S123arpedon Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Its a shame about the UEFA cup being devalued so much...no way should teams getting knocked out of the Champions League be allowed into the UEFA Cup..Newcastle are still in it as are Celtic...Not really a supporter of either but its good to see British teams doing well in European competitions... I hope they can progress... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indman Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 True about the UEFA Cup being undervalued. But what can you say about a competition that allows plaes 5-7 in some leagues to enter? The Final usually produces some cool results though. Remember Liverpool vs Alaves a few years ago? what a game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S123arpedon Posted April 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 yeah i remenber that...didnt that end up something like 5-4!! Fowler scored didnt he but the winning goal was an own goal from a gary mcallister free kick or corner wasnt it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S123arpedon Posted April 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Newcastle get a good 1-1 drwa away at Eindhoven with Kezman scoring and apparently putting in a good performance. He could well be playing for the barcodes next season as they are in for him...Looking good for Newcastle with an away goal though. Celtic also draw 1-1 with Villareal (spelling?) but it is the Spanish side that has the away goal. Again it is Larssen who saves the day for them. When he goes at the end of the season they will seriously need to get someone good to replace him...I am sure he scores about 70% of all Celtics goals!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indman Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Just goes to show the weakness of the Scottish league when their best team can't even beat the 5th best from Spain on home turf. I'm still against them & Rangers joining EPL caus they'd get slaughtered by the Birminghams and Middlesborough's of this world! Then they'd complain they want to go back to SPL... Still hoping for a Celtic revival though since I dislike most Spanish teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S123arpedon Posted April 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 They beat Blackburn in the 'Battle of Britain' so they cant be that bad...this was before Blackburn became shite though...it could have been last season or even before that? What do you have against Spanish teams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indman Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 They're just a bunch of damn fakers! And Spanish footbally is marginally more attractive than Italian football! Nah I just don't like how different leagues live by different rules governing non-EU players, and the Spanish leagues always supplement themselves with cheap young south americans while the British league's gotta live with their home grown ones who would never compete. And its caus of that, that La Liga claims to be the best league on earth when i n reality when you take away their non-EU players we see a whole different story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S123arpedon Posted April 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 I have to say that I am not too familiar with the rules governing non EU players in Spain. How many non EU players can they field? I remember the time that Chelsea played a tem with no British players in it...11 foreigners!! Ironic for a team who's fanbase have links with far right white extremist groups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indman Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Non-EU residents are not allowed to play in Britain unless they have a work permit and to obtain one of those they must have played in at least 75% of their country's internationals over the past year or show that they have clearly cemented their place in the International squad. Teams also aren't allowed to field more than 3 at the same time. On the continent teams are restriced to 5 non-EU players on their rosters with no work permit restrictions. With EU players being evenly spread over teams in Europe, its the non-EU players that make the difference since South Americans are generally more mature at the same age as their European counterparts and probably have played more senoir games as well - ala Requime and Saviola at Barcelona. Take away these 2 players and Barca is in a relegation battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S123arpedon Posted April 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 i know the restircions in Britain...a couple of players at Spurs have been refused work permits cuz of not appearing in 75% of international games for their respective countries. I dodnt realise it was the lax is Spain though...no work permit restictions?? is that right? There was the scandal of some players being banned or at least investigated due to passpprt iregularities. I am sure Verson was one of those players when he was at Lazio. Re: Barcelona..dont forget Ronaldinho too. or deoes he have a EU passport? I think he has been the main reason for them going on a good run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indman Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Yeah some teams especially on the continent were giving South Americans EU passports so they could sign another one and go over the 5 limit. Ronaldinho I left out caus he would've legitimately qualified for a work permit in Britain. Seriously those guys on the Continent can sign any 17 year old prodigy they want and shove him into the first team with no restrictions! Just look at players who're making huge differences for their teams yet aren't a part of their national squads: Giovanni Elber Pablo Aimar Javier Saviola & Juan Roamn Requime Aldo Duscher man the list goes on...you shoul dplay more Champ Manager and learn the rules! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S123arpedon Posted April 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 I purposely stay away from CM as i fear that if i get it i would never get out!! You can fritter away days on that game....I was on the pS2 last night playing Winning Eleven 6. Tried to win the Asis Cup with Australia...i beat S.Korea in the semis and then i was playing Saudi Arabia in the final. 2 drawn games and it just quits the comp...so i didnt lose but i didnt win either...what a waste of time... Viduka was quite good in this game...i think he is a wanker in real life though. So...how many hours are you playing CM a day/week/month then?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indman Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Man I used to kill off nearly 8 hours a day on CM! as soon as I got home from work I'd be on the PC, sometimes not even eat! Finally pulled myself off that addiction though thankgoodness! Don't want to get onto PS2 games...they're even more addictive! I spent a month on holidays on Oz just playing FFX! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S123arpedon Posted April 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Winning Eleven is too cool though...Played a Cl comp the other day and I played with Roma..the 442 with Totti runnig the midfield slotting through balls to Batigol is sublime....he kocks em ins from all over the pitch!! 8 hours solid!!..man, that is going some!! bet your gf was none too happy about being left out!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indman Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 That was when the gf was back where she belonged - in Oz! I heard the controls on Winning 11 are pretty hard to work with though? gotta have soft hands! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S123arpedon Posted April 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 If ya play it enough you get used to it...make sure you push the right buttons though!! thats has never been a probelm for me. hehe!! Iused to play **** loads of FIFA back home with my buddies..get some beers in, get the bong fired up and start up a CL tournament...played until around 7 in the morning...go home take a shower and go to work!! We used to reward our progression to the next round with a hit of Ganja!! Damn, those were the days!! [Edited on 9/4/2004 by Sarpedon] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezzzer Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 Try the Winning Eleven 7 (International) and it's awesome, the moves, the players and everything are so realistic. I remember after the World Cup final in 2002, I forced my mates to do a World Cup (with all group matches and playoffs) on Winning Eleven and we did not finish until 5am in the morning! This game is definitely poisonous in the sense that it's so addictive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S123arpedon Posted April 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 Newcastle come through against PSV. They are inthe semis now and will face marseille who beat Inter (??) Cetlic crash out though...(does this mean O'Neill will go to Spurs in the summer??) It would be great in Newcastle could go all the way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S123arpedon Posted April 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 I have just re-installed my laptop and so far no games...but i have a PS2 in my room which i have Winning Eleven...the chipped through ball and the chipped 1-2's are defence splitting!! But nothing quite beats a goal scored from a cross, either a volley or a header!! I love those ones!! Been trying to give WE a break recently but i went by my bros house and found the stockpile of PS2 games we bought ages ago...Got Tekken 3 which i used to paly loads...Wnat to get back into that and also GTA...the addicition is returning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezzzer Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 I am actually a bit upset that Celtic did not make it through cos' I do think Larsson is a quality player with lethal finishes. At least the Geordies made it and Robson is the man! It does give me fond memories of the Gary Lineker's last minute goal against Germany in the World Cup semi-final. I have full respect for Lineker cos' try to name a player who has never been booked in his whole career. Well, this excludes those who are always on the bench and never get to play! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S123arpedon Posted April 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 YOu know...Robbie Savage has never been set off in his career weither yet?/ I find that so hard to believe cuz he is a pretty dirty player!! Serious amounts of yellow cards tho... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S123arpedon Posted April 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 i am not quite sure..but Tekken 4 is Tekken tag, right? Gran Tourismo is a soldi game...i have had soem great races in rally mode with my brother! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S123arpedon Posted April 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 I gotta get hold of Tekken 4 then. I love that game. I used to play all the time with Law and Bruce!! Anyone played GTA Vice CIty? I am wondering to give that a go tonight but i really cannot afford to spend too much time on the PS2 these days so i try to avoid the addicvite games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S123arpedon Posted April 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 From all the video games talk on this board, i stuck on Tekken Tag last night!! Re-learning some of the moves especailly for Bruce but the team of Bruce and Law rocks!! Since i have spent too much money over the past week i know what I will be doing this weekend!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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