I have arrived, new to Footbo.com!
By Stanley Croyance
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football fan,african football,serie a,ligue 1,bundesliga, arsenal,football
Trying this new site, lets see how it goes! I'm a football fanatic, live in England, but am a bit disenchanted with the standard and culture of the game outside of the big four teams. So this season i have dedicated myself to watching the other leagues, although i have not seen as much La Liga as i would have liked. Maybe next season i will watch more Argentine-Brazilian-Mexican and American football!

I however have a lot of specialism in French Ligue 1, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A, and African football in general, so if you want to know anything on those topics, i could help, oh and Arsenal ofcourse! I am also a fan of International football, i know most of my geography from football!

Looking forward to 2009/10 already, Arsenal's season was over by Christmas, Dortmund drew way too many games, Milan never challenged, Madrid have a rotten board and squad, so i've had a lot of time on my hands.

This summer i willbe watching the Confederations Cup, World Cup Qualifications and maybe a youth tournament in the UEFA U-21 or the Toulon Tournament, so football never ends!
12  Comments
By  Neily
15.05.2009 09:58
good to see you on the site. "he has arrived"! too bad ur an arsenal fan! haha
16.05.2009 21:46
Hi Stanley,could it be possible that we held a discussion under one of Raphael Honigstein's Guardian columns a couple of weeks ago.? Your self-description and interests just make me wonder.Yours, "Zarathustra".
16.05.2009 21:51
Depends which discussion that was! I go by the name of FootballLives there!
16.05.2009 21:54
I knew it :-)
16.05.2009 21:55
Wait a second and I will post the link.
16.05.2009 22:00
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2009/apr/27/jurgen-klinsmann-sacked-bayern-munich-bundesligaI hope my opinion didn't sound too harsh for you - English is not my mother tongue. Actually, I enjoyed our discussion. I am also a little bit of a philosopher but more into law than economics.
16.05.2009 22:14
No, it was not harsh at all, there are others that will start swearing and calling me 'an idiot/clue less' for saying some valid things! It's also good to hear the view of someone who actually lives in Germany and knows more about Bayern than i do, i don't speak any German so the amount of information i could get is limited to the excellent Rafa and bundesligatalk.com and a few other places, hope i don't sound like a stubborn 'pundit', some of them in England really drive me mad!!!Could tell you were a lawyer, and you could make a good one, you never want to be shown as being wrong and word your points very well!
16.05.2009 22:34
Thanks, Stanley. No, you didn't sound like a "stubborn" at all. I really enjoyed your point of view. I was just trying to argue against that user "footinho" - apparently a Bayern fan from Munich. On Monday I will go to Istanbul and watch the Uefa Cup final on Wednesday (I won some free tickets). Nice to meet you.
16.05.2009 22:36
Now I have to prepare my suitcases. Shakthar should be favorites. I will try to mingle with the Ukranian fans and post some vids later. I am into Eastern Europe, I have to say.
16.05.2009 22:43
Wow, which team do you support then?!! That said free tickets are always good,big blow Diego is missing, but Bremen always play nice football, hope Ozil does something! Both Ukraine sides impressed me loads as well, not much in the defensive side of things, but they are ruthless in creating and scoring......maybe a bit like Bremen then!! Enjoy your trip, let me know how it goes, keep safe!!
16.05.2009 22:56
Probably, I will cheer for Bremen in that particular tie as I have some sympathies for the team. But I will try to enjoy the experience of that Uefa Cup final whatever the score. You are right on Bremen. Without Diego it'll be tough although there is hope that Ozil will shine - after all his family comes from Turkey so Istanbul might be just the right place for fine performance. But chances are 60/40, 70/30 in favour of Donezk I suppose. A friend of mine told me that Mertesacker will be out as well...I will inform you on my trip to Istanbul once it is over.Bye.
By  UpNFuFu
22.05.2009 23:24
summer football requires a pilgrimage, I wish I could go that easy!!!
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