Oh don't get me wrong, I'd much rather have Landon or Eddie Johnson going instead of Julian. He's not ready. But I do think he has the potential, so getting him to commit was big for Jurgen. And yea, Germany's been toying with the false 9 for awhile now. They've really only had 2 strikers in the system going on at least 4 years now with Gomez and Klose. Klose's aging and still not healthy, Gomez is hurt and not going, so they've kind of played with it in the last few friendlies. It's going to be interesting to see how they go into that Portugal game, Ronaldo or no Ronaldo. Schweinsteiger is a huge part of it, Kroos isn't a defensive mid anywhere near Bastian's quality, and like I said Khedira's not 100% yet. Kroos is out of position there. He's much better playing higher, put Ozil and Reus on the outside and Gotze or Schurrle or that kid Volland up top. Was a little surprised Volland didn't get in this game. Cameroon's got as much a chance of anyone to finish 2nd in that group with Mexico and Croatia (and Brazil). Overlooking Ghana is a mistake, no doubt. A lot of it comes from their ranking I guess (20 something spots below the US). But pointing to something that happend 4 or 8 years ago in saying "oh yea, the US can't beat Ghana because remember 2006?" meh, we'll see. It's gonna be hella fun to watch. I just think Ghana and the US are too far behind Portugal and Germany to really threaten.
Wasting time between periods of Hawks-Kings and playing with the WC bracket... Brazil's group isn't easy to begin with (Mexico, Croatia, Cameroon) but then their first knockout game is, in all liklihood, against Spain or Netherlands. Damn. Can you imagine them not even making the quarters? National disaster on top of national disaster. Portugal - Belgium, Italy - Columbia hilight the other potential marquee first knockout games. Gawd DAMN I can't wait for this.
Congrats to Broncos218 for leading Parma to the top and winning Serie A! Also wanted to thank RedAL925 and everyone else for their patience and understanding regarding my shoddy schedule, especially the first half of the season. Much appreciated.
Ok folks, we're thisclose to wrapping up this dreadful season and moving on to bigger and better things. My sincerest apologies for the failure that was this season, simply unacceptable at this point in our history. Granted there were some mitigating circumstances that contributed to the steep decline, but we're better than that. All of this will be rekindled in the State of the League address, hopefully up later this week. It will be a 2-parter, with the second focusing on the future of the league. We have a ton of time from now until the FIFA 15 release date to get everything ready. We will be looking for input from every one of you, even those that are out of the league at this point. I don't want to get too far ahead of myself, and I don't want a deluge of ideas at this point in time, so I'll leave it at that for now. Keep an eye on the forums in the next week or so, things are about to get interactive.
State of the League and League Survey are now up. Please take the time to read and participate when you get the chance
guayo10 Where has all this fun gone? There's still zero defending in Spanish football. How come this shit isn't happening on a weekly basis?
I would say that Messi was saving himself since it was a World Cup year, but I fear the injuries and him trying to accelerate his come back have damaged him for good. The way he plays now is the way I imagined him playing at 33, ha. If Neymar learns to stay on his feet more I think he'll be the next great footballer at Barca. After Laporta left we have treated every big star like shiiite, that's why Ronnie left, that's why Deco left, that's why Eto'o left. After giving the club so much we kicked them out. Ronnie left when he was 28!!!!!! I feel the same might happen with Messi in a couple years, the crowd were rough on him this year when he still won us a bunch of games and scored 20+ goals once more.
If you haven't yet, PLEASE take ten minutes to fill out the league survey. TFSerie is going to phase 2.0, help us get there.
Hands-on media event for FIFA 15, where the build was apparently "50-60%" complete: Media were invited to events around the world to get hands on with FIFA 15. Here's a collection of articles written by them. Links below are all direct to the articles. http://www.computerandvideogames.com http://www.digitalspy.co.uk http://www.eurogamer.net/ http://fifasoccerblog.com/ http://news.futhead.com/ http://www.gamereactor.eu http://www.gamesradar.com/ http://www.ign.com/ http://www.joe.ie/ http://www.kotaku.co.uk/ http://www.officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk http://www.pcgamer.com http://www.stuff.tv/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ http://www.thesixthaxis.com/ http://www.vg247.com/ http://www.videogamer.com http://www.xboxachievements.com http://www.Xbox One.co.uk/
In looking for ways to continually improve the league experience, we have decided to go with a chat option for those that are interested. Basically its an open discussion about pretty much anything; and with the World Cup right around the corner, what better time to start up the chat! The added bonus of the chat is that it can be an extra tool for scheduling as you can see if your opponent is online and chatting and try to schedule for an on the spot game if possible. It would obviously be an alternative to scheduling on here (which is still the main source to be used for scheduling) but a good one to have nonetheless. App is called "GroupMe" all you have to do is download it and click on the link below to join the group. It can be used on your phone as a group text messaging app or on your browser; whichever you prefer. You're invited to my new group 'TFS' on GroupMe. Click here to join:https://groupme.com/join_group/8619655/rUv6BV RedAL925 Frenchie1916
Or, like me, I have it linked to the IM/text function on my iPhone, so it comes across just like a text message. Very cool.
W We have unlimited texts on our plan, so no. If you don't, I suspect they'd accumulate pretty quickly.
PSN App works just fine. I have it on my phone. I see everyone who signs online, and I'm able to send messages thru the app. It is just like text messaging. I recommend everyone to get it on their phones. It makes it easier to schedule games.
I didn't realize there was an actual PSN app. Aside from an instant message.. this would definitely be the next best thing.
It's Idris Elba, Stringer Bell from The Wire on HBO. This dude is so badass, he walked into the audition for the show and laid down a straight West Baltimore accent from the get-go, because he was afraid if the casting director found out he was British, he'd never give him the part. He called up the casting director after he left the room and said, "So how did I do?" in his Hackney, London accent, and the casting director had no idea to whom he was speaking.
