gettlemanjack

Belgium National Team is looking real good heading into Euro 16. I was very proud of how tough the US played you guys in the WC. Also that's cool as hell some one from Belgium is a Panthers fan. Usually you never hear of a European NFL fan outside a handful in the UK

If I post something someone doesn't care about, they will just skip it. Not that hard, I do it all the time. Plus, if someone hates most of my posts they can simply block me As for learning about other teams, I love that. I never gave a crap about Juve or any Italian team, then I met a friend from Europe who loved all the same stars I've loved over the decades, but his team is Juve. If I had to count all the hours I've "wasted" watching Juve games, youtube videos, and discussing Juve players with him, it would be at least weeks and weeks of my life wasted on a team I don't care a lot about. But it's worth it, trust me, because now I know more about soccer and the great soccer players and teams out there I wouldn't have known about otherwise. And that means a lot if you really truly love soccer (i was raised on it) as opposed to just being a hipster American glory-hunter bandwagoning some EPL team As for my team, it's always been the German National Team and my roots go very deep. That's the only team I really care about. But there are lots of other teams I respect or hate over the years As for your selections here: Spurs - I know little or nothing about them Liverpool - bunch of American hipsters bandwagon them no idea why Arsenal - has my boys Ozil and Mertesacker so I cheer for them Everton - the team the Americans who don't want to be douche-bags follow RM - they played in Dallas last summer and all their fans were all Mexicans Bayern - love all my Bundesliga teams with players on the German National Team and being that Americans are such EPL-bandwagoners because Americans are clueless about soccer: no Chelsea fans here? Blue is the Colour is an awesome song (guess because it reminds me of the Beatles maybe?), and i used to like Chelsea back when they had players I liked. Not any more But there are tons of teams y'all are missing out on. For ex, here in the US, the Sounders/Timbers rivalry is can't-miss if you like soccer

If you want a little group of friends to do a casual chit-chat where you do nothing but send a few text messages back and forth about what's going on in soccer every now and then, then be a normal person and send an IM to your friends here, get their phone number and/or facebook and send your little chit-chat back and forth there This is a soccer discussion forum, not a place to chit-chat with your friends. This is a place for serious soccer discussion. The more articles and views and photos and videos the better. as for me, that's what i do. I have a nice little group of friends and family that are huge soccer fans, and i do my casual chit chat with them (via text messaging, phone calls, and hanging out watching games) but as for a soccer discussion board, this is where you come for some serious soccer input/info/etc, not idle soccer chit-chat. Again, if that is all you want, then be a normal person and make some friends that like soccer (you say you have some) and get their phone numbers and do your casual/idle soccer chit-chat with them via text messaging/phone calls/hanging out like the rest of us normal people do

Telegraph Football @ TeleFootball May 8 Louis van Gaal - I had to sign Memphis Depay now to scupper PSG bid. Manchester United manager admits he had no choice but to complete £25 million move due to interest from French giants “I have been forced to sign him before the end of this season,” said Van Gaal. “We have to focus on the remaining games but when you sign a new player you can disturb the focus of the current ones. But because of the market, we had to handle this because otherwise he would have signed for Paris St-Germain. Because of the club’s relationship with PSV, I could handle it.” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/11592418/Man-Utd-news-Louis-van-Gaal-says-he-signed-Memphis-Depay-now-to-scupper-PSG.html

Are you seriously going to keep going on and on about how great and powerful you are and how everyone has to bow down to you?

So the big bad "I'm friends with Zod" bully is throwing his weight around and saying "I don't care if I'm a douche, pal, I'm the king around here, you get it?" And that's supposed to make anyone want to be friends with you or view you in a positive light?

back to your God complex again?

It's a human just like you or I putting together a Top 25. You are more than welcome to post your own Top 25...

you sweeted-talked Zod and all you got is a joint NASCAR-SOCCER forum? We definitely need a new sweet-talker to send as an emissary to Zod

being a douche to new posters you dont know is retarded. This is a message board, not your personal circle jerk. Quit being an ass and grow the hell up.

Would be sad if you needed the internet to make friends. Just posting my thoughts, same as you, and your thoughts suck pretty bad, so drop your high and mighty attitude.

have you posted anything that isn't worthless? If so, what would that be? You might want to check your crazy God complex you have of yourself...

MilanGuy @ TheMeelanGuy May 9 #Berlusconi : ''We are no longer able to spend the money needed to be at the top, look at PSG who are spending 250m every year.''

Retro United @ RetroUnited May 10 Depay admits he came real close to signing for PSG .....then came the call from United

ESPN FC @ ESPNFC May 11 Depay has said he looks up to Ronaldo while revealing he came "really close" to joining PSG

Sky Sport Fabrizio Romano @ FabrizioRomano May 11 Man City had a meeting with Pogba and agent in Torino [Turin]. Super wage proposed. #MCFC started talks. Psg , Real, Barcelona too. Chelsea waiting.

Man Utd Stuff @ ManUtdStuff May 10 Depay: "I was really close to a transfer to PSG . After I spoke with Louis van Gaal, I said to myself ‘I want to go to Man Utd’."

Bayern & Germany @ iMiaSanMia May 13 Kevin De Bruyne's agent has said Man City, Bayern and PSG have all made "informal contact" regarding his client.

no more dumb than you starting this thread, no? Messi on a verge of joining Chelsea? Started by ARSEN, Jan 06 2015 09:34 AM

interesting to see someone has Arsenal ranked Top 4 in the World: updated Top 25 clubs in the world (just before Bayern's W over Barcelona) by Sam Tighe of England, Lead Writer at B/R, specialising in the Premier League, tactical analysis and scouting reports. LA LIGA 1. Barcelona 5. Atletico Madrid 6. Real Madrid (down from #2 last week) 7. Valencia 9. Sevilla SERIES A 2. Juventus 11. Lazio 22. Napoli Dropped Out: Roma (#24 last week) BUNDESLIGA 10 . Bayern Munich (down from #6 after losing 4 straight) 12. Borussia Monchengladbach 16. Bayer Leverkusen 18. Wolfsburg LIGUE 1 8. Paris Saint - Germain 15. Lyon 20. Monaco 21. Saint - Etienne ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE 3. Chelsea - "the Premier League trophy is secured, and the Blues have nothing to play for" 4. Arsenal (down from #3 last week) 17 . Manchester City - Sergio Aguero, David Silva, Aleksandar Kolarov, Fernandinho...the list of excellent performances goes on. Even Eliaquim Mangala is beginning to play well! http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/2460849-ranking-the-top-25-european-clubs-after-weekend-of-may-9-10/page/24 PRIMEIRA LIGA 13 . FC Porto - Jackson Martinez (age 28/Colombia) made it 20 Primeira Liga goals for the season during FC Porto's 2-0 victory over Gil Vicente. He's had one hell of a season, so prepare for numerous transfer links to your club [note: Jackson Martinez has been awesome for years]. 14 . Benfica - The Brazilian contingent of Anderson Talisca (age 21/Brazil), Lima (age 32/Brazil) and Jonas (age 31/Brazil) have accounted for an amazing 44 Primeira Liga goals between them 23. Sporting - William Carvalho (age 23/Portugal) is the star attraction, and Premier League eyes have been watching him carefully...but who else in the Sporting squad has impressed? Several young talents, such as Joao Mario (age 22/Portugal), Jonathan Silva (age 20/Argentina) and Carlos Mane (age 21/Portugal) should be interesting suitors this summer. UKRAINIAN PREMIER LEAGUE 19 . Dynamo Kiev - Andriy Yarmolenko (age 25/Ukraine) and Artem Kravets (also age 25/Ukraine) have been running riot of late. RUSSIAN PREMIER LEAGUE 24 . Zenit St. Petersburg EREDIVISIE 25 . PSV Eindhoven - Memphis Depay (age 21/Netherlands) appears determined to give the fans something to remember him by. A 30-yard free-kick during the 2-0 win over Heracles should do the trick. The Old Trafford-bound Dutchman will be fondly remembered in these parts for decades to come. http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/2460849-ranking-the-top-25-european-clubs-after-weekend-of-may-9-10/page/27

What's wrong with PSG? They spent money on players and now they are a great club.

The Mirror: "Manchester United's Gareth Bale transfer plans mean it's curtains for Robin van Persie and Angel Di Maria ... Manchester United will off-load Robin van Persie and Angel Di Maria this summer - to make way for the marquee signing of Gareth Bale. United are preparing to ditch Van Persie and last summer's £59.7million British-record signing Di Maria to shave a massive £500,000-a-week off their wage bill, enabling them to land Bale from Real Madrid. Bale remains the Old Trafford giants’ top transfer target this summer, and they believe a deal can be struck ... Central to United’s hopes of securing the Welshman will be getting rid of striker Van Persie and winger Di Maria, both of whom are on £250,000-a-week. ... United will listen to offers for Van Persie this summer, with no plans to offer the striker, out of contract in 12 months, a new deal, with boss Louis van Gaal believing it is time for him to move on. Di Maria is also on his way, with French big spenders Paris Saint-Germain his likeliest destination . United would prefer a straight sale, but a season-long loan with a fixed obligation to buy him at the end is a possibility. The Old Trafford top brass accept they will have to take a hit on Di Maria if they are to offload him to accommodate Bale, with PSG wanting to pay in the region of £45m for the former Real Madrid star." http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/manchester-uniteds-gareth-bale-transfer-5698175

i don't follow Man U much, but here is a Man U forum on transfers. The Bale thread is up to 77 pages. I read a few pages and some were saying put Bale at center attacking mid like they claim he played for Hotspur. http://www.redcafe.net/forums/transfer-forum.9/ As for Rooney, i think Man U should move on from him, but I've never liked him much. RvP is awesome but is getting old. As for Di Maria, i like him at left wing and hope Man U lets him go because I'd rather him play for a team i like.

best way to make money is to win, including making the Champions League and making a good long run in it. Juve just made a killing this year with their run in the CL. You pay the money to get the players to make that happen, then you'll come out ahead.

keeping in mind that ARSEN and C47 got so totally anally devastated and buttmad over the very realistic idea of Bale back to the EPL (most likely to the richest EPL club Man U), how little must their private parts feel to them to read this admittedly unlikely but still slightly possible scenario: "Ronaldo is set to leave Real Madrid this summer, according to one of their former players. And United are being linked with a £71.5million bid, with Ronaldo to Old Trafford seen as having a realistic chance of happening." [oh God no, oh God no LOL stupid, can't happen can it? God please no, please no, sobbing ensues] http://metro.co.uk/2015/05/14/manchester-united-transfer-news-gareth-bale-done-deal-71-5m-cristiano-ronaldo-move-christian-benteke-clear-to-sign-5196411/ "Ronaldo, who has faced questions over his future recently, is set quit Madrid in the coming weeks, according to their former star Agustin Rodriguez...Ronaldo could be about to return to Old Trafford in a shock transfer. The Portuguese has never ruled out rejoining United and if these reports are true, it would a mammoth deal – in the region of £71.5 million." [intense sobbing and wailing, it can't be, if can't be, waaaaah!] http://metro.co.uk/2015/05/13/cristiano-ronaldo-lined-up-for-transfer-return-to-manchester-united-5194428/ "IS RON GONE? CRISTIANO RONALDO is ready to walk out on Real Madrid, a Bernabeu icon yesterday with over ten years’ service at the club claimed yesterday." http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/6452390/IS-RON-GONE.html (oh God, oh God, the Sun, here come ARSEN's butt-devastation times one million and C47 posting some crappy SB Nation article as he hides in the backyard crying) But here's a good point: BBC Sport: "[age 30] Ronaldo on the wane? Aside from his penalty, a notable aspect of Real's display against Juventus on Wednesday was Cristiano Ronaldo's failure to exert a significant impact upon the action. You might expect the back-to-back Ballon d'Or winner to be at the heart of his team's late push for a second goal, peppering Buffon's goal with a barrage of ferocious long-range shots - in actual fact he did very little, and not for the first time recently. He has been a peripheral performer on a number of occasions since the turn of the year, and even when he has contributed it has been in a different manner to the Ronaldo of old. At the age of 30, the days of lung-busting surging runs and unstoppable 25-yard pile-drivers appear to be behind him, with Ronaldo now carrying out the majority of his work in and around the penalty area and scoring his goals from inside the box. This is not to suggest he is no longer a world-class performer or that Real Madrid should dispense with his services [but why not?]. But perhaps he should now be seen chiefly as a penalty box predator who finishes other people's approach work, rather than the kind of player who can single-handedly take over a game and run the opposition ragged. That could also mean that Real will no longer base their playing approach around him, instead making the creative talents of James Rodriguez, Isco or even Bale [lol] the focal point of their attack." http://m.bbc.com/sport/football/32731873