lazio fans are the most disgusting savages in all the world imo: Non-EPL/SPL/MSL football thread 2008/09

I'm in

So Palermo's upcoming season is going to be... yeah. We've sold Zaccardo, Barzagli, Rinaudo, and Biava (ie, our entire defence), and we've also offloaded Amauri to Juve, who repaid the kindness we showed in making his career by saying "Finally I'm with a team who plays football".

In return, we've got Liverani (who I'm probably gonna get his name on my shirt this season), Marco Amelia (meh), Antonio Nocerino (mehx2) and Túlio de Melo, who's already gotten used to the calcio way of life by being part of a court case between Palermo and Parma as to who actually owns him.

Scudetto predictions: Jose (or Mister Jomo, as he's now being called) takes a lot of delight in winding up Ranieri, Sampadoria finish fourth, Roma get bought over by some rich bastards, Bologna to make it to the UEFA spots, Torino, Reggina, and Lecce to be relegated.

de Melo is pretty good. I liked him when he played for Le Mans

I'm being harsh on Amelia, we did need a new goalkeeper. Interestingly, being as Marco Ballotta is currently, for the first time in 26 seasons, starting the season as a free agent, Alberto Fontana is now Serie A's oldest player, at a sprightly 41.

in return, we've got Liverani (who I'm probably gonna get his name on my shirt this season)

you should get his name on the back of your Junkyard Dog t-shirt

^racism?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/chelsea/2559381/Adrian-Mutu-ordered-by-Fifa-to-pay-Chelsea-13.68m-over-positive-cocaine-test.html

That's kind of awesome, isn't it? Do you reckon he's actually even got that kind of money, not including property?

Google suggest he's on between £60,000 and £80,000 a week. Dividing £13.68m by £70,000 gives us 195 weeks wages... he might, depending on how well he's invested his shit.

lol maybe he can sneeze it up

barzagli and zaccardo both went to wolfsburg? do german midtable sides now have the $$$ to do luca tonis?

German midtable sides that are basically a gigantic fucking advert for Volkswagen do.

http://www.tomorrowshopefoundation.org/images/bios/Rick-Lazio-Picture.jpg

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/03LE5Jn4pudWQ/340x.jpg

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7634196.stm

actually i ought to check on how Belenenses are doing, seeing as i am officially a fan of theirs now

1 point from 3 games

come on you blues

neat story: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2008/sep/26/africanchampionsleague

good journalism!

I Am A Fascist - Abbiati

Milan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati has sensationally revealed he is a fascist and he is not ashamed of his political beliefs.

The shot stopper has been used sparingly by coach Carlo Ancelotti and he has been comfortable with his new role at the club.

Abbiati has decided to share his views on life away from the pitch and his revelations are likely to cause a stir in the football world.

"I am not ashamed of showing my political beliefs," Abbiati told Sportweek.

"I agree with some aspects of fascism like patriotism and the values of the Catholic religion.

"Within Fascism I disagree with racial laws, allegiance to Hitler and the war, but I like the capacity Fascism had to secure law and order. It guaranteed security for the people."

Although he has clearly stated his beliefs and disbeliefs regarding his political stance, Abbiati is unlikely to win any admirers in the world of football. The game is always fighting against such narrow minded views like fascism and racism.

The game is always fighting against such narrow minded views like fascism and racism.

― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 26 September 2008 20:55 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Surely this just means he'll move to Lazio?

or chievo amirite

If Di Canio stays away from West Ham, I am sure you are right

lol @ german football

went to see Hertha - Hannover last night and the amount of pre-match faffing (inc. turning all the lights out, flag displays, orchestrated and somewhat sinister supporter chants) put British football to shame, at which point a truly bathetic (altho not unexciting) game of football broke out, in which West Brom play-a-likes Hannover dominated roughly 70% of proceedings, ripping through Hertha with beautifully intricate hi-speed pass and dribble football without ever really looking like scoring (I mean, they had plenty of chances, but looking at their fans, 20 or so enthusiastic sorts marooned at the far side of the Olympiastadion, all of whom had a flag, one realised that even if they had an open goal, they'd probably put it pluckily into the near post, as indeed happened). Meanwhile the inevitable Hertha waited about 60 minutes before dropping the hammer; although denied by a brilliant close-range save and defensive block, and despite their errant finishing, they scored thrice from a combined distance of about 10 yards, and Hannover, elegant to the end, were cruelly but necessarily banished. Unhappy with the shallowness of the stands (hence distance from the pitch), but this WAS the old Olympic arena so I guess fair play to Speer and chums, good job well done. Bratwurst and pancakes before the game at surrounding stalls were of course amazing, and I endorse German pre-match eating and drinking habits unconditionally.

Italian footballer Marco Materazzi has won damages from the Daily Mail over claims he racially abused Zinedine Zidane in the 2006 World Cup final.
The amount was not disclosed, but the paper accepted it was wrong to report Materazzi had called Zidane "the son of a terrorist whore".

haha i totally missed that story about the Milan fascist keeper. I bet they didn't fire him huh? Italia/Spain supporters/footballers/coaches bloody racists.. err ;)

we are at the top of the Dutch league though! (ok with AZ and Ajax) but who cares :)

Italian footballer Marco Materazzi has won damages from the Daily Mail over claims he racially abused Zinedine Zidane in the 2006 World Cup final.
The amount was not disclosed, but the paper accepted it was wrong to report Materazzi had called Zidane "the son of a terrorist whore".

― Cittaslow Mazza (blueski), Monday, 3 November 2008 13:47 (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

How much do you think Zidane has cost newspapers by not going "Nah, nothing racist" within, ooooh, six months of the final?

i enjoy Abbiati's UNASHAMED conditional declaration of fascism. i also hear he allegedly confessed to being a paedophile, except for any of the stuff to do with naked kids.

I'm a follower of Sampdoria, because I had a great-grandad from Genoa who supported them all his life, then promptly died in 1991 two months before they won their first, and thus far only, scudetto. Generally there haven't been too many thrills in my tenure following the blucerchiati, but I must say I've been quite happy the last year with Antonio Cassano in the squad, because he's a) awesome, and b) good comic relief.

Cassano is one of the true greats of sport right now. Rumour is if he stops acting the twat he'll be off to Juve next season.

anyone?

Real are kicking Barcelona off the park.

Ray Hudson is in fine form on GolTV -- something about Messi keeping his balance on an ice rink while wearing stiletto heels.

Casillas saves Madrid tonight

GET IN THERE!

royston drenthe rocking the jason lee

Well deserved goal from Messi esp. after all the kicking.

fabulous finish from Messi

"I must admit I have a dressing room curiosity over Beckham. I want to see if he is equipped as he is in the Armani underwear adverts" - AC Milan striker Marco Borriello is looking forward to our David's arrival in Italy.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/7787323.stm

As an Arsenal fan... fucking hell the manager is a bastid. Sure Diarra isn't as good as the price tag but Arsene seems to be the only person in Europe who thinks selling Diarra for pittance to further the career of Alex Song is a smart idea.

I dunno, Diarra does seem to be kind of a mercenary dick, but if Wenger was into protecting the Arsenal dressing room by culling everyone who's a dick he'd end up a bit short on numbers

this thread inspired me to have a look through the European leagues for the first time this year (dunno why I haven't been keeping up at all), and I have to ask... who the fuck are TSG Hoffenheim? Why are the only team in the Bundesliga I haven't heard of topping it?

Hoffenheim v. Bayern a week or two ago was a great game with Bayern winning it in stoppage time. They (Hoffenheim) just got promoted, apparently? They're for real.

BTW fans of ENGLISH FOOTBALL LEGEND Darren Huckerby may be interested in this Q&A piece that showed up today.

http://web.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20081209&content_id=208343&vkey=news_sje&fext=.jsp&team=t110

rough justice in the Macedonian league

i like the greek irridentist crap up the top right.

yeah a country that's worried about a NAME for like a decade or more should be nuked. It's beyond ridiculous.

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lol, (read less) yes please.

Former Juventus football club general manager Luciano Moggi has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of corruption.

Moggi was banned from football for five years in 2006, having been with Juventus for 12 years. He was one of Italian football's most powerful men.

His son, Alessandro, was sentenced to 14 months in prison.

Juventus were stripped of back-to-back league titles for 2005/6 and relegated to the second division over the affair.

They have since returned to Italy's top league, Serie A.

Luciano Moggi, who denied any wrongdoing, allegedly influenced player moves involving the agency GEA, which was run by Alessandro Moggi.

Agent Davide Lippi, son of Italy coach Marcello Lippi, was acquitted, as was GEA's former chief executive, Francesco Zavaglia.

Luciano Moggi faces another trial on charges of sports fraud and criminal association, due to begin on 20 January in Naples.

His five-year ban was the result of a 2006 match-fixing affair.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7818118.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8036128.stm

lol ajax. we should give dennis a job.

Watched almost 40 minutes of Sampdoria's 5-0 win over Reggina today, managing not to see any goals.

Casillas made an absolutely brilliant save earlier but now just made a howler and it's 2-0 to valencia after 30 mins.
good game this.

Wasn't an absolute howler imo but he should have had it. Barcelona will win the league if the score stays the same and they win tomorrow.

Juande Vamos. Jol in?

by his standards its a howler

the first goal was a thing of beauty though.

if it wasnt for casillas it would be 5-0

yeah, what a move. Aye, he's made a few decent stops. He deserves better than Madrid but I can't see him moving anywhere.

I think if Valencia get a 3rd in the next 10 mins they will give them a real hiding ;)

Madrid are second in the league, won it for the past 2 years in a row, with some of the most exciting youngsters in the game (man, i'd kill to swap ade and denilson for higuain and gago etc.) and might be buying the world player of the year. It's not like it's Shay Given Pt. 2

what a strike 3-0

xpost. Madrid have done nothing in Europe for how many years now? If I were you I'd kill to swap ade and denilson for a kit kat and a packet of walkers.

and would you swap Fabregas for Gago or Higuain?

only someone who would be stupid enough to want to swap Van Persie for Jeremy Aliadiere would be stupid enough to swap Fabregas for gago or higuain.

Sure I'd not want to swap the best young playmaker in the world for anyone bar Messi or Ronaldo (or Casillas, or Vidic, or Buffon, or Iniesta, maybe Ibrahamovic). But if you were to make a list of say the best 20 best young players in the world, Real would have at least a fifth of the list locked down (Gago, Higauin, Marcelo, Garay come to mind). Add that to the Dutch contingent (Huntelaar, Sneijder + Robben would walk into any team in the world) and the likes of Ramos, Diarra, Raul, Pepe when he's not mental and the best non fascist keeper in the world - you've got a killer first XI.

The real/only problem at Real is the lack of guidance. If they had someone like a Benetiz on the long term or weren't stupid enough to sack Capello, they'd be untouchable. As is, managers go for the easy paycheck and they are the European management equivilant of fucking Newcastle.

Personally, I don't like Real what with the horrible superiority complex, years of trying to steal Vieira and co, the Franco links and current government money - so fuck them, I hope they continue making a complete cock up of things from this season on and Villareal and Sevilla start properly fighting to break the top 2 monopoly. More likely is they see how Barca turned it around and try something similar this summer, and do alright until they make a complete twat of it in a couple years again but with no-one good enough to knock them out of the top 2 (now Valencia have gone to shit).

Barcelona were 3-1 and managed to draw 3-3 in the Camp Nou against Villareal, they would have been crowned champions at home if they'd won. Abidal also managed to get himself sent-off meaning he'll miss the Copa Del Rey final.

ha, wtf, I was rushing to go out and left at 3-2 as the board came up for 4 mins injury time, figured they would just shut up shop and coast it. It never even occurred to me to check the final score!

Yeah, it was pretty unexpected! my internet was being funny so I didn't see the match, Iniesta apparently injured so also going to miss the cup final.

Larsson related lols.

LOL, that's brilliant

lol! never forget:

was about to say the cup final is a hell of a game, but barca just scored a third one and alves got hit in the head with a bottle so I guess it's done with now

Yeah, Barca won 4-1 :)

But in other, graver, news: Lazio won the Copa Italia on penalties against Sampdoria :(

o sinisa, you were not suspended from football for nothing

Jose sure knows how to win leagues, huh?

And fucking hell Wolfsburg are a cool team, I really hope Dzeko and Grafite won't follow in the paths of every other exciting striker to play in Germany in the past decade and fade into boring and kind of rubbish obscurity.

Jose knows how to win leagues, but he was brought there to do something in Europe.

http://estaticos04.marca.com/imagenes/2009/05/17/futbol/equipos/barcelona/1242510229_extras_portada_0.jpg

Barcelona have won the Spanish league with tonight's Madrid defeat. Look awkwardly at the nick of Laporta.

http://inspireaction.mindandmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/fonzie.jpg

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45792000/jpg/_45792205_ranieri226.jpg

r.i.p. tinkerman

in other news, dzeko linked with a big money move to spurs. so obscurity, no; rubbish- almost certain

Voronin syndrome innit? Sure he's scored 9 goals in his past 4 matches but it's Germany! I do that when I feel up to it.

i scored 5 in a game last night in five a side, but in fairness i think the standard may actually have been higher than germany

Fuck Newcastle, La Liga is where it's at:

From 14th to 18th, five teams, separated by just two points, can now slip into the relegation zone next Sunday: Osasuna, Sporting, Betis, Getafe and, for the first time, Valladolid. When the dust settles, head-to-head goal difference looks likely to settle it. In fact, yellow cards could even settle it: if Betis lose 1-0 and Getafe lose 3-1 while their rivals win, Getafe would go down because they're dirtier.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2009/may/25/valladolid-touching-the-void-survival

Horrible horrible leg break, worst I've ever seen.

really not for the squeamish

http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/2599829/

fuck

it's overtaken that kickboxing one in my list of sports horror vids

actually scrap that I just watched the kickboxing thing again ooh ya fucker argh

Urgh. I sort of hate myself now for clicking on that despite adequate warning, because for it to be worse than Larsson/Busst/Eduardo then I should have known.

I don't want to see the kickboxing one.

(if you must)

ht tp://www.youtu be.com/watch?v=bv90DtpHTj4

that was an xpost ailsa, not trying to tempt you

luc nilis, alan smith etc etc etc...

I forgot the Smith one - blocking a Riise shot or something wasn't it? You don't want to do that.

it was more the fact he landed on his leg which was pointing the wrong way

Oh God, I'd forgotten about the Alan Smith one (xpost). I don't think I remember Luc Nilis.

onimo, it's OK, my stomach's not letting me look at any more. Thanks for breaking the link :-)

anyway the worst ones are the ones where the bone sticks out and there's blood everywhere...can't think of any offhand

luc nilis' collision with tim flowers ended his career and was gruesome

bone sticking out = Eduardo. There was a horrible picture in the paper which I chanced upon after a few beers which resulted in said beers making a rapid reappearance.

I remember a wee lad from Dundee Utd a few years ago nearly lost a foot due to a weird ankle-snapping incident which traumatised all around him.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee_utd/1047177.stm

this thread took a turn for the dark :(

i have played in a game where someone broke their leg. incredibly weird atmosphere on the pitch for the rest of the game.

Kaka going to break the transfer record to go to Real any minute now.

more like Kracka right?