Re: General Football Thread

by **Bitterness** Wed Aug 27, 2014 2:29 am

In the meantime:
1) Porto has predictably beaten Lille
2) Maribor knocked out Celtic

This means that:
1) Russian league temporarily takes over the 6th place in the UEFA ranking table (which is huge, as it means 3 teams in the UCL instead of just 2, provided that this situation remains until the end of the season, ~~and it doesn't matter that Russia only has 2 teams capable of not getting destroyed in every match in the Champions League~~)
2) Celtic won't be playing in the UCL. Bonus troll points if any of the Russian teams gets drawn with Maribor, because 2010 World Cup qualification.

by **Bitterness** Wed Aug 27, 2014 6:26 pm

I predict Zenit to get Porto, Ajax, and Anderlecht
Porto and Anderlecht because whenever they mathematically can be drawn with Zenit, that's exactly what happens
FFS, we might as well ask Porto to allow us host home matches at Dragao if Petrovsky gets disqualified for one reason or another
Ajax because we never get deadly draws, and out of all non-Bayer draws I just took a random one

by **Bitterness** Thu Aug 28, 2014 12:23 pm

Every freaking year it's Portugal -_-

by **Bitterness** Thu Aug 28, 2014 12:30 pm

Bayer Leverkusen

by **Bitterness** Thu Aug 28, 2014 12:36 pm

Monaco

by **Bitterness** Thu Aug 28, 2014 12:37 pm

Welp, we're in a group with 4 absolutely equal teams (I know all the commentators on the internet will write that Zenit will finish 4th, but that would've been true last year, we're much better now)
I have no clue how it will end, although I know what everyone will predict: 1. Bayer 2. Benfica 3. Monaco 4. Zenit

by **Bitterness** Thu Aug 28, 2014 12:42 pm

CSKA are ded :D

by **Bitterness** Thu Aug 28, 2014 3:26 pm

Wait
Did Twente just lose on away goals to Quarabag
Dafuq

by **Paleo** Tue Sep 02, 2014 2:10 pm

Alexey wrote:Wait
Did Twente just lose on away goals to Quarabag
Dafuq

And the coach had the nerve to say that he was content with their performance
which is bullshit, because when you play against something like Qarabag, only the result counts

If you get beaten by Real Madrid or something but put up a good fight it's a different story

by **Cotton** Sun Sep 07, 2014 12:31 pm

Georgia 0
Republic of Ireland 1 (McGeady 22)

by **Cotton** Sun Sep 07, 2014 12:41 pm

Georgia 1 (Okriashvili 38)
Republic of Ireland 1 (McGeady 22)

by **Bitterness** Tue Sep 23, 2014 7:16 pm

Inb4 Champions LEague

by **Cotton** Fri Oct 31, 2014 5:38 pm

Bumping this just cos

League of Ireland - Promotion/Relegation Playoff (2nd leg):
Galway 3-0 UCD (Agg: Galway 5-1 UCD)

Galway promoted to 2015 League of Ireland Premier Division.

by **Bitterness** Sat Nov 01, 2014 11:17 am

CSKA lost to Zenit
CSKA's president blames the ref
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.
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much russian
wow

by **Cotton** Wed Nov 12, 2014 3:38 pm

Top 10 candidates for the FIFA goal of the year have been announced

Tim Cahill – 18 June 2014, Australia v. Netherlands, 2014 FIFA World Cup
Diego Costa – 23 November 2013, Atlético Madrid v. Getafe, Primera División (Spain)
Marco Fabian – 15 February 2014, Cruz Azul v. Puebla, 1a División 2014 Clausura (Mexico)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic – 19 October 2013, Paris St. Germain v. SC Bastia, Ligue 1 (France)
Pajtim Kasami – 21 October 2013, Crystal Palace v. Fulham, Premier League (England)
Stephanie Roche - 20 October 2013, Peamount United v. Wexford Youths, BEWNL (Rep. of Ireland)
James Rodriguez – 28 June 2014 – Colombia v. Uruguay, 2014 FIFA World Cup
Camilo Sanvezzo – 6 October 2013 – Vancouver Whitecaps v. Portland Timbers, MLS (USA/Canada)
Hisato Sato – 8 March 2014 – Sanfrecce Hiroshima v. Kawasaki Frontale, J.League (Japan)
Robin van Persie – 13 June 2014 – Spain v. Netherlands, 2014 FIFA World Cup

by **Cotton** Fri Nov 14, 2014 12:58 pm

Decided to do a full fixture list of this weekend's Euro 2016 qualifying matches

UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifying - Round 4
Friday 14th November

Spoiler:

Saturday 15th November

Spoiler:

Sunday 16th November

Spoiler:

by **Cotton** Fri Nov 14, 2014 1:23 pm

Bit late but

Georgia 0
Poland 1 - Kamil Glik (51)

by **Cotton** Fri Nov 14, 2014 3:46 pm

FT:
Georgia 0
Poland 4 - Kamil Glik (51); Grzegorz Krychowiak (70); Sebastian Mila (74); Arkadiusz Milik (90+2)

HT:
Germany 3 - Thomas Müller (12, 29); Mario Götze (38)
Gibraltar 0

Serbia 1 - Zoran Tosic (4)
Denmark 0

Scotland 0-0 Republic of Ireland
Greece 0-0 Faroe Islands
Hungary 0-0 Finland
Romania 0-0 Northern Ireland
Portugal 0-0 Armenia
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Latest scores:
Serbia 1 - Zoran Tosic (4)
Denmark 1 - Nicklas Bendtner (60)

Greece 0
Faroe Islands 1 - Joan Simun Edmundsson (61)

Serbia 1
Denmark 2 - Nicklas Bendtner (60); Simon Kjaer (62)

Germany 4 - Thomas Müller (12, 29); Mario Götze (38); Yogan Santos (OG) (67)
Gibraltar 0

Portugal 1 - Cristiano Ronaldo (72)
Armenia 0

Scotland 1 - Shaun Maloney (74)
Republic of Ireland 0

Romania 1 - Paul Papp (74)
Northern Ireland 0

Hungary 1 - Zoltan Gera (84)
Finland 0

Romania 2 - Paul Papp (74, 79)
Northern Ireland 0

Serbia 1 - Zoran Tosic (4)
Denmark 3 - Nicklas Bendtner (60, 85); Simon Kjaer (62)

Results:
Germany 4-0 Gibraltar
Serbia 1-3 Denmark
Greece 0-1 Faroe Islands
Hungary 1-0 Finland
Romania 2-0 Northern Ireland
Portugal 1-0 Armenia
Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland

by **Cotton** Fri Nov 14, 2014 4:18 pm

fuck sake

by **Bitterness** Sat Nov 15, 2014 1:36 pm

In the meantime, we're losing to Austria
I'm well past the point of giving any reaction bar "I told you so", however

by **Cotton** Sat Nov 15, 2014 1:46 pm

4th in our group based on head-to-head with Scotland and Germany

Germany 4pts
Scotland 3pts
Rep. of Ireland 1pt

by **Cotton** Mon Dec 01, 2014 12:53 pm

FIFA Puskas Award Final 3:
Stephanie Roche (Rep. of Ireland)
James Rodriguez (Colombia)
Robin van Persie (Netherlands)

FIFA Coach of the Year:
Men
Diego Simeone (Argentina/Atletico Madrid)
Carlo Ancelotti (Italy/Real Madrid)
Joachim Loew (Germany/Germany)

Women
Ralf Kellermann (Germany/VfL Wolfsburg)
Maren Meinert (Germany/Germany U-19 and U-20)
Norio Sasaki (Japan/Japan)

FIFA Ballon D'Or:
Men
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Manuel Neuer (Germany)

Women
Nadine Kessler (Germany)
Marta (Brazil)
Abby Wambach (USA)

by **Bitterness** Tue Dec 09, 2014 4:40 pm

Monaco 2 - 0 Zenit

Monaco scored 2 goals in 5 matches prior to that
I was all for letting AVB do his job until the end, but now I'm out of patience

by **Cotton** Tue Dec 09, 2014 5:06 pm

Liverpool out of the CL

by **Cotton** Sun Dec 14, 2014 10:34 am

3-0 win vs Liverpoop! :DDDD

by **Paleo** Thu Jan 01, 2015 6:35 pm

This is probably one of my most favourite goals ever!
Such power
That rise... Like a graph showing exponential growth
Stunningly frightening

by **Cotton** Thu Jan 01, 2015 6:41 pm

Both Chelsea and Man City have the same amount of
Points
Goal difference
Goals scored
Goals conceded
And drew 1-1 in the game they've played against each other.

by **Paleo** Fri Jan 02, 2015 7:32 am

So Chelsea is up top cuz alphabet

by **Cotton** Fri Jan 02, 2015 8:25 am

Imagine actually winning a league due to alphabetical order.

by **Paleo** Fri Jan 02, 2015 9:44 am

I think they'd organise a championship match if this situation occurs after the last match of the season

by **Bitterness** Fri Jan 02, 2015 9:51 am

It depends on the EPL regulations
All leagues have a tiered system of tiebreakers

by **Bitterness** Fri Jan 02, 2015 9:55 am

http://www.premierleague.com/content/dam/premierleague/site-content/News/publications/handbooks/premier-league-handbook-2014-15.pdf

It's here
I can't be fucked to read through the entire thing and you can't really Ctrl+F it, as there is a ton of various wordings that can be used to write a provision on tiebreakers

by **Bitterness** Sun Jan 25, 2015 1:07 pm

Horrible
The guy can barely walk D:

by **Cotton** Sun Mar 29, 2015 2:23 pm

Ireland vs Poland in 20 minutes.

Predicting Poland to win 2-0 unfortunately.

by **Cotton** Sun Mar 29, 2015 2:54 pm

Decent first 8 minutes

by **Paleo** Sun Mar 29, 2015 3:02 pm

Netherlands - Turkey was terrible
We had 3 times more shots on target, 66% possession, 5-0 corners
Ended in 1-1 after we equalized in extra time

Not nearly clinical enough
We usually have Robben for that, but he's injured
Same for Van Persie

Gonna have a good time vs Spain this week -_-

by **Cotton** Sun Mar 29, 2015 3:04 pm

We're fouling a lot. Just hoofing the ball up and not passing it.

Gonna be a long match watching this shit

by **Paleo** Sun Mar 29, 2015 3:08 pm

Sounds like classic kick and rush
Poland has enough technical players to capitalize on that

by **Cotton** Sun Mar 29, 2015 3:11 pm

by **Cotton** Sun Mar 29, 2015 3:15 pm

Not surprised at all tbh

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