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  1. Slagathor

    Van Basten's squad: a suicide mission

    Goalkeepers: Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United), Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax), Henk Timmer (AZ) Defenders: Khalid Boulahrouz (Hamburger SV), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Barcelona), Tim de Cler (AZ), John Heitinga (Ajax), Kew Jaliens (AZ), Jan Kromkamp (Liverpool), Joris Mathijsen (AZ), André...
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    Statistics: more goals in Serie A than in EPL

    For those interested in statistics (and those only interested in statistics when it makes their favourite league look good): This season, the Serie A has been impressively more productive than the English Premier League largely thanks to Luca Toni's form. The Netherlands top the table...
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    Barça snaps up Thierry Henry

    Barcelona already in agreement with Henry Barcelona appears to be adding another world class striker to their squad come summer with the final details of the transfer of Thierry Henry to the Catalan club already drawn out according to the very reliable Dutch sports channel NOS. It's no...
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    Del Piero: "If Lippi doesn't call me, he's gay"

    Was browsing some stuff by Italian comedian Fiorello and I found this article with Del Piero. Since I'm having a slow morning, allow me to translate: ;) "If Lippi doesn't call me, he's gay" Being a guest at Fiorello's show 'Viva Radio Due' is sure to trigger some good quotes from anyone...
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    The World Cup; here's who you're putting your money on

    You're betting on teams? That's a mistake The biggest myth of the game is that football is a team sport and that team efforts win prizes. When the qualification rounds are over and the actual tournament begins; all logic goes out the window and you're not looking at teams anymore. You're...
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    Some gmail questions

    1) Is anyone else experiencing difficulty in using MSN Messenger with a gmail account? 2) When messages in Gmail are 'archived', they end up in what appears to be the equivalent of a trash can. Does that mean archiving is the same as deleting? Thanks in advance!
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    In the category 'redundant': Catholicism

    So Catholicism... nice idea et all, but such a shame it has become a synonym of 'judgemental' We don't need it, it only makes the world a worse place than it already is as Catholics go around judging people who are 'different', showing them no respect and stripping them of their freedom...
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    European Union investigation into football

    A study into how football is run in Europe is to be organised by the European Commission, Richard Caborn, the British sports minister said on Thursday. The European Union's legislative body has requested the full co-operation of European football's governing body UEFA. The European Parliament...
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    Euro2008 DRAW: 27 January 2006

    For the draw of the qualification rounds for Euro2008 in Switzerland and Austria, the European nations participating have been divided over 7 pots. Italy is only in pot 2, due to their poor performances in Portugal. Switzerland and Austria, of course, are already qualified as they joint-host the...
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    Your favourite new feature

    We've all had some time to check out new stuff and if you suddenly come across a new feature and think it's über-cool; let us all know about it here! I'm personally loving the attachment-overview in the profile. With all the pics I've posted in the Beauty of the Day thread, it's kinda like a...
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    Thursday 17 November

    From Marty's signature: "ETA of Juventuz relaunch: Thursday november 17." For those of us who have been here a while: anyone else afraid we'll go back to the dark days of server problems and messages such as these: :scared:
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    Really should've been graham but since he bailed... here I am on 25k

    First of all; you're all retards :D Alright, the category Where the hell did you go: I miss Mac, who was übercool and you know it. Then there's Lisa, also known as Jules, who was around from the start and always made for a fine conversationalist. Let's not forget Nina, who I always got along...
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    UEFA list of coefficients

    You know the drill; this list is based on the performances of clubs in European football competitions (Champions League, UEFA Cup and Intertoto Cup) and dictates how many clubs of every national competition are allowed to go into Europe every season. The results of the last 5 seasons are...
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    good lord, where do I sign up for this gang?

    Dutch swoop nets 45 Hell's Angels AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) -- Dutch police searched dozens of homes and arrested 45 members of the Hell's Angels biker group on suspicion of violence, intimidation, extortion and trade in weapons and drugs, police said. Tom Driessen, head of a...
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    Czech Rep - Holland | Davids returns for Oranje

    FOUR CHANGES FOR PRAGUE Holland coach Marco van Basten has added Ibrahim Afellay, Edgar Davids, Serginho Greene and Urby Emanuelson to his provisional squad list ahead of the crucial World Cup Qualifier against the Czech Republic on 8 October. Ibrahim Afellay (pictured below) is currently...
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    The national football team of the United Kingdom of Great Britain

    RULE BRITANNIA FIFA president Sepp Blatter gave the green light for a national football team representing the United Kingdom of Great Britain during the Olympic games of 2012. "We gave them written confirmation that one team representing the entire UK may be fielded during the Olympic games of...
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    Will they last this time?

    Inter, Feyenoord, Paris Saint-German and Standard Liège are all doing well in the opening stages of the season. Is this the season of the traditional screw-ups?
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    Hi, yeah, about that Graham smilie

    I really think we ought to consider this one:
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    Oh beautiful, beautiful Eastern Europe

    ANDERLECHT MUGGED DURING CL MATCH IN PRAGUE Prague, Czech Republic - RSC Anderlecht earned their tickets to the Champions League deservedly by defeating Slavia Prague on Wednesday, but happiness will have been limited in the Belgian camp after they discovered most of their possessions were...
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    European Super Cup: FC Liverpool - CSKA Moskva

    Soo... is anyone seriously going to watch it?