Ultimate Soccer Thread

[MAKAVELI THE DON]

For all the people in NLSC, who support soccer; we know it's going to be along year in the world of soccer in terms of:

1. The UEFA Champions League
2. English Premier League
3. La Liga Spanish League
4. Italian Seria A
5. Euro 2004, & others....
5. Players, Managers & teams

So in this Post / Thread right here we can discuss them (if u want to that is) or just make me look like an idiot for making this thread; Then I'll have to ask Andrew to delete for me, and spare of the embarrasment since no one will reply?

Favorite League(s): EPL & Italian
Favorite Team(s): Arsenal, Chelsea & Juventus
Favorite Player(s): Ruud Van Nistleroy, Thierry Henry & Del Piero
Favorites To Win 2003/4 Champions League: Real Madrid & Juventus

Today's champions league match-ups [4/10/2003]:

Besiktas v Sparta Prague
Celta Vigo v Ajax Amsterdam
Club Brugge v AC Milan
FC Porto v Marseille
Lazio v Chelsea
Man Utd v Rangers
Panathinaikos v VfB Stuttgart
Partizan Belgrade v Real Madrid

Post ur soccer profile, about urself or favorite teams / players; and ask or talk about anything you want to about soccer! Peace out til later....

[MAKAVELI THE DON]

I guess there’s no need for me to post all the results from yesterday’s Champions league match-ups? Chelsea’s 4 – 0 beat-down over Lazio was tremendous for them, because of all the huge spending on a number of players!

Man Untied 3 – 0 victory over Rangers was expected; seeing that Rangers blew their chance on home turf the last time around, thanks to a rear goal by Phil Neville.

But the situation & controversy surrounding Ruud Van Nistlerooy & Holland / Netherlands coach; is mind-boggling and confusing? Because of Van Nistlerooy’s behavior a few months back, he had to sit out of the Netherlands last match; but now the coach is saying that he has dropped Van Nistlerooy from the Holland squad, and Van Nistlerooy isn’t apart of his plans!

His replacement… Barcelona’s (supposedly star striker) Patrick Kluivert! The reason why I say supposedly is because Kluivert has yet to find the back of the net once, this season, in the Spanish League, after scoring 17 goals in each of the last two seasons… I love Patrick Kluivert, but a lot of fans & soccer critics have said many times that he is over rated, and isn’t the world class player that some people praise him to be; and the way he’s playing at this present time, he’s proving their point! Right now, from time to time, he is finding himself on the bench because of his disappointing play!

Kluivert, along with French striker Cisse, & Italian stars: Francesco Totti, and Del Piero are termed as over rated players; simply because they may dominate in their respective leagues: Spain, France, & Italy… but when it comes to big time play like in the UEFA Champions League & International play, these players reputation, talent, & skill; just can’t be seen!

As for the Holland coach, how could anyone not pick a guy that last season scored 47 goals in 59 games, in all competitions, a record 12 Champions league goals, and has scored 30 + goals in the champions league over 3 seasons?