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  • #661
    Re: World Soccer XXV - the run up to the World Cup

    Not a big fan of club soccer, but maybe I'll start following Swansea after today. Usually I lightly follow Everton due to Howard, but I could get behind Swansea with the whole underdog/Wales thing they have going on.
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    • #662
      Re: World Soccer XXV - the run up to the World Cup

      So when do the fire Van Gaal posts start?
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      • #663
        Originally posted by MountieBoyOz View Post
        So when do the fire Van Gaal posts start?
        Start?




        http://blog.foxsoccer.com/post/94916880027/louis-van-gaal-gets-david-moyes-treatment-following

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        • #664
          Re: World Soccer XXV - the run up to the World Cup

          I swear, Premier League Live on NBCSN is 90% commercials.
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          • #665
            Re: World Soccer XXV - the run up to the World Cup

            I had never before heard about Tim Howard having Tourette's Syndrome until I saw this article.
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            • #666
              Re: World Soccer XXV - the run up to the World Cup

              Originally posted by Spartanforlife4 View Post
              Not a big fan of club soccer, but maybe I'll start following Swansea after today. Usually I lightly follow Everton due to Howard, but I could get behind Swansea with the whole underdog/Wales thing they have going on.
              My wife spent a year in Wales; we've adopted Swansea as our jointly-held team.

              Palace tried their best (or perhaps Arsenal tried their best to lose) -- heartbreaking to drop the point. I seem to have doomed another club with my fandom (first Fulham, now this tire fire).
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              • #667
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                Julio Caesar abruptly leaves QPR and signs with Benefica.
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                • #668
                  Re: World Soccer XXV - the run up to the World Cup

                  I... holy crap. Anyone ever hear of Calcio Fiorentino, also known as Calcio Storico, described as a precursor to modern football/soccer? This is, without a doubt, the most ludicrous sport I've ever seen.

                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiKOhGpQPD4

                  It's, like, a cross between rugby and lightly-officiated MMA, played 27-on-27 in a giant field of sand. My favorite part is how one guy gets attacked by a bunch of opponents, apparently within the rules of the game, right after he scores the game's only goal (start at 8:30 of the clip or so), apparently within the rules, but most of the time they don't seem to actually be trying to do anything with the ball, just punching and kicking each other.
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                  • #669
                    Re: World Soccer XXV - the run up to the World Cup

                    Originally posted by jmh View Post
                    I... holy crap. Anyone ever hear of Calcio Fiorentino, also known as Calcio Storico, described as a precursor to modern football/soccer? This is, without a doubt, the most ludicrous sport I've ever seen.

                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiKOhGpQPD4

                    It's, like, a cross between rugby and lightly-officiated MMA, played 27-on-27 in a giant field of sand. My favorite part is how one guy gets attacked by a bunch of opponents, apparently within the rules of the game, right after he scores the game's only goal (start at 8:30 of the clip or so), apparently within the rules, but most of the time they don't seem to actually be trying to do anything with the ball, just punching and kicking each other.
                    The Cheap Seats (still the greatest thing ESPN ever made) guys riffed on it, but it's freaking brutal. An event like this could never happen in the U.S.
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                    • #670
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                      Some guy kicked it over the barrier, and the other team got half a point. Then another guy was kicking the crap out of someone, then just stopped, let the guy get up, and led him back to his team's wall before going back to fight someone else.
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                      • #671
                        Re: World Soccer XXV - the run up to the World Cup

                        Balotelli to Liverpool for 26 million.
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                        • #672
                          Re: World Soccer XXV - the run up to the World Cup

                          More like BaLOLotelli to LOLiverpool, amirite?
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                          • #673
                            Originally posted by First Time, Long Time View Post
                            Balotelli to Liverpool for 26 million.
                            Pounds, euros or dollars??
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                            • #674
                              Re: World Soccer XXV - the run up to the World Cup

                              Originally posted by joecct View Post
                              Pounds, euros or dollars??
                              Dollars.
                              16 million pounds
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                              • #675
                                Re: World Soccer XXV - the run up to the World Cup

                                Well Guzan will get his shot now that Howard has announced he's taking a year off with the National team.
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