Zayed for Ireland

Raskolnikov

Another hat-trick - http://www.extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/7655/

I say we call-up Zayed, Lee Trundle and Liam George

Pepe LeFrits

That's mad, he was in my class in school.

Guy:Incognito

Raskolnikov wrote: »

Another hat-trick - http://www.extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/7655/

I say we call-up Zayed, Lee Trundle and Liam George

If we're goign to start calling up players that are already playing for another country, would we not be aswell ringing Messi first?:)

dreamers75

Dont want come accross as a bitter LOI fan here but one thing is fcuking glaringly obvious to us Pats fans in that article (not racism hes cnut).

Asian Football Confederation Champions League

The result sees Persepolis climb to the top of Group D with four points after an opening day draw away to Al Hilal of Kazakhstan.

Seriously........What the the Fcuk!!!!!

Oat23

Bad journo is bad. Al-Hilal are from Saudi Arabia.

The second was lovely, nice flick off the back of his heel.

Thefirestarter

I always zayed he was class.

/get's coat.

Hard Worker

As dreamer said, he is one proper cnut.

losthorizon

bohsman wrote: »

By listing the weather forecast are you arguing for or against Van Persie being able to do it on a cold Feb night in Tehran?

Obviously my point went above your head.

Helix

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Bad journo is bad.

i liked the "fanatical fans" bit personally

dreamers75

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Bad journo is bad. Al-Hilal are from Saudi Arabia.

The second was lovely, nice flick off the back of his heel.

Phew.....just about to board my flight to AFC HQ to burn their fcuking christmas tree.

stovelid

I wonder could we get his dopey sister framed on a fake adultery charge over there when she vistis him?

Reekwind

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Bad journo is bad. Al-Hilal are from Saudi Arabia

Al-Hilal (الهلال) is a relatively common club name in Arabic. There's clubs called that more than just Saudi: look at Sudan, Libya, Yemen, etc. Wouldn't surprise me in the least if there was a Kazakh Al-Hilal. In fact, that would be the reason for specifying "Al Hilal of Kazakhstan"

stovelid wrote:

I wonder could we get his dopey sister framed on a fake adultery charge over there when she vistis him?

You're not a very nice person

ASOT

Reekwind wrote: »

Al-Hilal (الهلال) is a relatively common club name in Arabic. There's clubs called that more than just Saudi: look at Sudan, Libya, Yemen, etc. Wouldn't surprise me in the least if there was a Kazakh Al-Hilal. In fact, that would be the reason for specifying "Al Hilal of Kazakhstan"

You're not a very nice person

Zayed is that you?

Diabhal Beag

ASOT wrote: »

Zayed is that you?

No I'm here

stovelid

Reekwind wrote: »

You're not a very nice person

Hi Louise.

Oat23

Reekwind wrote: »

Wouldn't surprise me in the least if there was a Kazakh Al-Hilal. In fact, that would be the reason for specifying "Al Hilal of Kazakhstan"

It wouldn't suprise you? That's weird. Hilal is an Arabic term. Kazakhstan is not Arabic. It would make no sense to Kazakhs

pickarooney

They seem to have a fairly conventional naming system

FC Aktobe
FC Astana
FC Atyrau
FC Irtysh Pavlodar
FC Kaisar Kyzylorda
FC Okzhetpes (Kokshetau)
FC Ordabasy Shymkent
FC Shakhter Karagandy
FC Sunkar (Kaskelen)
FC Taraz
FC Tobol Kostanay
FC Zhetysu Taldykorgan

Reekwind

Oatesy23 wrote:

It wouldn't suprise you? That's weird. Hilal is an Arabic term. Kazakhstan is not Arabic. It would make no sense to Kazakhs

Not quite. It's a good point to make but not that simple. Arabic is relatively commonly understood, if not spoken or used, in many countries as the de facto language of Islam. It wouldn't be spoken as a day-to-day language or anything but most Muslims would recognise a common term like 'crescent' (Al-Hilal/الهلال). A bit like how scraps of Latin survive in some Christian communities

All of which is pretty irrelevant though: I've just checked the ASF website and it confirms that the team in Group D was Al-Hilal (KSA). Bad journalism is bad journalism

losthorizon

Kazakh clubs arent members of the AFC anyway they belong to UEFA.

Its a number of nations that are in two continents (Turkey, Russia and Iceland) or simply play in the wrong continent (Israel, Cyprus, Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan).

Oat23

Scored in the ACL again today. Making a name for himself in Asia. Top scorer with 4 goals in 3 games.

DDC1990

losthorizon wrote: »

Kazakh clubs arent members of the AFC anyway they belong to UEFA.

Its a number of nations that are in two continents (Turkey, Russia and Iceland) or simply play in the wrong continent (Israel, Cyprus, Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan).

Wait... Iceland?

I get that its in Europe... but where else is it supposed to be?

Fuhrer

DDC1990 wrote: »

Wait... Iceland?

I get that its in Europe... but where else is it supposed to be?

Its on the European and North American continental plates.

overshoot

wrote his first column of the season for extratime last week incase anyone missed it

Oat23

Scored an equaliser a few minutes ago against Al Shabab. A header from close range. He seems to enjoy scoring in the Champions League rather than the Pro League.

A point will send Persepolis through to the last 32.