The Football Thread

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expect liverpool to storm next season, might get some more cash and bring in more players with similar calibre to that of fernando torres. what a fantastic season hes had. i wish they bring on vicente from valencia or downing from middlesbrough so that they could solve their left winger problems. they do not spread the ball often and usually hoof up the ball. and sell crouch and voronin to bring on an attacking midfielder/ supporting striker, this is where david villa would be best at (Spanish strikeforce).

 

sigh. but then again. f#&kin' boardroom problems. zzz

How may times have we heard that LIV will win the next season? I am sick of it to be honest.

 

 

Come on be real. It's gonna be either Man United, Arsenal or Cheski.

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ah ok. tnx for the info.

 

kahit chelsea-barca oks n dn e..

Dude will you be watching at H&J?

[duchessXI]

How may times have we heard that LIV will win the next season? I am sick of it to be honest.

 

 

Come on be real. It's gonna be either Man United, Arsenal or Cheski.

 

i agree with you there in the first part but, so what if we hear it everytime? its the only way we could improve, we cant be pessimistic and end up like leeds, newcastle, or even valencia. ZZZ. :sleepysmiley03: heck even ferguson almost got axed if only the fans werent supportive enough. One would understand if one is a true liverpool fan. Just because liverpool isnt up there doesnt mean one would turn towards to big names like the top 3 u mentioned, barca, Real Madrid, or any of the Milans.

 

Btw, do we have as much spending power compared to the top 2? (Arsenal out of the equation because he has great scouts) i dont think so. :thumbsdownsmiley:

Man Utds a great club; just dont underestimate Liverpool.

Four words for you my friend, "In Rafa we Trust".

 

Cheers. :thumbsupsmiley:

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i agree with you there in the first part but, so what if we hear it everytime? its the only way we could improve, we cant be pessimistic and end up like leeds, newcastle, or even valencia. ZZZ. :sleepysmiley03: heck even ferguson almost got axed if only the fans werent supportive enough. One would understand if one is a true liverpool fan. Just because liverpool isnt up there doesnt mean one would turn towards to big names like the top 3 u mentioned, barca, Real Madrid, or any of the Milans.

 

Btw, do we have as much spending power compared to the top 2? (Arsenal out of the equation because he has great scouts) i dont think so. :thumbsdownsmiley:

Man Utds a great club; just dont underestimate Liverpool.

Four words for you my friend, "In Rafa we Trust".

 

Cheers. :thumbsupsmiley:

And trust away my friend. Just quote this message when you lot win your first EPL trophy.

 

 

Cheers!

[xycho_g]

Dude will you be watching at H&J?

 

not sure...still asking some of my friends if they wanna watch live somewhere...

[duchessXI]

And trust away my friend. Just quote this message when you lot win your first EPL trophy.

 

 

Cheers!

 

lol, weve got more trophies than you mancs. lol, first EPL trophy daw.

Tip: Try googling History of Liverpool Football Club, Trophies won . and try comparing it with Man Utd.

 

come back with the answers.

 

Cheers.

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lol, weve got more trophies than you mancs. lol, first EPL trophy daw.

Tip: Try googling History of Liverpool Football Club, Trophies won . and try comparing it with Man Utd.

 

come back with the answers.

 

Cheers.

I didn't say the Olde English leage one.

 

 

I said the BARCLAY's PREMIER LEAGUE which I think you lot haven't won.

 

 

and yes this is me back with my answer.

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naunahan pa ng chelsea ang liverpool na mag championship sa barclay's premier league

as much as I hate to admit it this statement is oh so true.

[duchessXI]

I didn't say the Olde English leage one.

 

 

I said the BARCLAY's PREMIER LEAGUE which I think you lot haven't won.

 

 

and yes this is me back with my answer.

 

LOL, it was just f#&king renamed to Barclays Premier League just because Barclays Bank were sponsors. Wow, take them out and you have only the EPL. pls tell me difference, and come back with a more sensible answer pls.

 

oh and did u really say that, try backreading a bit and check whether you really did. and try capslocking your whole quote over.

 

cheers.

[duchessXI]

LIV 58 trophies

MANU 50 trophies

 

although LIV's failure to win their first premier league trophy is still remarkable for such a multi-titled club

 

oh hey, look what we have here, weve got some facts, minus the opinion.

[duchessXI]

LIV 58 trophies

MANU 50 trophies

 

although LIV's failure to win their first premier league trophy is still remarkable for such a multi-titled club

 

i agree on winning our first trophy since it was renamed. but then again, In Rafa We Trust

 

lets go to international trophies shall we? :thumbsupsmiley:

[redshirt]

LOL, it was just f#&king renamed to Barclays Premier League just because Barclays Bank were sponsors. Wow, take them out and you have only the EPL. pls tell me difference, and come back with a more sensible answer pls.

 

oh and did u really say that, try backreading a bit and check whether you really did. and try capslocking your whole quote over.

 

cheers.

 

Well sir it wasn't called EPL before. It was called The Football League First Division. That is the differene.

 

 

And here are the list of the EPL champions past and present...

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_seasons

 

 

Kindly click on the link if you will.

 

 

And Oh, I didn't see Liverpool anywhere.....

 

 

Weird eh?

[bubuy]

ano ba pinagkaiba kung may Barclay's? edi ba sponsor lang naman yun? it's the same league top flight league of english football di ba? or am i missing something here.

 

anyway, premiership teams are overrated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ole! ole! ole! ole! congrats to Real Madrid! 31st La Liga championsip! back to back.. and yes, we've also endured our title droughts..

Edited May 6, 2008 by bubuy

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oh hey, look what we have here, weve got some facts, minus the opinion.

This is a list of every Premier League season from the league's foundation in 1992–93 to the end of the most recent completed season. To date, there have been fifteen Premier League seasons. The league has been won by four different clubs—Manchester United (nine times), Arsenal (three times), Chelsea (twice) and Blackburn Rovers (once).

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ano ba pinagkaiba kung may Barclay's? edi ba sponsor lang naman yun? it's the same league top flight league of english football di ba? or am i missing something here.

 

anyway, premiership teams are overrated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ole! ole! ole! ole! congrats to Real Madrid! 31st La Liga championsip! back to back.. and yes, we've also endured our title droughts..

 

 

Sir bubuy kindly read the excerpt from the wikipedia article if you will

 

 

 

 

Origins

 

The 1980s had marked a low point for English football. Stadiums were crumbling, supporters endured poor facilities, hooliganism was rife, and English clubs were banned from European competition following the events at Heysel in 1985.[3] The Football League First Division, which had been the top level of English football since 1888, was well behind leagues such as Italy's Serie A and Spain's La Liga in attendances and revenues, and several top English players had moved abroad.[4] However, by the turn of the 1990s the downward trend was starting to reverse; England had been successful in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, reaching the semi-finals. UEFA, European football's governing body, lifted the five-year ban on English clubs playing in European competitions in 1990 and the Taylor Report on stadium safety standards, which proposed expensive upgrades to create all-seater stadiums, was published in January of that year.[5]

 

Television money had also become much more important; the Football League received £6.3million for a two-year agreement in 1986, but when that deal was renewed in 1988, the price rose to £44m over four years.[6] The 1988 negotiations were the first signs of a breakaway league; ten clubs threatened to leave and form a "super league", but were eventually persuaded to stay.[7] As stadiums improved and match attendance and revenues rose, the country's top teams again considered leaving the Football League in order to capitalise on the growing influx of money being pumped into the sport.

 

 

Foundation

In the 1991 close season, a proposal for the establishment of a new league was tabled that would bring more money into the game overall. The Founder Members Agreement, signed on 17 July 1991 by the game's top-flight clubs, established the basic principles for setting up the FA Premier League.[8] The newly formed top division would have commercial independence from the Football Association and the Football League, giving the FA Premier League license to negotiate its own broadcast and sponsorship agreements. This was considered necessary so that English clubs could once again compete with and beat the best of Europe, while attracting the best talent in the world, something which in 1991 seemed practically unthinkable.[9]

 

In 1992 the First Division clubs resigned from the Football League en masse and on 27 May 1992 the FA Premier League was formed as a limited company working out of an office at the Football Association's then headquarters in Lancaster Gate.[4] This meant a break-up of the 104-year-old Football League that had operated until then with four divisions; the Premier League would operate with a single division and the Football League with three. There was no change in competition format; the same number of teams competed in the top flight, and promotion and relegation between the Premier League and the new First Division remained on the same terms as between the old First and Second Divisions.

 

The 22 inaugural members of the new Premiership were Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Everton, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Oldham Athletic, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, and Wimbledon.