[Football] English Premier League 2006/2007 season

i know he owns the Browns, but damn i am so pumped hearing the Lerner has bought out fricken ancient tight arse Doug Ellis..... perhaps Villa can now join the real world and get some real decent players... that plus Martin ONeill means it feels just that tad better to be a Villa fan today

GO VILLA

 

I think Man U sneaks into 2nd.....

DD

 

Are you a Aston Villa fan? I have been rooting for them since Tony Cascarino played for them(altough i haven't been following it that much, in the last couple of years).

I'm looking forward to see how van Persie will do. I hope Chelsea will do bad, i just do not like the team. I want Robben to play well(altough i'm not really a fan of him), he was great when he played for Groningen, and also with PSV. buit lately when i see him play, he just seems Arrogant

 

I already asked DrLudicrous in anouther thread, but I will ask you dudes here:
Why speak in terms of plural when you mention A TEAM? For example: "Mexico is playing Argentina in the second round. Argentina scores a goal in extra time."

Isn't ONE TEAM singular? What's with going British with the soccer terms? Are you anywhere in the UK, univac hal ("Villa were abysmal")? I don't think the United States' press does that, only the British one.

 

I think Chelsea is primed for a fall. Too many chiefs, not enough indians...

1. Man U - Rooney is going to have a huge year.
2. Liverpool
3. Chelsea
4. Arsenal

 

I actually hope he does not sign He is the best player of my favorite soccer team. If he leaves we have a problem, a Big problem.

Ok now about the player. He is a very good player. most games he is the difference between Feyenoord and The opponent.

If you compair him to Van Nistelrooy, he is more a complete player, and not as much a goalscorer.

His last 4 years:
02-03 FC Utrecht 34 matches, 20 goals
03-04 Feyenoord 34 matches, 20 goals
04-05 Feyenoord 34 matches, 29 goals
05-06 Feyenoord 33 matches, 22 goals

He is ALWAYS the hardest working player on the pitch. He has good ball handling skills. He can shoot, he can do everything well. But not a lot great. I think Liverpool will enjoy him, he will probably become a fan favorite in a short time, because he works so hard.

A video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8stA0Wur28

There is one goal he scored when he was with Utrecht, which was unbelievable(i could not find it).

 

Can someone please explain how all these leagues work? When do they start? When do they end? What is the champions league? When is the champions league? All that kind of stuff. If anyone knows please replY!! I just can't figure it out because there are so many teams and leagues.

 

Each country has their own league made up of different divisions. In England the top division is the English Premiere League. One major difference between American leagues and the European leagues is the lack of playoffs/championship game. The league champ is determined by whoever has the best record at the end of the season. Also, teams at the bottom of the premiere league are relegated to a lower division and the best teams from the lower division are moved up to the premiere league.

The Champions League is a tournament made up of the top teams from the various European leagues. For instance, the top 4 or 5 teams from the previous season of the EPL are entered into it along with the best teams from Spain, Italy, Germany, etc. The number of teams from each country is based on how good the teams of that league are and how they have performed in the past. So England, Spain, and the better leagues send more teams than Belgium or Austria. Usually the smaller teams will have to go through extra rounds of qualifying before making it into the Champions League.

There is also the UEFA Cup which is made up of teams not quite good enough for the Champions League.

 

The Premier League: The english clubs league
FA Cup: A cup were English teams from different divisions participate
League cup: same as the FA cup, only less importent.
The Serie-A: The Italian Clubs League
Primiera Division: The Spanish Clubs League
The Dunders Liga: The German Clubs League
Ere divisie: Dutch clubs league

Champions league: The best of every European club league's play against each other in a cup format(depends on which country how many participate, a big league like England, spain have a couple of teams. Minor Leagues have only one (or in the dutch cas 2)).
Eufa Cup: Other good teams from European leagues play against each other(the teams that did not finish high enough in their leagues to qualify for the Champions League).

Hope this helps.

 

Thanks! Is the champions league every year? Also when is it and how does it work? How many games and stuff?

 

So when do all these leagues start? How many games are they? Could you say that all the countries are more like "divisions or conferences" and the champions league is the playoffs or "world series".

 

Last question. How do I watch the games? Are they televised live anywhere? Which is the best league to watch. I want to follow FC Barcelona after watching them play here

 

Yes, it's every year. Their are 8 groups of 4 teams that play home and away against each other, the top two teams from each group move on to a knock out stage. The knock out stage is home/away games with the best goal aggregate advancing. For the goal calculations away goals count more than home goals. For instance if Team A wins on the road 1-0 and then loses to Team B at home 2-1 the aggregate is the same (2-2) but Team B had more away goals so they advance. The final game is one game played in a predetermined location.

This year it starts on 08.24.2006, games are played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays every other week. Here's the official website for it. http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/UCL/index.html

Fox Soccer Channel and GolTV are the best. FSC shows a lot of English games while GolTV has more games from Latin countries (including Spain where Barcelona plays). ESPN has rights to Champions league and shows most of their games. If you have DirecTV there is also Setanta sports but it costs $15 a month just for it, they'll show the Champions League games that ESPN doesn't.

PS: There's also MLS, the quality isn't near La Liga or EPL but you can watch the games live and it's a lot better than people give it credit for. And really, what could be better than supporting your local team?

 

Most of the leagues are starting about now or within a couple of weeks and go until about May of next year.

The teams take the leagues very seriously, more serious than a team would take their division or conference. The top goal of a team is to win their domestic league. Champions league is for bragging rights and money. Overall it is the highest quality since only the best teams participate.

 

Another message board I visit decided to randomly pick a team to support and we picked Blackpool (which I know are in a different division). I'm going to really try to get into EPL this season.

I've always been partial to Arsenal because of Nick Hornby and Fever Pitch.

 

So the champions league is already starting? Shouldn't that be after the country leagues finish? Or is this the champions league for last year?