Ivory Coast qualified for the 2006 World Cup, Drogba made a desperate plea to the combatants, asking them to lay down their arms, a plea which was answered with a cease fire after five years of civil war. Drogba later helped move an African Cup of Nations qualifier to the rebel stronghold of Bouake; a move that helped confirm the peace process. On 24 January 2007, Drogba was appointed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as a Goodwill Ambassador. The UNDP were impressed with his previous charity work and believed that his high profile would help raise awareness on African issues. In September 2011, Drogba joined the Truth, Reconciliation and Dialogue Commission as a representative to help return peace to his home nation. His involvement in the peace process led to Drogba being named as one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time magazine for 2010. Drogba's charity work continued when, in late 2009, he announced he would be donating the £3 million signing on fee for his endorsement of Pepsi for the construction of a hospital in his hometown of Abidjan. This work was done through Drogba's recently created "Didier Drogba Foundation" and Chelsea announced they too would donate the fee for the deal toward the Foundation's project. Drogba decided on building the hospital after a recent trip to the Ivorian capital's other hospitals, saying "...I decided the Foundation's first project should be to build and fund a hospital giving people basic healthcare and a chance just to stay alive."
Levallois Sporting Club, the amateur club where Drogba began his career, used their percentage of his transfer fees including £600,000 out of the £24 million paid when he joined Chelsea – first to ensure the club's surival, and then to improve their stadium to incorporate modern sports facilities for the benefit of the local community. They renamed the new stadium Stade Didier Drogba in his honour.
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1998–2002 Le Mans 64 (12)
2002–2003 Guingamp 45 (20)
2003–2004 Marseille 35 (19)
2004–2012 Chelsea 226 (100)
2012–2013 Shanghai Shenhua 11 (8 )
2013– Galatasaray 37 (15)
2002– Ivory Coast 101 (65)
Quote from: wikipedia article of Samuel Eto'o
After Barcelona won the 2004–05 La Liga title, the team organized a festive party in the Camp Nou, during which Eto'o harangued the fans chanting, "Madrid, cabrón, saluda al campeón" (English: Madrid, bastards, salute the champions)... The head of the Real Madrid fan club federation remained unimpressed, however, stating, "This character is a fantastic player, but he leaves a lot to be desired as a person.
Eto'o refused to come on as a substitute in a league match against Racing de Santander on 11 February 2007. Barcelona manager Frank Rijkaard said after the match, "He did not want to come on; I don't know why."
On 1 June 2008, Eto'o headbutted reporter Philippe Bony, following an incident at a press conference. Bony suffered an injury, but Eto'o later apologized for the altercation, offering to pay Bony's medical expenses.
On his first press-conference in Milan, he declared that he was where he wanted to be... [comment: how typical from a football whore]
On 23 August 2011, Anzhi Makhachkala reached an agreement with Inter Milan to sign Eto'o in a three-year deal that made him the world's highest paid player, with a salary of €20 million (after taxes) per season.
On 27 August 2012, Eto'o was in the squad to face Cape Verde in the first leg of a qualification play-off for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, but the striker refused to play, as a protest against what he described as the "amateurish and poorly organised" national team set-up.
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1997–2000 Real Madrid 3 (0)
1997–1998 ? Leganés (loan) 30 (4)
1999 ? Espanyol (loan) 0 (0)
2000 ? Mallorca (loan) 19 (6)
2000–2004 Mallorca 120 (48)
2004–2009 Barcelona 145 (108)
2009–2011 Internazionale 67 (33)
2011–2013 Anzhi Makhachkala 53 (25)
2013–2014 Chelsea 21 (9)
1997– Cameroon 117 (56)
Addition:
"Cameroon's players — which include Europe-based stars like Chelsea's Samuel Eto'o and Barcelona's Alex Song — have been in dispute with federation officials since last month, when the team threatened to boycott a training session at a pre-tournament preparation camp in Austria because the World Cup bonuses promised weren't enough."
It should be an interesting match today. Really weak-looking Mexico team who only barely scraped into the World Cup vs an unmotivated and complaining Cameroon team.
This group should be easy for Croatia, but it could be a factor that Cameroon vs Croatia will be played in the jungle in Manaus. Cameroon should be better suited for the extreme tropical climate.
It depends where mexicans are used to play in Mexico.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on June 13, 2014, 01:29:29 PM
It should be an interesting match today. Really weak-looking Mexico team who only barely scraped into the World Cup vs an unmotivated and complaining Cameroon team.
This group should be easy for Croatia, but it could be a factor that Cameroon vs Croatia will be played in the jungle in Manaus. Cameroon should be better suited for the extreme tropical climate.
The weak versus the unmotivated sounds rather boring. I don't remember my tip, but I guess it's 0-0 (or maybe 1-1).
Sad news for today: Gyula Grosics, goalkeeper of the legendary Hungarian Golden Team died at age 88. Now only a single member - Jenö Buzánszky - is still alive from the best national team of the 50s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Team
Quote from: alanrotoi on June 13, 2014, 02:46:52 PM
It depends where mexicans are used to play in Mexico.
It's Cameroon's game vs Croatia that will be played in Manaus. I assure you no part of Croatia is reminiscent of the Amazon rain forest.
For today: I hope all the spanish teams will win.
Oh my God, this is a whitewash, reminding me on last year's Barca - Bayern duel... Spain will have no chance versus Chile with this impotent style.
What a surprise... but at least Ildi - a Dutch fan - is happy...
Quote from: Akoss Poo on June 13, 2014, 11:02:45 PM
What a surprise... but at least Ildi - a Dutch fan - is happy...
skid YOU ILDI!!! ;D
(or YOU skid ILDI :D)
Quote from: CTG on June 13, 2014, 10:31:50 PM
Oh my God, this is a whitewash, reminding me on last year's Barca - Bayern duel... Spain will have no chance versus Chile with this impotent style.
Spain being defeated was on the cards, but surely not so comprehensively! I can't see them getting back on track after that.
What a result. They also lost the first game in 2010, don't forget. But of course that game was very different.
I had actually tipped for a Neds 2-1 victory but 5-1 is really unexpected. As was Casillas performance, very far from even worst Real Madrid games
5/7 from Stunts mini-league predicted a Dutch victory, so it wasn't that unexpected. Only the difference in the result (and in the gameplay).
You did? Oh dear. This looks to be a hard World Cup for me. Mexico played so much better than I'd expected, too.
Today:
Colombia - Greece: a relatively strong team without their best attacker (Falcao) vs the weaklings with traditionally good defence. It might be the first 0-0 of the world cup.
Ivory Coast - Japan: both of these countries are good enough to be in the best 16, but neither of them seems to be interesting enough. Few goals, maybe a draw.
England - Italy: the best game of the day - on paper. England is considered a bit "weak" at the moment, while Italy's best attacker is an unpredictable monkey nagger. But I think the difference of styles can make this match enjoyable. Dunno why, but I bet on England.
Uruguay - Costa Rica: another whitewash?
What about Uruguay vs Costa Rica?
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on June 14, 2014, 05:50:03 PM
What about Uruguay vs Costa Rica?
Just added. I forgot we have 4 games "today".
Quote from: CTG on June 14, 2014, 05:39:40 PM
Colombia - Greece ... It might be the first 0-0 of the world cup.
Damn, quite a good start with a fast goal + counterattack. I hope the rest of the game will be similar to that.
Based on this game I think I will be supporting Colombia in this world cup, as well as Ghana. Sorry Duplode, Rotoi and Chulk. Had to make a neutral choice ;)
Chulk must be really angry now, he said 2-0... :D
Disappointing URU so far... (btw have you already noticed the high number of invalidated goals at this world cup?)
Quote from: CTG on June 14, 2014, 10:16:35 PM
Disappointing URU so far...
Overrated, I'd say. Uruguay (hopefully with Suárez) v. England in a fight for survival should be a cracker though!
Will be Suarez the goalkeeper this cup too?
Quote from: alanrotoi on June 15, 2014, 06:25:59 AM
Will be Suarez the goalkeeper this cup too?
It's not really likely, but I hope Uruguay will survive Argentina at this World Cup.
(Suarez is a great forward. Not a good guy, but a good player who dies on the field for his national team. He made a good decision in 2010 when he acted like a goalkeeper.)
It seems Japan vs Ivory Coast was the most dividing match so far: 2-2-2 tips for all the possible results.
Today:
Switzerland vs Ecuador: have you ever seen a good match from the defensive Swiss team? Now it's really time for a 0-0.
France vs Honduras: France is in good shape even without Ribery, Honduras is not stronger than Jamaica (demolished by France a few days ago). Easy victory for the Europeans?
Argentina vs Bosnia: one-sided match in the air, with a gaucho goal festival.
Like/hate list of participants:
1 Belgium
Brussels and Brugge are great places, I love Belgian beer/chocolate/waffle/pommes frites, Spa-Francochamps is the greatest F1 track, Jean Claude Van Damme is the best B category action hero ever. ;D And their team is damned strong, built up from nothing.
2 Uruguay
Suarez is the CTG of football pitches, Forlan is the record holder of goals/season in my FIFA games, Godin helped a lot in ATM's championship title (and almost in the CL final). I can't forget their performance in 2010.
3 Spain
They would be still first without some burned out oldies.
4 Croatia
Friendly nation in the neighbourhood. I like their team since the Suker era.
5 Ivory Coast
Probably the best African team, Drogba is my favorite black player.
6 Argentina
They aren't in TOP3 because of the Rotoi factor. :D
7 Russia
Russian chicks are hot. And you cannot hate the nation of true alcoholists. ;D
8 Chile
Their games are worth to be watched.
9 Bosnia
Surprisingly I like the attitude of sport teams from the Balkan (unless they play water polo versus Hungary).
10 Ghana
Another strong, non-monkeyish African team. I have no problem with N people in general.
11 Italy
Could be in higher position without the monkeys: Balotelli and Akoss Poo. ;D
12 Germany
Colorful team, colorful game, but still: they are germans.
13 Brazil
Overrated Neymar, team is pushed by the refrees... but they play nice football.
14 Costa Rica
Their enthusiasm can compensate the lack of skills.
15 Japan
The best Asian team at least for 20 years.
16 Colombia
They would be in top10 with Falcao.
17 France
I can't hate them as much as I did in 1998 and 2000.
18 Ecuador
Neutral, maybe a bit saltless.
19 Mexico
Chilibeansland with tequila and lazy beer thiefs.
20 Nigeria
This team is far from their golden generation of the 90s.
21 Honduras
Neutral.
22 Australia
Boring.
23 Switzerland
Even more boring.
24 Greece
Unable to watch their games.
25 USA
Nobody likes the yankees.
26 Netherlands
Arrogant aryas.
27 Cameroon
The absolute soulless monkeys.
28 Portugal
cr
29 England
British football is damned far from my taste.
30 Iran
Terrorists.
31 Algeria
Terrorists.
32 South Korea
Remember 2002.
I think Honduras is considerably stronger than Jamaica (but France will still win), and Bosnia is a strong team which will proceed to the Last 16 (but they will still lose by one goal to Argentina).
But then again, I apparently suck at predicting this World Cup.
I predict an easy French win, an ugly Swiss win, and at night, I expect a very good, high scoring game between Argentina and Bosnia. Even a surprise can be in the air, but I think Argentina will win this in a tight clash. So I hope BJ, you can earn some points tonight, since it seems we agree more or less regarding today's matches.
My like/hate list, but without explanation:
1 Italy
2 Croatia
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina
4 Netherlands
5 Spain
6 Nigeria
7 Switzerland
8 Russia
9 Cameroon
10 Iran
11 Chile
12 Uruguay
13 Costa Rica
14 Honduras
15 Algeria
16 Mexico
17 France
18 Argentina
19 Japan
20 Greece
21 Ecuador
22 Colombia
23 Brazil
24 Ghana
25 Ivory Coast
26 Belgium
27 Portugal
28 Australia
29 Germany
30 USA
31 England
32 South Korea
I guess Nigeria is the surprise there. What's the story behind their 6th place?
Here's my list:
1. Ghana
2. Costa Rica
3. Colombia
4. Chile
5. Ecuador
6. France
7. Argentina
8. England
9. Spain
10. Uruguay
11. Belgium
12. Japan
13. Netherlands
14. Germany
15. Italy
16. Brazil
17. Australia
18. South Korea
19. Iran
20. Mexico
21. Cameroon
22. Algeria
23. Ivory Coast
24. Croatia
25. Bosnia
26. USA
27. Honduras
28. Portugal
29. Greece
30. Nigeria
31. Switzerland
32. Russia
Also, I would like to know: Which players from other teams are Luis Suarez's ghosts? :D
Quote from: Duplode on June 15, 2014, 05:49:55 AM
Quote from: CTG on June 14, 2014, 10:16:35 PM
Disappointing URU so far...
Overrated, I'd say. Uruguay (hopefully with Suárez) v. England in a fight for survival should be a cracker though!
Maybe Sterling and Sturridge will accidently set Suárez up for a great goal.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on June 15, 2014, 03:34:53 PM
Also, I would like to know: Which players from other teams are Luis Suarez's ghosts? :D
I mean the fairness. ;D
1-1 is excellent for Chulk, SWI 2-1 is good for Akoss Poo. Ecuador should score - 0 point for everybody in Stunts league.
skid off, Switzerland!
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on June 15, 2014, 03:32:50 PM
I guess Nigeria is the surprise there. What's the story behind their 6th place?
Akoss Poo is a nigger (in my FIFA Stunts teams). ;D
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on June 15, 2014, 10:43:41 AM
I think Honduras is considerably stronger than Jamaica (but France will still win)
Another difference is that Honduras has a penchant for kicking lumps out of the opposition... Anyway, on the evidence of SWI v. ECU France won't have any trouble in this group. The game wasn't quite as bad as expected though - awesome final minute!
Quote from: CTG on June 15, 2014, 07:53:20 PM
skid off, Switzerland!
I was very angry when I lost two points in the extra time of the CHI-AUS match...
Now 1 of the lost 2 points is back! Well done, Swiss and 'Swiss' guys!
I only saw some parts of the match, since I kurvaanyáded on the Slovenia-Hungary handball WCH qualifier during almost the whole football game...
I always liked Nigeria, like all N-teams which likes to play the football (I find Ghana too dull and I don't like the overstarred Ivory Coast team). The good old '90s Nigeria team was even more a favourite for me. I remember them beating Spain 3-2 in an excellent game... poor Zubizarreta... :-)
Quote from: Duplode on June 15, 2014, 07:57:46 PM
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on June 15, 2014, 10:43:41 AM
I think Honduras is considerably stronger than Jamaica (but France will still win)
Another difference is that Honduras has a penchant for kicking lumps out of the opposition... Anyway, on the evidence of SWI v. ECU France won't have any trouble in this group. The game wasn't quite as bad as expected though - awesome final minute!
That was a terrible final minute. But of course Ecuador deserved it for stopping the match one minute early. No one bothered to retreat to defend after that guy blundered the ball in the penalty area, and suddenly it was 4v3.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on June 15, 2014, 08:16:55 PM
That was a terrible final minute. But of course Ecuador deserved it for stopping the match one minute early. No one bothered to retreat to defend after that guy blundered the ball in the penalty area, and suddenly it was 4v3.
And of course Arroyo
really should have scored...
FWIW, here is my list:
0. Brazil
1. Japan
2. Belgium
3. Uruguay
4. Bosnia
5. England
6. USA
7. Colombia
8. Netherlands
9. Iran
10. Ghana
11. Germany
12. Australia
13. Croatia
14. Costa Rica
15. France
16. Chile
17. Switzerland
18. Argentina
19. Spain
20. Ecuador
21. Nigeria
22. Italy
23. Ivory Coast
24. South Korea
25. Mexico
26. Algeria
27. Russia
28. Cameroon
29. Greece
30. Honduras
31. Portugal
What a crappy game so far, neither France, nor Honduras seems to be too dangerous.
Damn, I forgot to update my predictions in time...
A quick "liked/hated" list:
[0. Slovakia]
1. Bosnia and Herzegovina
2. Croatia
3. Germany
4. Netherlands
5. Belgium
6. Switzerland
7. Uruguay
8. Chile
9. Costa Rica
10. Ivory Coast
11. Russia
12. Ghana
13. Nigeria
14. Italy
15. France
16. Argentina
17. Spain
18. Colombia
19. Ecuador
20. Mexico
21. Honduras
22. Iran
23. Japan
24. Brazil
25. Portugal
26. England
27. Cameroon
28. Algeria
29. Greece
30. Australia
31. USA
32. South Korea
Spain twice?
FVCK YOU FRANCE! They didn't want to score a 4th goal... (and fvck you, Akoss Poo, dirty lucky dickhole!)
Btw I think the second French goal wasn't in.
The leader of the prediction game since the begining is Chulk :O
Quote from: alanrotoi on June 16, 2014, 03:41:55 AM
The leader of the prediction game since the begining is Chulk :O
It's not a surprise really ;)
Quote from: Chulk on June 16, 2014, 05:06:26 AM
Quote from: alanrotoi on June 16, 2014, 03:41:55 AM
The leader of the prediction game since the begining is Chulk :O
It's not a surprise really ;)
So, the results of the matches are fixed and Chulk knows how to Google them. ;D
Today:
Germany - Portugal: somehow I think cr really wants that Golden Ball, therefore (s)he'll be fuckin' motivated to be the top scorer of World Cup, while the German defense line is quite fragile lately. As for me, a little (but ugly) surprise is in the air: Portugal will win.
Iran - Nigeria: tight and boring match, with African victory.
Ghana - USA: one-sided match, Ghana will attack, but at the end the yankees will celebrate a lucky draw.
Quote from: CTG on June 16, 2014, 09:05:27 AM
Today:
Germany - Portugal: somehow I think cr really wants that Golden Ball, therefore (s)he'll be fuckin' motivated to be the top scorer of World Cup, while the German defense line is quite fragile lately. As for me, a little (but ugly) surprise is in the air: Portugal will win.
Iran - Nigeria: tight and boring match, with African victory.
Ghana - USA: one-sided match, Ghana will attack, but at the end the yankees will celebrate a lucky draw.
Sounds very probable.
At the last World Cup prediction game, I soared to the top because I predicted that Ghana would eliminate USA, so I got 8/8 in the Last 16 and everyone else got 7/8. I believe they can do it again.
But as I've said before, group G is the strongest of all the groups. USA and Ghana are both strong teams and neither will be easy to beat for Portugal or Germany.
I really hope Aron Johannson (star striker for AGF in 2012) will play for USA and score some goals. Preferably most of them vs Portugal.
Damnitdamnitdamnit... I just realized that I can't watch the GER-POR battle (and probably I'll also miss tomorrow's first game). >:(
Finally, I can watch a World Cup match today from start to end...
Today I'm expecting draws on the scheduled games: USA-Ghana and Germany-Portugal are quite possible to finish that way, while I expect a weak Nigerian start to this WCH. I predicted three times 1-1 for today, this WC is lacking draws so far.
I'm predicting a tight German victory. Not sure if 2-1 or 1-0.
Easy Nigerian victory by 2-0
Ghana - USA will bring us the first draw in this WC: 1-1
Holy shit, Portugal sucked a huge one. ;D When I saw the stats of the match (couldn't watch the game), I was sure that Pepe got the red card.
I can't remember what I predicted. I'll watch it at home.
Chulk/Rotoi: What do you think of Argentina's performance vs Bosnia?
I slept away the GER-POR match... it seems I became a little bit ill, I'm very sleepy and weak and have a sore throat...
Because of this, the IRN-NGA match was the first I could watch from start to finish. It wasn't worthy... weak performance by both teams... but at least I earned 3 points.
As boring as Argentina vs Bosnia. Bad luck Akoss. :-\
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on June 16, 2014, 11:00:12 PM
Chulk/Rotoi: What do you think of Argentina's performance vs Bosnia?
We played awfully. Only Romero, Zabaleta, Rojo, Mascherano, Gago & Higuain playing at an acceptable level. The rest of the guys did not play even a 50% of what they're capable of (Di Maria & Agüero being the clearest example of it).
Many think the system change (from 4-3-3 to 5-3-2) is to blame, but I think it wouldn't have mattered if players had been at their top performance.
If you think about it, 5-3-2 system won 1-0 its own half, while 4-3-3 got a 1-1 draw so clearly it had more to do with players level than tactics
Today:
Belgium - Algeria: beerland will suffer, but they must win (probably only with a single goal).
Brazil - Mexico: easy home victory versus the thiefs.
Russia - South Korea: I would be glad with a Russian victory (davaj-davaj Rossija!), but dirty lucky cheater rice-guzzlers will survive with a draw.
Btw Iran-Nigeria was one of the worst world cup matches I've ever seen - but at least I was falling asleep around the 70th minute. ;D The other match: USA was really underestimated by the experts. If they can steal at least a single point from the demotivated Portugals, they can be in the knock-out phase.
I don't think Iran vs Nigeria was that boring. Nigeria just played really badly, as I had expected. Iran played the best they could.
I don't think USA was very strong last night. The Ghanese defence was just a disgrace. Ghana spent 60 minutes with the ball to score one goal and USA spent 2 minutes with the ball scoring 2 goals. I think Portugal is very likely to make it to the knock-out phase despite their 0-4 defeat.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on June 17, 2014, 10:59:50 AM
I think Portugal is very likely to make it to the knock-out phase despite their 0-4 defeat.
I hope you are wrong. But whatever happens, they will say: "cr was injured", that will be the reason for everything. What's more, they'll say he's a hero because he was on the field in spite of his injury.
It's just that as far as I can judge from yesterday's games, Portugal will beat USA in the next round and Germany will beat Ghana. And then Portugal probably just needs 1 point vs Ghana.
Bad luck week for Iberian Peninsula.
Quote from: alanrotoi on June 17, 2014, 04:10:22 PM
Bad luck week for Iberian Peninsula.
I don't think "luck" had much to do with it. They just received a slap in the face from history itself. The Netherlands have always been better than Spain except for the last 6 years and had better results in world cups except for 2010.
And I don't even have to talk about the difference between a 3-time world champion and the one with most finals played and a team that didn't even win a Continent Cup (Euro in this case).
Just because the have Cristiano they think they are great and can beat anyone, but, as Lineker once said, "Football is a simple game. 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and in the end, the German always win"
Quote from: Chulk on June 17, 2014, 06:01:10 PM
the German always win
Does anyone remember Euro 1996? ;D
I'm surprised to see the half-time result of Beerland - Brainless Terrorists duel... ::)
cristiana vs Germany: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX_p1BM4VI0
;D
The half-wannabe-Belgian-nigger, half EU-Brussel terrorist team has won with luck against the poor Algerians... sad news...
Taste a strong Belgian beer in Brussels, it will change your mind. ;D
BRA-MEX 2-0 would make Stunts mini-league quite balanced.
Great second half, but this Brasilian team doesn't really seem to be a future world champion.
That's right. They're too inefficient and they only have one world class player.
So far, Netherlands and Germany are looking the strongest. But it's still early...
:-X
Quote from: CTG on June 17, 2014, 10:52:59 PM
Great second half, but this Brasilian team doesn't really seem to be a future world champion.
They need more Japanese referees.
Quote from: CTG on June 17, 2014, 10:52:59 PM
Great second half, but this Brasilian team doesn't really seem to be a future world champion.
Not encouraging. Though our team this time is somewhat more fluid, one key chronic issue remains from 2010, or even 2006: the lack of creativity in the midfield proper, which puts everything on the shoulders of forwards and attacking midfielders and severely cuts down the offensive options. At this point a natural thing to try would be replacing the sadly out-of-form Paulinho with Hernanes, if only because that is pretty much the
only change with significant tactical effects possible with the available set of players. In any case, I will be surprised if Scolari actually changes anything significant for the next match...
Quote from: Chulk on June 17, 2014, 06:01:10 PM
Quote from: alanrotoi on June 17, 2014, 04:10:22 PM
Bad luck week for Iberian Peninsula.
I don't think "luck" had much to do with it.
Indeed; the writing was on the wall in both cases.
Standings after Group Stage 1:
Pos User P W D L F A GD Bonus Points
1 AkossTheBiggestPoo 17 3 6 8 27 35 -8 2 17
2 Nacho Santivañez 17 2 7 8 26 27 -1 2 15
3 MasterCTG 17 2 6 9 24 33 -9 2 14
4 Usrin 14 0 8 6 10 29 -19 6 14
5 Duplode 17 1 8 8 18 36 -18 2 13
6 Alan Rotoi 14 1 6 7 21 27 -6 2 11
7 Bonzai Joe 17 2 3 12 17 41 -24 0 9
Quote from: Akoss Poo on June 18, 2014, 09:37:06 AM
Standings after Group Stage 1:
Pos User P W D L F A GD Bonus Points
1 AkossTheBiggestPoo 17 3 6 8 27 35 -8 2 17
2 Nacho Santivañez 17 2 7 8 26 27 -1 2 15
3 MasterCTG 17 2 6 9 24 33 -9 2 14
4 Usrin 14 0 8 6 10 29 -19 6 14
5 Duplode 17 1 8 8 18 36 -18 2 13
6 Alan Rotoi 14 1 6 7 21 27 -6 2 11
7 Bonzai Joe 17 2 3 12 17 41 -24 0 9
Polish yourself, dickhole. ;D
Quote from: Akoss Poo on June 18, 2014, 09:37:06 AM
Standings after Group Stage 1:
Pos User P W D L F A GD Bonus Points
1 AkossTheBiggestPoo 17 3 6 8 27 35 -8 2 17
2 Nacho Santivañez 17 2 7 8 26 27 -1 2 15
3 MasterCTG 17 2 6 9 24 33 -9 2 14
4 Usrin 14 0 8 6 10 29 -19 6 14
5 Duplode 17 1 8 8 18 36 -18 2 13
6 Alan Rotoi 14 1 6 7 21 27 -6 2 11
7 Bonzai Joe 17 2 3 12 17 41 -24 0 9
Interesting! The standings after round 1. Now, let's see who's at the top... Oh! It's Akoss Poo. Same person who made the post! What a coincidence.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on June 18, 2014, 11:46:47 AM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on June 18, 2014, 09:37:06 AM
Standings after Group Stage 1:
Pos User P W D L F A GD Bonus Points
1 AkossTheBiggestPoo 17 3 6 8 27 35 -8 2 17
2 Nacho Santivañez 17 2 7 8 26 27 -1 2 15
3 MasterCTG 17 2 6 9 24 33 -9 2 14
4 Usrin 14 0 8 6 10 29 -19 6 14
5 Duplode 17 1 8 8 18 36 -18 2 13
6 Alan Rotoi 14 1 6 7 21 27 -6 2 11
7 Bonzai Joe 17 2 3 12 17 41 -24 0 9
Interesting! The standings after round 1. Now, let's see who's at the top... Oh! It's Akoss Poo. Same person who made the post! What a coincidence.
Don't worry, he was always like that. When he's good in something (even if it's only luck), he must advertise himself. If he can't win a race - it happens quite often :D - he'll find an excuse or a conspiracy in the background. Just check his comments on each Stunts races: when he finished on the podium (pure self-polishing), or when he's only 5th (I couldn't race, the track was crappy, dirty RH users, I had a hard period - does he think he's the only one with fluctuating racing mood and conditions?). Or shall I mention those rare cases, when he could beat me in arm-wrestling and chemistry? Although I wasn't a strong opponent at all, he's still too proud of them.
What's more: if he can't win this prediction game, he'll find the pointsystem unfair (and he'll create/dig up another system in which he would finish higher). Just check his comments about my victory in Euro2012 prediction game (which was an accidental result). He could beat Biker in May - he also made a special self-congratulation post about it. But why could he beat Renato? Because the champion crapped on the race, probably because of private life issues - but at least RBI won't cry about the circumstances. The only difference: a top driver will finish on the podium even with a bad car/track/mood combo.
Now let's see Mr. Poo's blablabla answer. Although I don't really care about it.
[After that, I think Akoss Poo will win ZCT155]
Today:
Australia - Netherlands: will we see the Oranje B team on the field? It would be a logical step. Even their substitutions are ways better than AUS. Easy Dutch victory.
Chile - Spain: the big fish will be helped by the refrees, 1-0 for Spain.
Cameroon - Croatia: I would be glad to see a huge European victory, but Cameroon will be able to keep (at least) a single point. It won't be a good game.
Additional info: Kryo632545 was removed from Stunts mini-league.
Crap. For a moment there I was out of last place!
Quote from: CTG on June 18, 2014, 01:01:46 PM
Today:
Australia - Netherlands: will we see the Oranje B team on the field? It would be a logical step. Even their substitutions are ways better than AUS. Easy Dutch victory.
The Oranje A team seems to be having trouble enough...
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on June 18, 2014, 06:48:00 PM
Quote from: CTG on June 18, 2014, 01:01:46 PM
Today:
Australia - Netherlands: will we see the Oranje B team on the field? It would be a logical step. Even their substitutions are ways better than AUS. Easy Dutch victory.
The Oranje A team seems to be having trouble enough...
Maybe the B team would respect the opponent.
The Dutch score whenever they really need it. Australia is no real threat, the Netherlands can afford playing a bit undisciplined defensively.
Quote from: Akoss Poo on June 18, 2014, 07:40:24 PM
The Dutch score whenever they really need it. Australia is no real threat, the Netherlands can afford playing a bit undisciplined defensively.
The match reminds me on that certain NED-HUN 5-3...
Quote from: CTG on June 18, 2014, 07:49:22 PM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on June 18, 2014, 07:40:24 PM
The Dutch score whenever they really need it. Australia is no real threat, the Netherlands can afford playing a bit undisciplined defensively.
The match reminds me on that certain NED-HUN 5-3...
I thought exactly the same during the match.
BJ was brave enough to predict the obvious: tiki-taka is dead. All the others - including me - followed the stupid conservative way.
Honestly I don't think Spain played tiki-taka in this game. In any case, one of the greatest national teams in football history has fallen. It had to happen at some point.
Quote from: CTG on June 18, 2014, 11:03:41 PM
BJ was brave enough to predict the obvious: tiki-taka is dead. All the others - including me - followed the stupid conservative way.
I was going for a Chilean victory but chickened out at the last moment, half-expecting that Spain would scrape a draw and keep a lifeline going into the third round. I also had doubts about Chile, but that was a rock solid performance. They have gone a long way from the flashy but unbalanced team they had four years ago.
Something similar happened to me. Considering their previous group matches, I was going for a Chile victory but thought the Spanish would have a bit of pride and would improve enough to avoid a loss.
When 2nd half started and Del Bosque didn't realize his 3 available subs, I knew they already felt knocked out.
I would have done this:
Koke, Villa and Cesc in place of Xabi Alonso, Pedro and Busquets. Defend with only 3 men, leaving Alba on the midfield an attack as if my life depended on it (it kinda did)
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on June 19, 2014, 01:30:58 AM
Honestly I don't think Spain played tiki-taka in this game.
That's why I said it's dead. Spain couldn't even possess the ball for a long time and they had no B plan. If I were Del Bosque, I would leave out Casillas, Ramos, Pique and Costa from the starting eleven.
On the other hand, Chile seems to be well-organized. They can cause some difficulties for Netherlands.
Today: three draws (predicting 1-1 for all matches).
Colombia - Ivory Coast: more or less the same strength.
Uruguay - England: URU is slightly stronger, but the Europeans seem to have a better unity at the moment. Quite balanced duel.
Japan - Greece: boring.
Quote from: Chulk on June 19, 2014, 06:11:07 AM
Something similar happened to me. Considering their previous group matches, I was going for a Chile victory but thought the Spanish would have a bit of pride and would improve enough to avoid a loss.
When 2nd half started and Del Bosque didn't realize his 3 available subs, I knew they already felt knocked out.
I would have done this:
Koke, Villa and Cesc in place of Xabi Alonso, Pedro and Busquets. Defend with only 3 men, leaving Alba on the midfield an attack as if my life depended on it (it kinda did)
Spain had serious problems in almost all positions.
Forwards: I guess even the oldster Raul could be better than the phlegm Torres or the semi-injured Costa...
Midfield: Iniesta was demotivated, Xavi is already an outdated crap, others also weren't in good shape at all.
Backwards: Pique and Ramos were clearly elsewhere in head (maybe on holiday after such a long club season?), I don't remember any world-class solutions from these two. Spain missed the good old Puyol.
Goalkeeper: why Casillas? He's a rusty reserve player in his club. De Gea could have been a lot better solution, even if he had a bad season in ManUtd.
Spain was knocked out because Del Bosque was a coward - he didn't dare to touch the "holy cows". The whole situation reminded me on the swan song of the legendary Hungarian water polo team, winning three Olympic Games in a row, then the fourth one (in 2012) turned into a disaster.
2002: France eliminated in group stage
2006: Brazil eliminated in quarter final
2010: Italy eliminated in group stage
2014: Spain eliminated in group stage
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on June 19, 2014, 01:26:29 PM
2002: France eliminated in group stage
2006: Brazil eliminated in quarter final
2010: Italy eliminated in group stage
2014: Spain eliminated in group stage
And a semi finalist of a WCH often fails to qualify for the next one... (England 1990->1994, Sweden 1994->1998, Netherlands 1998->2002, Turkey 2002->2006)
Quote from: CTG on June 19, 2014, 08:37:02 AM
Today: three draws (predicting 1-1 for all matches).
(Samurai Blue helmet on) Hopefully not, at least in the group C matches. Japan got into trouble with a very timid display against an Ivory Coast side which was in an uninspired night. And as it would be a waste if Colombia didn't make it out of the group, I can only hope that both Colombia and Japan win today by significant margins, so that they have a goal difference cushion if the group ends up in 6-6-6-0. That is not a very likely scenario, specially in Colombia v. Ivory Coast which should be a balanced match indeed.
As for Uruguay v. England, it is a very hard one to call. England seems to have a slightly better team, and on the evidence of the Italy game they won't be an embarassment this time. But Uruguay will fight to the end.
Oh damn... Ivory Coast win just reached 20.00% after my tip... If I had known this, I would have gave a draw...
Quote from: Akoss Poo on June 19, 2014, 01:34:47 PM
And a semi finalist of a WCH often fails to qualify for the next one... (England 1990->1994, Sweden 1994->1998, Netherlands 1998->2002, Turkey 2002->2006)
Try Germany...
For today I gave a 3-1 tip for Colombia so I missed only a goal but it cost me 2 points.
Uruguay 1 - 1 England: A fight for survival. England has a better team but Uruguay knows how to survive. They do it every time to reach the World Cup, so they are used to it (of course this time we won't be able to help them by not beating them, as we do every last round during qualifiers but still...)
Easy Japan victory, Greece has nothing to threaten them with. 2-0
Grrrrreat result by Colombia! :)
It was a close shave, though. I don't think they have the chance to go any further than the quarter-finals. They were too insecure when they were ahead. They won't be able to maintain a lead against a stronger team. I'm pretty sure Ivory Coast will beat Greece and also proceed to the Last 16.
Cameroon has to be the worst team this year. Totally embarrassing match against Croatia. I'm looking forward to Croatia vs Mexico.
I've changed from 1-1 to ENG victory (2-1) in the very last minute (10 seconds before the start). I hope it won't be a bad decision.
Quote from: CTG on June 19, 2014, 09:02:23 PM
I've changed from 1-1 to ENG victory (2-1) in the very last minute (10 seconds before the start). I hope it won't be a bad decision.
it was... >:(
GO URU!
ROONEY, A BÜDÖS KURVA ANYÁDAT!
bye-bye, England ;D
(Alan, Chulk: are you happy to see England sucking? I guess you feel the same about England as we feel about Romania)
It must be similar in some ways and different in other.
Yes I like to see England sucking everywhere :D
In fact, Uruguay exists as a country thanks to England (mostly). The most similar country of Argentina is Uruguay, we have the same culture, we are almost the same. Also we were the same country http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Provinces_of_the_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata
PIRATES GO HOME!!
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on June 15, 2014, 03:36:23 PM
Quote from: Duplode on June 15, 2014, 05:49:55 AM
Overrated, I'd say. Uruguay (hopefully with Suárez) v. England in a fight for survival should be a cracker though!
Maybe Sterling and Sturridge will accidently set Suárez up for a great goal.
Or Gerrard... ::)
Wow, Japan sucks. We will definitely have an African team in the next round.
Not this time Captain Tsubasa!
Quote from: CTG on June 19, 2014, 10:55:39 PM
bye-bye, England ;D
(Alan, Chulk: are you happy to see England sucking? I guess you feel the same about England as we feel about Romania)
Not me. I like to see them sucking, but because (as I said somewhere before) I tend to dislike overrated teams/players. And everyone considering England a good team (just because the invented this sport) makes me hate them. The same goes for Portugal and Spain these last few years.
Besides, I don't mix politics and football and I couldn't care less about Malvinas/Falkland conflict.
Footballisticly (I think I just invented that word) I hate Mexico, Brazil (no surprise here), Chile (they make fun of us when we lose without having earned their right to do it by winning something) and Italy. I have a hard time hating Germany because their style suits my like most of the times (same thing happens with Brazilian volleyball NT).
Apart from Argentina, I support most SA countries (specially Bolivia because my family is strongly connected to it), Russia, Czech Rep, The Netherlands, Japan, Nigeria and Ghana.
Today:
Italy - Costa Rica: even if the Latin Americans caused a big surprise in the first round, the opponent is a classic strong team with hardcore defense. Confident Italian victory is expected, but not a whitewash.
Switzerland - France: boring draw (0-0 or 1-1 with at least one penalty).
Honduras - Ecuador: I have no clue, maybe Ecuador is stronger. A single goal will decide for them.
What a tight mini-league! It really shows how random the results are...
Quote from: Chulk on June 20, 2014, 08:06:15 AM
I don't mix politics and football and I couldn't care less about Malvinas/Falkland conflict.
Good for you, but I can't separate them. Romania is a gipsy leprosarium, therefore their sport teams are subjected to the same consideration.
I can't separate them either. That's why I put Russia in the bottom of the list. It's also a big part of the reason for Honduras' low ranking.
Were you drunk while writing your last post, Chulk? I liked it :-) Glad you don't care about the Falklands/Malvinas conflict.
Let's simulate, judging by strength shown so far in the tournament...
Last 16:
Brazil vs Chile
Colombia vs Uruguay
France vs Bosnia
Germany vs Russia
Netherlands vs Mexico
Italy vs Ivory Coast
Argentina vs Switzerland
Belgium vs Portugal
QFs:
Brazil vs Colombia
France vs Germany
Netherlands vs Italy
Argentina vs Portugal
Semis:
Brazil vs Germany
Italy vs Argentina
Final:
Germany vs Italy
Looks like Germany is going to win this time.
Where is Costa Rica? :D
Oops :-)
The Costa Rica situation is interesting because it means Colombia should be interested in losing the last match and hoping Ivory Coast takes 1st place and plays Italy. But of course Ivory Coast can secure 2nd place with a draw. However, if Ivory Coast somehow loses vs Greece, that's Japan's chance to take 2nd place. But then again, Colombia will probably have to score own goals if they want to lose.....
Maybe Costa Rica is really the strongest team in group D. Maybe they will go to the quarter finals and play Netherlands.
Today:
Argentina - Iran: FC Messi will demolish the terrorists.
Germany - Ghana: Nationalelf is clearly better than the Africans. Confident victory by 2 or 3 goals.
Nigeria - Bosnia: boring draw.
Quote from: CTG on June 20, 2014, 08:18:59 AM
Today:
Italy - Costa Rica: even if the Latin Americans caused a big surprise in the first round, the opponent is a classic strong team with hardcore defense. Confident Italian victory is expected, but not a whitewash.
Switzerland - France: boring draw (0-0 or 1-1 with at least one penalty).
Crappy predictions. Costa Rica seems to be a huge surprise of the tournament. The other match... well... it's better not to evaluate the difference between "boring 0-0/1-1" and a goal festival. At least the penalty was there.
Although I like Suarez and Barcelona, I hope the uruguayan won't play in Nou Camp. It would be a bad decision, as his style doesn't really fit in Barcelona's gameplay. And everybody knows what happens to forwards, playing together with Messi (see Ibrahimovic and Villa).
No comment... ;D
(http://www.nemzetisport.hu/data/cikk/2/34/43/59/cikk_2344359/csapatok750.jpg)
Somebody please tell the Iranians that they play a football match instead of kickbox.
Rotoi: 7-0? ;D
Argentina: WTF? :( You're playing even worse than Spain and England. It's a good thing you have the easiest group.
Dear Argentinians, are you trying to be more underwhelming than Brazil? I'm afraid the only way we can outdo you now is by losing to Cameroon and failing to qualify...
Iran was killing the game in the first half, but they could grow up in the second. A lucky shot at the end - Argentina did not deserve the victory...
Btw Rojo is a weak link in Argentina.
What the fvck again? Wake up, Germans!
These referees from New Zealand are geek bastards...
Well, after taking the undeserved lead with the major help of the refs, Nigeria is playing well, like a mature team. I don't think that this is a weak group anymore. Even Iran played very well today.
Quote from: CTG on June 21, 2014, 08:00:14 PM
Btw Rojo is a weak link in Argentina.
He usually is but he's one of the 3 players that I consider to have an acceptable cup so far: Romero, Rojo and Zabaleta.
Romero: He was always in doubt (and he gave us enough motives to do so) but he's in good shape now, stoping important shots.
Rojo: I think he is a good Center back, but a crappy Left back mainly because he doesn't have a clue about what to do on the offensive. But though he's crossing the ball to no man's land in the offensive end, he's pretty solid on defense, taking into account the midfielder playing his side (Di Maria) doesn't help him.
Zabaleta: Same as Rojo. Good defense, not so good attack. He covered Fernandez back in more than one ocassion today: the header Romero managed to hit over the bar, for example, where he was close enough to the Iranian forward to avoid a confortable shot.
Higuain is not playing his best, but he's finding his shape after an injury.
Messi is still far from top form, but he still managed to secure 2 wins in 2 moments of inspiration.
Davaj, davaj, Rossiya!
Go Belgium! Teach those morose nationalistic war-mongers a lesson on cultural integration and international cooperation.
Usrin, I hope you will earn 7 points within 2 hours! :-)
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on June 22, 2014, 04:32:08 PM
Go Belgium! Teach those morose nationalistic war-mongers a lesson on cultural integration and international cooperation.
You are a stupid western european. Russian nation is not equal to Putin.
Looool, yes, I'm a stupid Western European. I'm brainwashed by my opinionated media and I have no idea about it because I never try to see all sides of a situation or do research in non-mainstream media.
Last year, I made an interview with Alexey Plutser-Sarno of the anti-regime activist group VOINA whose founder has been detained by the regime. I know not everybody in Russia likes Putin. However, when such a majority of the population supports the kind of policies he's pushing, that means I don't support their national team. I believe Russia is moving in a very bad direction politically, and so does Alexey and VOINA. I don't want Putin to win the PR victory of getting a great result at the World Cup with a team of players who all play in their own national league.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on June 22, 2014, 10:25:20 PM
Looool, yes, I'm a stupid Western European. I'm brainwashed by my opinionated media and I have no idea about it because I never try to see all sides of a situation or do research in non-mainstream media.
Making a research from a safe and distant armchair won't give you a real picture about that world. You should live there first to complete a deep analysis about a certain nation. I'm sure that a significant mass of voters choose Putin, because they are afraid of the system - just like in the good old communism. It's not a joke: 30 years ago it was obligatory to vote (in most of the Eastern block countries), even if they had only a single party.
Funny fact: >100% participation rates and >100% ratio victories were quite common, since all the elections were cheated - and they didn't even care about the absurdity of the screwed up manipulated data.However, the Russian moral is really low and different from Europe with its endless corruption and strong post-communist dictatorial pattern. Since I'm involved in some Russian business cases, I'm disgusted by their general attitude, carrying all the annoying inheritage of USSR. But still, I can't hate their whole nation because of that. Maybe they are not "enlightened", but I don't think they are malicious.
I know, nobody cares about Eurovision song contest, but I have to bring up this example: when the Russian participants - two young girls - took the stage, the audience started to boo just because they are from Russia. Did they think those teenager chicks are responsible for the evil acts of their country? Is it really acceptable from the "democratic" and tolerant Western Europe? Imagine if it happened to an afroamerican artist - the whole media would cry about racism, even if booing was against the certain country's policy. Sometimes I feel the sofa experts of democracy are tolerant only to some chosen nations/groups.
Back to football, today's predictions:
Netherlands - Chile: the Oranje wants to prove their superiority, therefore they will give the maximum and outmatch the South Americans.
Spain - Australia: boring match of two disappointed teams. Spain should win to get back a little respect and self-confidence.
Cameroon - Brazil: the money-oriented monkeys should not be a hard opponent for such a strong home team (even if they played crappy versus Mexico).
Croatia - Mexico: both teams played well in the first two rounds, their power level seems to be more or less equal. Might be a good match finishing with a draw?
I don't think that Alexey Plutser-Sarno and VOINA members would support the actual opponents of the Russians in sports, just because they are suppressed with the Russian government. So it's not a good way for showing your solidarity with them.
Many thousands of Hungarians fled from the Communist regime after the failed revolution in 1956 - and they went to cheer for the sportsmen of the (Communist) Hungary when they played in a Western country...
I don't hate the entire Russian nation. I didn't hate the entire American nation during the era of George W. Bush either.
As for the booing at the grand prix, that was not fair to the two teenage girls. However, it was a strong signal sent from a lot of ordinary people to a regime (because of course everybody knew they were booing at the regime and not the girls). I'm not sure whether it was a good idea. I don't think your racism parallel is very relevant.
About living in a certain country in order to know about it, well, yes, that would be preferable. I don't think it's necessary in order to have an opinion about something. That is, I think Putin's politics is unacceptable no matter what. I'm not just talking about the invasion of Crimea. This is also about gay rights, political prisoners and mock elections.
It's true for all nations that a lot of good and ordinary people will be happy if their team wins the World Cup. By a utilitaristic logic we should all support Brazil because they have the greatest number of fans. But since we don't use this logic, we must use some other logic to determine who we support. I mix it with politics because it does have a considerable political effect.
I think it would be a little different if Russia wasn't a kind of democratic state. How did you feel about North Korea in 2010?
About football, I dreamed that Brazil vs Cameroon ended in a 5-6 defeat for Brazil and that they were eliminated from the cup (which couldn't happen in reality because they'd have a better goal difference than Mexico...).
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on June 23, 2014, 09:33:27 AM
How did you feel about North Korea in 2010?
I was only laughing, 'cause they were super weak.
Quote from: CTG on June 22, 2014, 08:00:50 PM
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on June 22, 2014, 04:32:08 PM
Go Belgium! Teach those morose nationalistic war-mongers a lesson on cultural integration and international cooperation.
You are a stupid western european. Russian nation is not equal to Putin.
Btw it was a useless argument, since I was supporting Belgium, too.
Quote from: CTG on June 23, 2014, 09:37:28 AM
Quote from: CTG on June 22, 2014, 08:00:50 PM
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on June 22, 2014, 04:32:08 PM
Go Belgium! Teach those morose nationalistic war-mongers a lesson on cultural integration and international cooperation.
You are a stupid western european. Russian nation is not equal to Putin.
Btw it was a useless argument, since I was supporting Belgium, too.
Why were you supporting Belgium, then?
'cause beer is better than vodka. ;D
(check my country preferences, Belgium is the first, Russia is "only" 7th)
Quote from: CTG on June 15, 2014, 10:33:29 AM
31 Algeria
Terrorists.
32 South Korea
Remember 2002.
Yesterday's match was probably the most uninteresting duel for me in World Cups' history...
I'm afraid that Akoss Poo doesn't want to show us the standings after Group Stage 2. (Hm... why???)
Anyway, I don't want you the miss this information. ;)
Pos User P W D L F A GD Bonus Points
1 Usrin 29 1 13 15 17 68 -51 10 26
2 Nacho Santivañez 32 3 12 17 44 59 -15 4 25
3 Alan Rotoi 29 3 12 14 41 67 -26 4 25
4 Duplode 32 2 14 16 40 68 -28 2 22
5 AkossTheBiggestPoo 32 3 10 19 34 75 -41 2 21
6 MasterCTG 32 3 9 20 43 68 -25 2 20
7 Bonzai Joe 32 3 8 21 47 74 -27 2 19
Quote from: Usrin on June 23, 2014, 02:35:10 PM
I'm afraid that Akoss Poo doesn't want to show us the standings after Group Stage 2. (Hm... why???)
Anyway, I don't want you the miss this information. ;)
Pos User P W D L F A GD Bonus Points
1 Usrin 29 1 13 15 17 68 -51 10 26
2 Nacho Santivañez 32 3 12 17 44 59 -15 4 25
3 Alan Rotoi 29 3 12 14 41 67 -26 4 25
4 Duplode 32 2 14 16 40 68 -28 2 22
5 AkossTheBiggestPoo 32 3 10 19 34 75 -41 2 21
6 MasterCTG 32 3 9 20 43 68 -25 2 20
7 Bonzai Joe 32 3 8 21 47 74 -27 2 19
Because they were cheating in the second round! EVERYBODY! Else, Akoss would still lead any kind of prediction game! ;D
(http://kep.cdn.index.hu/1/0/633/6331/63314/6331416_8177ea3f68d758c80522739ead6a5eff_wm.png)
Poo: are you happy with Robben's goal? :D
That graphic jajaja
CTG, your diagram is not up-to-date! Spain as the 2nd best at soccer? :D
Btw, Hungary would be somewhere outside of the upper left corner of this figure. :(
Nope, sorry, that fake is only for World Cup teams :D
Quote from: Usrin on June 23, 2014, 11:26:57 PM
CTG, your diagram is not up-to-date! Spain as the 2nd best at soccer? :D
Check the source...
Today (although my predictions became quite crappy in the last few days):
Costa Rica - England: the land of ugly queens and kidney pudding (what a disgusting meal!) will make the group result less embarrassing with a tiny victory.
Italy - Uruguay: defensive Italians, boring draw.
Greece - Ivory Coast: defensive Greeks, boring draw.
Japan - Colombia: the South Americans are simply better, they'll win by one or two goals.
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Group C is interesting. Greece can still qualify simply by winning today. Ivory Coast can qualify with a draw, but will they dare to play for a draw and risk elimination by a late goal? They know they are better than Greece. Colombia might be motivated to lose so they can play Costa Rica instead of Italy in the next round, and Japan can still qualify if they win and Greece also wins but ends up with an inferior goal difference.
My predictions: victory by force for Ivory Coast and cruise victory for the Colombian B-team.
Uruguay wins -> point or points in the prediction game.
Draw or Italy wins -> happiness, because Italy is in the last 16.
Just to make CTG, Usrin and BJ happy, the results of Group Stage 2:
Pos User P W D L F A GD Bonus Points
1 Usrin 16 1 6 9 7 41 -34 6 15
2 Alan Rotoi 16 2 6 8 21 42 -21 2 14
3 Bonzai Joe 16 1 5 10 31 35 -4 2 10
4 Nacho Santivañez 16 1 5 10 18 35 -17 2 10
5 Duplode 16 1 6 9 22 35 -13 0 9
6 MasterCTG 16 1 3 12 20 37 -17 0 6
7 AkossTheBiggestPoo 16 0 4 12 7 43 -36 0 4
Quote from: Akoss Poo on June 24, 2014, 01:37:09 PM
Uruguay wins -> point or points in the prediction game.
Draw or Italy wins -> happiness, because Italy is in the last 16.
I think team preferences are a lot more important than a stupid prediction game. Uruguay made me lose another point, give some extra to Akoss Poo, but at least Uruguay will be in the knockout phase, while Italy fails. GODIN FOR PRESIDENT!
It was predictable... the Italian football is getting weaker... look at the Italian team 8-10 years ago... full of world star players... now only a very few... Italian club teams are sucking...
And Uruguay is the 4th place team which was given a chance by the fact that Costa Rica beat Italy...
The Italian red card was not a deserved one... it's a pity for them... but the five points are in the pocket unless the result changes...
Modification: BJ have a five point game now.
Quote from: Akoss Poo on June 24, 2014, 07:49:26 PM
The Italian red card was not a deserved one...
It was clearly a red card.
Quote from: CTG on June 24, 2014, 07:57:27 PM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on June 24, 2014, 07:49:26 PM
The Italian red card was not a deserved one...
It was clearly a red card.
Congratulations on finding the only fact which you could argue on. But you are not right.
Btw check the prediction game table and bark after that.
Quote from: Akoss Poo on June 24, 2014, 08:00:52 PM
Btw check the prediction game table and bark after that.
Quote from: CTG on June 24, 2014, 07:41:48 PM
I think team preferences are a lot more important than a stupid prediction game. Uruguay made me lose another point, give some extra to Akoss Poo, but at least Uruguay will be in the knockout phase, while Italy fails. GODIN FOR PRESIDENT!
Italy is fallen. It means more than 100 points for me. FOREVER URUGUAY AND COSTA RICA! ;D (Ah yes, and RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANGERS, RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANGERS!!! ;D)
Quote from: Akoss Poo on June 24, 2014, 08:00:52 PM
Quote from: CTG on June 24, 2014, 07:57:27 PM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on June 24, 2014, 07:49:26 PM
The Italian red card was not a deserved one...
It was clearly a red card.
Congratulations on finding the only fact which you could argue on. But you are not right.
It was a useless kick from the Italian (clearly by will!), almost causing a serious injury.
Quote from: Akoss Poo on June 15, 2014, 02:52:47 PM
My like/hate list, but without explanation:
1 Italy
2 Croatia
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina
OUT, OUT, OUT ;D
Colombian B-team? Bah... They don't respect the opponent.
LOL, it seems I fucked up my predictions on Sunday (I was drunk), mixing up the order somehow: Japan-Colombia 2-1 instead of 1-2... Crossing fingers for the "AZ Alkmaar" type magic.
I was drugged and drunk and I did it better :P
Wow, nice predicting this round, Akoss! You're in the top 0,6%.
I'm getting really old. Last evening I was falling asleep again during a match. It happened at least 6th time in the last two weeks... ::)
Quote from: alanrotoi on June 24, 2014, 11:45:33 PM
I was drugged
I'm not surprised. Your local hero, Don Diego sucks up every white lines.
Ivory Coast and Ecuador are out of the World Cup for the same reason: because they are just too stupid. The last minute of yesterday's game was a big shame because Ivory Coast, with all their great players, let a crappy team pass to the next round. What were all those players doing on Greece's half? They could have just stayed back and defended easily against Greece's crappy attackers.
Moral question: will Germany and USA play for a draw? If they do so, both teams will be qualified to the next round. Don't forget, Team Yankee's coach is a German football hero, and the last coach of Germany before Löw.
It would not be surprising to see a very friendly 0-0 or 1-1. This method is not so unfamiliar for Germans: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Germany_1%E2%80%930_Austria
However, I won't be that angry with a well-organized draw. It would mean cr is out, decreasing his chance for the next Golden Ball.
Quote from: Akoss Poo on June 24, 2014, 07:49:26 PM
The Italian red card was not a deserved one...
It was. He had no intention to fight for the ball and commited a very harsh foul on the opponent, completely aware of it and clearly by will. This was just your usually biased comment finding something to blame when you (or someone you like) loses. That doesn't make it true.
You should blame the ref for not giving Suarez a red card after his bite and you'll be right about that, but you chose your aliby poorly
About today:
I think Iran can beat Bosnia. This will force Nigeria to try to score at least once to avoid coin toss or elimination, which will leave enough room for Argentina's attack to finally play well.
Of course, If Bosnia takes the lead things would change...
About the other pool: French and Swiss will win.
It seems the niggers aren't playing for just their qualification... they want to top their group! But I'm watching the other game, I want to see many Bosnian goals.
Gooooooooooooooal, it's 3-2 to Argentina! The best result for Duplode! That would mean 5 points for him!
France doesn't want to win this match.
Quote from: Akoss Poo on June 25, 2014, 07:11:47 PM
Gooooooooooooooal, it's 3-2 to Argentina! The best result for Duplode! That would mean 5 points for him!
8) (Good to recover some ground after the previous three matchdays)
FRA v. NIG and ARG v. SWI should be fun matches. The French attack was misfiring today; however, I sense it was just a blip.
Quote from: Duplode on June 26, 2014, 03:27:20 AM
The French attack was misfiring today; however, I sense it was just a blip.
I could not perceive how they did not score... They sent everything to the middle of the goal... right inside the hands of the goalie... especially Benzema... he was VERY LAME... I was crossing my finger for a French goal (for my 5 points in the prediction game)... but they committed everything to avoid that...
At least the two Europeans survived... :D
Quote from: CTG on June 26, 2014, 09:09:03 AM
At least the two Europeans survived... :D
Probably six or seven European teams will survive out of thirteen (depending on Russia)... That is very poor performance...
Quote from: Akoss Poo on June 26, 2014, 09:13:02 AM
Quote from: CTG on June 26, 2014, 09:09:03 AM
At least the two Europeans survived... :D
Probably six or seven European teams will survive out of thirteen (depending on Russia)... That is very poor performance...
I hope that Portugal won't. :D
Quote from: CTG on June 26, 2014, 09:37:13 AM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on June 26, 2014, 09:13:02 AM
Quote from: CTG on June 26, 2014, 09:09:03 AM
At least the two Europeans survived... :D
Probably six or seven European teams will survive out of thirteen (depending on Russia)... That is very poor performance...
I hope that Portugal won't. :D
With Portugal, it would be 8... but I omitted this possibility, it doesn't have too much chance...
Quote from: Akoss Poo on June 26, 2014, 09:45:57 AM
Quote from: CTG on June 26, 2014, 09:37:13 AM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on June 26, 2014, 09:13:02 AM
Quote from: CTG on June 26, 2014, 09:09:03 AM
At least the two Europeans survived... :D
Probably six or seven European teams will survive out of thirteen (depending on Russia)... That is very poor performance...
I hope that Portugal won't. :D
With Portugal, it would be 8... but I omitted this possibility, it doesn't have too much chance...
I'm not so sure about that (cr will find his scoring shoes, because (s)he's a dirty lucky arrogant dickhole).
Quote from: CTG on June 26, 2014, 09:59:54 AM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on June 26, 2014, 09:45:57 AM
Quote from: CTG on June 26, 2014, 09:37:13 AM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on June 26, 2014, 09:13:02 AM
Quote from: CTG on June 26, 2014, 09:09:03 AM
At least the two Europeans survived... :D
Probably six or seven European teams will survive out of thirteen (depending on Russia)... That is very poor performance...
I hope that Portugal won't. :D
With Portugal, it would be 8... but I omitted this possibility, it doesn't have too much chance...
I'm not so sure about that (cr will find his scoring shoes, because (s)he's a dirty lucky arrogant dickhole).
I'm with two 0-0s this evening.
POR-GHA is a good game so far.
Quote from: CTG on June 26, 2014, 06:20:46 PM
POR-GHA is a good game so far.
I'm also watching that game, but I will take the bus and travel to Miskolc in 15 minutes.
Quote from: Akoss Poo on June 26, 2014, 06:24:41 PM
Quote from: CTG on June 26, 2014, 06:20:46 PM
POR-GHA is a good game so far.
I'm also watching that game, but I will take the bus and travel to Miskolc in 15 minutes.
papucsgeci
cr's goal smells like a fixed one - such a volleyball movement from the GHA goalkeeper...
But who cares? Portugal is OUT! ;D
Belgium-South Korea will be 1-1 for sure. Why? Because I just modified the prediction from 1-1 to 2-1 (one minute before the beginning).
Belgium, even with 10 men on the field! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! ^_^
Predictions before a knockout phase:
Brazil - Chile 2-1 (obligatory)
Colombia - Uruguay 1-1, penalties: 4-3 (probably the most exciting duel in this round)
France - Nigeria 3-1 (Benzema show)
Germany - Algeria 3-0 (the terrorists did not meet really strong teams so far)
Netherlands - Mexico 4-1 (whitewash)
Costa Rica - Greece 0-0, penalties: 2-3 (Costa Rica will attack more, but they won't be able to crack the ultradefensive Greeks)
Argentina - Switzerland 2-0 (Messinator vs saltless bourgois team; it won't be a difficult match for the gauchos)
Belgium - USA 1-0 (the usual way)
Brazil - Colombia 2-1 (with refree's help)
France - Germany 1-1; ET 2-1 (dunno why, but I think France is stronger now)
Netherlands - Greece 3-0 (aryan parade)
Argentina - Belgium 2-1 (paper form)
Brazil - France 1-0 (with a late own goal by Varane)
Netherlands - Argentina 2-1 (card party, lucky Dutches)
Bronze: France - Argentina 1-1, penalties: 5-4 (Messi alone is not enough for a medal)
Final: Brazil - Netherlands 1-1, penalties: 3-4 (Neymar will miss the last one, Robben scores)
The usual CTGish pessimism: I hate Netherlands very much, especially Robben. Funny, but 15 years ago I was fond of the Dutch team with Bergkamp, Overmars, de Boer brothers, Kluivert, Davids, van der Sar. I guess Robben and van Gaal have some aryan relics at home, from the apartheid era.
You don't forgive the Flying Dutchmen.
Quote from: CTG on June 27, 2014, 08:53:02 AM
Costa Rica - Greece 0-0, penalties: 2-3 (Costa Rica will attack more, but they won't be able to crack the ultradefensive Greeks)
- I've hated the Greeks due to their ugly ultra-defensive style and undeserved victory in Euro 2004.
- My boss hates them even more: he's Czech, and he still can't forgive them for the 2004 semi-final.
- I also like the Czechs, so I feel more or less the same...
- BUT: that was 10 years ago and it would be really funny to see the face of my boss if Greece goes far in this World Cup. :P
So I'm starting to change my mind about Greece...
Oh God, one day without a match...... I can't stand it!!!!! HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!
Round of 16 predictions:
Brazil - Chile 3-1 (From a Brazilian perspective: either a comfortable victory or an ignominious defeat, at 60-40 odds respectively.)
Colombia - Uruguay 2-0 (Uruguay is toothless without Suarez. Full gamut of Libertadores shenanigans expected.)
France - Nigeria 4-1 (French attack in full flight.)
Germany - Algeria 2-0 (No repeat of 1982, and no revenge for 1982 for that matter.)
Netherlands - Mexico 3-2 (Best game of the round.)
Costa Rica - Greece 1-0 (Well-organized Costa Rica will not be troubled by the Greeks.)
Argentina - Switzerland 3-1 (Messi masterclass. The Argentinian defence will contrive to concede and keep the Swiss at a respectable 2 goals/game average.)
Belgium - USA 1-2 (Belgium has been complacent so far, and there is no better team to punish them for that than USA. Think Greece - Ivory Coast, except that this one is likely to go into extra time.)
That is a beautifully balanced round, and many of those matches may well take an entirely different direction. And hopefully there will be no penalty shootout.
Quote from: Duplode on June 28, 2014, 05:16:02 AM
Uruguay is toothless without Suarez.
...so they can't bite. ;D
(http://e0.365dm.com/14/06/660x350/Luis_3163361.jpg?20140624191339)
The best "meme" of the World Cup so far: Barilla (pasta company) saluted the fallen Italian football team. :D
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t1.0-9/10444791_10152502216638057_5654753871534559761_n.jpg)
OMG Brazil vs Chile... in 15 mins starts the second part. Watch it!
Excuse me, this is a gift for Leo, Renato and Dup :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5l4H7zPImM
I must translate the first words, it sounds even more funny in english :D "Brazil tell me what it feels, to have your dad at home." ;D
And it ends with "Maradona is bigger than Pele" :D
Quote from: alanrotoi on June 28, 2014, 07:40:11 PM
Maradona is bigger than Pele
...in drug consumption? :D
I think Hulk's goal was valid. Quite on the border of using his hand, but I would rather say chest/shoulder...
Yes, I guess you are right it was valid.
Don't worry about the penalties, FIFA wants to keep the Seleção alive.
Quote from: CTG on June 28, 2014, 08:40:45 PM
Don't worry about the penalties, FIFA wants to keep the Seleção alive.
what a surprise...
You logged in the same account...
GO URUGUAY!
OMFG, the biggest goal of the tournament so far!
Not the biggest but one of the best.
VIVA MEXICO CABRONES!!
Poor mexicans, the arrogant orange nazis did not deserve victory.
My prediction was Hol 2 a 1 Mex, but it wasn't my wish. As far as I know how mexicans live football they deserved the victory.
They played well and they lost in a terrible way, but it wasn't an undeserved victory for Netherlands. The game could have gone either way.
However, they will have an easy quarter-final versus Costa Rica.
Btw CRC's success is not that surprising: they were semi-finalists at U20 World Cup in 2009 (they lost the bronze match in penalty shootout... vs Hungary, LOL).
Edit: only two members of that U20 team is at the World Cup now.
Yay :D fúck off Greece!
I celebrated more at the end of this game than any other at this World Cup. Great game by Costa Rica and great fighting spirit after the red card. Thank you so much for eliminating one of the most annoying teams in the cup.
Now, Argentina just has to send Switzerland home with a 5-0 defeat and I will be happy.
Of course we knew that the Latin-American squad will go through again... this is a Brazilian World Cup...
But I anticipated that it will happen in a penalty shootout. Moreover, when I saw during the anthem that the 0-0 predicition reached the 5.00% limit, I changed it to 1-1 (which looked more likely for me)... I did it well... 5 points for me! But Rotoi is really playing well.
(Some players might have also done the same since in the end it dropped back to 4.99%... but I noticed it only during the match.)
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on June 30, 2014, 09:30:48 AM
Yay :D fúck off Greece!
Thank you so much for eliminating one of the most annoying teams in the cup.
You sure weren't the only one feeling this way. I hate defensive teams, always have and always will (that's why I was happy to see Italy and Uruguay later eliminated).
I have a special hating plus towards the Greeks since that Euro 2004 semi-final.
For today, I think Nigeria can give France a scare (not beat them, anyway).
Germany should win easily
Go, Töff FC! ;D
Quote from: CTG on June 30, 2014, 07:05:29 PM
Go, Töff FC! ;D
2-0, nice. I guess Rotoi is happy with that result. ;D
What the hell did Germany do last night against such an underdog? ::)
Can a World Cup pass away without a real European surprise? Today it is the last chance for it. I hope Switzerland can beat Argentina. So far it is the suffering of European teams...
Well, european football is a big lie. Europeans have the business and the clubs but the most important players are from other continents.
Well, there are some really important players in Europe from other continents (Messi, Neymar, Suárez, Aguëro, Marcelo, Oscar...), but it's not like there aren't any really important European players (Ronaldo, Robben, Ribéry, Ibrahimovic, Hazard, van Persie, Iniesta...)
There are important european players of course.
Poor performance from the gauchos... surprise in the air?
Quote from: CTG on July 01, 2014, 06:35:16 PM
Poor performance from the gauchos... surprise in the air?
Moreover, Sliema Wanderers (MLT) - Ferencváros (HUN) 1-0 in half time, EL qualifier, Round 1...
UPDATE: finished 1-1, still a shame...
Other news: NB III East silver medalist Kazincbarcika stays in this division. NB III Centre silver medalist Szeged was chosen to play in NB II next season after NB III East champions Létavértes had failed to get a license.
Quote from: Akoss Poo on July 01, 2014, 06:38:31 PM
Moreover, Sliema Wanderers (MLT) - Ferencváros (HUN) 1-0 in half time, EL qualifier, Round 1...
UPDATE: finished 1-1, still a shame...
Sliema missed a penalty... :D
Ooooh, probably the best match so far on this World Cup! Belgium should have scored a third one.
So here we are:
Brazil vs Colombia
France vs Germany
Argentina vs Belgium
Netherlands vs Costa Rica.
Any public tip?
I'm pretty sure about NED and ARG victory. The other two is difficult to predict... FRA vs GER seems to be quite balanced, while Brasil will be helped by the refrees versus the stronger (!) Colombian team.
Brazil, Germany, Argentina, Netherlands.
(I hope: France, Belgium, Netherlands, who the fúck cares...)
It might not have been easy to watch ARG-SUI as the only Argentinian in a room full with armed Swiss! ::)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bre8izyIYAAJJi7.jpg)
Quote from: Akoss Poo on July 02, 2014, 09:08:32 AM
who the fúck cares...
Me. Colombia plays a great football at this world cup, while Brazil is only suffering.
I hope: Colombia, Germany, Belgium, Costa Rica
Predict: Brazil, France, Argentina, Netherlands
Quote from: Usrin on July 02, 2014, 09:14:01 AM
It might not have been easy to watch ARG-SUI as the only Argentinian in a room full with armed Swiss! ::)
But he's the boss. ;D
My bet:
Brazil
Germany
Argentina
Netherlands
I hope:
Colombia
Germany
Argentina
Netherlads (only because I want to play and win against them, but I have sympathy for Costa Rica)
Power rankings, based on the last 4 matches of each teams:
1 Netherlands - they score whenever they need it... ::)
2 Colombia - strong team unit, excellent strikers
3 France - they can dominate the match against any rivals, but they aren't really effective in scoring
4 Germany - if we don't count the POR match, they don't seem to be convincing. Sometimes the pie was hot even against Algeria...
5 Brazil - suffering... Gaymar Neymar alone is not enough to win the World Cup. However, Neymar+luck+refrees can result a trophy.
6 Belgium - so, the high expectations were right: they are pretty good, playing enjoyable games - but they did not meet any serious opponents so far (that's why they are "only" 6th)
7 Argentina - the same as for Brazil, just with Messi (and they won't be pushed by FIFA). One more thing: Brazil's group was significantly stronger...
8 Costa Rica - great defending, but whatever they did versus Italy and Uruguay, they don't seem to be in the same weight with any of the other 7 teams
1 Netherlands: impressive against Spain, but then they were rather suffering... still, they beat a big gun, I can rate them high
2 Brazil: suffering so far, but a very strong team and they are playing on home grass... well, they didn't meet any top teams so far, so they didn't need their top form so far
3 France: very impressive, which is very surprising after their qualification... looked a bit impotent against Ecuador
4 Belgium: after a good qualification (which surprised me... they were not a top seed there), they started slowly... unlike Bosnians, they managed to score important goals and the refs did not take away from them... but against the USA, which team caused problems even for better teams, they were very impressive... creating many chances despite wasting them
5 Argentina: scored goals only when they really needed... not a brilliant performance so far, but they have a strong team, too
6 Germany: they can call them lucky to be there without any problems... shining bright against out-of-form Portugal, but them suffering against weaker teams, and not only on one match...
... Colombia, Costa Rica: they can be happy to be there... if the WCH weren't in Latin America, they would already been eliminated in the group stage... one more thing: their opponents were totally out of form...
Remember Colombia is here without Falcao (the best colombian player.) They must be very motivated right now. The best teams right now are Germany, France and Colombia but of course the other teams have stars like Robben, Messi and Neymar (plus Brazil plays at home) so you never know what about them.
Only who were 1st in their groups are now in quarterfinal.
Quote from: alanrotoi on July 02, 2014, 05:08:22 AM
Any public tip?
France - Germany 2-2 (3-5 on penalties) : ...at the end, the Germans always win.
Brazil - Colombia 1-2 : Too many things can go wrong. Cuadrado will run rampant through Alves and Marcelo, Rodríguez's presence will even out Neymar's, and the Brazilian squad appears to be, after a long while, starting to wither under the expectations.
Argentina - Belgium 1-0 : While Begium did much better against the USA than in the group stage, the onslaught only truly began after the hour mark, around the time Mirallas was brought in. If they waste any time before showing their true colours they will be setting themselves up for yet another Messi miracle. (Then again, I predicted something similar before the USA game...)
Netherlands - Costa Rica 2-0 : Costa Rica are unlucky to face the one team demonstrably capable of a clinical performance. They will not go down without a fight, though.
The first three matches are too close to call. Except perhaps for Costa Rica, it is easy to see any of the teams winning the title.
I'll join public tipping.
I also preddicted a 2-2 draw between France and Germany, with Germany winning the penalties thanks to the huge advantage they have regarding GK skills
Same as DD too, I went for a Colombian 2-1 victory. The strongest TEAM with one of the best players as of today's form has an edge over a Brazilian squad that lacks a strong defense (contrary to common belief before the cup started), lacks creative midfielders and depends more than it should on Neymar Jr and Hulk (to a less extent).
Argentina 4-2: Considering Belgium doesn't know how to play defensively, they'll do what they are best at: full field pressure, dynamic attack focusing on the sides and fast pace. This will leave a lot of room for Argentina to do what they are best at: counter-attacking at full speed with Di Maria, Higuan, Messi and Palacio/Lavezzi. Two GK that are in good form, two defenses that could be better, the difference will come due to forwards skills, Messi, Higuain, Di Maria, Palacio/Lavezzi being better (and more used to playing important games in a yearly bassis) than Origi, Hazard, De Bruyne, Meertens/Mirallas.
Last but not least, I think Costa Rica has given all they had. They were exhausted after last match and The Neds weren't. The Netherlands will take advantage of it with their usual long passes ti exploit Robben's, Van Persie's or Depay's speed. Dutch victory 3-1.
BTW Diego Milito is already a Racing Club player :)
Now I understand what happened to Honvéd last year...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x9bAmKR8cQ
Weak, boring match... but really... no-one of you thought that the German team would beat the French before the penalty shootout?
Yeah I guessed a boring match til penalty kicks.
LQR 1 - Sylvain Chabert 0
Quote from: Akoss Poo on July 04, 2014, 07:29:39 PM
Weak, boring match... but really... no-one of you thought that the German team would beat the French before the penalty shootout?
It's obvious none of us did.
I expected Germany to suffer defensively like they did versus Algeria but they were solid today. On the offensive end, Germany did very little and won on a free kick play so it isn't that we didn't think of the obvious outcome anyway.
French coach is a pussy! Never really thought of making an offensive minded susbtitution even when he was being knocked out...
Quote from: Akoss Poo on July 04, 2014, 07:29:39 PM
no-one of you thought that the German team would beat the French before the penalty shootout?
I can't trust in a German team full of falafels and niggers.
Quote from: CTG on July 04, 2014, 10:15:24 PM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on July 04, 2014, 07:29:39 PM
no-one of you thought that the German team would beat the French before the penalty shootout?
I can't trust in a German team full of falafels and niggers.
Maybe it's not about them, but their lobby and the will of the football mafia. You should have known that. Germany is a good sport diplomacy nation. See handball WCHs...
I should play a world cup in EA FIFA whatever instead.
LOL! ;D
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BrzL7TfCYAERJyq.jpg:large)
Francisco is from my neighborhood (Flores). He lived 3 blocks from here.
I live in the blue dot and Francisco lived in the red dot.
(http://image.gxzone.com/images/a/a/aad4595f125.jpg)
Looking at the poll I can say we (as a community) got the TOP4 right.
Rotoi, Chulk: do you like this one? :D
,,Brasil, decime qué se siente / tener en casa tu Papá / Te juro que aunque pasen los años/ Nunca nos vamos a olvidar / Que el Diego te gambeteó / que Cani te vacunó / Estás llorando desde Italia hasta hoy / A Messi lo vas a ver / la Copa nos va a traer / Maradona es más grande que Pelé"
Yes :D. That's the song I posted some days ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5l4H7zPImM
holy shit, 0-3 after 24 minutes
0-4... :D
0-5...
BUNDA!!! BUNDA!!!
Quote from: Akoss Poo on July 08, 2014, 10:29:26 PM
BUNDA!!! BUNDA!!!
Most of the goals were coming from really amateur mistakes... I hope to see even more! :D
0:6, let's see the next set.
Is this the Brasil Irapuato (http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/worldcup/mexico1986/matches/round=308/match=610/index.html)?
Btw this match reminds me on Bayern-Hamburg 9-2. Germany played like Heynckes' Bayern...
Quote from: CTG on July 08, 2014, 11:48:05 PM
Btw this match reminds me on Bayern-Hamburg 9-2. Germany played like Heynckes' Bayern...
For me, it was closer to Honvéd-Celik Niksic (last summer, 9-0)...
Quote from: Akoss Poo on July 08, 2014, 11:52:44 PM
Quote from: CTG on July 08, 2014, 11:48:05 PM
Btw this match reminds me on Bayern-Hamburg 9-2. Germany played like Heynckes' Bayern...
For me, it was closer to Honvéd-Celik Niksic (last summer, 9-0)...
Well... I can't imagine that Brazil would lay down at home in such a humiliating way.
(http://www.nemzetisport.hu/data/files/superfeed_103633_5968_fit_350x245.jpg)
Shows how fragile the Brazilian team has been throughout the tournament.
At the 5th goal, it just became weird. I only felt embarrassed for Brazil. How could they play like that?
At least the players reacted quite appropriately after the match.
The worst thing is that it might not be over yet. If this is the level of Brazil without Neymar, they might take another terrible beating in the 3rd-place match and this time it might be delivered by their arch-enemies from Argentina.
I can't believe it.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on July 09, 2014, 12:38:21 AM
they might take another terrible beating in the 3rd-place match and this time it might be delivered by their arch-enemies from Argentina.
Hopefully not.
And I don't think it would happen anyway. This is one of those matches when everything goes perfect on one side and really bad on the other. If Brazil and Germany played again today, the result would be different (Germany is 2 goals better, no doubt about it, but this was just a one-of-a-kind match).
I really missed Ronaldinho and Kaka from this BRA team...
Quote from: CTG on July 08, 2014, 11:24:58 PM
Is this the Brasil Irapuato (http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/worldcup/mexico1986/matches/round=308/match=610/index.html)?
Maybe Wembley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_3%E2%80%936_Hungary_(1953_association_football_friendly)). Or Munich (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Germany_v_England_football_match).
NED keeps the gaucho attacks under control. Might be a boring match in overall.
Fvck off Usrin with your lucky 0-0s... :D
Quote from: CTG on July 10, 2014, 12:15:11 AM
Fvck off Usrin with your lucky 0-0s... :D
Based on the performance of NED and ARG in the previous round, I thought more of us would predict 0-0...
Btw, in the above poll I was the one who predicted Germany to win the World Cup. :) It's a pity that there are no extra points for the trophy winner in the tipping game...
I voted for Netherlands.
Quote from: alanrotoi on December 19, 2013, 05:58:17 PM
I guess some teams will be very lucky.
WOW, quite a good prediction for the final four.
The final four aren't there for luck, also the final eight they deserved to be there.
This Saturday is Renato vs Roy and Sunday is Argammon vs Ayrton.
Quote from: alanrotoi on July 10, 2014, 05:52:56 AM
This Saturday is Renato vs Roy and Sunday is Argammon vs Ayrton.
You mean
a, Argammon vs Roy, Argammon vs Argammon?
b, Argammon vs Argammon, Argammon vs Argammon?
c, Rotoi vs Roy, Rotoi vs Rotoi?
d, Rotoi vs Rotoi, Rotoi vs Rotoi?
KIDDING!
Classic final.
Before the game, I have to say Germany is a clear favourite and definitely the most well-deserving winner. They have played very well in most games and beaten three world-class teams (Portugal, France, Brazil). Argentina has scraped through with some last-minute victories and only won against 2nd-rate teams.
If Argentina outplays Germany within the first 90 minutes on Sunday, I'll accept them as worthy winners. If it's a tight game, I hope for a German victory.
Yes. Also Germany has a draw with Ghana and they won against Algeria in the extra time. About the match against Brazil I don't know how to say. A record, an incredible record in semifinals against the local team AND Brazil.
Argentina suffered more to be here. Since the knockout stage Romero didn't got goals and catched 2 penalties (Vlaar and Sneijder).
I don't know the people in Brazil but the media prefers Germany winning (even after a 7-1 rape) :)
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on July 10, 2014, 01:28:17 PM
Before the game, I have to say Germany is a clear favourite and definitely the most well-deserving winner. They have played very well in most games and beaten three world-class teams (Portugal, France, Brazil).
Agreed except for one thing: Portugal a world-class team? You can't be serious!
They have only one superstar and a crappy team, that's not a world-class team.
About the final, I expect Argentina to do what we did againts The Netherlands: focus on pressuring hard on the midfield and counter-attack. Germany will take the offensive (unlike the Neds, who played as if they were happy to reach PK maybe thinking Krul will be the heroe again) and leave open spaces for Messi, Higuain and hopefully Agüero & Di Maria to take advantage.
Anyway, I think Germany is 2 goals superior to us but it's a world cup final, we haven't been there for a long time and we want revenge from that defeat due to a very doubtful PK.
Quote from: CTG on June 27, 2014, 08:53:02 AM
Bronze: France - Argentina 1-1, penalties: 5-4 (Messi alone is not enough for a medal)
Final: Brazil - Netherlands 1-1, penalties: 3-4 (Neymar will miss the last one, Robben scores)
Quote from: alanrotoi on December 19, 2013, 05:58:17 PM
(http://forum.stunts.hu/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=3001.0;attach=3579;image)
I just said your prediction was fine in December, there's no need for further (self-)polishing.
Quote from: CTG on July 10, 2014, 01:36:01 AM
Quote from: alanrotoi on December 19, 2013, 05:58:17 PM
I guess some teams will be very lucky.
WOW, quite a good prediction for the final four.
:( Let me attack you, just a little attack please :'(
Quote from: alanrotoi on July 10, 2014, 07:42:26 PM
:( Let me attack you, just a little attack please :'(
Why? This is not an attack, just a conceited comparative comment.
Great prediction, Rotoi! :o
By the way I really miss JTK.
Quote from: Chulk on July 10, 2014, 05:44:58 PM
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on July 10, 2014, 01:28:17 PM
Before the game, I have to say Germany is a clear favourite and definitely the most well-deserving winner. They have played very well in most games and beaten three world-class teams (Portugal, France, Brazil).
Agreed except for one thing: Portugal a world-class team? You can't be serious!
They have only one superstar and a crappy team, that's not a world-class team.
Well, maybe you're right. I based my evaluation on the fact that they are usually a force to be reckoned with in the big tournaments. They reached the semis in the 2012 European Championships, QF in 2010, QF in 2008, semi in 2006...
Of course this year they were very disappointing.
I can't sleep, I can't eat, I can't think!! I want the match to start right now!
I hadn't been so anxious since June 25, 1995 when Gimnasia arrived to the last round of that year's league leading by one point. We lost what would have been our first professional title that day, I cried a lot. Hopefully this time will have a different ending.
Quote from: Chulk on July 11, 2014, 06:35:45 AM
I can't sleep, I can't eat, I can't think!! I want the match to start right now!
I hadn't been so anxious since June 25, 1995 when Gimnasia arrived to the last round of that year's league leading by one point. We lost what would have been our first professional title that day, I cried a lot. Hopefully this time will have a different ending.
It's so weird to say, but... GO GERMANY!
They are simply a better team with more enjoyable games. Argentina can't show up any great matches from this World Cup. What's more, ARG is a one man team: they depend on the actual mood and performance of the
autist midget 4-times Golden Ball guy.
CTG trollness as usual.
BTW I found myself very anxious during the Semifinals match.
I read Hungarian president will watch the match in the stadium :D Seems he wants to watch football :D
Quote from: alanrotoi on July 11, 2014, 03:20:22 PM
I read Hungarian president will watch the match in the stadium :D Seems he wants to watch football :D
He thinks that Hungary is still Footballistan, just because he played in a low class team in the 90s (his son is also playing there, but since that they are in first class with political backwind, see earlier discussions about Puskás Akadémia).
Football is dead in Hungary (since the 80s).
If Argentina wins, I'll be happy for you guys in any case.
Any prediction for the last two matches?
Quote from: alanrotoi on July 11, 2014, 08:12:30 PM
Any prediction for the last two matches?
Bronze match: BRA is toothless, NED is demotivated (even Van Gaal and some of his players declared that they crap on the bronze match). Boring game, one goal victory for the Dutch team.
Final: who knows? Based on the power levels, GER should kick ass easily (3-1? 2-0?). But it's a final...
It's probably stupid but I have this feeling that Argentina is going to win either by a goal in the 119th minute or on penalties.
I hope it won't be any penalty kick, no matter who wins NO PENALTIES!
Quote from: alanrotoi on July 12, 2014, 01:19:38 AM
I hope it won't be any penalty kick, no matter who wins NO PENALTIES!
No matter who wins? Are you fúking insane?! I want to win! I don't care if it's a whitewash or a tiny 1-0 victory. I don't even care if the winning goal is off-side, with both hands, kicking the GK in the face and throwing dirt at the ref's eyes. You do remember Germany beat us with a very doubtful PK, right? Well, I want revenge!
Quote from: alanrotoi on July 12, 2014, 01:19:38 AM
I hope it won't be any penalty kick, no matter who wins NO PENALTIES!
Quote from: Chulk on July 12, 2014, 09:25:40 AM
No matter who wins? Are you fúking insane?! I want to win! I don't care if it's a whitewash or a tiny 1-0 victory. I don't even care if the winning goal is off-side, with both hands, kicking the GK in the face and throwing dirt at the ref's eyes. You do remember Germany beat us with a very doubtful PK, right? Well, I want revenge!
(http://www.danielkeyesauthor.com/images/fifth.gif)
kidding
Quote from: Chulk on July 12, 2014, 09:25:40 AM
Quote from: alanrotoi on July 12, 2014, 01:19:38 AM
I hope it won't be any penalty kick, no matter who wins NO PENALTIES!
No matter who wins? Are you fúking insane?! I want to win! I don't care if it's a whitewash or a tiny 1-0 victory. I don't even care if the winning goal is off-side, with both hands, kicking the GK in the face and throwing dirt at the ref's eyes. You do remember Germany beat us with a very doubtful PK, right? Well, I want revenge!
The saddest final match was in 1994 Brazil winning by penalty kicks against Italy. Sad sad sad.
BTW didn't I tell you I have german blood? I'm Rotoinen... wait that's Finnish... Alan Rotdonaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän... no I confess I have german blood in the refrigerator. :D
Quote from: alanrotoi on July 12, 2014, 06:51:40 PM
Quote from: Chulk on July 12, 2014, 09:25:40 AM
Quote from: alanrotoi on July 12, 2014, 01:19:38 AM
I hope it won't be any penalty kick, no matter who wins NO PENALTIES!
No matter who wins? Are you fúking insane?! I want to win! I don't care if it's a whitewash or a tiny 1-0 victory. I don't even care if the winning goal is off-side, with both hands, kicking the GK in the face and throwing dirt at the ref's eyes. You do remember Germany beat us with a very doubtful PK, right? Well, I want revenge!
The saddest final match was in 1994 Brazil winning by penalty kicks against Italy. Sad sad sad.
BTW didn't I tell you I have german blood? I'm Rotoinen... wait that's Finnish... Alan Rotdonaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän... no I confess I have german blood in the refrigerator. :D
Landwirtschaftsausstellung!!!
Quote from: CTG on July 12, 2014, 03:32:23 PM
(http://www.danielkeyesauthor.com/images/fifth.gif)
kidding
I don't get it...
Sally has more characters inside... :D
Go Holland!
(Official prediction: 2-1 Brazil.)
Who the fúck are these amateur players that have dressed up in yellow and white??
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on July 12, 2014, 10:17:06 PM
Who the fúck are these amateur players that have dressed up in yellow and white??
Maybe some imported gypsies from Hungary.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on July 12, 2014, 10:17:06 PM
Who the fúck are these amateur players that have dressed up in yellow and white??
I don't know, they didn't qualified for the World Cup.
Only one team was on the field.
I wonder how this team won this team won Confederations Cup last year. Not Brazil, this yeallow shirt team. They needed the help of some referee to reach 4th place.
Neymar is a star, no doubt but if you think about the best historical Brazil team he won't be there.
Quote from: alanrotoi on July 13, 2014, 05:28:54 AM
I wonder how this team won this team won Confederations Cup last year. Not Brazil, this yeallow shirt team. They needed the help of some referee to reach 4th place.
Neymar is a star, no doubt but if you think about the best historical Brazil team he won't be there.
I used to like Brazil very much 10-20 years ago, with Romario, Bebeto, Cafú, Roberto Carlos (my favorite BRA player ever with his incredible speed and free kick skills), Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho and Kaká... Now this squad contains only traces of good players - even Denilson was better than Fred or Hulk.
But Oscar, David Luiz, Dani Alves, Thiago Silva, Marcelo and Neymar are all absolute top players on the European club scene. It shouldn't even be possible for them to suck so much (with an exception for Neymar, who honestly hasn't sucked at this World Cup).
That's why Germany will lose: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCIsXcEdv3E#t=24 ;D
He was here last year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Y4w3_2b3E
Quote from: alanrotoi on July 13, 2014, 06:45:59 PM
He was here last year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Y4w3_2b3E
This man is a bad joke - he's still living from the parodies of his two main TV characters. Both were crappy anyway. (But KITT rulz!)
Guess who is the last on this list. Even Gabon is in higher position. FVCK YOU, ORBÁN!
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bsb6PTbIEAAzg5Q.jpg)
Forever Ali Bongo Ondimba! :D
One hour remaining... Good luck to Chulk, Rotoi and AbuRaf! My support leans towards Germany, but I won't be mad at all if you win it.
Good luck to JTK, KHR and satanziege! :D
Unexpected impotence from Germany. ::)
Both teams are playing for penalty shootout & make amateur mistakes... Disappointing match.
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! ^_^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Spy3Nd2D6w
A goal from nothing... decided the match and killed my Stunts tipping league victory... Really, the match was likely to get finished in a penalty shootout, as CTG wrote. Argentina played better and looked more dangerous. And Neuer's fault... well... Germany was very lucky there...
Good game by Argentina. Sorry you didn't win. Come back next time.
Great performance by Germany.
Who cares about World Cup, when we have CL and EL qualifications with Hungarian participants? ;D ETO sucked a huge one at home versus IFK Göteborg, Ferencváros played anti-football in Rijeka, Debrecen suffered against the semi pro Cliftonville... the only acceptable result so far: Diósgyör could kick the ass of Litex Lovech in Bulgaria. Re-matches are coming soon.
Quote from: CTG on July 22, 2014, 01:28:36 PM
Who cares about World Cup, when we have CL and EL qualifications with Hungarian participants? ;D ETO sucked a huge one at home versus IFK Göteborg, Ferencváros played anti-football in Rijeka, Debrecen suffered against the semi pro Cliftonville... the only acceptable result so far: Diósgyör could kick the ass of Litex Lovech in Bulgaria. Re-matches are coming soon.
Debrecen/HUN - Cliftonville/NIR 2-0
Debrecen in the 3rd round (2-0 on aggregate), will play BATE Borisov/BLR
Great day for North-Atlantic football.
Vikingur (Faroe Islands), Stjarnan (Iceland) and FH Hafnarfjordur (Iceland) all surprisingly qualify for the next round of Europa League Qualification.
Forever Stjarnan and especially their goal celebration!
Hungary, EL qualifiers:
Diósgyör - Litex Lovech/BUL 1-2 (1-0), on aggregate: 3-2 in favour of Diósgyör
Ferencváros - Rijeka/CRO 1-2 (0-2), on aggregate: 3-1 to Rijeka
IFK Göteborg/SWE - Györ 0-1 (0-0), on aggregate: 3-1 to Göteborg
Next round:
Diósgyör is playing against Krasnodar/RUS
Champions' League 3rd round:
Debrecen is playing against BATE Borisov/BLR
Hey, is there anybody to join these games? ;)
http://www.predictthepremiership.com/
http://bundesliga.predictthefootball.com/
http://laliga.predictthefootball.com/
I don't think so :-\
Debrecen - BATE Borisov (BLR) 1-0 (0-0)
G.: Sidibe (nigger player) 55th minute - penalty
Good result!
Diósgyör - FK Krasnodar (RUS) 1-5
Not so good result! ;D
Stjarnan - Lech Poznan 1-0
Good result!
Good, neutral and bad results:
14:30
Shakhtyor Karagandy (Kaz)
4 - 2
Hajduk Split (Cro)
16:00
FC Astana (Kaz)
1 - 1
AIK Stockholm (Swe)
17:00
Neftci Baku (Aze)
0 - 0
Chikhura (Geo)
18:00
Astra (Rou)
3 - 0
Liberec (Cze)
18:00
Dinamo Moszkva (Rus)
1 - 1
Shmona (Isr)
18:00
Elfsborg (Swe)
4 - 1
Hafnarfjordur (Ice)
18:00
Omonia Nicosia FC (Cyp)
3 - 0
Met. Skopje (Mac)
18:00
Ruch Chorzow (Pol)
0 - 0
Esbjerg (Den)
19:00
Brommapojkarna (Swe)
0 - 3
Torino (Ita)
19:00
Dinamo Minszk (Blr)
1 - 0
CFR Cluj (Rou)
19:00
IFK Göteborg (Swe)
0 - 1
Rio Ave (Por)
19:00
Karabukspor (Tur)
0 - 0
Rosenborg (Nor)
19:00
Mlada Boleslav (Cze)
1 - 4
Lyon (Fra)
19:00
PSV Eindhoven (Ned)
1 - 0
St. Pölten (Aut)
19:00
Trencin (Svk)
0 - 0
Hull City (Eng)
19:30
Young Boys (Sui)
1 - 0
Ermis (Cyp)
19:30
Zorya (Ukr)
1 - 1
Molde (Nor)
20:00
Petrolul (Rou)
1 - 1
Plzen (Cze)
20:00
RNK Split (Cro)
2 - 0
Ch. Odessa (Ukr)
20:00
Vikingur (Fai)
1 - 5
Rijeka (Cro)
20:00
Waregem (Bel)
2 - 5
Soligorsk (Blr)
20:30
Club Brugge (Bel)
3 - 0
Bröndby (Den)
20:30
Diósgy?ri VTK (Hun)
1 - 5
Krasznodar (Rus)
20:30
Mainz (Ger)
1 - 0
Asteras Tripolis (Gre)
20:30
Real Sociedad (Esp)
2 - 0
Aberdeen (Sco)
20:30
Sarajevo (Bih)
1 - 2
Atromitos (Gre)
20:30
Stjarnan (Ice)
1 - 0
Lech Poznan (Pol)
20:45
St. Johnstone (Sco)
1 - 2
Trnava (Svk)
21:05
Grödig (Aut)
1 - 2
Zimbru Chisinau (Mda)
Hungarian championship, round 1:
Nyíregyháza - Debreceni VSC 1-1 (arch-enemies, kinda peasant derby ;D)
Videoton - Lombard Pápa 3-0
MVM Paks - Györi ETO FC 2-0 (::) >:()
Round 2:
MTK Budapest - Debreceni VSC 1-0 :P :P :P
Videoton - Dunaújváros 3-0 >:(
Györi ETO FC - Budapest Honvéd 3-1
Btw, traditional Looping prediction game for final rankings:
| Team | POO | USR | CTG | Average |
| Videoton FC | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1,3 |
| Debreceni VSC | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1,7 |
| Ferencváros | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4,0 |
| Diósgyöri VTK | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4,7 |
| MTK Budapest | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5,0 |
| Györi ETO FC | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6,0 |
| Szombathelyi Haladás | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7,0 |
| Budapest Honvéd | 8 | 5 | 9 | 7,3 |
| Pécsi MFC | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9,7 |
| Újpest FC | 12 | 11 | 6 | 9,7 |
| Nyíregyháza Spartacus | 11 | 9 | 13 | 11,0 |
| Lombard Pápa | 10 | 14 | 12 | 12,0 |
| Kecskeméti TE | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13,0 |
| Puskás Akadémia | 15 | 13 | 11 | 13,0 |
| MVM Paks | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15,0 |
| Dunaújvárosi PASE | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15,7 |
Round 3:
Orbán's refree helped Videoton - Györi ETO 3-2 ::) >:(
It was weak game with clearly fixed result.
Strange how the fix the games to have Videoton end up 3rd in the league or something.
On another note, we have to get ready for the big game: Stjarnan vs Inter!
Also hoping for CL Group Stage participation for AaB (faces APOEL Nicosia) and FC København (faces Leverkusen).
Hungarian NB I, Round 3:
Debrecen - Puskás Akadémia 2-0 (1-0)
Hungarian Cup, Round 1:
Babócsa (fourth division) - Kazincbarcika (third division) 0-2 (0-0, 0-0, 0-0) after extra time
Kazincbarcika advanced to Round 2
Quote from: Akoss Poo on August 10, 2014, 09:03:10 PM
Babócsa (fourth division) - Kazincbarcika (third division) 0-2 (0-0, 0-0, 0-0) after extra time
Kazincbarcika advanced to Round 2
I would not be that proud of knocking out a village team after extra time. ;D :P
Yesterday evening (first match in the new stadium of Ferencváros):
Ferencváros - Chelsea 1-2 (1-0), a.k.a. panem et circenses...
Quote from: CTG on August 11, 2014, 08:10:56 AM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on August 10, 2014, 09:03:10 PM
Babócsa (fourth division) - Kazincbarcika (third division) 0-2 (0-0, 0-0, 0-0) after extra time
Kazincbarcika advanced to Round 2
I would not be that proud of knocking out a village team after extra time. ;D :P
That's only one division lower than us, they finished 4th last year in Somogy county first division.
Quote from: Akoss Poo on August 11, 2014, 09:07:44 AM
Quote from: CTG on August 11, 2014, 08:10:56 AM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on August 10, 2014, 09:03:10 PM
Babócsa (fourth division) - Kazincbarcika (third division) 0-2 (0-0, 0-0, 0-0) after extra time
Kazincbarcika advanced to Round 2
I would not be that proud of knocking out a village team after extra time. ;D :P
That's only one division lower than us, they finished 4th last year in Somogy county first division.
I knew that you will hide behind that. KBSC almost qualified to second class - they are probably ~40th in power rankings in Hungary, while Babócsa must be somewhere around 120-150th. Kazincbarcika has 28000 inhabitants, Babócsa has only 1600. So shut up! :D
This duel seems to be similar to an imaginary Hungary vs Luxembourg match.
What about your favorite/most hated coaches?
Best coaches:
- Diego Simeone (fanatic coach, he knows how to make magic with a not so good squad)
- Jürgen Klopp (a psycho with extreme motivation)
- Tito Vilanova (RIP, I believe he was the real brain behind the showcase guy Gayrdiola)
- Miguel Herrera (12th player of his team)
Most hated:
- Louis van Gaal (high and mighty aryan)
- Jose Mourinho (killing football with defensive tactics + self-polishing)
- Alex Ferguson (Fergie time + disgusting personality)
- György Mezey (former coach of Videoton = Orbán FC and the last WorldCup participant Hungarian team in 1986)
Top league predictions:
Spain
1 Real Madrid
2 Barcelona
3 Atletico Madrid
England
1 Chelsea
2 Manchester United
3 Manchester City
Germany
1 Bayern München
2 Bayer Leverkusen
3 Borussia Dortmund
Italy
1 Juventus
2 Napoli
3 Internazionale
1 Real Madrid
2 Barcelona
3 Atlético Madrid
1 Chelsea
2 Manchester City
3 Arsenal
1 Bayern
2 Dortmund
3 Schalke
1 Juventus
2 Napoli
3 Roma
Not too hard to guess spanish league :( The most unfair league.
Quote from: alanrotoi on August 16, 2014, 06:54:38 PM
Not too hard to guess spanish league :( The most unfair league.
Just do it. And the other three...
1 Real Madrid
2 Atlético Madrid
3 Barcelona
1 Manchester City
2 Chelsea
3 Arsenal
1 Bayern
2 Dortmund
3 Schalke
1 Juventus
2 Napoli
3 Roma
1. Real Madrid
2. Atletico Madrid
3. Barcelona
1. Man. City
2. Liverpool
3. Arsenal
1. Bayern Munich
2. Borussia Dortmund
3. Schalke
1. Juventus
2. Roma
3. Inter
Racing Club 2 - San Lorenzo (recent champion of Libertadores cup) 0 ;D
Quote from: CTG on June 01, 2014, 08:30:53 PM
Quote from: CTG on May 26, 2014, 08:06:29 AM
CTG League:
Predictions for the last 3 rounds (TOP7 teams):
Round 28
Pannonhalma - Rábapordány 3-0
Rábaszentandrás - Töltéstava 8-1
Bácsa - Györújbarát 1-4 (you saw what they did versus the league leader... dangerous opponents!)
Abda - Györszentiván 3-2
Kajárpéc - Táp 0-4
Round 29
Györújbarát - Pannonhalma 3-1
Rábaszentandrás - Bácsa 3-1 (they are way too strong for us)
Tét - Abda 0-2
Táp - Kóny 6-0
Györszentiván - Pér 5-1
Results of round 28:
Pannonhalma - Rábapordány 9-0
Rábaszentandrás - Töltéstava 1-1 (quite a big surprise!)
Bácsa FC - Györújbarát 0-2 (it was so predictable...)
Abda - Györszentiván 0-2
Kajárpéc - Táp 0-4 (the guests will win the league for sure)
Results of round 29:
Round 29
Györújbarát - Pannonhalma 2-1
Rábaszentandrás - Bácsa 1-2 WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! ^_^
Tét - Abda 4-3 (unexpected!)
Táp - Kóny 13-1 (bah... now really, what was that?)
Györszentiván - Pér 2-1
Standings (one round left):
1 Táp 69 pts (champion)
2 Bácsa FC 63 pts
3 Rábaszentandrás 63 pts
4 Györszentiván 60 pts
5 Györújbarát 59 pts
6 Pannonhalma 56 pts
7 Abda 55 pts
HOT NEWS!
Although Táp won the local league in June, they were penalized by 4 pts, therefore Bácsa FC became the champion and got promoted to the 4th class - they have never played so high before!
Too bad, Bácsa lost in the first round against Fertöszentmiklós (1-4).
Round 4:
Nyíregyháza - Videoton 0-2
Újpest - Debrecen 1-0
Györi ETO - Ferencváros 0-1
Orbán FC is pushed hard, they are leading the league with 100% performance. Poor start by the title holder Debrecen (4 pts) and the runner-up Györ (3 pts) - at least ETO played already against Videoton and Ferencváros.
Round 5:
Videoton - MTK Budapest 5-0 (no comment)
Lombard Pápa - Györi ETO 0-0 (nonsense, the squad is fuckin' strong on paper...)
Debrecen - Haladás 1-0 (tiny victory, really bad game from the title holder - where are their forwards?)
Standings:
1 Videoton 15 pts (16-2), still 100%...
2 Diósgyör 13 pts (10-4)
3 Paks 11 pts (9-1)
...
8 Debrecen 7 pts (4-3)
...
10 Györi ETO 4 pts (5-7)
Meanwhile in our local underdog league: Beled SE - Bácsa FC 1-3, at least we have a victory after two rounds. :D
Milton Keynes Dons–Manchester United 4–0
;D ;D ;D
Del Piero won't come to Budapest Honvéd, former club of the legendary Puskás. ;D (Although I think Indian club football must be even worse than the Hungarian...)
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9436075/former-juventus-and-italy-striker-alessandro-del-piero-set-to-play-in-indian-super-league
http://www.gazzetta.it/Calciomercato/24-08-2014/del-piero-honved-accordo-un-passo-torino-incontro-decisivo-90234148788.shtml
He's done a good job during is career. I think it's fair enough that he wants to rake in some money in Asia now :-)
Terrible CL-qualifiers for the Danish team, but at least Malmö FF made it into the group stage. They're much closer to where I live than AaB...
Quote from: CTG on August 26, 2014, 11:13:20 PM
Milton Keynes Dons–Manchester United 4–0
;D ;D ;D
I wonder if the high and mighty aryan coach will survive the full season... :D
Round 6:
Videoton - Puskás Akadémia (Orbán A vs Orbán B) 3-0
Györi ETO - Dunaújváros 4-3 (painful victory against the weakest team of the league - it's embarrassing, especially because the guests played with 10 men after the 26th minute...)
Diósgyör - Debrecen 1-1
Latest results:
NB I:
Diósgyör-Debrecen 1-1
1. Videoton FC 6 6 – – 19–2 +17 18
2. MVM Paks 6 4 2 – 12–2 +10 14
3. Diósgyör 6 4 2 – 11–5 +6 14
4. Ferencváros 6 4 – 2 10–5 +5 12
5. MTK Budapest 6 4 – 2 9–9 0 12
6. Újpest FC 6 2 4 – 4–2 +2 10
7. Debrecen 6 2 2 2 5–4 +1 8
NB III East:
Cigánd-Kazincbarcika 2-0
Kazincbarcika-Gyöngyös 1-0
Felsötárkány-Kazincbarcika 1-2
Promoted from regional (countywide) championships: Jászberény, Gyöngyös, Salgótarján
Relegated from NB II (countrywide second tier): Kisvárda
Coming this year: Budapest Honvéd II (moved from Central Group)
Missing from last year: REAC Budapest (moved to Central Group), Ferencváros II, Ebes, Eger (relegated), Jászapáti (can't afford playing in NB III)
Map of the teams' location attached. (In Budapest, here you can see the home of Budapest Honvéd II, while close to Szada, Veresegyház is playing.)
1. Putnok FC 3 3 0 0 6–1 5 9
2. Kisvárda 3 3 0 0 5–1 4 9
3. Cigánd SE 3 3 0 0 5–1 4 9
4. FC Hatvan 3 2 1 0 11–2 9 7
5. Jászberény 3 2 0 1 13–4 9 6
6. Budapest Honvéd II 3 2 0 1 7–3 4 6
7. Kazincbarcika 3 2 0 1 3–3 0 6
Serie A:
Chievo-Juventus 0-1
1. AC Milan 1 1 0 0 3:1 3
2. Udinese 1 1 0 0 2:0 3
2. AS Roma 1 1 0 0 2:0 3
4. Napoli 1 1 0 0 2:1 3
5. Cesena 1 1 0 0 1:0 3
5. Juventus 1 1 0 0 1:0 3
Quote from: Akoss Poo on September 03, 2014, 09:24:13 AM
Map of the teams' location attached. (In Budapest, here you can see the home of Budapest Honvéd II, while close to Szada, Veresegyház is playing.)
Next time you should apply even smaller red spots. :D
Btw, go Veresegyház!
Meanwhile in 4th class...
Round 3: Bácsa FC - Gönyü SE 3-0
Standings:
1 Lébény 9 pts (10-2)
2 Csorna 6 pts(6-1)
3 Rajka 6 pts (8-4)
4 Bácsa FC 6 pts (7-5)
...
Watch the great football of the Magic Magyars! Paks-Ferencváros Hungarian League Cup football match between two first tier clubs...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBO-LSOiDDI
Now you can understand the results of Hungarian football of the past years...
Quote from: Akoss Poo on September 05, 2014, 09:19:20 AM
Watch the great football of the Magic Magyars! Paks-Ferencváros Hungarian League Cup football match between two first tier clubs...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBO-LSOiDDI
Now you can understand the results of Hungarian football of the past years...
Have you ever heard of Geneva Conventions? People should not be tortured with such a brutal method. ;D ;D ;D
(Hungarian football is an unwatchable shit.)
Quote from: Akoss Poo on September 05, 2014, 09:19:20 AM
Watch the great football of the Magic Magyars! Paks-Ferencváros Hungarian League Cup football match between two first tier clubs...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBO-LSOiDDI
Now you can understand the results of Hungarian football of the past years...
I think you may have a matchfixing problem :o
I fear, this time we don't...
(final result: 1-1, goals: Haraszti 86' vs. Zsivóczky 15')
NEWS: Létavértes does not continue participating NB III East. 15 teams left in the group, 47 in the tier.
...and I thought this tactic for increasing ball possession is my invention in FIFA... :D
Messi debuts in albiceleste: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG-ZmUE_4QY
;D
Euro2016 qualifications ON! ;)
Today: Hungary - Northern Ireland
Predicted result: 1-1 (HUN goal from penalty)
Kazincbarcika-Veresegyház 2-0
Currently official standings:
1. KISVÁRDA 4 4 – – 12-2 12
2. PUTNOK 4 4 – – 7-1 12
3. CIGÁND 4 4 – – 6-1 12
4. KAZINCBARCIKA 4 3 – 1 5-3 9
5. FELSÖTÁRKÁNY 4 2 1 1 16-7 7
6. HATVAN 3 2 1 – 11-2 7
7. JÁSZBERÉNY 4 2 – 2 14-11 6
8. NYÍRBÁTOR 4 2 – 2 8-5 6
9. BUDAPEST HONVÉD II 4 2 – 2 7-4 6
10. TISZAÚJVÁROS 4 1 1 2 7-12 4
11. SALGÓTARJÁN 4 1 – 3 6-8 3
12. VERESEGYHÁZ 4 1 – 3 5-8 3
13. GYÖNGYÖS 4 1 – 3 3-10 3
14. DEBRECEN II 4 – 1 3 3-8 1
15. HAJDÚBÖSZÖRMÉNY 4 – – 4 4-11 0
16. LÉTAVÉRTES 3 – – 3 0-21 0
But if we take out the results of Létavértes, the table will be:
1. KISVÁRDA 4 4 – – 12-2 12
2. PUTNOK 4 4 – – 7-1 12
3. CIGÁND 4 4 – – 6-1 12
4. KAZINCBARCIKA 4 3 – 1 5-3 9
5. HATVAN 3 2 1 – 11-2 7
6. NYÍRBÁTOR 4 2 – 2 8-5 6
7. BUDAPEST HONVÉD II 4 2 – 2 7-4 6
8. FELSÖTÁRKÁNY 3 1 1 1 8-7 4
9. TISZAÚJVÁROS 4 1 1 2 7-12 4
10. SALGÓTARJÁN 4 1 – 3 6-8 3
11. JÁSZBERÉNY 3 1 – 2 5-11 3
12. GYÖNGYÖS 4 1 – 3 3-10 3
13. DEBRECEN II 4 – 1 3 3-8 1
14. HAJDÚBÖSZÖRMÉNY 4 – – 4 4-11 0
15. VERESEGYHÁZ 3 - – 3 1-8 0
16. LÉTAVÉRTES discontinued championship participation
No NB I or Serie A games this weekend.
Henry still knows how to score: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wolE8BHFrg
Quote from: CTG on September 06, 2014, 01:20:39 PM
Euro2016 qualifications ON! ;)
Today: Hungary - Northern Ireland
Predicted result: 1-1 (HUN goal from penalty)
Hungary - Northern Ireland 1-2, muhhahaha! ;D (suckers, underestimating the opponent, again?)
Round 4: Bácsa FC - DAC Foci24 2-1
The guests had already better days, playing in the second class for a long time, see: http://www.magyarfutball.hu/hu/csapat/49/bajnoki-mult
We are up to third place! BEWARE AKOSS POO, BÁCSA IS PREPARING FOR NB III! (kidding, I guess our main goal is the middle class)
Btw Poo, did you know that Kazincbarcikai Szikra (=Spark) used to play in NB III Puskin group? ;D
Btw do you like the new timetable of Euro2016 qualifications? As for me, separating the groups for different days makes each rounds way too long. Even if it means you can watch 9 games from the same round (who the fúck cares about Albania vs Portugal?).
I do! I was really happy to see Portugal lose a big step in our group :)
Quote from: CTG on September 10, 2014, 07:24:00 AM
who the fúck cares about Albania vs Portugal?
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on September 10, 2014, 10:25:58 AM
I do! I was really happy to see Portugal lose a big step in our group :)
Okay, you have Portugal in your group... :D
The current Hungarian squad is probably the worst national team in our history. Our coach is an incompetent dumbass: a brainless defender of the 90s, without any sense to modern football, unable to say two meaningful sentences in a row. The team itself... well, we don't have enough good players in top leagues and even those who play(ed) there are banished from the national team (Huszti, Szalai). The others are just celebrities, only taking care of luxury cars (see Baláz$ Dz$udz$ák, the famous Lamborghini and Porsche crusher: http://static.origos.hu/s/img/i/1306/20130602-egy-osszetort-lamborghini-aventador-luxusauto10.jpg) and their lame peasant hairstyle. It's more important for the sport agents to push their clients into the national team for a few matches, just for increasing their market value, see Devecseri (defender, scoring a fuckin' stupid own goal versus Netherlands, 1-8; still saying "if we don't count my own goal, I played well") and Guzmics (another defender with the same agent, making a huge mistake in Bucarest by giving an assist to the first Romanian goal, 0-3).
(http://www.csakfoci.hu/files/imagecache/image_410x286/files/KalmarU19.jpg)
Maybe Orban will introduce Saddam Hussein style corporal punishment for football players if they lose.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on September 10, 2014, 11:49:07 AM
Maybe Orban will introduce Saddam Hussein style corporal punishment for football players if they lose.
No way. He's satisfied enough with his new stadiums (all of them has a memorial plaque with his name on it: "it was built during the reign of Orbán Viktor") . And as you could see at the World Cup final, he prefers foreign football...
See the plaque below: "The new stadium of Ferencvárosi Torna Club was built during the prime ministership of Orbán Viktor, mayorship of Tarlós István, club presidency of Kubatov Gábor and with the direction of Fürjes Balázs government commissioner. The construction was accomplished by Markert Zrt. with the leadership of Scheer Sándor."
(http://444.hu/assets/fradipalya2.jpg)
Hungarian Cup, Round 2
Kazincbarcika (4th in NB III East) - Rákospalota EAC Budapest (2nd in NB III Central) 4-1 (3-0)
Kazincbarcika advances to Round 3.
Kazincbarcika did not play in the weekend.
1 Kisvárda Master Good 5 5 0 0 19:2 15
2 Putnok VSE 5 5 0 0 10:2 15
3 Cigánd SE 5 5 0 0 10:4 15
4 Nyírbátor FC 5 3 0 2 12:7 9
5 Kazincbarcikai SC 4 3 0 1 5:3 9
6 FC Hatvan 4 2 2 0 12:3 8
NB I:
Debrecen-Pécs 0-2... what a shame...
1. Videoton 7 7 0 0 21:2 21
2. Ferencvárosi TC 7 5 0 2 12:6 15
3. MTK Budapest 7 5 0 2 10:9 15
4. Paks 6 4 2 0 12:2 14
5. Diósgyöri VTK 6 4 2 0 11:5 14
6. Honvéd FC 7 3 1 3 7:6 10
...
8. Debreceni VSC 7 2 2 3 5:6 8
Serie A:
Juventus-Udinese 2-0
1. AC Milan 2 2 0 0 8:5 6
2. AS Roma 2 2 0 0 3:0 6
2. Juventus 2 2 0 0 3:0 6
4. Inter 2 1 1 0 7:0 4
5. Sampdoria 2 1 1 0 3:1 4
6. Atalanta 2 1 1 0 2:1 4
Hungarian Cup, today is the day of the draw.
Clubs remained:
NB I (13): Debrecen, DVTK, Ferencváros, Györ, Haladás, Honvéd, Kecskemét, MTK, Nyíregyháza, Pécs, Puskás AFC, Újpest, Videoton
NB II (9): Ajka, Békéscsaba, Csákvár, Gyirmót, Kaposvár, Mezökövesd, Soroksár, Szigetszentmiklós, Szolnok
NB III (8 ): BKV Elöre, ESMTK, Kazincbarcika, Kisvárda, Kozármisleny, Nagyatád, Salgótarján, Vác
Regional first division. (2): Jászapáti (sub-division of Szolnok county), Sajóbábony (sub-division of Borsod county)
UPDATE: Kazincbarcika - Csákvár (NB II) in the 3rd round of the Cup!
It's hard to remember a European CL/EL/UEFA Cup week with such a good Italian performance in the past years. 5 victories, 1 draw, no disappointing result... I'm very happy to see this.
Quote from: Akoss Poo on September 19, 2014, 12:17:37 PM
It's hard to remember a European CL/EL/UEFA Cup week with such a good Italian performance in the past years. 5 victories, 1 draw, no disappointing result... I'm very happy to see this.
International calciopoli? ;D
Leicester - ManUtd 5-3 ;D
Total market values (in million British pounds):
Leicester - ManUtd 47.3 - 385.4
(Falcao alone is more expensive than the whole squad of Leicester :D)
Just to compare: overall value of Hungarian football clubs.
9.61 - Ferencváros
8.76 - Videoton
8.54 - Debreceni VSC
8.16 - Györi ETO FC
6.25 - Újpest
5.65 - Diósgyör
4.80 - Puskás Akadémia
4.47 - Budapest Honvéd
4.44 - MTK Budapest
4.33 - Szombathelyi Haladás
3.56 - Pécsi MFC
3.50 - Kecskemét
3.41 - Nyíregyháza
3.26 - Dunaújváros
3.21 - Paks
2.33 - Lombard Pápa
This weekend in the clawn leagues:
Haladás - Videoton 0-2 >:(
Nyíregyháza - Györi ETO 2-3 (poor victory... ::))
Debrecen - Kecskemét 0-0 :P
1 Videoton 24 pts (23-2), still 100%, skid off Orbán...
2 MTK Budapest 18 pts (12-9)
3 Diósgyör 17 pts (13-6)
...
7 Györi ETO 10 pts (12-12), played only 7 matches, btw good forwards, but crappy defending...
...
9 Debrecen 9 pts (5-6), where are the attackers? :D
NB III:
Kazincbarcika - Hatvan 1-2 :P :P :P
Györ-Moson-Sopron county, 1st class:
Bácsa FC - Nyúl 1-3 ::) >:(
Quote from: Akoss Poo on September 15, 2014, 09:39:01 AM
UPDATE: Kazincbarcika - Csákvár (NB II) in the 3rd round of the Cup!
Kazincbarcika - Csákvár 1-2
:P
Danish Cup:
Aarhus - Hobro 2-1 (ET)
It's "AGF" and that was a close call. Hopefully we can have an easy opponent in the next round.
Hopefully? The best way to win a contest is playing against the best teams in their best performance.
:D Yes, but that's unrealistic.
Quote from: alanrotoi on September 24, 2014, 09:17:35 PM
Hopefully? The best way to win a contest is playing against the best teams in their best performance.
Have you ever seen a C category action movie when the good guy met the super strong (and unfair) evil rival in the quarter-finals? I don't think so.
(Remember Bloodsport and Kickboxer series. Or any kumite type movies with Jean Claude Van Damme.)
The same thing with Hungarian and Serbian water polo teams. In most of the cases, they play with eachother in the final.
I'm afraid of Atletico Madrid's poor performance: they have ZERO decent attackers. Just check who scored lately: Godin, Miranda - backwards. I hope they can find somebody during the winter transfers.
Don't worry about Simeone, he did it very well with an unknown team. Also he has a super hot ex wife :D
Quote from: alanrotoi on September 25, 2014, 08:01:19 PM
Don't worry about Simeone, he did it very well with an unknown team. Also he has a super hot ex wife :D
And he always finds a way to improve average players (I still think Diego Costa is not that good and owes everything to Simeone).
ARG football.. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsQ4NXKfnas
Paks - Debrecen Peasants 2-1 :P
Jászberény - Kazincbarcika 2-1 :P
(Györi ETO - MTK 1-2 >:()
Quote from: CTG on September 27, 2014, 03:17:08 PM
ARG football.. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsQ4NXKfnas
Hahahaha what a stallin cheater! This guy is in guiness records. He failed 3 penalty kicks in the same match!
Girls just wanna have fun :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnOckfLq2Lg
Atletico Rafaela 2 - Racing Club 0 :(
Aburaf won.
Recent results:
Kazincbarcika-Hajdúböszörmény 4-2
Debrecen-Budapest Honvéd 4-0
Juventus-Roma 3-0
1.Kisvárda 8 7 1 – 29– 4 25 22
2.Putnok 8 7 – 1 19– 6 13 21
3.Cigánd 8 5 2 1 11– 6 5 17
4.Budapest Honvéd II 8 5 – 3 24– 8 16 15
5.Hatvan 7 4 3 0 17– 5 12 15
6.Nyírbátor 7 4 1 2 15– 8 7 13
...
7.Kazincbarcika 7 4 – 3 11– 9 2 12
1. Videoton 10 10 0 0 27:3 30
2. MTK Budapest 10 8 0 2 16:10 24
3. Diósgyör 9 6 2 1 16:9 20
4. Paks 9 5 3 1 17:7 18
5. Újpest 10 4 5 1 9:5 17
6. Ferencváros 10 5 1 4 14:10 16
...
7. Debrecen 10 3 3 4 10:8 12
1. Juventus 6 6 0 0 13:2 18
2. AS Roma 6 5 0 1 11:4 15
3. Sampdoria 6 4 2 0 7:2 14
4. Udinese 6 4 1 1 9:5 13
5. AC Milan 6 3 2 1 13:9 11
6. Verona 6 3 2 1 6:5 11
Rising the ECH berths to 24 obviously means the higher number of 'surprise' results... or rather I should say fixed matches... top teams can afford losing some games and earning money instead...
Slovakia-Spain 2-1... it couldn't have happened in previous qualifiers...
Hmm, interesting. It does sound plausible. Do you think Portugal vs Albania was the same thing?
Casillas' performance is still disappointing. The first SVK goal was a huge mistake from him and he had a role in the second one, too (strange "jump" instead of saving a mediorce header). It's time to replace him with De Gea.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on October 10, 2014, 09:34:00 AM
Hmm, interesting. It does sound plausible. Do you think Portugal vs Albania was the same thing?
I don't know. It can happen, though I think the Portuguese team has a much higher potential for a real loss. They are the team which can play awfully bad and miraculously good as well - depends on the matchday.
Quote from: Akoss Poo on October 10, 2014, 10:19:03 AM
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on October 10, 2014, 09:34:00 AM
Hmm, interesting. It does sound plausible. Do you think Portugal vs Albania was the same thing?
I don't know. It can happen, though I think the Portuguese team has a much higher potential for a real loss. They are the team which can play awfully bad and miraculously good as well - depends on the matchday.
Do you remember the World Cup? Spain is just like Portugal at the moment.
Quote from: Akoss Poo on October 10, 2014, 10:19:03 AM
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on October 10, 2014, 09:34:00 AM
Hmm, interesting. It does sound plausible. Do you think Portugal vs Albania was the same thing?
I don't know. It can happen, though I think the Portuguese team has a much higher potential for a real loss. They are the team which can play awfully bad and miraculously good as well - depends on the matchday.
Well, I hope they have a bad day on Tuesday.
Quote from: Akoss Poo on October 10, 2014, 10:19:03 AM
They are the team which can play awfully bad and miraculously good as well
How many times have you seen Portugal play "miraculously good"? They are a crappy team with a Superstar and a bunch of wannabes
Last time: Euro 2012 qualification playoff match, Portugal - Bosnia and Herzegovina 6-2
Quote from: Akoss Poo on October 10, 2014, 04:32:27 PM
Last time: Euro 2012 qualification playoff match, Portugal - Bosnia and Herzegovina 6-2
Bosnia, come on! I mean against a strong opposition.
Quote from: Chulk on October 10, 2014, 04:36:13 PM
Quote from: Akoss Poo on October 10, 2014, 04:32:27 PM
Last time: Euro 2012 qualification playoff match, Portugal - Bosnia and Herzegovina 6-2
Bosnia, come on! I mean against a strong opposition.
They are top10 in Europe and top15 in the world. They just had a too strong group in this year's World Cup.
FIFA ranking is a lie, but ok. Portugal had 1 great match. Usually, they are just a 6/10 team.
Portugal... portugal!!!!!! My god, I said it always and I'll keep saying: minor team. With or without CR7.
Today evening: romania - HUNGARY (Euro2016 qualifications), my prediction is 4-0.
Duels versus the arch-enemy:
1936-10-04: romania-HUNGARY 1-2 ("friendly")
1939-10-22: romania-HUNGARY 1-1 ("friendly")
1940-05-09: HUNGARY-romania 2-0 ("friendly")
1945-09-30: HUNGARY-romania 7-2 ("friendly")
1947-10-12: romania-HUNGARY 0-3 ("friendly")
1948-06-06: HUNGARY-romania 9-0 ("friendly") ;D ;D ;D
1948-10-24: romania-HUNGARY 1-5 ("friendly")
1952-07-15: romania-HUNGARY 1-2 ("friendly")
1954-09-19: HUNGARY-romania 5-1 ("friendly")
1958-10-26: romania-HUNGARY 1-2 ("friendly") - our last victory in gypsyland
1972-04-29: HUNGARY-romania 1-1 (Euro qualifications)
1972-05-14: romania-HUNGARY 2-2 (Euro qualifications) - our last goal in romania
1972-05-17: HUNGARY-romania 2-1 (Euro qualifications)
1981-05-13: HUNGARY-romania 1-0 (World Cup qualifications) - our last victory versus the gypsies
1981-09-23: romania-HUNGARY 0-0 (World Cup qualifications) - our last point in romania
1998-10-14: HUNGARY-romania 1-1 (Euro qualifications)
1999-06-05: romania-HUNGARY 2-0 (Euro qualifications)
2001-06-02: romania-HUNGARY 2-0 (World Cup qualifications)
2001-09-05: HUNGARY-romania 0-2 (World Cup qualifications)
2004-02-21: HUNGARY-romania 0-3 ("friendly" in Cyprus)
2009-08-12: HUNGARY-romania 0-1 ("friendly")
2013-03-22: HUNGARY-romania 2-2 (World Cup qualifications)
2013-09-06: romania-HUNGARY 3-0 (World Cup qualifications)
2014-10-11: romania-HUNGARY 1-1 (Euro qualifications)
Picture: ~"Romania, how I like it."
(http://www.kepfeltoltes.hu/130203/erep45_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg)
Damn, Hungary had a great fooball tradition. What happened? Social issues killed football spirit? It's a bullseye. It seems out of the scene since 30 years ago.
romania - HUNGARY 1-1; with 13 yellow cards ;D
Finally, our team seemed to be fuckin' motivated - they did not pooped in their pants which is quite unusual from them in bucarest.
Btw history repeated itself - free-kick equalizer around the 82th minute:
1998: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDXfnZd2h1g
2014: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myXdEG2Rn5k
Round 9:
Kazincbarcika-Nyírbátor 1-0
1. Kisvárda 9 8 1 0 35–7 28 25
2. Putnok 9 8 0 1 20–6 14 24
3. Hatvan 8 5 3 0 19–5 14 18
4. Cigánd 9 5 2 2 11–7 4 17
5. Budapest Honvéd II 8 5 0 3 24–8 16 15
6. Kazincbarcika 8 5 0 3 12–9 3 15
Here we go again, Iceland vs Netherlands... ::)
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on October 13, 2014, 09:29:42 PM
Here we go again, Iceland vs Netherlands... ::)
ISL players are not afraid of tackling. Great performance from Iceland, disappointing Oranje.
Robben should return with the dives.
After watching the second half, I agree Iceland played very well. Still a very poor performance from Netherlands.
Hmmm, hard decision:
M1 (state television): Faroe Islands - Hungary
Sport1: Denmark - Portugal
Sport2: Germany - Ireland
Quote from: CTG on October 14, 2014, 07:14:48 PM
Hmmm, hard decision:
M1 (state television): Faroe Islands - Hungary
Sport1: Denmark - Portugal
Sport2: Germany - Ireland
M1 or Sport1. Who the fúck cares about a lucky German victory...
95th minute, gaynaldo, who else... >:( BJ?
Meanwhile: Faroe Islands - Hungary 0-1, terrible match, our team had to play a defensive game at the end... ::) (3 pts in the pocket)
Serbia-Albania: suspended in the 42nd minute (0-0), because a drone flew above the stadium carrying an Albanian flag and the Serbian fans started to riot ;D
Well that goal sure killed the mood in our living room. Good match by Denmark though. Relatively safe and even until the last minute of extra time. We'll just have to hope it will work out in the end.
With Northern Ireland going crazy, Hungary seems headed for a comfortable 4th place in that group.
Portugal is one of the biggest lies in football nowadays.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on October 14, 2014, 11:24:27 PM
With Northern Ireland going crazy, Hungary seems headed for a comfortable 4th place in that group.
And the last coach of our national team was fired, because we sucked versus the "weak" Northern Ireland at home... ;D However, he had no sense to manage the team, so it was worth to replace him.
Quote from: Akoss Poo on October 14, 2014, 11:02:38 PM
Serbia-Albania: suspended in the 42nd minute (0-0), because a drone flew above the stadium carrying an Albanian flag and the Serbian fans started to riot ;D
Serbians are still Serbians, with genetically coded violence... :D
Well, I think UEFA is still UEFA... if they don't let Spain and Gibraltar, Azerbaijan and Armenia play against each other, why did they let Serbia and Albania? Stupid assholes...
Quote from: Akoss Poo on October 15, 2014, 02:01:54 PM
Well, I think UEFA is still UEFA... if they don't let Spain and Gibraltar, Azerbaijan and Armenia play against each other, why did they let Serbia and Albania? Stupid assholes...
Or Hungary vs Romania.
Quote from: Akoss Poo on October 15, 2014, 02:01:54 PM
Well, I think UEFA is still UEFA... if they don't let Spain and Gibraltar, Azerbaijan and Armenia play against each other, why did they let Serbia and Albania? Stupid assholes...
Gibraltar has a team? That's a stallin insult for Spanish people I think. And They don't let Kosovo to be in UEFA. Platini is a fucker.
The Albanian prime minister's brother flying that drone from the VIP box is the stupidest thing I've seen in international politics for a long time.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on October 15, 2014, 04:18:19 PM
The Albanian prime minister's brother flying that drone from the VIP box is the stupidest thing I've seen in international politics for a long time.
Believe me, supporting and participating in invasions is worse.
I didn't say it was the worst thing, only the stupidest.
Today:
Orbán FC (Videoton) - Peasants (Debrecen)
Györi ETO - purple monkeys (Újpest)
Quote from: CTG on October 19, 2014, 12:45:13 PM
Today:
Orbán FC (Videoton) - Peasants (Debrecen)
Györi ETO - purple monkeys (Újpest)
Muhahaha, so much for Videoton's winning streak! ;D Too bad, they lost it versus the eastern peasants...
Videoton - Debrecen 1-2
Györi ETO - Újpest 0-0 (our coach should be fired...)
Standings after 11 rounds:
1 Videoton 30 pts (28-5)
2 MTK Budapest 27 pts (17-10)
3 Diósgyör 21 pts (16-9), played only 10 matches
4 Ferencváros 19 pts (16-10)
5 Paks 19 pts (17-7), played only 10 matches
6 Újpest 18 pts (9-5), what a poor scoreline!
7 Debrecen 15 pts (12-9)
8 Puskás Akadémia 14 pts (14-16), refrees are pushing them hard
9 Györi ETO 11 pts (14-16), played only 10 matches, but still: pathetic...
...
Meanwhile in the county league:
Bácsa FC - Ménföcsanak 1-0
Standings after 10 rounds:
1 Csorna 22 pts (23-6)
2 Nyúl 21 pts (22-7)
3 Györszemere 20 pts (18-7)
4 Lébény 19 pts (23-12)
5 Kapuvár 15 pts (18-13)
6 Bácsa FC 15 pts (14-16)
...
Champions (?) League:
AS Roma - Bayern München 1-7
BATE Borisov - Shakhtar Donetsk 0-7
Chelsea - Maribor 6-0
Galatasaray - Borussia Dortmund 0-4
Atletico Madrid - Malmö 5-0
Liverpool - Real Madrid 0-3
It's time for salary caps... ::)
Ouch, what a pressure from Real Madrid.
NB III East
Latest results:
Debrecen II-Kazincbarcika 1-1
Kazincbarcika-Budapest Honvéd II 2-0
Next game:
Salgótarján-Kazincbarcika
Standings:
1. Putnok 11 10 0 1 30 6 24 30
2. Kisvárda 10 9 1 0 40 10 30 28
3. Hatvan 10 7 3 0 23 5 18 24
4. Cigánd 11 6 3 2 13 8 5 21
5. Kazincbarcika 10 6 1 3 15 10 5 19
6. Tiszaújváros 11 5 1 5 15 27 -12 16
NB I
Latest results:
Videoton-Debrecen 1-2 :D :D :D
Debrecen-Ferencváros 2-2
Next game:
Pápa-Debrecen
Standings:
1. Videoton Székesfehérvár 12 11 0 1 30:5 33
2. MTK Budapest 12 10 0 2 18:10 30
3. Paks 12 6 4 2 20:10 22
4. Diósgyör Miskolc 12 6 4 2 20:15 22
5. Újpest Budapest 12 5 6 1 12:7 21
6. Ferencváros Budapest 12 6 2 4 18:12 20
...
7. Debrecen 12 4 4 4 14:11 16
Serie A
Latest results:
Sassuolo-Juventus 1-1
Juventus-Palermo 2-0
Next match:
Genoa-Juventus
Standings:
1. Juventus 8 7 1 0 16:3 22
2. AS Roma 8 6 1 1 14:4 19
3. Udinese 8 5 1 2 11:6 16
4. Sampdoria 8 4 4 0 9:4 16
5. Lazio 8 5 0 3 15:8 15
6. AC Milan 8 4 3 1 17:11 15
This saturday Gimnasia vs Racing!! :D
Terrible day:
Hungarian Cup, last 16:
Pécs-Debrecen 1-0 with a non-goal (hand fault was committed before the goal) - Debrecen is out
Genoa-Juventus 1-0 with a goal during stoppage time
1. Juventus 9 7 1 1 16:4 22
2. AS Roma 9 7 1 1 16:4 22
3. AC Milan 9 4 4 1 18:12 16
4. Sampdoria 9 4 4 1 9:5 16
5. Udinese 9 5 1 3 11:9 16
6. Lazio 8 5 0 3 15:8 15
Actually it was a great day!!! :D
Also in the Hungarian Cup:
Szolnoki MÁV - MTK 2-1 (0-1). Szolnok (playing in the 2nd division) proceeded to top 8!
Quote from: alanrotoi on October 30, 2014, 03:42:18 AM
This saturday Gimnasia vs Racing!! :D
That would have been a great "Estimation Game" question. Chulk's team vs. Rotoi's team.
BTW, I think we will lose because every forward leaving Gimnasia has an outstanding performance the following year. And Racing FW Bou left Gimnasia last season :(
Finally! The coach of Györi ETO FC resigned because of the crappy results of the last few months.
Quote from: CTG on November 01, 2014, 08:21:04 AM
Finally! The coach of Györi ETO FC resigned because of the crappy results of the last few months.
Pathetic: a five member coach team managed ETO in the latest round, it was enough for a tiny point (ETO-Diósgyör 1-1).
Empoli-Juventus 0-2
Pápa-Debrecen 0-2
Salgótarján-Kazincbarcika 0-4
1. Juventus 10 8 1 1 18:4 25
2. AS Roma 10 7 1 2 16:6 22
3. Sampdoria 10 5 4 1 12:6 19
4. Napoli 10 5 3 2 19:12 18
5. Genoa 10 5 3 2 14:10 18
6. Lazio 9 5 1 3 16:9 16
1. Videoton 13 12 0 1 31:5 36
2. MTK Budapest 13 10 0 3 18:11 30
3. Újpest 13 6 6 1 13:7 24
4. Paks 13 6 5 2 20:10 23
5. Diósgyör 13 6 5 2 21:16 23
6. Ferencváros 13 6 3 4 18:12 21
...
7. Debrecen 13 5 4 4 16:11 19
1. Putnok 12 11 0 1 36-7 33
2. Kisvárda 11 9 2 0 41-11 29
3. Hatvan 11 7 4 0 24-6 25
4. Cigánd SE 12 7 3 2 18-9 24
5. Kazincbarcika 11 7 1 3 19-10 22
6. Budapest Honvéd II 11 6 0 5 26-12 18
Meanwhile in "Mennyei Megyei":
Bácsa FC - Kapuvár 2-0 ;D
I can't imagine a rhyme with "Kazincbarcika" that their fans could use to cheer the team.
Quote from: alanrotoi on November 03, 2014, 09:13:17 PM
I can't imagine a rhyme with "Kazincbarcika" that their fans could use to cheer the team.
Don't worry, Hungarian fans are primitive enough, they don't need a rhyme. :D
"Ole ole ole ole, kazinc... barzic" :-*
Quote from: alanrotoi on November 03, 2014, 11:29:39 PM
"Ole ole ole ole, kazinc... barzic" :-*
Kazincbarcelona! ;D
This weekend!
Atletico de Rafaela vs Godoy Cruz
Racing Club vs Banfield
Independiente vs Gimnasia
Wow, what a weekend!
Kazincbarcika won the big match against Kisvárda! Kazincbarcika-Kisvárda 1-0!
1. Putnok 12 11 0 1 36–7 33
2. Kisvárda 12 9 2 1 41–12 29
3. Cigánd 13 8 3 2 21–10 27
4. Kazincbarcika 12 8 1 3 20–10 25
5. Hatvan 12 7 4 1 24–7 25
6. Budapest Honvéd II 12 6 1 5 27–13 19
(Remaining games for Kazincbarcika: Tiszaújváros [7th] away and Putnok [1st, local derby] home. Cigánd will have a rest day still to come.)
Debrecen took the obligatory win against Dunaújváros, 2-0.
1. Videoton Székesfehérvár 14 12 1 1 31:5 37
2. MTK Budapest 13 10 0 3 18:11 30
3. Paks 14 7 5 2 23:10 26
4. Újpest Budapest 14 6 7 1 14:8 25
5. Ferencváros Budapest 14 7 3 4 21:14 24
6. Diósgyör Miskolc 13 6 5 2 21:16 23
...
7. Debrecen 14 6 4 4 18:11 22
(Remaining game for Debrecen from the autumn season: Györ [8th], away.)
Juventus smashed Parma this afternoon, 7-0!
1. Juventus 11 9 1 1 25:4 28
2. AS Roma 10 7 1 2 16:6 22
3. Sampdoria 11 5 5 1 14:8 20
4. Lazio 11 6 1 4 21:13 19
5. Genoa 11 5 4 2 15:11 19
6. Napoli 10 5 3 2 19:12 18
(Roma played one match less. 6 games left for Juve in the autumn season.)
Quote from: CTG on November 04, 2014, 08:22:21 AM
Quote from: alanrotoi on November 03, 2014, 11:29:39 PM
"Ole ole ole ole, kazinc... barzic" :-*
Kazincbarcelona! ;D
Kazincbarcikai Sport Club, shortly KBSC is the name of the club, the supporters sing this one for example: KBSC [kah-bey-ash-tzey]-ole-ole-ole....
Or the old name of the club (before 1992 the club was called this way), Vegyész [wedj-ace] (means: Chemist) is used: Hajrá [kha-yrah], Vegyész! (means: Let's go/Avanti Vegyész!), because Vegyész is still the name of the club. There is a big chemical industry factory in the town, but it does not support the football club, rather supports the Extraliga volleyball club. But 'Vegyész' (=chemist) is still the nickname of the club.
And yes, sometimes the club is called and sung 'Kazincbarcelona'. :-)
Or the supporters are singing 'Yellow Angels!!!', as the club colour is yellow-blue.
ETO song from Aurora (famous punk band in the 90s): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSomIaTXlJ4 ;D
WHAT AN OWN GOAL, LOL! ;D
https://mtc.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/663EC3FBEE1143288226505732096_34db82ca943.0.1.3894706299360858031.mp4?versionId=cbywNlxw4bIqGECF1wair34VkuUNeFn6
LOL Gimnasia did a Captain Tsubasa goal few years ago!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2EkkTR31CA
According to goal.com, the 5 best football player ever:
- Pelé
- Diego Maradona
- Zinedine Zidane
- Ferenc Puskás
- ??? (will be revealed tomorrow)
Didn't those players (including Messi) all play the same position?
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on November 13, 2014, 04:45:50 PM
Didn't those players (including Messi) all play the same position?
Tactics changed a lot, I guess their role was slightly different. Zidane was a creative attacking midfield, the other three were pure strikers.
It's always strange to compare players from different era. You can't say Pelé was better than Messi - football was so different (training methods, key skills, strategies). Nowadays, sportsmen are physically perfect Terminators, following the manager's commands. Somehow I feel that gameplay intelligence and individual genius had a more significant role in the past. And don't forget about charisma. Maybe Puskás had no stamina / speed, but he was a leader and an icon (and of course had an alien sense to score).
Maradona wasn't a pure striker player. His main role was creating the attacking game.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on November 13, 2014, 04:45:50 PM
Didn't those players (including Messi) all play the same position?
IMHO they didn't.
Messi is a small, fast striker. A Second Striker (like Agüero, Götze, Rooney, Depay) that usuallly stands behind (or next to) a different kind of striker: powerfull, tall Strikers (like Batistuta, Van Basten, Ronaldo (the really good one) or Klose).
Zidane was an offensive midfielder, the likes of Litmanen, Valderrama or Platini himself.
Maradona was somewhere between the first class and the last. He had an incredible speed, dribbling and scoring skill, but he also had the abbility to "see" everything that was going on the field and do a decisive play without even running (this can be noticed in the later years of his career, where he no longer had enough speed to play second striker and adapted to playing OMF instead).
Pele was a striker back in a time where slow, tall, strong strikers didn't exist so he was a pure striker by that time's standarss. He would play a similar position to Maradona's in today's football I think.
Quote from: CTG on November 13, 2014, 04:31:48 PM
- ??? (will be revealed tomorrow)
If they didn't say, it's probably an unexpected one (maybe a still active one) in which case I would say Messi.
If not, chances are Di Stefano or Cruyff are the last choice.
Unfortunately they'll never know about Bochini.
To be the best player of all time, you have to dribble like Maradona, shoot like van Basten and have the playmaking ability of Zidane. I don't think anybody was born with being world class skilled at more than two of these three skills by now.
Quote from: Akoss Poo on November 14, 2014, 04:21:17 PM
To be the best player of all time, you have to dribble like Maradona, shoot like van Basten and have the playmaking ability of Zidane. I don't think anybody was born with being world class skilled at more than two of these three skills by now.
I agree. It's like in Zak's imaginery fastest time based on section times in montly statistics. You can have many fastest section times but nobody did the fastest time the entire career.
Greece - Faroe Islands 0-1 :o :o :o
Quote from: CTG on November 15, 2014, 02:09:42 AM
Greece - Faroe Islands 0-1 :o :o :o
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
This victory of our Faroe brothers almost made me more happy than Denmark's victory last night!
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on November 15, 2014, 10:09:02 AM
Quote from: CTG on November 15, 2014, 02:09:42 AM
Greece - Faroe Islands 0-1 :o :o :o
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
This victory of our Faroe brothers almost made me more happy than Denmark's victory last night!
Our group is fuckin' crazy so far. Greece came from the first pot and stands at the last place after 4 rounds with a single point.
1 sheep fucker gypsies 10 pts (6-1)
2 Northern Ireland 9 pts (6-3)
3 Hungary 7 pts (4-3)
4 Finland 4 pts (4-5)
5 Faroe Islands 3 pts (2-6), only 6 goals in their net, quite solid defense from a mini-country!
6 Greece 1 pt (1-5)
It's an interesting group. Very difficult to predict because Northern Ireland is overperforming and Greece is underperforming. Hungary vs Greece in the next will be important because Greece will practically be out of the running for 2nd place if they lose, and this will seriously increase Hungary's chance of qualifying.
It's been a big round for mini nations:
Greece vs Faroe Islands 0 - 1
Moldova vs Liechtenstein 0 - 1
San Marino vs Estonia 0 - 0
Gibraltar predictably lost in Germany and Luxembourg lost vs Ukraine. Now we'll have to wait and see what Malta and Andorra can do today.
What about Kosovo, Donetsk, Cataluña, Laponia, Padania and Northern Cyprus? :D Just to name few.
Match of the day: Italy-Croatia.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on November 16, 2014, 11:49:15 AM
It's been a big round for mini nations:
Greece vs Faroe Islands 0 - 1
Moldova vs Liechtenstein 0 - 1
San Marino vs Estonia 0 - 0
Gibraltar predictably lost in Germany and Luxembourg lost vs Ukraine. Now we'll have to wait and see what Malta and Andorra can do today.
Bulgaria - Malta 1-1 :o
Czech Rep. 2 - 1 Iceland
We lead with perfect score and should continue doing so as next match vs. Latvia should be easy.
According to EuroSport, Ballon d'Or odds are:
Cristiano Ronaldo 1/6 >:( :o ??? (After such a fuckin' weak World Cup? It should be considered the main event of the year. And suck an arrogant, selfish dickhole should ever get this title.)
Lionel Messi 6/1 ??? (Probably his crappiest season so far - his World Cup MVP title was a joke.)
Neymar 16/1 ??? (Worse than Messi and he left the most important matches of the World Cup.)
Thomas Mueller 20/1 (Top scorer of the Weltmeister.)
Arjen Robben 33/1 (Probably the real MVP of the World Cup.)
Philipp Lahm 33/1 (One of the most useful players on Earth.)
Manuel Neuer 33/1 (The best GK at the moment & captain of the world champion, he should win Ballon D'or)
James Rodriguez 40/1 (A one summer hit? As for me, he's not that good in Real Madrid.)
Gareth Bale 40/1 (I have to admit that he's fuckin' good, but he has no chance to step higher with such a weak national team.)
Diego Costa 50/1 (The Brasilian Spanish Inzaghi?)
Angel Di Maria 50/1 (Overrated.)
Toni Kroos 80/1 (Another useful German.)
Mario Goetze 100/1 (CTRL-C, CTRL-V)
Eden Hazard 100/1 (Overrated.)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic 100/1 (What a rebirth in Paris! Although he was injured for a long time, he's still a lot better than many other players above.)
Andres Iniesta 100/1 (Mr. Burnout, only his successes from the last few years are keeping him on this list. Bad season both in Barcelona and Spain.)
Sergio Ramos 100/1 (Crappy World Cup, but he had an important role in Real's triumph. Although I don't like him, I think he should be a lot higher on this list.)
Paul Pogba 100/1 (Bah...)
Bastian Schweinsteiger 100/1 (He wasn't that outstanding during the World Cup.)
Yaya Toure 100/1 (??? Why? ???)
Karim Benzema 150/1 (Overrated.)
Thibaut Courtois not listed (Underrated. He's getting better and better every year, very close to Neuer's level.)
Javier Mascherano not listed (Underrated. As for me, he was the best ARG player at the World Cup.)
I'm afraid it will be fuckin' one-sided, most of the football "experts" can decide only between Messi and cristiana, ignoring the World Cup performances. I would nominate Neuer, Müller and Robben to the TOP3.
It's difficult. Ronaldo showed little at the World Cup, but he's been incredibly good for the rest of the season. Müller and Neuer have been great at the World Cup but they just don't show the same level as Ronaldo every week of the season. Robben: really good, but not quite as good as Ronaldo. Better performance at the World Cup though, but also playing for a way better team...
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on November 18, 2014, 11:43:24 AM
Müller and Neuer have been great at the World Cup but they just don't show the same level as Ronaldo every week of the season.
You mustn't compare a striker and a goalkeeper. Neuer performed quite well in Bayern.
Yesterday was a bad one for several Stunts countries:
Portugal - Argentina 1-0
Hungary - Russia 1-2
hairy-sole gypsy invaders - Denmark 2-0
Some happy pipsqueaks:
Austria - Brazil 1-2 (way too tight)
Ukraine - lithuahuahuania 0-0
Italy - Albania 1-0 (not so convincing...)
Spain - Germany 0-1
Tiszaújváros-Kazincbarcika 1-0 (1-0)
Kazincbarcika attacked throughout the whole match, but Tiszaújváros won luckily in the match played in a big fog.
1. Putnok 13 12 0 1 38–7 36
2. Kisvárda 13 10 2 1 46–12 32
3. Cigánd 13 8 3 2 21–10 27
4. Kazincbarcika 13 8 1 4 20–11 25
5. Hatvan 13 7 4 2 24–9 25
6. Budapest Honvéd II 13 7 1 5 29–13 22
7. Tiszaújváros 13 7 1 5 17–27 22
Last match of the autumn season: Kazincbarcika-Putnok
Razingbarcika? Kazinbarça?
Quote from: CTG on November 19, 2014, 11:05:18 AM
Portugal - Argentina 1-0
What a pain in the eyes that match was!! I don't care about the result, it's just a friendly match against a crappy team. The kind of matches nobody plays seriously except the weakest teams. But I expected something a bit more entertaining than that!
The best football song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fpswA35o_s
Before Ecuador 2 x 1 Honduras - World Cup - Arena da Baixada - Curitiba - June, 20
Quote from: Shoegazing Leo on November 21, 2014, 11:56:33 PM
The best football song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fpswA35o_s
JAJAJAJA!
Messi-Ronaldo alltime numbers:
Matches played: 26, Messi won 12, Ronaldo 7 and 7 draws
Lionel Messi 17 goals, Cristiano Ronaldo 15.
Györi ETO FC - peasant fc 0-1
Bahia- Atletico-PR 1-2
Leo?
Racing 1 - River Plate 0
:P
Quote from: alanrotoi on November 24, 2014, 03:45:34 AM
Racing 1 - River Plate 0
:P
Tell us something about the popularity of the main football clubs in Argentina. (As far as I remember, BJ and I made an introduction of Danish and Hungarian teams in the past.)
NB III East
Kazincbarcika-Putnok 4-0
Final Autumn Season Standings
1. Putnok 14 12 0 2 38–11 36
2. Kisvárda 14 11 2 1 49–13 35
3. Kazincbarcika 14 9 1 4 24–11 28
4. Hatvan 14 8 4 2 28–10 28
5. Cigánd 14 8 3 3 22–14 27
6. Budapest Honvéd II 14 8 1 5 30–13 25
7. Tiszaújváros 14 8 1 5 20–28 25
8. Jászberény 14 5 4 5 25–28 19
9. Nyírbátor 14 5 3 6 27–27 8
10. Debrecen II 14 3 4 7 19–22 13
11. Felsötárkány 14 3 3 8 23–39 12
12. Salgótarján 14 3 2 9 21–32 11
13. Hajdúböszörmény 14 3 0 11 20–37 9
14. Veresegyház 14 2 1 11 13–43 7
15. Gyöngyös 14 1 3 10 8–39 6
16. Létavértes excluded
NB I
Györ-Debrecen 0-1
Final Autumn Season Standings
1. Videoton Székesfehérvár 15 12 2 1 31:5 38
2. MTK Budapest 15 11 0 4 21:13 33
3. Diósgyör Miskolc 15 8 5 2 25:17 29
4. Paks 15 7 5 3 23:11 26
5. Debrecen 15 7 4 4 19:11 25
6. Ferencváros Budapest 15 7 4 4 21:14 25
7. Újpest Budapest 15 6 7 2 14:10 25
8. Kecskemét 15 6 4 5 16:15 22
9. Györ 15 5 4 6 21:19 19
10. Puskás Akadémia Felcsút 15 5 3 7 17:20 18
11. Nyíregyháza 15 4 2 9 17:21 14
12. Pápa 15 3 5 7 8:22 14
13. Budapest Honvéd 15 3 3 9 12:20 12
14. Dunaújváros PASE 15 3 4 8 14:28 12
15. Pécs 15 2 4 9 14:30 10
16. Haladás Szombathely 15 2 2 11 5:22 8
Serie A
Lazio-Juventus 0-3
Standings
1. Juventus 12 10 1 1 28:4 31
2. AS Roma 12 9 1 2 21:7 28
3. Napoli 12 6 4 2 23:15 22
4. Sampdoria 12 5 6 1 15:9 21
5. Genoa 11 5 4 2 15:11 19
6. Lazio 12 6 1 5 21:16 19
Quote from: CTG on November 23, 2014, 09:54:27 PM
Bahia- Atletico-PR 1-2
Leo?
I watch this game on a pub. Furacão is playing just for the kicks. There is no chance of relegation and no chance of Libertadores.
The red-black goal are scored by Fahel (own goal. He played here in 2008), befor Willian Rocha, our Ben Harper cover, reach the ball, and Bady.
We have (don't played last game because the third yellow card) a serbian striker, Cléo. He was not serbian in 2005.
Maradona playing Cuíca:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B3TRx5ZIgAAtqdq.jpg)
Mr. Cocaine likes pussy, so what? :D
That's an old picture, he's not that fat now.
Messi broke yet another record and this is what you talk about? I think you're missing the point of the thread, guys...
Don't be like that. Take in mind they never had players like Messi or Maradona in their national football teams. It's hard to imagine that one national team has the best player of the world in every generation.
(http://blog.wtfconcept.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/maradona-coke.jpg)
They had Puskás though.
Messi really seems to be picking up the pace towards the end of the year.
On another note: it's remarkable how he completely lacks the big ego Maradona had. I don't think Messi will ever be tabloid prey like Maradona.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on November 26, 2014, 10:35:44 AM
They had Puskás though.
Yeah... 60-70 years ago. :D
Btw people always forget about our only Ballon D'Or winner (1967), legend of Ferencváros: Flórián Albert. He wasn't that big star, but still, he could win that title - while Puskás couldn't.
Quote from: BonzaiJoe on November 26, 2014, 10:35:44 AM
On another note: it's remarkable how he completely lacks the big ego Maradona had. I don't think Messi will ever be tabloid prey like Maradona.
I guess he's really an autist.
Puskas is one of the alltime best players an elite player. Under Messi and Maradona with the other elite players. :)
Quote from: alanrotoi on November 26, 2014, 02:07:14 PM
Puskas is one of the alltime best players an elite player. Under Messi and Maradona with the other elite players. :)
Maradona:
- fat ass
- friend of Fidel
- cocaine addict
- a crappy trainer
- retarded
- scored his legendary goal with his hand - and he's proud of it! ::)
(I cannot respect somebody with such a private life - I find him a disgusting jerk, just like Balotelli or cristiana. Stunts alterego: Alain)
Messi:
- autist
- tax cheater
- midget
(As for me, he's still a lot better than Maradona and probably the best attacker of the last 50 years. Considering his skills, he's a fuckin' modest guy, which makes him a great sportsman. Stunts alterego: Duplode)
Puskás:
- fat, with bad stamina
- kinda traitor, leaving Hungary in 1956
- not a clever human either (but which football player is?)
(Probably the best player of the 50s, but he played too long time ago to compare. Stunts alterego: Mark Nailwood)
Quote from: CTG on November 26, 2014, 02:16:14 PM
Maradona:
- scored his legendary goal with his hand
Wrong! He scored his legendary goal by dribbling half the English team (and the GK) through half the field. In a World Cup QF.
And he's proud of it, for sure!
Cocito (don't show it to Kaká): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOeNtnR7D50
Nice!!
Zlatan picked his 11 and I must say I was surprised with some of his choices http://www.ole.com.ar/futbol-internacional/francia/zlatanibrahimovic-psg-onceideal_3_1255704431.html
Quote from: Chulk on November 26, 2014, 10:26:39 PM
Zlatan picked his 11 and I must say I was surprised with some of his choices http://www.ole.com.ar/futbol-internacional/francia/zlatanibrahimovic-psg-onceideal_3_1255704431.html
I'm happy to see that Ibra ignored gaynaldo. :D
I would be so happy to see a Zlatan vs cristiana street fight... :D
I was happy to see someone acknowledge Nedved as he deserves, for being the best Left Midfielder from the last 15 years or so (Maybe Reus can be better, if he overcomes his late injuries and continues developing)
Pelé is in hospital. He's 74 and have an abdominal infection and is doing hemodialysis.
The new coach of Györi ETO FC is Vasile Miriuta, former player of several Hungarian clubs (one of the best players of the last 25 years in ETO). He's a kind of weirdo: 100% romanian, but played in the Hungarian national team around 2000.
And he looks like Dr. Evil from Austin Powers... :D
(http://www.nemzetisport.hu/data/cikk/2/37/95/17/cikk_2379517/141125-Gyori-ETO-edzes-Miriuta-Vasile-MSJ-09640.jpg)
(http://media.giphy.com/media/jeXiz1RAvzX44/giphy-facebook_s.jpg)
Debrecen - Nyíregyháza 5-0 -> a fantastic victory over our biggest enemy!!! :-)
1. Videoton Székesfehérvár 16 13 2 1 36:5 41
2. MTK Budapest 16 12 0 4 24:15 36
3. Diósgyör Miskolc 16 8 5 3 25:18 29
4. Debrecen 16 8 4 4 24:11 28
5. Ferencváros Budapest 16 8 4 4 24:15 28
6. Újpest Budapest 16 7 7 2 15:10 28
Juventus - Torino 2-1 -> victory over a big enemy and city rival!!! :-)
1. Juventus 13 11 1 1 30:5 34
2. AS Roma 13 10 1 2 25:9 31
3. Genoa 13 6 5 2 19:12 23
4. Napoli 12 6 4 2 23:15 22
5. Sampdoria 12 5 6 1 15:9 21
6. AC Milan 13 5 6 2 23:17 21
I found the real Paulo Miranda: https://futebolmetropole.wordpress.com/2014/12/01/campeao-relampago-pelo-andraus-paulo-miranda-nao-definiu-destino-para-2015/
JJ Morales signs for reality show: https://futebolmetropole.wordpress.com/2014/12/02/ex-atacante-paranista-deixa-clube-venezuelano-para-participar-de-reality-show-chileno/
And amateur football (with images): https://futebolmetropole.wordpress.com/2014/12/06/operario-pilarzinho-vence-nova-orleans-fora-de-casa-e-sai-com-vantagem-na-decisao-da-suburbana/
Debrecen - MTK 2-1
Budapest Honvéd - Györi ETO 0-2
Standings after 17 rounds:
| 1 | VIDEOTON FC | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 6 | +34 | 44 |
| 2 | MTK BUDAPEST | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 17 | +8 | 36 |
| 3 | DIÓSGYÖRI VTK | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 32 |
| 4 | DVSC-TEVA | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 12 | +14 | 31 |
| 5 | FERENCVÁROSI TC | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 15 | +11 | 31 |
| 6 | ÚJPEST FC | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 28 |
| 7 | MVM-PAKS | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 13 | +12 | 27 |
| 8 | PUSKÁS AKADÉMIA FC | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 20 | -1 | 24 |
| 9 | GYÖRI ETO FC | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 23 |
| 10 | KECSKEMÉTI TE | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | -3 | 22 |
| 11 | NYÍREGYHÁZA SPARTACUS FC | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 14 |
| 12 | LOMBARD PÁPA TERMÁL FC | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 29 | -21 | 14 |
| 13 | BUDAPEST HONVÉD | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 22 | -10 | 13 |
| 14 | DUNAÚJVÁROS | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 32 | -17 | 13* |
| 15 | SZOMBATHELYI HALADÁS | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 24 | -16 | 11 |
| 16 | PMFC-MATIAS | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 34 | -18 | 10 |
* 1 pt penalty for Dunaújváros
Where are Illes Béla?
Quote from: Shoegazing Leo on December 08, 2014, 03:33:48 PM
Where are Illes Béla?
He is retired since 2006. Now he is currently the chairman and part-owner of Szombathelyi Haladás VSE (which is his home team and was his youth team).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Ill%C3%A9s
Where are Roland Tüske?
What happens when Gera samba?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVN-q9Wj638
Quote from: Shoegazing Leo on December 08, 2014, 03:42:14 PM
Where are Roland Tüske?
What happens when Gera samba?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVN-q9Wj638
Tüske is not playing anymore. He wasn't one of the best Hungarian players, though he had years spent in the Hungarian first division and he played in Brazil, too. He finished his career, according to Hungarian Wikipedia, in Budaörs, which is a lower division team (currently third tier I guess).
Gera (who is younger than both Illés and Tüske) is still playing and he is still one of the best Hungarian players. After years in England (Premier League, Championship) and his injury, now he is playing for Ferencváros Budapest. In the autumn, he also played in the Hungarian National Team.
Tüske played a total of 0 official games in Brazil.
And the standings that CTG wrote are the final standings before the winter break. 13 rounds are left from the spring season, the teams will play them from March.
The full spring season (15 rounds) is left from the NB III Group East championship - they will also be played next year.
In the meantime, in Serie A:
Fiorentina-Juventus 0-0
Standings:
1. Juventus 14 11 2 1 30:5 35
2. AS Roma 14 10 2 2 27:11 32
3. Genoa 14 7 5 2 20:12 26
4. Sampdoria 14 6 7 1 19:11 25
5. Napoli 14 6 6 2 26:18 24
6. Lazio 14 7 2 5 23:17 23
It is time for revenge...
CL Last 16 draw:
Juventus - Borussia Dortmund
Quote from: Akoss Poo on December 15, 2014, 12:21:14 PM
It is time for revenge...
CL Last 16 draw:
Juventus - Borussia Dortmund
Forza Borussia! :D
Paris Saint-Germain–Chelsea: quite a strong and balanced duel, it would be better for quarter- or semi-finals... I hope Ibra will kick ass.
Manchester City–Barcelona: ManCity is slowly growing up to the biggest teams, but still, they are not at Barcelona's level.
Bayer Leverkusen–Atletico Madrid: even if ATM seems to be a bit stronger, it might be a tight duel.
Juventus–Dortmund: Akoss Poo is a Juve supporter, just like my extremely stupid, chain-smoker neighbour. So what should I say? skid Juventus! :D However, this time they will beat Dortmund - nowadays there's a serious trouble with Klopp's team.
Schalke–Real Madrid: Schalke is a joke, they won't be able to keep cristiana & co. under 5 goals during the 180 minutes. Unfortunately this Real Madrid with Ancelotti is fuckin' strong (also showing that Mourinho couldn't handle the biggest stars).
Sahtar Doneck–Bayern München: Lederhose whitewash
Arsenal–Monaco: Gunners will easily dominate this duel.
Basel–Porto: is this the EL or what? Far the weakest pair, I guess even Porto would be beaten by 12 teams from the remaining 14.
As for me, power rankings of CL:
1 Real Madrid
2 Bayern München
3 Chelsea
4 Barcelona
5 PSG
6 Atletico Madrid
7 Manchester City
8 Arsenal
9 Juventus
10 Bayer Leverkusen
11 Borussia Dortmund
12 Monaco
13 Porto
14 Schalke
15 Sahtar Doneck
16 Basel
Go Shakthar!!
Quote from: alanrotoi on December 15, 2014, 11:17:14 PM
Go Shakthar!!
I have to agree.
Go:
- PSG
- Barca
- Atletico
- Dortmund
- Schalke
- Sahtar
- Monaco
- Porto
Retirements:
- Alex de Souza
- Richarlyson
- Harlei
- Índio
- Thierry Henry
Quote from: CTG on December 16, 2014, 08:32:41 AM
I have to agree.
Go:
- PSG
- Barca
- Atletico
- Dortmund
- Schalke
- Sahtar
- Monaco
- Porto
You have to choose one team. It's like in zak's you only are allowed to use one username.
Quote from: alanrotoi on December 17, 2014, 12:11:11 AM
Quote from: CTG on December 16, 2014, 08:32:41 AM
I have to agree.
Go:
- PSG
- Barca
- Atletico
- Dortmund
- Schalke
- Sahtar
- Monaco
- Porto
You have to choose one team. It's like in zak's you only are allowed to use one username.
Hey, Mr. Chuyrtix: there are 8 duels in CL, so I've told you which one in each duel is supported. Of course I'll say only 4 in the next round, 2 in the semis and only one in the final.
I have to agree with CTG on 6 pairings: the two exceptions are Juve-BVB and Porto-Basel.
I am a Juve fan. In normal case, I couldn't decide which team to support between Porto and Basel. But Italian teams need the fall of the Portuguese clubs to stay in 4th place in the UEFA Country Rankings. http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2015.html
Btw this is always the situation, somehow UEFA draws the two weakest teams to make one of them survive.
It wasn't the case when APOEL Nicosia drew Real Madrid or when FC København drew Chelsea.
Quote from: Akoss Poo on December 17, 2014, 08:35:15 AM
But Italian teams need the fall of the Portuguese clubs to stay in 4th place in the UEFA Country Rankings. http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2015.html
One more reason to support Porto! ;D
BTW Racing Club is the Champion!
(http://cdn01.ib.infobae.com/adjuntos/162/imagenes/011/967/0011967421.jpg)
(http://cde.americadeportes.pe/ima/0/0/1/3/8/138109/768x480.jpg)
And here is Cthulhu in the River Plate who announced that he'll be back when Racing wins another championship. :D
(http://www.imgbase.info/images/safe-wallpapers/miscellaneous/1_other_wallpapers/14080_1_other_wallpapers_cthulhu_monster.jpg)
Paris Saint-Germain–Chelsea
Manchester City–Barcelona
Bayer Leverkusen–Atletico Madrid
Juventus–Dortmund (sadly). We will always have CL'97 final anyway.
Schalke–Real Madrid
Sahtar Doneck–Bayern München
Arsenal–Monaco
Basel–Porto
Congratulations to Racing Club!
Congratulation to Racing Club (please, post the daughters of the president's selfie)
President's daughter :D
(https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vvThMBANkhenvmlEmB7Itg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTU0MDtpbD1wbGFuZTtweW9mZj0wO3E9NzU7dz05NjA-/http://media.zenfs.com/es_ES/Sports/Eurosport/1372656-29447161-2560-1440.jpg)
Quote from: alanrotoi on December 17, 2014, 06:05:12 PM
President's daughter :D
(https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vvThMBANkhenvmlEmB7Itg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTU0MDtpbD1wbGFuZTtweW9mZj0wO3E9NzU7dz05NjA-/http://media.zenfs.com/es_ES/Sports/Eurosport/1372656-29447161-2560-1440.jpg)
8)
I sent that pic to Alan as a congrats a few minutes after the match ended.
If you want more: There (http://www.infobae.com/2014/10/11/1601047-mechi-y-barbie-las-hijas-del-presidente-racing-que-enamoran-al-futbol-argentino) you go
Italian Supercup match in Quatar? How many Napoli and Juventus fans have to watch it in TV instead of being in the stadium? Something went really wrong in the world of football...
Go San Lorenzo!
Meanwhile in Spanish Segunda Division:
Numancia - Lugo 6-6 :o (it's really worth to check the evolution of the score)
http://www.mundodeportivo.com/20141220/futbol/6-6-un-partido-de-locos-entre-numancia-y-lugo-para-despedir-el-ano_54422676769.html
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5azv6WIUAEluQN.png)
JAJAJA
Quote from: Shoegazing Leo on December 22, 2014, 02:08:14 AM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5azv6WIUAEluQN.png)
I don't get it :(
Quote from: Chulk on December 23, 2014, 03:33:09 AM
Quote from: Shoegazing Leo on December 22, 2014, 02:08:14 AM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5azv6WIUAEluQN.png)
I don't get it :(
Natal means Christmas and this is the city from the América-RN. Ano Novo means New Year. There is a tradition in Brazil to wear white clothes at the new year's day.
Quote from: Shoegazing Leo on December 23, 2014, 03:52:42 AM
There is a tradition in Brazil to wear white clothes at the new year's day.
This is the part I didn't get from the joke, thanks.