the 370Z.com OFFICIAL football (soccer) thread

[bigsix]

Yeah, you're right. No one has expressed any interest in Chamakh, as far as I know.

[Red370]

Gunner's midfield tandem next year???

[cow]

I refuse to allow myself to get hyped or event wonder till I see the player holding the shirt.

I'd quite like Goatse, though. Maybe he could wear "0."

[Red370]

he scores when he wants. That game should have been 5-1, Newcastle were absolute shyt, Rosicky was a beast, but who misses a sitter like that?

[phelan]

Walcott and Rosicky played very well. Rosicky unlucky, but we should've been fair, NUFC tossed it out when we had a player down.

TV5 GET IN THERE SON!

WTF was that with Krul and RvP lol

[cow]

Krul's hair sucks. RVP probably told him as much.

[bigsix]

For how long do you think Wenger will manage the team (not dependent on trophy success)?

I'd be curious to see how Arsenal will change when we have a new manager. Can you guys see the club using more experienced, older players on the pitch while spending more money (ex. Chelsea)? Is Wenger's footballing philosophy what makes the club what it is?
I've only been a fan for a couple of years, so i'm not too versed on the club's history.
I guess that's the difference b/w Chelsea and Arsenal though... we've kept our Manager for many years, while they change managers frequently.

[phelan]

Arsene will stay as long as he feels he is able to keep the team successful. The board doesn't want to sack him, and I think that in spite of this being the worst Arsenal team in recent (or extended) memory, we're getting results. If we finish on top of Sp*rs, faith will be restored. Even more so if Podolski, Gotze, and Vertonghen make their ways to the Emirates (I have my doubts about Gotze).

Arsene is Arsenal. And his philosophy will carry over for a while, especially if we pick our new manager, whenever that is, from within, i.e. Steve Bould.

You can't compare us to Chelsea because we don't have the money of a Russian oligarch backing us, we do business differently. Heck, we do a lot of things differently, but that's a whole different story.

[phelan]

Yay my new holland jersey came in today

I shoulda got it personalized with RvP

but I don't feel too bad, this is actually gonna be used a lot lol. it looks really good, unless you know what the crest was, it isn't garish like a typical jersey at all!

[Jon@AAMComp]

2-0 Chelsea, 3-3 Agg., but with a win and clean sheet, we're through. Now we need the defense to keep the 'Holy Trinity' out and we're in the last 8

Napoli are still up for it though, we're not in the clear yet...

[Jon@AAMComp]

No sooner did I post...

[phelan]

lol I was about to say

oooh dear, Sturridge off, 'Nando on? Really?

[Jon@AAMComp]

IVANOVIC!! What a game!

5-4 agg

[BigT]

Originally Posted by Jon@AAMComp

IVANOVIC!! What a game!

5-4 agg

Seriously! I'm very happy Chelsea was able to pull that off. I really hope the guys can give their all for the rest of the season and Champions League as they did today. (I'm a ManU fan, but have much respect for the guys like Drogba, Terry, etc.)

Also very happy Real Madrid pulled off an easy win vs Moscow.

[Jon@AAMComp]

Originally Posted by BigT

Seriously! I'm very happy Chelsea was able to pull that off. I really hope the guys can give their all for the rest of the season and Champions League as they did today. (I'm a ManU fan, but have much respect for the guys like Drogba, Terry, etc.)

Also very happy Real Madrid pulled off an easy win vs Moscow.

I hope we can keep this form up for the duration of the season as well.

Originally Posted by blue660r01

Wow so no talk about Bayern absolutely tearing Basel apart after being embarrassed the first leg?

So you wouldn't agree that Chelsea's win last night was one of the most improbable and memorable victories of the tournament, or in recent memory for that matter? To overturn that deficit against a great Napoli side was incredible, just as it would have been had Arsenal defeated Milan at the Emirates last week. Not the biggest Arsenal supporter, but I would have been the first to congratulate their brilliance had they done the unthinkable, and they came very close. I like to think of this as the premier club competition in the world, and the ties should reflect that. The two English teams provided the most exciting second legs of the tournament in my opinion.

Originally Posted by phelan

bayern absolutely hammering basel wasn't completely out of the ordinary....gomez' strike rate is ridiculous.

Agreed, Bayern thrashing Basel at home was no more than I expected honestly. They swept Hoffenheim aside in the Bundesliga by 7 goals and conceding just 1. I don't think they were 'embarassed' in the first leg, Basel scored at the death to take a slim 1-0 agg. to Munich. Bayern had many chances to score during the first leg, but quite honestly, the Basel keeper won that game for them. We watched Messi put 5 past Leverkusen and Barcelona advanced 10-2 on agg., so the Bayern scoreline wasn't shocking for me. Basel are good, but they certainly got a reality check against Bayern, as they are incredibly strong at home in this competition. As are Real Madrid, so CSKA didn't have much of a chance against them at the Bernabeu. If anything, we should be talking about how the little Cypriot side called Apoel Nicosia are in the quarter finals after eliminating Olympique Lyonnais.


With that being said, if you'd like to talk Eredivisie, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, La Liga, Swiss Super League, or Europa, by all means, lets talk. Speaking of Europa, some nice looking fixtures to be played today-

Schalke/Twente
Besiktas/Atletico Madrid
City/Sporting Lisbon
PSV/Valencia


Quarter final draw is tomorrow. I think this is one of the most diverse elite 8s in recent memory. England, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Portugal and Cypress all represented. Dream ties for me:

Chelsea FC / Olympique de Marseille

(History here: Didier Dechamps old club Chelsea and Drogba's old club Marseille)

FC Barcelona / FC Bayern

(Should just be awesome football to watch, two great sides)

Real Madrid CF / SL Benfica

(Iberian derby)

AC Milan / APOEL FC

(David vs. Goliath. 7 time champs Milan against little APOEL, upset in the making)



Anyway, my $.02