football !!

I think you guys are getting a bit out of the track.

Even if football players, soccer players, cyclists are all pretty good athletes you just can't compare them by putting each other in another sports. They are just great at what they do and they do have their own caracteritics. Cause you can also say the any of theses atheletes could'nt play hockey, so hockey players are the best.

But I think that if you go with the overall healt condition (except steriods) and training time, cyclists are among the best in the worls with the cross-country skiing athletes.

Thank you

 

Muss is correct as an avid cyclist, yes the cycling clowns have more endurance than any other athelete as well as nordic cc. Since I do both guess I'm the best ....... Try climbing over 10,000 feet of paved roads some of them near wash outs a day gents .........you'll then have a healthy respect for serious cycling

 

Indeed,

you cannot compare these sports.

And must say I have some great respect for cyclists because they can do up to 50-55 kms/hour or more for long periods (=hours ). Just try that yourself...EEK!

 

La Tour is a fine example of what they have to do for most of the summer. Keep in mind most of the other Cyclists arent like Lance and only race in the Tour (he is retired now) - they usually race several times a year. Very few races are single-day events, and they all usually cover 150 - 300K a day. The Tour itself couvers something close to 1800 Miles over 22 Days of racing - the shorter stages being the Prologue and the Sprint stage, and the 2 - 3 Time Trials that occur. Now, i'm not sure how many of you ride a bike, but these guys (and me too) ride up hills that are steep enough to make a truck stall out - or not even be able to get up.

There is a hill around here that i was having trouble going up and a big 18-Wheeler was heading up it too - lets say i beat him in the race, and he stalled out a least twice!

7% Grade is decent as far as steepness goes too - these guys risk life and limb hurtling down hills at 50MPH. In the Tour Down Under (i believe) a guy passed out from heat while going 50 MPH...lets just say the crash wasnt pretty and he wasnt getting up for a while.

I also have great respect for the XC Skiers - i tried doing that one winter a few years ago and was sweating up a storm depite it being freezing out. I hear its great cross training for cycling as it adds to the stamina/lung power and def keeps you in shape.

 

OK, so it´s Arsenal, AC Milan, Villareal and Barcelona. ANd it´s AC vs Barcelona so that´s a tough one.And I suppose nobody really expected Arsenal or Villareal to get this far so there´ll be a surprise team in the final.

ANd yes, Filippo Inzaghi is back...!

 

Due to the fact that my team lost (Lyon) I will go for a final against Barcelona and Arsenal

Barcelona should probably win

 

"ANd yes, Filippo Inzaghi is back...!"


However, must be last season for the squad as we know it.....too many approaching their seniors Travel Passes.

Maldini (bow, genuflect, 'I am not worthy') sat out almost all the game. Gattuso, Mr 110%, had to come off during the second half. Stam off early with an injury – will miss Barca game – already going to Ajax in June. Inzaghi (‘ita musta be me’) does at last seem to be actually co-operating up front, but, Shevchenko (only the current World's greatest striker) is showing signs of having to take more and more rest periods during a match. For me, I've still to see the Kaka magic they keep going on about? The goal-keeper I've never been impressed with, and still am not. But who could ever follow Dino?



OK, Milan have gone for experience in this competition, but, where is the replacement talent that must take over?

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Milan was close a couple of times but Barca scored the only goal. Now, Juventus is losing points and definitely Milan has a chance. Just wonder which series Milan will concentrate on? Will the A team rest during the weekend and play next week in Spain or are they trying to get the points with the best team from Messina?

The same goes for Arsenal. Villareal ONLY lost 1-0 so interesting to see if Tottenham can take the points today because I certainly can guess Arsene Wenger wants to continue into the Champions´ league final!!

 

Four-year England deal for McClaren

Steve McClaren has been confirmed as the next England head coach and will take up his new role from August 1 on a four-year contract.

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Very strange season with Middlesbrough and rather a strange decision but good luck to Steve as the new head coach!

 

Arsenal v Barcelona in Champions League Final. At least my Gunners will have some glory this year!

 

Saw two games when in Italy last month, the Milan Milan derby and the Milan Barca game. The derby was a cracker, plenty of ‘names’ being rested (for Barca) meaning more of the new guns on the field. Was that game mean and fast. Inter were poggered. Re the Milan Barca game, awful. AC weren’t playing as a team, just a series in individual flares and wasn’t even nice to watch, and that ******* Bazilian goalkeeper……….. Don’t pay the pratt to play better, pay him to **** off. Probably a good time to bring in new management who appreciates you need more than names to make a top team. As everyone knows, power is nothing without control.

If Arsenal and Barca keep their respective edges in the final it should be one of the best.

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im not a huge fan of football (American). i dont mind soccer, i dont play it often though. this year i played rugby for my school team. i really enjoy it, if i had to name one team i have to go with New Zealand (the All Blacks are a beast of a team). the U.S National Team is improving and will be playing up with you Europeans soon, you just wait .

 

Not nice...

The Juventus board resigned on Thursday, the club said in a statement, after days of press revelations over embarrassing telephone interceptions involving its top management.

The Italian Football Federation is investigating the content of tapped telephone conversations involving Juve general manager Luciano Moggi talking of refereeing appointments for games with a Football Federation official responsible for selecting match officials.

http://www.eurosport.com/football/serie-a/2005-2006/sport_sto883135.shtml

 

Probably about time for another scandal in the Italian set-up. It’s been on British TV, together with the observation that general match attendance in Italy has fallen. What conclusion anyone is supposed to draw from that?

See on the Eurosport site the piece about Schevchenko maybe moving to Chelsea following a talk with Berlusconi. Possibly Shev asked for a bit more, or a lot more, which Silvio wouldn’t say yes to? Then again, Shev is nearly 30 and the white hairs have appeared. Sad if he ends up as a Lineker type striker, hanging around the box waiting for the odd poke? Still reckon there has to be a big shake-up at AC, need to restore a cohesive team and find some new youngsters.

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oh yeah, and get shot of that ******* goalkeeper

 

FA Cup ..............

Sadly becoming less important with the World Cup this year and all of the European Cups going around.

West Ham didnt do enough to win, but didnt deserve to loose.

Liverpool has a Goalie who is crap for 119 minutes, pulls off one fingertip save in real time then saves 3 Penalties!!

Gerrard has the most powerful shot on goal I've ever seen

(Recovering from a 3AM finish!!)

 

"It’s been on British TV, together with the observation that general match attendance in Italy has fallen. What conclusion anyone is supposed to draw from that?"

It was great to see the Families and youngsters at Cardiff, compare that to the crowds of loonies at an Italian Game.

The FA has done a lot to improve the image of Football, the Italians see it as a Colisseum

 

Attend matches in Italy do you Morshead?

And when was the last time you were in central Cardiff after dark, match or no match? Why do you think they play matches in the afternoon, unlike Italy, where they play them at night.

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No, but the regular TV coverage we get here on payTV doesnt make the Italian stadiums look inviting.

I assumed they played in Daytime to avoid the Rain, I suppose you are claiming that Cardiff is the Violence centre of the UK??

It's about 20 years since I visited Wales, it cant have got all that bad.

 

At stadio Olimpico there are sections of the stands where you cannot see the whole pitch...

 

To keep it in perspective, we have evening matches in Scotland too. I also remember going to several Scottish cup finals on Sundays in the past.