Hey Nicephoras... I don't give a damn if you have problem with Turcs. Just watch the game, watch our success, then you keep swearing at us. But you'll, one day, appreciate how far we will be gone.
Good for you, but I don't. I also don't have a problem with Belgians if I say that the Belgian league has done fcuk all in the CL. What success? You mean your fabulous 1:1 draw with Georgia? I've no interest in swearing at you, as Turkey really doesn't concern me. You've managed to get to the quarerfinals of the CL once. Um.......wow? And now, back to your regularly scheduled ManUtd programming. This discussion belongs on World Rivalries, especially if you're going to claim that someone who can't even start for Inter is better than Gerrard.
That is why Emre was INTER PLAYER OF THE YEAR! LOL, keep them coming. Anyways back on topic. ALEX IS GREAT! He scored two late goals in Genclerbirgli game and FENER WON 2-1! Fener struggled in the game though. I hope we can draw at Old Trafford, or maybe 1996 all over again.
To be quite honest, any team that is struggling to beat opponents in the Turkish league will have trouble against United... Newsflash... Rooney will play, he might even start... BWAHAHAHAHA
Err right. Rio back in the team, heinze looking solid, Rooney set to make debut, Ronaldo, Giggs, VN, Smith to deal with as well? Face it buddy, you're @ssed out...
http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=14074&L=en EMRE WINS 'GOLDEN PIRATE' AWARD Friday, 14 May 2004 10:26:08 SEVESO (MILAN) - Emre Belozoglu is the seventeenth winner of the 'Pirata d'Oro' (Golden Pirate), an annual award given by Inter Club S. Pietro Nerazzurra Seveso members to the best Inter player of the year. The award is named after Giampiero Marini, nicknamed 'il pirata' (the pirate), to whom the Inter Club is dedicated, and is a twenty-centimetre high gold sculpture of the club's logo on a marble base. After thanking Inter Club S. Pietro Nerazzurra president Giancarlo Belotti and the numerous fans present, the Turkish midfielder expressed his great satisfaction for the award and emphasised that he will do everything to show he deserves the faith and warmth of Nerazzurri supporters. Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro and Alberto 'Jimmy' Fontana were the other guests of honour at the event, with Inter Club Coordination Centre director Fausto Sala and collaborators Stefania Ghiroldi and Luigi Senis representing the official Nerazzurri supporters' nerve centre. Prizes were given out at the end of the evening, with proceeds from the special lottery given to charity. Past 'Pirata d'Oro' winners: 1985/86 Giuseppe Baresi 1986/87 Walter Zenga 1987/88 Riccardo Ferri 1988/89 Andreas Bremhe 1989/90 Giuseppe Bergomi 1990/91 Lothar Matthäus 1991/92 Davide Fontolan 1992/93 Ruben Sosa 1993/94 Nicola Berti 1994/95 Gianluca Pagliuca 1995/96 Javier Zanetti 1997/98 Ronaldo 1998/99 Benoit Cauet 1999/00 Laurent Blanc 2000/01 Avv. Giuseppe Prisco 2001/02 Christian Vieri 2002/03 Emre Belozoglu
Laurent Blanc was winning PoY awards as recently as 99/00? Wow. I never realized. If that award means anything, the screwball certainly did pick an inopportune time to start sucking .
LOL, when exactly was the last English team to beat Gala? Chelsea in 1999 right. All others have failed. IMO, this Fener is just as good as that Gala team. Anyways nice of Rooney and Fergie to debut Rooney for this game, so I guess that means he will be unexpierenced with his new teammates. Nice one,
LOL, so Emre has been two time Inter player of the year in a row. No Inter player has ever done that, since they have been giving out the award, so you can safely assume Emre is Inter's best player ever. And he is only 23. What do you have to say Nicephoras?
All others being? I would like a list of them please... Wow... real jump in logic... funny thing... see if you did a poll and asked who the better player was, most would say Gerrard, if you asked Pool fans who their best player ever was, alot more of them would say Gerrard than Inter fans would say Emre... Emre is good, but his being their best current player has alot to do with the fact that the team is not exactly at the height of accomplishment right now.
Disingenuous. Nobody in this thread really believes Emre is Inter's best player ever. In your zeal to ram crow down Nicephoras' throat, don't leave your honesty at the door. Realize you're being at least partly sarcastic, but there's no need to be so rude. Nicephoras asked for proof, and it was presented. Leave it at that.
Well the guy bashes Emre all the time like he is a piece of sh1t. Emre is such a great player and we all know that, but some people (Nicephoras) think he is sh1t. Of course i was being sarcastic, Emre is Inter's 2nd best players all time.
Watch football? Leeds Uefa Cup semfinal-couldnt beat Gala Arsenal Uefa Cup final-couldnt beat Gala Liverpool-Champions league 2001-2002-couldnt beat Gala Last English team to beat Gala was Chelsea in 1999 Champions league. Never said Emre was better than Gerrard here, just said Emre is Inters best player. Cheers.
Thanks... just wanted the list that's all. No need to get snippy... I wanted dates for all the matches too... with scorelines... Lazy I am. Well, if your opinion on that has changed since then, then fine... but you never came out and said I dont think Emre is better than Gerrard, so I was just going on what was said here by others.
No problem, Sorry if I sounded rude. I didnt mean to. Ok I still think Emre is better than Gerrard. There you have it. I am just one man but I did not know my opinion meant so much. I also think Nihat is better than Owen. Shocking isnt it.
Man Utd are going to be huge favorites to win the game on tuesday. Not because Fenerbahce isn´t a very good team, but because Man Utd are so great in Old Trafford and because they are so experienced. The Man Utd players are used to these kind of games. Only about 3 Fenerbahce players have CL experience and that is a big disadvantage. Fenerbahce looked very nervous against Sparta Prague in the first game and they made a lot of silly mistakes in the defence. They can´t afford to make such mistakes against Man Utd. Someone asked about the number of brazilians in Fenerbahce. They´ve got 5. Aurelio, Luciano, Fabino, Nobre and Alex. nicephoras, Galatasaray played in the Semi Final of the Champions cup about a decade ago.
Standard thread for when we face a team in the CL that isn't from one of the big four leagues. They'll claim we don't respect them and they have this player and that player who won such and such award and are at least as good as our guys. Our big weakness is something which happens to be a strength of theirs, they had some result six years ago against some other big squad (who may or may not have had injury issues), we shouldn't assume an easy result, they think there is a good chance they can pull off a 3-2 win, blah blah blah...
And it was eight years ago as well. So really I was wrong twice. Thank you for correcting me, as well as for missing the point entirely.
So you don't want other fans to visit this forum and discuss two teams and their chances before a CL game? What's the purpose of the message boards then?
The point is that they always turn into pissing matches and that most assumptions that these fans have about us are wrong. We're far from arrogant or dismissive like some would like to believe. In fact, plenty of us cheer for the US as our national team, so we know a thing or two about being underestimated. I've got no problem with a proper debate as long as its based on something intelligent. I don't have the time to point out every ludicrous statement in this thread, but suffice it to say anyone with any basic football knowledge can find at least a few. And I was mentioning that it isn't the first such thread we've seen here.
Yeah Achtung is right. This happens alot the thread goes off topic like saying we are arrogant this and that blah blah. I must admit though that I am guilty for taking some of them on at time and chaning the topic of the thread.