Association football (soccer)

Lol fair enough. How do you keep up with news when they're not in Premier League though? It's gonna take some effort.

OT: Juan Mata to United? I guess Kagawa is going back to Dortmund. I hope we can get Marco Reus.

Soccernet is my best friend when it comes to association football news.

Even now that Crystal Palace is in the Premier League, the local newspapers very rarely focus on them. :(

Moyes sacked
Giggs as temporary manager
3-4 matches left before end of season

I have no idea what's going on with ManUnited anymore.

I don't get the Moyes sacking. Yeah ManU isn't the same team they were, but they are still in the top half and it was his first year. Only thing I can think of is certain players, ie Rooney, RVP, not liking him.

Next manager needs to decide what to do with Chichirito and strengthen the defense alittle more so you don't always need Rooney to come all the way back to play defense.

I don't think Moyes is entirely at fault. The players do not appear to be putting in full effort to win games, despite their high salaries. Then again, they may be saving themselves for the upcoming World Cup or planning for the next stage of their careers.

In other news, Crystal Palace will continue to be in the Premier League, at least for another season. Yay!

Liverpool choke again and so does Chelsea. ManCity took the #1 EPL for now.

Meanwhile LaLiga, both Madrid and Barca failed to get 3 points when Atl Madrid lost against Levante.

All this choke during end of season, I like it.

ManCity is still in 2nd but they have the edge to take over it with a with 2 wins or a draw and a win. Basically Liverpool needs to win their last game to get to 84 points, but if ManCity wins both they get 86 and draw and tie puts them 84 but better goal differential.

La Liga hard to pic I think they have one more game. Barca and Atl Madrid both have 2 games with 85 and then 88 for the two clubs. So figure they win both that puts Madrid at 94 and winner no matter what Real does. Real has 3 games but 83. They need to win last 3 and hope Atl gets a draw or loses another game.


Well Man City wins their league a week ago of course and now of course in England Arsenal finally ended their trophy drought with a FA Cup comeback win against Hull (was nice to see them win). On other leagues Bayern of course wins with 2 extra time goals in German Cup for Dortmund. Then La Liga Barcelona has a chance to win a cup and gets a really good goal by Sanchez, but ends in a draw thus Madrid ends up with La Liga title.

Arsenal ( Í¡° ͜ʖ Í¡°)

Anybody have different favorite teams in the upcoming World Cup besides their home country or did your home country made it to this years World Cup??

My home country didnt make it (and probably never will) so im cheering for Chile to win, since alot of my friends and co-workers are from Chile.

I always root for Germany cause I love so many of their players and they are just a powerhouse. Of course I like Spain, but I think to much of a uphill battle to win 4 major tournaments in a row. Also I root for England if only for the fact they need to win it once in awhile and just cannot.

Bit lucky. Yes, might have had three penalties, but Hull were excellent, and had they kept Bruce on the field or had their two best strikers available, it might have been a different result. Still, the club needed that. Wenger might well have left otherwise (probably Ozil with him) and I don't think that would have done Arsenal any favours.

Cheering for England. As much as I hate the media and the commentators and the hopeless sense of expectation, and as tough as the group looks, this is the most exciting squad in my rather short living memory.

I'll probably end up cheering for Belgium, they're not my home country but I've gone there a couple of times and the people are always very nice. Plus they have a lot of quality players like Kompany and Hazard (Who I also like). I'll keep my fingers crossed for England but I don't think we'll even get out the group from the looks of things.

I think England will surprise a lot of people this summer.

Brazil with home advantage (and referees on their side if the Confed Cup was anything to go by) should win it.

But my dream scenario would be Spain beating them in the final with a Diego Costa 90' minute winner, just to see the absolute shitstorm that would follow.

Portugal! And I'm a Pepe fan.....,said no one ever!

Here are groups if never posted.

My picks to come out of each group
A:Brazil and Croatia
B:Spain and Netherlands (so hard cause never know what Chile will bring)
C:Greece and Japan (I really don't think Japan will come, most likely one of other two but liked to see them make it through)
D:England and Italy (Italy just always knows how to win in big tournaments and wanted to choose Uruguay but Suarez just had knee surgery so you just wonder)
E:France and Honduras
F:Argentina and Bosina/Her.
G:Germany and Portugal (I want USA to win but really expect them to beat 2 of top teams in the world?)
H:Belgium and Russia

Group A: Brazil & Mexico
Group B: Spain & Chile
Group C: Ivory Coast & Columbia
Group D: Italy & England
Group E: France & Honduras
Group F: Argentina & Nigeria
Group G: Germany & Portugal
Group H: Russia & Belgium

A: Brazil & Croatia
B: Spain & Netherlands
C: Ivory Coast & Columbia
D: Italy & Uruguay
E: France & Switzerland
F: Argentina & Bosnia/Herz.
G: Germany & Portugal
H: Belgium & Russia