The ugly beast called off-season.

[brokenshoelace]

Juventus, ever since I was a kid.

Oh boy....

LOL, which team are you a fan of Murat?

I usually have no issues with Juve...I actually like them a lot, but this year, my team Galatasaray is in the same group with Juve in the CL, and it will probably come down to the last match of the group between the two teams to determine which goes through. :blush:

Oh damn, lol. Yeah, Copenhagen did us a favor by beating Galatasaray.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

BS, I am assuming we will lose to Real , and you will beat Copenhagen, so basically it will all come down to the last game in Istanbul, where we will have to win, but a tie will be enough for Juve.

 

[brokenshoelace]

BS, I am assuming we will lose to Real , and you will beat Copenhagen, so basically it will all come down to the last game in Istanbul, where we will have to win, but a tie will be enough for Juve.

Madrid having sealed their qualification might prompt them to be a touch complacent so maybe you guys can salvage a point over there, but yeah, the most likely scenario is the one you described. I think Juve will go through, in all honesty.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

BS, I am assuming we will lose to Real , and you will beat Copenhagen, so basically it will all come down to the last game in Istanbul, where we will have to win, but a tie will be enough for Juve.

Madrid having sealed their qualification might prompt them to be a touch complacent so maybe you guys can salvage a point over there, but yeah, the most likely scenario is the one you described. I think Juve will go through, in all honesty.

Very likely. Mancini does not know our team yet, and he is learning as he goes along. We will be better next year.

 

[tennisville]

Yeah Brit , I am also going to be watching the ashes and India's tour of South Africa . The other sports I follow F1 and Tennis have finished

 

[britbox]

Personally, I'm working on a year-end awards type blog, crowning some of the best matches, best shots, best moments, etc...

Will probably open a thread about it and take your suggestions, just in case something is escaping me. Haven't had the chance to write one in a while due to work but it's long overdue.

I personally don't mind the off season. It allows people to recharge their batteries. Plus, it's quite short.

Which is your favorite soccer team Broken?

Juventus, ever since I was a kid.

Being a Juve fan, I guess you haven't got too much love for Liverpool?

 

[brokenshoelace]

Personally, I'm working on a year-end awards type blog, crowning some of the best matches, best shots, best moments, etc...

Will probably open a thread about it and take your suggestions, just in case something is escaping me. Haven't had the chance to write one in a while due to work but it's long overdue.

I personally don't mind the off season. It allows people to recharge their batteries. Plus, it's quite short.

Which is your favorite soccer team Broken?

Juventus, ever since I was a kid.

Being a Juve fan, I guess you haven't got too much love for Liverpool?

The Hazel tragedy is as old as I am, but yup, pretty much.

 

[Denis]

Juventus: the team that was doped in the 1996 CL final and bought a couple of national championships. Sorry, don't have much sympathy for them.

Off season is a b!tch, I'll see you guys at Oz!

 

[brokenshoelace]

Juventus: the team that was doped in the 1996 CL final and bought a couple of national championships. Sorry, don't have much sympathy for them.

I wish you shared that attitude regarding Troicki

 

[Didi]

Stop crying folks. It is not even two months, not even 1.5 months long. It is
exactly 6 weeks long. Moreover, I am pretty sure that there are at least 6 exos
in the mean time to cater to addicts.

I doubt anybody is seriously sad about the off-season. As I already said the tennis off-season is merely a quickie compared to other sports like the NBA or NFL. In fact being a huge wintersports nerd, let me tell you I'm well aware of what real off-season torture means as my two favorite winter sports (alpine skiing and skijumping) start in November and end in February. That's a 10 month off-season in which you almost start to forget what happened the season before.

This is just a fun thread and I thought it was a good idea to have a thread to share our activities and experiences and having a bit of fun during this time of the year. It is certainly much more interesting than the never ending rehashed weak competition talk episode XXVIII that we usually get during off-season. I am sick and tired of it, so why not having a bit fun instead? Thanks for all the responses, really enjoyed and appreciated all of them and keep them coming.

p.s. You know what I do in off season. See my other thread.

Maths? Yeah I guess there is no better way on earth to spend the holidays. Seriously, being a stats nerd I do like that. I am currently trying to create an accurate ELO rating for tennis similar to chess where it works brilliantly. Still trying to adjust a couple of things for slams and masters a finding a fitting K-factor and starting point (1500 so far) which I haven't quite figured out yet. In my trial version Nadal and Djokovic were still comfortably #1 and #2 but at the same time I had Wawrinka on #3, Youzhny inside the top 10, Hewitt inside the top 20 while Fed, Berd, Delpo and Murray were all outside the top 15 which is odd and I guess it's due to my inaccurate k-factor. I'll pick up on it again during Christmas. Lots of patience and fine-tuning required.

 

[atttomole]

Personally, I'm working on a year-end awards type blog, crowning some of the best matches, best shots, best moments, etc...

Will probably open a thread about it and take your suggestions, just in case something is escaping me. Haven't had the chance to write one in a while due to work but it's long overdue.

I personally don't mind the off season. It allows people to recharge their batteries. Plus, it's quite short.

Which is your favorite soccer team Broken?

Juventus, ever since I was a kid.

Interesting!! I am also a Serie A guy, and I am an International Milan fan. We have had issues with Juventus over the years with 'calciopoli', where Inter felt they were cheated. But you guys have built a strong side with Conte since coming back from Serie B, and you should be able to win the title again this year.

 

[Denis]

Juventus: the team that was doped in the 1996 CL final and bought a couple of national championships. Sorry, don't have much sympathy for them.

I wish you shared that attitude regarding Troicki

I am not a fan of Troicki and I think he should be banned. I just happen to agree with the reason why they gave him a reduction.

Juventus has a cool team now though I'll give you that.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Starting from 2014,

The off season is at least 5 weeks long for everybody.

The off season is at least 6 weeks long, if you don't play in the DC finals.

The off season is at least 8 weeks long, if you don't qualify for WTF
(as there is the week of WTF and an idle week prior to it).

The off season is at least 9 weeks long, if you are not ranked high enough
to gain an entry in the 48-man field of Bercy.

I think that does indeed give enough time to recuperate for someone
ranked outside of top 50.