I figure with the UEFA Champions League going on as well as the English Premier League and La Liga about to start that I should make a football thread. What's your favorite club,position, player, league, whatever.

Personally my favorite league is La Liga from Spain which actually starts today I believe. My favorite club team is Barcelona F.C. which has several of my favorite players and with David Villa on the squad now I feel they'll be unstoppable. I don't have a favorite player overall because I feel every position is integral so I can't really choose an overall favorite so I have a favorite for each position.

My favorite keeper is Vincent Enyeama of Nigeria and Hapoel Tel Aviv (I'm watching them play right now actually). Even though their are definitely better I think he's quite fantastic, a top notch shot stopper, and versatile (he's used for penalty kicks as keeper and a kick taker) not to mention he's very entertaining to watch and I rarely see see people stop Messi like he did in the word cup.

My favorite defender is Carlos Puyol of Spain and Barcelona. He's aggressive and apparently a very cool guy. He simply gets the job done very well and stops the ball from getting to Casillas.

My favorite Midfielder is hard because there are attacking and defending midfielders and wingers are midfielders too. Therefore I have several favorites depending on their role. Xavi is a favorite because he's a good playmaker and his ball skills are amazing. He's quick and is great at getting the ball to a forward or winger to set up goals ie his work with Messi and Villa. My favorite winger is definitely Messi who's simply amazing with Barcelona. He's unselfish (he set up most of Argentina's goals in the world cup) his ball control is amazing when it comes to sprinting, and his dribbling is also great. Another favorite, though retired, is Zidane, I find his skills as a dribbler amazing as well as is free kicks.Another favorite is Ronaldinho who's just really fun to watch and the 2 times he's scored on a bicycle kick were fantastic. He's also insanely fast and I'm disappointed that he wasn't on the Brazillian national team.

My favorite striker is without a doubt Thierry Henry. He's amazingly fast, a great free kicker (usually) and was virtually unstoppable on Arsenal who are my favorite Premier League team. His dribbling is pretty good too and he'll make MLS a little less embarrassing to watch. Another favorite striker is David Villa who makes beautiful goals, a few really difficult to make such as one he scored while sliding a good 20 meters from the goal.Diego Forlan is a favorite too because he's got an insane kick and is really good at carrying his team liek he did with Uruguay.

I of course have other favored teams and players such as Gigi Buffon, Iker Casillas, Ronaldo, Diego Maradona, Zlatan Ibramhovic, Chelsea, A.C. Milan, Real Madrid,Juventus, and the Corinthians.

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I'm a little bit of a football fan, I don't obsessively support any particular team but when asked what team I support I always say West Ham, No particular reason I've just always supported them for no reason at all, Like I say though I don't obsessively support any team, you won't find me at Upton Park on a Saturday but I like to keep up with the results, If your thinking are West Ham good? the answer is pretty much no, they've had a terrible start to the season but I'm not too bothered.
I actually like to keep up to date with the MLS and the team I support in the MLS is New York Red Bulls, (Before Thierry Henry and Rafael Marquez) so I'm not jumping on the bandwagon.
Anyway, I don't have a favourite player, I do however have a life.

if you support any one of half the top premier league teams nowadays you could be called a glory supporter... based on the amount of money thats flooding into it....

Give me Carlisle United any day, we're shite and we know it!

MAN U ARE SOME BITCHES! Well that's my Arsenal coming out lol. You don't support the Corinthians and they're from where you're from WTF

I have what amounts to a passing interest in soccer. I used to have a strong interest in the game and would watch the weekly EPL show on SBS here and catch the odd game. Nowadays I'll keep an eye on the fortunes of local A-League club Perth Glory and to see how one time Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler will play in his twilight years. I also keep an eye on Liverpool and their perpetual failures in the EPL. Yet for the most part I find the game to be a colossal bore particulary if cricket and Aussie Rules are vying for my attention.

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Yea of little attention span...20/20 would probably be more your speed if you can only hold out a couple of hours.

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This thread is old but it seemed worth resurrecting so 'll give an update of my football life.

First off my favorite team has shifted from Barca to Arsenal in the last few months, though Barca is still a favorite. I'm just really enjoying how the Gunners are playing (usually, fucking Carling Cup/FA/Champions League). I've also grown fond of a good deal of their players (I already liked Fabregas and Walcott a lot) Nasri, Wilshere, Chamakh, Szczesny, and Djourou seriously do a good job. Though I think Nasri should be scoring quite a bit more than he does. Szczesny is fantastic so it really sucks that he dislocated his finger because I like several Arsenal fans HATE Almunia. Arsenal may have had some slumps this season, but next season is bound to be excellent. We've got a new signing from Japan name Ryo Miyaichi who plays on the wing and plays like a combination of Messi and a younger Nasri. His vision isn't the best yet and he plays selfishly occasionally but he might be even faster than Walcott and his runs remind me of Messi. The gunners are also setting their eyes on Eden Hazaard who for those who don't know plays in Ligue 1 in France and also plays like Messi/Ronaldo. If they actually do sign him next year (he extended his contract) then him and Ryo (who plays in The Netherlands right now and is nickmaned Ryodinho) will dominate on the wings together.

Now that that huge chunk is done, my favorite players have expanded greatly. As I'm sure Forkboy might agree, Andrea Pirlo is one of the best players to ever play and if he wasn't injured I'm sure Milan would have scored at least once against Tottenham in the Champs. League. I've been paying more attention to Serie A so I'm really enjoying the playing of Edison Cavani (if he gets to play for Uruguay they might as well win the next world cup) as well as Javier Pastore who I've liked since the WC.

Once again in England I've jumped on the Berbatov bandwagon but he's grown way to inconsistent and I'm waiting for him to finally score his 20th league goal already.

I don't pay much attention to the Brazillian Serie A anymore and Ronaldo retiring made me pay even less attention. However, with Ronaldinho moved to Flamengo I just might watch him play (he's actually playing better).

That's bout it I guess, who's paying attention to the Prem, what's your favorite team, etc.

Which Manchester lol

Oh haha, there's Man City and Man United

That really does take bad to another level that's 3 wins and 2 draws, and then a billion losses lol.
But I can't mock you, I live in America and MLS is just downright awful even with Becks and Henry

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