General Football Thread

[stokeriño]

Oops, wrong thread. >_>

[IAceI]

Lionel Messi is a dad! Little Thiago has allegedly already learned the rabona.

Check this out:

"OptaJoe ‏@OptaJoe

869 - @Cristiano is 869 days older than Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo Junior is 869 days older than Thiago Messi. Snap. (via Twitter)"

Edited November 2, 2012 by IAceI

[Gazz]

Has he signed for Barca yet?

[IAceI]

For anyone who isn't at work/avoiding doing important tasks at home etc. then the Futsal World Cup is on Eurosport through the day and it's pretty entertaining to watch. Loads of pass and move and intricate little plays, quite enjoyable just to sit and watch if you have nothing better to do.. like me.

[Berober]

Table Football World Cup is better.

[IAceI]

I can imagine it is but you have to take what you're given in these circumstances. Unsurprisingly the likes of Spain, Brazil and Argentina are pretty solid at this sport. Perhaps unsurprisingly England don't seem to have qualified.

[Monkey D. Lars]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ckef69Rr_A

awesome goal scored in Belgium tonight

[Baddar]

fuck.

[Rafael]

http://www.fifa.com/...ward/index.html

The FIFA Puskas Award 2012 voting has started. Among the candidates are Neymar, Lionel Messi, Hatem Ben Arfa and Falcao Garcia.

Edited November 14, 2012 by RafaelFms

[Colly]

For anyone who isn't at work/avoiding doing important tasks at home etc. then the Futsal World Cup is on Eurosport through the day and it's pretty entertaining to watch. Loads of pass and move and intricate little plays, quite enjoyable just to sit and watch if you have nothing better to do.. like me.

Finals on now, Spain came back from 1-0 down to 2-1, Brazil have just stuck a rush keeper on (which is apparently not just a school playground thing) and equalised. Real keeper back in now, few minutes left.

Edit: Extra time and I'm bored already. It's good, but like ten pin bowling and darts I can play it but I can't watch it.

Edited November 18, 2012 by Colly

[Rafael]

World Futsal Champions, once again.

[Lineker]

Ukraine want former Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp to take charge of the national team, according to a statement on the federation's website.

Ukrainian Football Federation (FFU) officials met on Tuesday to discuss appointing Redknapp to replace Oleg Blokhin, who left for Dynamo Kiev.

FFU official Mikhail Fomenko said Redknapp was an ideal replacement.

"He has lots of experience, coaching talent and knows how to motivate," he said.

"In whatever team he led Redknapp very quickly improved the quality of the play and achieved significant progress.

"Today he is an expert in the game and one of the best English coaches."

Ukraine had sought to appoint striker Andriy Shevchenko but have now turned their attention to Redknapp after the former Chelsea and AC Milan player said it was a "premature step" for him.

"The presidium took the decision to begin talks with Redknapp's representatives relating to him working in the post of chief coach of the national Ukraine team," added the FFU statement.

Redknapp, 65, was sacked by Spurs in June after almost four years in charge.

He was heavily linked with the England national team as a successor to previous coach Fabio Capello, who resigned in February, before Roy Hodgson's appointment.

Redknapp returned to League One club Bournemouth, the club he managed for nine years from 1983 to 1992, in an advisory capacity in September but is thought to be no longer at the club.

Ukraine sit in fifth place in their 2014 World Cup qualifying group, with two points from three games.

They are 55th in Fifa's world rankings.

[Berober]

T'riffic.

Beckham could be off to Australia after he announces that he will leave LA Galaxy.

I'm not so sure about this, I don't think he'd be able to exist under the shadow of Emile Heskey, second highest goalscorer this year in Australia...

[EddieG]

They already said last week he's not going to Australia, PSG are in there too, apparently.

[Hobo]

'Arry does know he can't sign Jermaine Defoe to play for the Ukraine?

[Colly]

Sky Sports would be amazing on deadline day if they kept interviewing Ukraine boss Harry Redknapp about potential signings. In his car obviously. Just don't tell him.

[Gazz]

Take a bow son.

[King Ellis]

Looks like the average goal that the N7 Dragons concede.

[Monkey D. Lars]

The dutch teams are getting murdered here on television, serves them right. They should've have taken the Europe League serious

[EddieG]

Mano Menezes, the Brazilian coach been sacked.