The English Football Thread

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Originally Posted by goodfoot

west ham have passionate fans, but it's not just about that, they have a great tradition with top flight football in england, going back to (dare i mention it) 1966, there was a few west ham players in that team, don't know how many, but i could mention two, not just that, they try to play football, and have had some great players over recent years, and their youth system is second to none, and there football strips are always pretty natty....and like Rangers they have an affiliation with protestant loyalists as illustrated in the badge pic I posted earlier. I also like Chelsea for the same reasons. It doesn't really have anything to do with how passionate the fans are, or 1966 and all that. neither does it have anything to do with their natty kits to be honest...or their youth system.
FTP...God Save the Queen!

There ya go goodfoot...let it all out.

[TheCunningStunt]

Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Can you really see AC Milan winning by two clear goals at Old Trafford.

Well, no. I can't see it, but crazier things have happened and I don't want to count my chickens.

Originally Posted by Bulldog

Exactly.

Your lot are through to the quarters, no doubt about it.

Oh I do hope you're right.

I am confident, but I mean, dismissing a team like Ac Milan is just disrespectful, Ronaldinho is still simply devine. Huntelaar is a good finished despite at that club having a lack of confidence, Beckham can produce quality. As can Seedorf (as you saw in the first leg.)

I think I'm more hindered by them getting the second goal. I was delighted with 3-1, then their second just gave me a reality check that it's not over.

[Unknown Soldier]

Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

Well, no. I can't see it, but crazier things have happened and I don't want to count my chickens.



Oh I do hope you're right.

I am confident, but I mean, dismissing a team like Ac Milan is just disrespectful, Ronaldinho is still simply devine. Huntelaar is a good finished despite at that club having a lack of confidence, Beckham can produce quality. As can Seedorf (as you saw in the first leg.)

I think I'm more hindered by them getting the second goal. I was delighted with 3-1, then their second just gave me a reality check that it's not over.

Its more than that, English clubs have dominated the Champions League for several seasons now and have consistently beaten the best teams that the other two big leagues have (La Liga and Serie A most notably) So clubs like AC Milan, despite being giants of world football, will still come into a tie against clubs like Man.Utd and Chelsea etc knowing that the English club is the favourite.

There are exceptions of course.....because its football, especially when Barcelona ended the English dominance last season and despite their deserved victory in the final, they only got there because of scandalous refereeing in the semis against Chelsea.

[TheCunningStunt]

Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Its more than that, English clubs have dominated the Champions League for several seasons now and have consistently beaten the best teams that the other two big leagues have (La Liga and Serie A most notably) So clubs like AC Milan, despite being giants of world football, will still come into a tie against clubs like Man.Utd and Chelsea etc knowing that the English club is the favourite.

There are exceptions of course.....because its football, especially when Barcelona ended the English dominance last season and despite their deserved victory in the final, they only got there because of scandalous refereeing in the semis against Chelsea.

I think it's just a pre match nerves kind of thing, I don't want to jynx it, and even though United are the clear favourites (I would've been happy with a 1-1 over there.) "we never make it easy for ourselves" as Fergie says.

Overconfidence has come back to haunt me in the past, a few derby matches especially.

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Originally Posted by goodfoot

west ham are more a footballing entity than burnley, bolton, blackburn, etc, any of the pish from the surrounding area, they have very loyal, passionate fans, that make home games at upton park special occasions, and deserve better than fighting relegation every year..

I think your average West Ham thug on the street cares more about kicking lumps out of Millwall fans than they do about any of this rubbish.

Keep your bigoted sectarian crap to your own mickey mouse league.

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Keep your bigoted sectarian crap to your own mickey mouse league.

+1

[goodfoot]

hate the game not the player, another engleesh team i admire is tottenham hotspur, who to knowledge have no loyalist leanings, i here there's a few fake passports doing the rounds down at the lane, shalom....

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Originally Posted by goodfoot

hate the game not the player, another engleesh team i admire is tottenham hotspur, who to knowledge have no loyalist leanings, i here there's a few fake passports doing the rounds down at the lane, shalom....

What are your thoughts about United's Irish connection goodfoot?

[goodfoot]

never knew they had any..

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Glad we have an understanding.