Thread: Soccer Season discussions

Okay, i cannot find my old thread, so if someone else can i'll merge these. Untill then, any thoughts on the current season?

Liverpool has been shit so far, so hooray to that! City appears to be slowing down, good news for Arsenal. Umm in France Montpellier (sp?) is doing pretty damn good so far, which is pretty shocking.

Oh and on the International scene, the Euro zone playoffs have been drawn, these are the games that will be played on November 14th and 16th:

Ireland v. France
Russia v. Slovenia
Greece v. Ukraine
Portugal v. Bosnia

I hoping to see France, Russia, Ukraine and Bosnia all make it through. The WC draw is going to be on December 4th i believe. Here who is in (world ranking):

Brazil (1)
Spain (2)
Netherlands (3)
Italy (4)
Germany (5)
Argentina (6)
England (7)
United States (11)
Switzerland (13)
Chile (17)
Mexico (18)
Ivory Coast (19)
Serbia (20)
Paraguay (21)
Australia (24)
Denmark (27)
Slovakia (33)
Honduras (35)
Ghana (38)
Japan (40)
South Korea (48)
South Africa (85)
North Korea (91)

Question being do you think the U.S.A. can get one of the 8 top seed spots?

South Africa takes one of the top 8 seeded spots. After them i think Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, England, and Germany have to be seeded. The last spot IMO would go to the French if they qualify, if not i think it should go to Team U.S.A.


My last thing in this post, my EPL all-star team through the season so far (being players i'd want if i was creating an EPL team based just on this years stats).

GKs: Given, Friedel
LBs: A. Cole, Baines
DCs: Vermaelen, Collins, Turner, Gallas
RB: G. Johnson, Mears
CM: Cesc, Gerrard, M. Taylor, Lampard
WGs: Giggs, Lennon, Milner, Yossi
ST: Bent, Drogba, Torres, Rooney

(probably not as good as it could be, was tougher then i thought it would be) of them the start XI and subs

GK: Given
LB: A. Cole
DC: Vermaelen
DC: Collins
CM: Cesc
CM: Lampard
AMR: Lennon
AMC: Gerrard
AML: Giggs
FC: Drogba
Subs: Bent, M. Taylor, Torres, Turner, Baines, Rooney, Friedel

Arsenal is my team as well, but i would be more sold on them if they could shore up some of the defensive vulnerabilities.

Granted i'm (again bias), but the team thats pissing me off in Man United, their luck REALLY has to run dry soon, they haven't been that good yet manage to get lucky and win again and again.


Chelsea would have been my pick to win it all (i know i know) a few weeks ago (non-bias pick), but losing to Wigan and Villa. They were worn out in the Villa game, and the Wigan game, imo, was just lack of discipline. If they are getting worn out in games in OCTOBER, no way can it be said they'll win it all.

Originally Posted by Red_Lizard2

Granted i'm (again bias), but the team thats pissing me off in Man United, their luck REALLY has to run dry soon, they haven't been that good yet manage to get lucky and win again and again.

United 'til I die, United 'til I die, I know I am. I'm sure I am, United 'til I die.

Sadly I must agree with you, we are on a good luck streak and not a solid talent streak as I would prefer to see my club with. They haven't been preforming at the level that they used to, Rooney however has really been stepping up though and being the star striker we all know and love

Originally Posted by Chizzle

Its just a matter of time until Utd drop some points. No more Ronadlo=no more silverware.
He bailed them out countless times last season and there isn't anyone there to pick up his slack. Rooney is not gonna give them that many goals. Their best bet is with Berbatov imo.

actually right now the man bailing them out is Old Man Giggs.

HONDURAS IS THE BEST TEAM IN THE WORLD!! :10 :10 :10 :10 :10

Originally Posted by Xavsnipe

HONDURAS IS THE BEST TEAM IN THE WORLD!! :10 :10 :10 :10 :10

Based on how teams did in qualifying, its between Brazil and England for best team. (Based on actual teams, England doesn't come close)