The Official Football/Soccer Thread: 2017-2018 Season
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Hi unclesox... Fantasy?.
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21st Century Paul:
Hi unclesox... Fantasy?.
Oh, is it that time already? I renewed the league so you and Daniel should automatically be entered. But just in case, here are the details... UEFA Champions League Fantasy Football 2014-15 http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/library/redirect/_fantasy.html code: 950905-610432 Any and all new players are always welcome to join. Don't be afraid. It's all for fun.
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unclesox:
Any and all new players are always welcome to join. Don't be afraid. It's all for fun.
I think we are too intimidating We three always finish in the top positions... Well, we're only 3 so the worst someone could do if he joined us is finishing in the 4rd place...
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After round 1: 1 me 55 2 daniel 49 3 unclesox 47 You're gonna see something strange in my points in this round cause I thought I had played the wildcard, but I haven't. Though hours ago the game said "you are playing your wildcard"... well now my "wildcard" is avalaible... Anyway I've done 11 transfers, so -20 points for this round. I guess.
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I still don't know if I have played my wildcard or not . In our league I seem to have 109 points, 54 this matchday. But in my team's page I have scored 34 (-20 due to 11 transfers) So our score now is 1 me? lol 109 points (or maybe 89 points) 2 (or maybe 1st) daniel 92 3 unclesox 86
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Hey Oliver, have seen Paul's twitter chat? Check this one out...
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unclesox:
Hey Oliver, have seen Paul's twitter chat? Check this one out...
How can we can convince him to join our fantasy football league?I guess he means playing football not watching it. (As I only come here sometimes I'm gonna write a lot now like in the old days) I've noticed there's kind of connection between singing and playing soccer. First I heard about Bob Marley liking so much playing soccer that he kind of died because he didn't want to lose his feet or so to end his cancer. Then you can see the 3 tenors playing soccer in their rehearsals, lol. Then John Lennon was said to doubt between playing soccer or forming a rock and roll band. And I guest the list is big... Elton owned a club, etc. I had no idea about Paul. I guess the way to convince Paul would be writing a song about it or so. If I wrote a song about Meat Free Monday I think I could do it but I'm not gonna, lol. Now if someone joins us with a nickname as Ramon... SergioRamon maybe, then i would think it's him playing with us.
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standings 1 me 231 (62 this round) 2 unclesox (72) and daniel (61) 212 In the end I didn't play my wildcard. Or that's the game says. Btw Messi and CR7 are about to surpass Raul's record of goals in the Champions League. Not even a Raul fan like me understand how he scored so many goals in Europe. He never scored so many goals as Messi or CR7 but he was one of the very best ever in scoring the first goal against difficult teams... and maybe that's why he scored so much in the Champions and not so much in the Spanish league. In the end scoring the 1-0 is way more important than scoring the 6-0 . But goals statitics don't care about that so we have Messi and CR7 in a battle to score goals when their teams alredy are winning the match by 5-0 or so. In basketball that is called "Playing for stats", I think. Well, what can I say, not so long ago assistences were not even a stat and many people now realizes that the guy making the pass can be more important than the one scoring the goal, etc. The Beatles (briging back the topic to Paul) were excellent at being at team and not four egos trying to show off or so. The best teams are about that.
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standings just before the start of the quarterfinals: 1 me 503 2 unclesox 456 3 daniel 431
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standings of the fantasy: me 602 unclesox 532 daniel 501
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we're going to have the best possible semifinals... I don't like Chelsea. I'm one of those who would want Xavi to stay at Barça but he doesn't play much. For me he is still one of the best players.
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i wasn't able to change my lineup before the quarterfinals, first leg. Totally forgot about it and by the time I tried 30 minutes before the deadline the website was experiencing a lot of traffic and wouldn't let anyone through. Made many changes before second leg so I had to use my wild card. Yes, four very strong clubs in the semifinals! And they all have a great history in the competition. Of course, I'm hoping for a Barcelona v Juventus final. Xavi has been a great Blaugrana player and has really surprised people this season after poor form last season. But he is better as a substitute these days. Rakitic has by far been the club's best summer signing. Brought in to replace Cesc and has probably had the best first season in the Barca midfield since Deco in 2005. Rakitic is a big reason why Xavi is no longer part of the 'Once de Gala'. Barca also got a better return when they brought in Luis Suarez to replace Alexis. Suarez has 22 goals this season despite missing the first two months through his World Cup suspension. Alexis has been much better with Arsenal than he was with Barca so a great move for everyone involved.
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When I saw you didn't make transfers I thought you had quit Fantasy... Well, I don't get much Rakitic, I don't see why he is so good. I mean, he's good but not that good to be a Barça "once de gala", kind of a similar situation of Khedira (Ancelotti finally agreed, so with Arbeloa and Coentrao). The doubt is if Xavi could play so well if he played a lot. I liked Alexis but he was that kind of player that seems to be "away from the team", kind of like Bale. Able to score great goals but not good in playing as a team. Quite often "the last player to have the ball" after many passes. That wasn't good for Barça or for Madrid cause they have many great players besides Alexis or Bale. lol They can be good for a worse team, like Bale for Wales. I've decided to get risky in Fantasy. I'm 70 points ahead so it was boring to play it safe. Now I'm trying to get into the top 5000, and get one of those "stars" : ... Though I know a 70 points difference can dissappear in 2 rounds...
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there are many songs about football but I can't remember any song half as good as this one: La Mano de Dios (The Hand of God) - a singer/songwriter called Rodrigo
all about Maradona life... but the most amazing version is one video where Maradona sings the song live, featured in a Kusturica film And this is priceless Messi and Tevez vs Maradona and Francescoli-Football Tennis -
Congratulations to Barça for the Spanish League. Ancelotti didn't change the XI for months so the players just got tired. Kroos even said that he didn't want to play cause he was tired... I've just tweeted my "tips for Real Madrid" but I don't think Florentino is gonna do something like this at all... and not because of money cause I think this will cost 100 milion "only"... not much for him. OUT: Ancelotti, Bale, Khedira, Illarramendi, Benzema, Pepe, Arbeloa, Casillas, Lucas Silva, Chicharito IN: Paco Jemez, Hazard, Aguero, Hummels, T.Silva, Verratti, Wilshere, De Gea, Pogba, Koke Let me dream... from this to that: --CR7-----Benzema-------Bale-- ----------(Chicharito)-----(Jesé)- --James------------Modric------- ---(Isco)-----------(Khedira)----- -------------Kroos----------------- -------------(Illarra)-------------- Marcelo-Ramos-Pepe-Carvajal (Coentrao)-(Varane)--(Arbeloa) --------------Iker------------------- ----------(Keylor N.)-------------- -CR7------Aguero------Hazard-- -(Isco)-----(Jesé)-------(James)- ---------Modric --Kroos---------- -----(Wilshere)--(Verratti)------ ------------Pogba------------------ ------------(Koke)----------------- Marcelo-Ramos-T.Silva-Carvajal (Coentrao)(Hummels)(Varane)(Danilo) -------------De Gea------------------ -------------(Keylor)----------------
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Fantasy, results before the final: 1 me 694 2 unclesox 625 3 daniel 562 I'm 5925th in the overall rank so I have the chance to get into the top 5000 (and get the star), though unclesox could still win our league if some strange result would make it possible, kind of Juventus or Barça winning for 5-0.
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Four days after winning a fifth term as FIFA president, Sepp Blatter resigns. Very stunned, tbh. Very happy but very stunned.
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1994 World Cup draw Robin Williams vs. Sepp Blatter Genius
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As of 01:00 CET UEFA has still to put up the Champions League fantasy football game. And the first matches are 19 hours away. We're cutting it too close for comfort. http://en.uclfantasy.uefa.com/
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unclesox:
1994 World Cup draw Robin Williams vs. Sepp Blatter Genius