Football Fanats 2007

[CTG]

The usual annual topic for football hooligans. 

[CTG]

Finally!!! Zolt?n Gera might go back to Premier League from West Bromwich Albion (Championship 1). Middlesbrough, Portmouth and Aston Villa wants to buy him. It only depends on the managers of WBA...

It seems young Hungarian players are a lot better than the current generation. We have some really talented young players, especially in MTK (N?meth, Hrepka, Kanta, Dud?s) and there are some good players in abroad too (Priskin - Watford, Filkor - Inteznazionale, Stieber - Aston Villa junior team). Adding the few good older players (D?rdai, Huszti, Gera, F?l?p) and some mediorce ones (Bajz?t, Stark, Halmosi, Rajczi, Tisza, T?zs?r and some others I forgot) - and we would get a great team, having chance against some pretty strong European teams like Norway, Switzerland, Romania or Serbia.

[CTG]

Nobody is interested in football? What about the sucking series of Chelsea? Or Serie B's new leader, Juventus? Or the future of so called "stars", like gay Beckham or fat Ronaldo?

[Krys TOFF]

Nobody is interested in football? What about the sucking series of Chelsea? Or Serie B's new leader, Juventus? Or the future of so called "stars", like gay Beckham or fat Ronaldo?

I don't care about Chelsea mercenary team,
I don't care about "Galactic" status players as they are way too much paid for what they do,
I don't care about cheating Juventus.

But :
I'm happy Manchester United was beaten by Arsenal because English championship need to be sharper than it is,
I'm happy that Paul Le Guen is new PSG manager,
I'm happy that Lyon is still qualified on every competition possible (French league cup, French cup, Champions league and of course the French championship),
I'm happy that Spanish championship is so interesting and sharp between FC Barcelone, FC S?ville, Real Madrid, Valence and Atletico Madrid. This championship is so far the most interesting of Europe, just before German one.

[CTG]

Whohohoho, Lyon sucked! It seems Bordeaux has not only good wine but a good team too.

[Krys TOFF]

Whohohoho, Lyon sucked! It seems Bordeaux has not only good wine but a good team too.

2nd loss in a row for Lyon, but only their 3rd loss since the beginning of the championship.
Lyon still has 14 points more than Bordeaux and Marseille. French championship is not interesting, too much difference between Lyon and other teams, like it was for Marseille a dozen years ago.
I prefer Spanish championship because difference between teams are minimal : only 4 points between the leader and the 5th team.

[CTG]

Then you will like this:

Romania, third class, 1982-83 (tightest league result ever on Earth)

1. Muresul Deva 30 16 6 8 53-33 38
2. UM Timisoara 30 14 3 13 57-37 31
3. Mecanica Orastie 30 15 1 14 49-53 31
4. Minerul Paroseni 30 13 5 12 41-46 31
5. Minerul Moldova-Noua 30 14 2 14 41-39 30
6. Minerul Stiinta Vulcan 30 13 4 13 38-47 30
7. Metalul Bocsa 30 13 3 14 40-32 29
8. Dacia Orastie 30 11 7 12 58-50 29
9. Minerul Certej 30 13 3 14 48-47 29
10. Metalul Otelu-Rosu 30 14 1 15 38-40 29
11. Minerul Anina 30 13 3 14 46-48 29
12. Victoria Calan 30 13 3 14 35-37 29
13. Constructorul Timisoara 30 13 3 14 57-62 29
14. Minerul Oravita 30 13 3 14 39-45 29
15. Minerul Ghelar 30 12 5 13 35-52 29
16. Minerul Aninoasa 30 11 6 13 32-39 28

[Krys TOFF]

Wow, only 3 points between 2nd and 16th place !!!
This is a championship where goal-average is THE key.
But as for French championship, the winner was clearly above the others. Battle for podium is not as interesting as battle for champion title.

[Krys TOFF]

Platini elected UEFA president : http://www.uefa.com/uefa/keytopics/kind=64/newsid=500491.html

UEFA presidents list since its creation :
Ebbe Schwartz, Denmark, 1954-62.
Gustav Wiederkehr, Switzerland, 1962-72.
Sandor Barcs, Hungary, 1972-73.
Artemio Franchi, Italy, 1973-83.
Jacques Georges, France, 1983-90.
Lennart Johansson, Sweden, 1990-2007.
Michel Platini, France, 2007-?

[CTG]

Whooops, Lyon sucked again:

Troyes-Olympique Lyon 1-0 (Nivet 94.)

[Krys TOFF]

Whooops, Lyon sucked again:

Troyes-Olympique Lyon 1-0 (Nivet 94.)

Since the beginning of the season, Lyon had the bad habit to win in the last minutes.
After the winning of Marseille (French Cup) and now Troyes, this is the opposite that happened to them.
Anyway, they still have 11 points more than the 2nd in championship classification...

[BonzaiJoe]

Why are you a Lyon fan when you are from the Paris area?

[CTG]

Don't try to understand the horny Frenchman. Testosteron made him mad.

[Krys TOFF]

Why are you a Lyon fan when you are from the Paris area?

I'm a fan of all French team for European competitions. And Lyon is the one with the best potential for European champions league.
For French championship I'm a fan of Auxerre, but they suck actually.
Living near a city won't make me a fan of this city team, there are lot of Marseille fans at my job for examples. Of course, there are also PSG fans, but not only.
What can be said is that there are Marseille fans everywhere in France including at Paris, but I don't think that there are PSG fans living far away from Paris.

[BonzaiJoe]

Very strange... In Denmark you generally just like your local team, or the team from the place where you grew up. People from rural areas without good football teams usually like either the nearest city-team or Br?ndby or FCK.