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How will the Phoenix fear against the Galaxy?

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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
If by that they mean the whole stadium is a fever zone that might be ok, but if they mean some bullsh*t about not standing up in the traditional fever zone - then imo they are f'in idiots

Might be good if some of the Yf  'heavy weights' could look into this
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Couldn't care less - as long as we win the A-League game vs Perth, don't really care.

Besides, will be in Greece at that time, so.....
 
G.

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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
We're playing Adelaide. Not Perth. Perth is the following week.
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

adelaide at hindmarsh a draw would be a good result couldnt care less about the result  of the galaxy game but it should be a good spectacle and give a chance for draper costa  and the likes to have a good run around

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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
the a league website must be wrong then
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
el grapadura wrote:
paulm wrote:
Don't think this argument can be based on individual results really. If that was the case I would highlight the game last weekend where Barca beat Ateltico 3-0. That game appears to outline a significant gulf between the top two tiers of la liga... but we know that is not the case, it was merely a one-off outstanding performance - just goes to show that individual results are not a good basis for proving whichever league might be the most competitive
 


I wasn't suggesting that individual results are a good barometer of competetiveness...I was suggesting that the pattern set by less fancied clubs in Premiership in European competetions displays a lack of tactical nous and adaptability. Forget the Blackburn-Larissa game, have a look at the other ones in the lates round in the UEFA Cup. Bolton barely beat Rabotnicki from Macedonia 2-1 on aggregate. Now 20 years ago this club was languishing in the depths of regional leagues of former Yugoslavia, and it's players probably get paid less than what Anelka gets in a week (Special smiley for our Greek friens, sorry to take the Macedonian example, I know it strikes a chord with some of you). That same pattern is displayed in the Premiership as well, and is clearly evident to me, whereas I don't really see it in La Liga. So I'd think that the teams 7-20 in La Liga are overall better than their English counterparts, although individual results would obviously vary depending on the circumstances. But since there's no way of winning this argument, I'm inclined to just drop this and enjoy all the football that's on offer right now.
 
Yes an inwinnable argument... but in reference to the above, 20 years ago Bolton were in the old third division. So this is rather irrelevant.
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
paulm wrote:
el grapadura wrote:
paulm wrote:
Don't think this argument can be based on individual results really. If that was the case I would highlight the game last weekend where Barca beat Ateltico 3-0. That game appears to outline a significant gulf between the top two tiers of la liga... but we know that is not the case, it was merely a one-off outstanding performance - just goes to show that individual results are not a good basis for proving whichever league might be the most competitive
 


I wasn't suggesting that individual results are a good barometer of competetiveness...I was suggesting that the pattern set by less fancied clubs in Premiership in European competetions displays a lack of tactical nous and adaptability. Forget the Blackburn-Larissa game, have a look at the other ones in the lates round in the UEFA Cup. Bolton barely beat Rabotnicki from Macedonia 2-1 on aggregate. Now 20 years ago this club was languishing in the depths of regional leagues of former Yugoslavia, and it's players probably get paid less than what Anelka gets in a week (Special smiley for our Greek friens, sorry to take the Macedonian example, I know it strikes a chord with some of you). That same pattern is displayed in the Premiership as well, and is clearly evident to me, whereas I don't really see it in La Liga. So I'd think that the teams 7-20 in La Liga are overall better than their English counterparts, although individual results would obviously vary depending on the circumstances. But since there's no way of winning this argument, I'm inclined to just drop this and enjoy all the football that's on offer right now.
 
Yes an inwinnable argument... but in reference to the above, 20 years ago Bolton were in the old third division. So this is rather irrelevant.

 

Sorry just checked el grapadura, and in fact in 1987 Bolton were relegated to the fourth division.

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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
the english league is the best in the world were legues like spain best teams are barca and real madrid and valencia egland has chelsea man u liverpool arsenal and lots of other quality teams
 
english
italian
spanish
german
french
dutch
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
paulm wrote:
paulm wrote:
el grapadura wrote:
paulm wrote:
Don't think this argument can be based on individual results really. If that was the case I would highlight the game last weekend where Barca beat Ateltico 3-0. That�game appears to outline�a significant gulf between the top two tiers of la liga... but we know that is not the case, it was merely a one-off outstanding performance - just goes to show that individual results are not a good basis for proving whichever league might be the most competitive
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I wasn't suggesting that individual results are a good barometer of competetiveness...I was suggesting that the pattern set by less fancied clubs in Premiership in European competetions displays a lack of tactical nous and adaptability. Forget the Blackburn-Larissa game, have a look at the other ones in the lates round in the UEFA Cup. Bolton barely beat Rabotnicki from Macedonia 2-1 on aggregate. Now 20 years ago this club was languishing in the depths of regional leagues of former Yugoslavia, and it's players probably get paid less than what Anelka gets in a week (Special smiley for our Greek friens, sorry to take the Macedonian example, I know it strikes a chord with some of you). That same pattern is displayed in the Premiership as well, and is clearly evident to me, whereas I don't really see it in La Liga. So I'd think that the teams 7-20 in La Liga are overall better than their English counterparts, although individual results would obviously vary depending on the circumstances. But since there's no way of winning this argument, I'm inclined to just drop this and enjoy all the football that's on offer right now.

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Yes an inwinnable argument... but in reference to the above, 20 years ago Bolton were in the old third division. So this is rather irrelevant.


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Sorry just�checked el grapadura, and in fact in 1987 Bolton were relegated to the fourth division.



They were still a professional club, weren't they? The other guys turned professional only in the last 10 years or so.

Yes, I know I'd said I'd drop this, but I'm a petty, petty man...el grapadura2007-10-15 17:56:28
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
pedersen wrote:
the english league is the best in the world were legues like spain best teams are barca and real madrid and valencia egland has chelsea man u liverpool arsenal and lots of other quality teams
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english

italian

spanish

german

french

dutch


So Sevilla, Real Zaragoza, Atletico Madrid, Villarreal, Real Betis, Espanol are rubbish? Not comaprable to the might of Spurs, Everton, Newcastle United?

And Serie A right now is absolutely terrible, probably doesn't even deserve a comparison with either La Liga or the Premiership.
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Serie A is a repugnant competition, the less said about it the better.
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
who said altletico madrid real betis and co. were rubbish not me but overall i still think english is the best and i meant to have spain over italy anyway but we could argue over this all week so no more talk about other leagues this is supposed to be about how we will do against the galaxy
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
pedersen wrote:
we could argue over this all week so no more talk about other leagues this is supposed to be about how we will do against the galaxy
 
amen start your own thread hijackers
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
savaged1 wrote:
pedersen wrote:
we could argue over this all week so no more talk about other leagues this is supposed to be about how we will do against the galaxy
 
amen start your own thread hijackers
 
Good call there...
 
Argument offically dropped el grapadura  Even though I too am a petty, petty man...
 
I look forward to some great spanish and english football this year...
 
And by the way... i am picking a 3-2 win to the phoenix against the galaxy...
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