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Okay, Turkish football fan here.

Galatasaray will be playing Karpaty Lviv from Ukraine in UEFA Europa League. Will be a pushover.

Ideal squad (current internationals in italics):

GK: Aykut Erçetin (Turkey)
FBL: Hakan Balta (Turkey)
FBR: Sabri Sarıoğlu (Turkey)
DC: Servet Çetin (Turkey)
DC: Lucas Neill (Australia)
MC: Lorik Cana (Albania)
MC: Mustafa Sarp (Turkey)
WGL: Harry Kewell (Australia)
WGR: Elano (Brazil)
AMC: Arda Turan (Turkey)
SC: Milan Baros (Czech Republic)

Fenerbahçe will be playing versus PAOK from Greece in UEFA Europe League. I look forward to this, it will be a fun match-up.

Ideal squad:

GK: Volkan Demirel (Turkey)
FBL: Andre Santos (Brazil)
FBR: Gökhan Gönül (Turkey)
DC: Diego Lugano (Uruguay)
DC: Fabio Bilica (Brazil)
MC: Emre Belözoğlu (Turkey)
WGR: Mehmet Topuz (Turkey)
WGL: Miroslav Stoch (Slovakia)
AMC: Alex de Souza (Brazil)
SC: Semih Şentürk (Turkey)
SC: Daniel Güiza (Spain)

Beşiktaş will be playing against HJK Helsinki from Finland, again in UEL. Again, this will be an easy win. Beşiktaş isn't the old Beşiktaş that got pwned by Liverpool 3 years ago. (8-0, remember?)

Ideal squad:

GK: Hakan Arıkan (Turkey)
FBL: İsmail Köybaşı (Turkey)
FBR: İbrahim Toraman (Turkey)
DC: Matteo Ferrari (Italy)
DC: Tomas Zapotocny (Czech Republic)
MC: Fabian Ernst (Germany)
MC: Michael Fink (Germany)
WGR: Ricardo Quaresma (Portugal)
WGL: Filip Holosko (Slovakia)
FC: Guti (Spain)
SC: Nihat Kahveci (Turkey)

There is also Trabzonspor, who'll be playing Liverpool in UEL and Bursaspor, the recent champions who are in CL. Will edit them in later.

EDIT:

Trabzonspor will be playing Liverpool in UEL. Unlucky.

Ideal squad:

GK: Onur Kıvrak (Turkey)
FBL: Hrvoje Cale (Croatia)
FBR: Serkan Balcı (Turkey)
DC: Arkadiusz Glowacki (Poland)
DC: Egemen Korkmaz (Turkey)
MC: Selçuk İnan (Turkey)
MC: Ceyhun Gülselam (Turkey)
WGR: Ibrahima Yattara (Guinea)
WGL: Alanzinho (Brazil)
SC: Teofilo Gutiérrez (Colombia)
SC: Jaja (Brazil)

Bursaspor, the latest champions, will be playing in CL. The draw will be held on the 26th of August.

Ideal squad:

GK: Dimitar Ivankov (Bulgaria)
FBL: Federico Insua (Argentina)
FBR: Ali Tandoğan (Turkey)
DC: Milan Stepanov (Serbia)
DC: Ömer Erdoğan (Turkey)
MC: Giani Kirita (Romania)
MC: Ivan Ergic (Serbia)
WGR: Volkan Şen (Turkey)
WGL: Ozan İpek (Turkey)
SC: Sercan Yıldırım (Turkey)
SC: Leonel Nunez

EDIT v2:
spies said:
You guys' teams have really solid lineups actually, which one do you support?

Also do you remember Peruvian striker Ysrael Zuñiga in Bursaspor back in 2008 lol
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Galatasaray, and no.
 
A poll: Which clubs will win these leagues? What's your fave club in these leagues?

Answers in bold. First title candidate, then fave club.

Look at my post under this.

- Eredivisie (Netherlands).
- Ligue 1 (France).
- Premier League (England).
- Liga BVAA (Spain).
- Bundesliga (Germany).
- Serie A (Italy).
- Liga Sagres (Portugal).
- Süper Lig (Turkey).
 
Answers in bold. First title candidate, then fave club (example: in the Eredivisie, I think FC Twente will be champion, my fave club is Ajax).

- Eredivisie (Netherlands).
FC Twente, Ajax.

- Ligue 1 (France).
Olympique Marseille, Olympique Marseille.

- Premier League (England).
Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur.

- Liga BVAA (Spain).
Barca, Sevilla.

- Bundesliga (Germany).
Bayern München, Schalke 04.

- Serie A (Italy).
AS Roma, Juventus.

- Liga Sagres (Portugal).
FC Porto, Benfica.

- Süper Lig (Turkey).
Galatasaray, Trabzonspor.
 
Seriously, why Barça needs even more players? They already have a very strong team as latinoheat has pointed out, great players like Ibra and Ozil doesn't fit in the bench imo, they should aim for a club where they get to play.

Barcelona is strong enough already to aim to win the Champions league, Liga and Copa del rey are a given since the only real opposition there is Real Madrid. Spanish league is broken.
 
England's win is all well and good but more importantly

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Either this is someone's idea of a joke or it's too good to be true
 
This seems a little questionable to me too, since United have got more than enough strikers, but if you read the comments, someone mentions that Bebe can play attacking midfield too. Possibly preparation for a diamond formation in the future when Scholes can't play? Who knows.
 
Well you know what Ferguson's like for plucking unknown Portuguese players out of obscurity and propelling them to stardom? First that Ronaldo kid and Nani's getting better every season so I'd have high hopes for Bebe if I was a scum fan. Man Utd are too far in debt to safely make a big signing so these little diamonds in the sand will have to do.
 
I think Fergie is just reshuffling his people this season, after last season where people like Berbatov are showing they can't really do much, and anyway, yeah they are to deep in debt to do anything big. Scholes, Van der Sar, and Giggs getting old ain't helping either.
 
Pharaoh said:
Arsenal for premier league with van persie top scorer of the league.
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Am I the only person who feels sad for this guy? He'll be stuck with the same signature for ages ;.;

Anyway international friendly results:

Bosnia & Herzegovina 1-1 Qatar
Italy 0-1 Ivory Coast
US 0-2 Brazil
South Korea 2-1 Nigeria
China 1-1 Bahrain
Kazakhstan 3-1 Oman
Lithuania 0-2 Belarus
Russia 1-0 Bulgaria
Armenia 1-3 Iran
Azerbaijan 1-1 Kuwait
Finland 1-0 Belgium
Moldova 0-0 Georgia
Cyprus 1-0 Andorra
Malta 1-1 Macedonia
Sweden 3-0 Scotland
Ukraine 1-1 Netherlands
Czech Republic 4-1 Latvia
Turkey 2-0 Romania
Albania 1-0 Uzbekistan
Austria 0-1 Switzerland
Denmark 2-2 Germany
Montenegro 2-0 Northern Ireland
Poland 0-3 Cameroon
Serbia 0-1 Greece
Slovakia 1-1 Croatia
South Africa 1-0 Ghana
Ireland 0-1 Argentina
Slovenia 2-0 Australia
Wales 5-1 Luxembourg
England 2-1 Hungary
Norway 2-1 France
Iceland 1-1 Liechtenstein
Mexico 1-1 Spain
Angola 0-2 Uruguay
Bolivia 1-1 Colombia
Paraguay 2-0 Costa Rica
Panama 3-1 Venezuela
 
Ronaldo wasn't really that unknown when Fergie signed him alongside Rooney, Robinho and Tevez he was pretty much the most hyped young player in the world for a good year before United signed him.

Though i give fergie credit Ronaldo is the only one who has really met the huge expectations people had, as good as Rooney and Tevez have been if they had lived up to the insane hype they had they would have been multiple time world player of their year and basically carried England/Argentina to a World cup trophy.
 
Which club will win the Premier League? Please also make your ideal lineups for the top five.
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Manchester United

4-4-2

--------Rooney--Hernandez------------
--Nani--Scholes----Fletcher--Valencia--
--Evra--Ferdinand-----Vidic----Rafael--
--------------Van Der Sar-------------
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Liverpool

4-4-2

-------Torres-------Kuyt-------------
-------------Gerrard------------------
--Jovanovic--------------------Cole--
-------------Poulsen-----------------
--Agger--Skrtel--Carragher--Johnson--
--------------Reina-------------------
______________________________________________________
Arsenal

4-2-3-1

-----------------Bendtner-----------------
--Nasri---------Van Persie--------Walcott--
------Denilson--------------Fabregas------
--Chlichy--Vermaelen--Kochensky--Sagna--
--------------New goalkeeper--------------
______________________________________________________
Chelsea

4-3-3

--Malouda--Drogba-----Anelka--
-----------Lampard------------
---Obi Mikel------Essien--------
--Cole--Terry--Alex--Ivanovic--
------------Cech--------------
______________________________________________________
Manchester City

4-3-1-2

-------Addebayor----Tévez-------------
-----------------Silva------------------
--Barry--------De Jong--------Y Touré--
--Kolarov--K Touré--Kompany--Boateng--
-----------------Given------------------
______________________________________________________
 
This is my Fantasy Team for the Fantasy Premier League:

Friedel
Foley Givet Vermaelen A.Cole
De Jong
Valencia Lampard Bale
Berbatov Rooney
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Myhill; Mouyokolo; Ferguson; McFadden​

Hopeful Rooney can continue to score, and Lampard will hopefully reach his usual 20 goals. I can see Valencia and Bale doing really well.

Really looking forward to the Premier League starting this weekend. Hopeful Manchester United can beat Newcastle on the opening day, but we often have a slow start. The game against Chelsea hints that we're in a nice flowing mood though, so I expect a win. Here's the team I'd pick:

van der Sar
O'Shea Vidic Evans Fábio
Valencia Fletcher Carrick Giggs
Berbatov Rooney
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Kuszczak; Brown, Rafael; Scholes, Nani; Owen, Hernandez​

The back four could be a bit different, but Evra and Ferdinand are definitely not going to feature. Other adaptations to the defence can be Brown, Rafael or Neville starting at Right Back instead of O'Shea or we could play with Brown or O'Shea in the centre of defence, leave out Fábio and play Evans at Left Back, or even O'Shea at Left Back. I'd personally like to see O'Shea or Brown at Right Back though, with Fábio getting a game. I think Park will be left out due to how much he's travelled on International duty. Carrick impressed against Chelsea so should start, and I want to see Fletcher start. Valencia needs to play, and since Giggs played little against Chelsea he should start on the wing. Berbatov and Rooney should still be the main strike force, with either Owen or Hernandez coming off the bench. I can see Sir Alex going for the sympathy from the fans and bringing on Owen, but I'd like to see Hernandez...

Going for a 2-0 Man Utd win.
 
Liverpool

4-4-2

-------Torres-------Kuyt-------------
-------------Gerrard------------------
--Jovanovic--------------------Cole--
-------------Poulsen-----------------
--Agger--Skrtel--Carragher--Johnson--
--------------Reina-------------------


Liverpool is going to win.
 
QuimicVital said:
Liverpool

4-4-2

-------Torres-------Kuyt-------------
-------------Gerrard------------------
--Jovanovic--------------------Cole--
-------------Poulsen-----------------
--Agger--Skrtel--Carragher--Johnson--
--------------Reina-------------------


Liverpool is going to win.
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i hope this isnt your starting lineup for the actual game against arsenal.
 
season starts in a couple hours, both real life and fantasy! gl everybody
and looks like balotelli deal is done, only one left is milner. although Stephen Ireland is screwing with City and demanding 2 million if he is to leave as part of the milner deal lol.

and btw, arsenal is gonna beat liverpool. :D
 
I wish I wasn't such an Arsenal lover.. it always messes with my fantasy teams lol.

goodluck to all. I really hope Newcastle hold their own this year.. i know they can do it
 
Phadunk said:
I wish I wasn't such an Arsenal lover.. it always messes with my fantasy teams lol.

goodluck to all. I really hope Newcastle hold their own this year.. i know they can do it
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i kinda feel your pain dude... i just can't bring myself to pick a spurs player to be on my fantasy team even though i know that some of them could really help >_<

on a side note, i noticed that much of my midfield turned out to be a bargain bin lol
 
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