Falcons beat the Colts in the American bowl by a score of 27-21.  The pre-season is here.  Football will start soon.  Now football ain't my favorite sport (it's my second) but I'm ready for it.

Are you ready for some football?

oh god no- not again

I love my football almost as much as I love NASCAR....My team since the early 1980's is the Philadelphia EAGLES. I stick by them no matter what...Sports fans in Southern NJ are usually not Giants or Jets fans although there are a few of 'em around here...Philly teams RULE around here,Eagles,Flyers,Sixers,Phillies and the AHL's Phantoms...

Just why some Eagles fans are booing Terrell Owens,I dunno. Hey..he helped get them a decent spot in the playoffs..from which they made it to the Super Bowl..not too shabby after 24 years of disappointments.

honestly? no....however my husband sure is! :D




Erin :)

HECK YEAH!

oh god no- not again



My feelings exactly.  ::)





Cat

My feelings exactly.  ::)





Cat
GREAT!! Yet ANOTHER duplicate thread ::)

Just why some Eagles fans are booing Terrell Owens,I dunno. Hey..he helped get them a decent spot in the playoffs..from which they made it to the Super Bowl..not too shabby after 24 years of disappointments.


I do not blame them for booing at all. A year after he signs a huge 7 year contract with the Eagles he turns around and ask for more money.  Why he even sign in the first place then.  Shoot if I was the Eagles orginazation I would tell him and his money to get lost.  Yeah they made it to the Super Bowl but if you remember correctly he missed part of the season including the entire playoffs besides the Super Bowl which means that they can get there with out him.

As for myself I am a huge Falcons fan and have been since 1992.  Been through the thick and thin with them.  Now we have Vick, who I personally think is currently overrated as a Quarterback but at the same time I do think he has potential to become one of the greats but he still has a long way to go.  Never-the-less with him under center we will always have a chance to win and now we finally seem to have a decent back up QB as well.  So starting this past weekend I will be rooting on my Falcons for another season.  Going to be a tough one with the likes of the Eagles, Packers, Jets, Vikings, and Patriots all coming to the dome this year.

Leicester City won last night adn Nottingham Forest lost.  Hooray!!

oh, wait you weren't talking about real football were you?

Leicester City won last night adn Nottingham Forest lost.  Hooray!!

oh, wait you weren't talking about real football were you?


I saw that, Davy connoley with a hat trick in 26 minutes.

Anyway, on the topic of FOOTBALL!! Yes i'm ready!

Although from all accounts my poor Rams aren't  ;D

oh, wait you weren't talking about real football were you?


Never mind about the others - let's hijack this thread! ;)

Yes, 2005/2006 season is on its way in The Netherlands as well!  :) Yesterday's kickoff: AZ Alkmaar (#3 in 2004/2005 season) beat Sparta (Rotterdam) (promoted from Second Division) 3 to 0.

My prediction for this season (final standings after 34 matches):

1. Ajax (Amsterdam)
2. PSV (Eindhoven)
3. Feyenoord (Rotterdam)
4. Vitesse (Arnhem)
5. FC Twente (Enschede)
6. FC Utrecht
7. RKC Waalwijk
8. SC Heerenveen
9. Roda JC (Kerkrade)
10.AZ (Alkmaar)
11. NAC Breda
12. NEC (Nijmegen)
13. Willem II
14. FC Groningen
15. ADO Den Haag
16. Sparta (Rotterdam)
17. Heracles Almelo
18. RBC Roosendaal

Nrs 1 to 6 get to play in various European championships for club teams the following season.
Nrs 16 and 17 have to play relegation/promotion matches (along with 6 teams from Second Division).
Nr 18 will relegate directly.

It is still the cricket season...

It is still the cricket season...


I hope you enjoy it. As for me, I can think of dozens of sports that I find more entertaining. :P But that's probably because I don't live in one of the Commonwealth nations.

Yes, 2005/2006 season is on its way in The Netherlands as well!  :) Yesterday's kickoff: AZ Alkmaar (#3 in 2004/2005 season) beat Sparta (Rotterdam) (promoted from Second Division) 3 to 0.

My prediction for this season (final standings after 34 matches):

1. Ajax (Amsterdam)


CAN YOU HEAR THE F-SIDE SING, THE BOYS GO ALL THE WAY!

But my favourite song from the Arena was..

As shepherds tend there flocks by night, flocks by night, the angels sing.. AJAX, AJAX, AJAX!

LOL. Henk, you will have to fill me in on what the proper song was, i was singing it when i went to see Ajax play (yes i am ajaceaden) but i forget the proper words. It is a dutch childrens song origionally, and in the childrens song the angels sing something else.

Who do you support, are you ajaceaden or do you follow one of the Farmer teams  ;)

CAN YOU HEAR THE F-SIDE SING, THE BOYS GO ALL THE WAY!

But my favourite song from the Arena was..

As shepherds tend there flocks by night, flocks by night, the angels sing.. AJAX, AJAX, AJAX!

LOL. Henk, you will have to fill me in on what the proper song was, i was singing it when i went to see Ajax play (yes i am ajaceaden) but i forget the proper words. It is a dutch childrens song origionally, and in the childrens song the angels sing something else.

Who do you support, are you ajaceaden or do you follow one of the Farmer teams  ;)


We're so lucky not to have gotten stranded on a deserted island together...I'd have had to eat you (whilst still alive)! ;)
I do not support Ajax, for your information. When it comes to Dutch competition, I sort of support PSV Eindhoven (though I'm not a registered fan, nor do I attend any of their matches). Internationally, I don't really care which Dutch teams are playing - as long as they make me feel proud!

Now, as to the song you mentioned: it's actually a Christmas carol. These are the words to the first verse (in Dutch):

De herdertjes lagen bij nachte
Zij lagen bij nacht in het veld
Zij hielden getrouwe de wachte
Zij hadden hun schaapjes geteld
Daar hoorden zij engelen zingen
Hun liederen vloeiend en klaar
De herders naar Bethlehem gingen
't Liep tegen het nieuwe jaar

which roughly translated means:

Shepherds tending their flock by night in the fields
They were guarding them faithfully
Then they heard the angels sing
in a fluent and clear voice
Off they went to Bethlehem
It happened in the last days of the year.

But the F-Side has adopted and adapted this carol and changed it somewhat:

De herdertjes lagen bij nachte
Zij lagen bij nacht in het veld
Daar hoorden zij engelen zingen:
AJAX!  AJAX!  AJAX!

I hope that answers your question.

We're so lucky not to have gotten stranded on a deserted island together...I'd have had to eat you (whilst still alive)! ;)
I do not support Ajax, for your information. When it comes to Dutch competition, I sort of support PSV Eindhoven (though I'm not a registered fan, nor do I attend any of their matches). Internationally, I don't really care which Dutch teams are playing - as long as they make me feel proud!

Now, as to the song you mentioned: it's actually a Christmas carol. These are the words to the first verse (in Dutch):

De herdertjes lagen bij nachte
Zij lagen bij nacht in het veld
Zij hielden getrouwe de wachte
Zij hadden hun schaapjes geteld
Daar hoorden zij engelen zingen
Hun liederen vloeiend en klaar
De herders naar Bethlehem gingen
't Liep tegen het nieuwe jaar

which roughly translated means:

Shepherds tending their flock by night in the fields
They were guarding them faithfully
Then they heard the angels sing
in a fluent and clear voice
Off they went to Bethlehem
It happened in the last days of the year.

But the F-Side has adopted and adapted this carol and changed it somewhat:

De herdertjes lagen bij nachte
Zij lagen bij nacht in het veld
Daar hoorden zij engelen zingen:
AJAX!  AJAX!  AJAX!

I hope that answers your question.


FARMER! FARMER! FARMER! Ha Ha, i'm only kidding. I don't Like PSV, it is indeed a good thing we didn't get trapped on an island.
When it comes to the International Scene, my first love is England or English teams.. next comes Holland. I have several good friends in Holland and love the country and love Ajax. I also love the Dutch Style of Football.

Ah, it's a christmas carol, ok i understand now. Thank you for clearing that up.

Another reason i don't like PSV is there are many fans (although they are in the minority) that are very anti-semetic. As i'm sure you know Ajax fans call themselves Joden. It's a shame that it happens but when PSV come to the Arena there are always many anti-semetic songs. I know of course that almost all PSV fans feel the same way about this as i do, that it has no place in Football, but i belive that those fans should be stopped from travelling to away fixtures by the club.

Anyway, hopefully the Boys can win the league this year. Thank you again for clearing that up for me.

oh, wait you weren't talking about real football were you?


Yes I am.  Real football is what we have, not that phony crap that nobody likes (in America at least) that's played over in Europe.

Yes I am.  Real football is what we have, not that phony crap that nobody likes (in America at least) that's played over in Europe.
Yesterday saw the start of the 2005/06 football season in the UK.

That is the original form of football that is played worldwide, and even has a World Cup for the best of the Country Teams. I do not recall a World Cup for the Gridiron form as played in the USA.

Yes I am.  Real football is what we have, not that phony crap that nobody likes (in America at least) that's played over in Europe.


Aheh Ahem.

GW, which version of Football is older, which version is enjoyed by BILLIONS of people the world over, which one has more money, fans, teams, players, officials and nations taking part in it than i belive every other sport in the world..

I enjoy 'American Football' I'm a big Rams fan and will try and get to a couple games this year, but Football.. football. Is much better.. the reason Americans don't like it, is because a whole game can by without a goal. I realise this is a generalisation.. but it's true.

I can agree, i watched Liverpool vs Middlesbourough the other day.. and i got a bit bored because it ended 0-0... there weren't many scoring opportunities. But it's still an outstanding game. It's also growing in popularity here. All it will take is for the US to either get to the Final of, or win the World Cup and then i guarentee it will kick off. Look at all the young kids playing football nowadays, Millions of them, you have a name for there mothers. Soccer Mom's.

I'm not saying i want to see an End to American Football, i enjoy the game and like playing it myself, but it's not the only form of Football in the world, you hardly even use your bloody feet, and i guarentee before too long real Football will be rivaling it.

Yes I am.  Real football is what we have, not that phony crap that nobody likes (in America at least) that's played over in Europe.
Yes but unfortunately we have TWO threads for Preseason football. I would change the title of mine but this thread is the one where American football isn't being talked about as much here :-\\

Nrs 1 to 6 get to play in various European championships for club teams the following season.
Nrs 16 and 17 have to play relegation/promotion matches (along with 6 teams from Second Division).
Nr 18 will relegate directly.



Well, that's not true, for there will be a completely useless play-off round at the end of this season. Numbers 2 to 9 in regular competition will have to play even more games to decide who will play Champions League (well, preliminaries to the Champions League, that is) or UEFA Cup. And then there's always teams that can play so-called InterToto Competition (if you didn't make it to the UEFA Cup via the play-offs, you can always try again via this Competition - only thing is, you have to play foreign opponents who may be as far away as Ukraine or Georgia).
Like I said, completely useless, 'cause players are already complaining about the number of games they have to play each season (national league, national cup tournament, Champions League and/or UEFA Cup, games with the national team...) And especially with the World Cup coming up, these play-offs are bound to get a lot of comment.

Anyway, as for my predictions...



My prediction for this season (final standings after 34 matches):

1. Ajax (Amsterdam)
2. PSV (Eindhoven)
3. Feyenoord (Rotterdam)
4. Vitesse (Arnhem)
5. FC Twente (Enschede)
6. FC Utrecht
7. RKC Waalwijk
8. SC Heerenveen
9. Roda JC (Kerkrade)
10.AZ (Alkmaar)
11. NAC Breda
12. NEC (Nijmegen)
13. Willem II
14. FC Groningen
15. ADO Den Haag
16. Sparta (Rotterdam)
17. Heracles Almelo
18. RBC Roosendaal


I'm a bit off here and there.. :-[... will get back on those shortly.

...and next year sees the next World Cup played in Germany.

Dutch competition - Current standings

Teams in green are performing better than I expected, teams in red are doing worse than I expected and teams in blue are living up to their expectations.Well, so much for my predictions!

PosTeamPlayedPointsGoals
  1PSV (Eindhoven)  14  3530- 9
  2AZ (Alkmaar)  14  3238-14
  3Feyenoord (Rotterdam)  14  3239-16
  4NEC (Nijmegen)  14  2416-13
  5Vitesse (Arnhem)  14  2327-21
  6RKC Waalwijk  14  2328-25
  7FC Utrecht  13  2118-14
  8Ajax (Amsterdam)  14  2121-14
  9sc Heerenveen  14  2126-22
10FC Groningen  14  2014-18
11FC Twente  14  1715-14
12NAC Breda  14  1617-24
13Roda JC (Kerkrade)  14  1621-30
14Heracles Almelo  14  1514-29
15Sparta (Rotterdam)  14  1212-21
16ADO Den Haag  14  1213-25
17Willem II  13  811-25
18RBC Roosendaal  14  4  8-34

oh, wait you weren't talking about real football were you?


Actually, there's no such thing as "real" football.

Just ask someone from Australia or Ireland about Australian rules or Gaelic football:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_football
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football