Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - We are SO back, the Premier League returns!

[dennis roadman]

At this point i'd put Brazil 5th favourites behind Spain, Germany, Argentina and England.

cant wait for the 2014 world cup thread

 

[SCORCH]

Speaking of fraud, I picking the Dutch to fraud it up next year.

After their Euro 2012 campaign that's not a big shout breh

 

[NSSVO]

Neymar is not outshining the Midget Overlord. Hes already killed 2 of the greatest strikers of the 2000- era in Ibra and Villa's Barcas careers. You really think these Iberians are goin to defer to Neymar because hes got the hype

Damnnn

 

[chuckifubuck]

Messi aint a fraud but his goals will def go down next year. If Barca want to be a menace in the CL they'll have to play more through the wings with Tello/Neymar, especially since xavi is

tiki taka dies with him

 

[Capitol]

Blame the media and fanboys.

He's in the same spot that was at before the Heat won last year

actually scrap that,

Hes in the same spot as before he won the 2 rings without

But those 2 rings aint more CL, they = the World Cup

 

[SubZeroDegrees]

After their Euro 2012 campaign that's not a big shout breh

That's the best team I could think of, England will be everybody pick , imo. I also think France, but they usually alternate between contenders and frauds.

 

[SCORCH]

That's the best team I could think of, England will be everybody pick , imo. I also think France, but they usually alternate between contenders and frauds.

Ehh, fair enough. England shouldn't really even be in the dicussion imho, everybody knows they're shyt.

Think I'll go with Argentina

 

[Liu Kang]

Came through and

Best owner EVER.

What's the best Chelsea of this era in your opinion ? Ancelotti's '10 one ?

 

[mastermind]

idk if its frauding it up, but I think Spain is in a lot of trouble next year

 

[BOBN]

Argentina are defo gonna fraud but thats what they been doing so meh. Messis gonna miss his last chance to shine before hes but that wont stop the stans.

Same with Germany, but people are just gonna say the same shyt they said since 06, "they young". longest run as youngsters since Pan.

 

[SCORCH]

What's the best Chelsea of this era in your opinion ? Ancelotti's '10 one ?

Mourinho's 04-06 team by far. The team could defend when it needed to, dominate games, go all out attack, the counter-acttacks were ridiculously good, simply put the team was a machine in those years. You can argue in other years we've had more talent but that team was the best. Nothing since has come even close, including Ancelotti's double winning side.

Teams of the Decade #13: Chelsea 2004-06 | Zonal Marking

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Messi aint a fraud but his goals will def go down next year. If Barca want to be a menace in the CL they'll have to play more through the wings with Tello/Neymar, especially since xavi is

tiki taka dies with him

The need a big lad upfront, some bite in midfield and a proper defender. We've already seen Bayern & Brasil give them that domestic abuse beating.

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

idk if its frauding it up, but I think Spain is in a lot of trouble next year

Xavi & Iniesta between them since the 07/08 season have played nearly 750 games and only had 2011 summer off Xavi's played even more games than Messi has over the same time and he has that fukked Achilles.

 

[BOBN]

Mourinho's 04-06 team by far. The team could defend when it needed to, dominate games, go all out attack, the counter-acttacks were ridiculously good, simply put the team was a machine in those years. You can argue in other years we've had more talent but that team was the best. Nothing since has come even close, including Ancelotti's double winning side.

Teams of the Decade #13: Chelsea 2004-06 | Zonal Marking

uh huh, what I really liked about them was their high energy levels

Chelsea in blood-spinning probe

Duncan Mackay
The Guardian, Friday 1 April 2005 01.43 BST

dikk Pound, chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency, has claimed that the controversial technique of blood spinning used by Chelsea to try to treat its injured players could be unlawful.

The method has been referred to the Wada department which will determine whether it should be declared illegal. If it is, then any players found guilty of using the procedure could be given suspensions of up to two years.

"It sounds like blood manipulation of some sort to me," Pound told the Guardian last night. "But I would need to talk to our scientific department to get all the background."

Arjen Robben and Robert Huth have both recently declined the opportunity to have injuries treated using the method which involves taking a sample of an athlete's blood, removing the platelets - the cells that assist the healing process - and then injecting them back into the injured area. It is claimed the technique speeds up recovery.

It is, however, not to be confused with blood doping where the red blood cells are segregated, stored and then infused back into an athlete on the eve of an event to boost their oxygen levels. This was made illegal 20 years ago after it emerged several cyclists and long-distance runners were using the technique.

"We are looking into this method, which is a particularly comprehensive process, as we would any other that may be used by athletes," said Frederic Donze, the spokesman for Wada.

"I have spoken to our scientific people and they are trying to gather as much scientific information on this to see if there is sufficient evidence for it to be included on our prohibitive list."

UK Sport, the organisation that conducts drug testing in Britain, has already advised footballers not to use it.

 

[Ukbrotha]

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