Comments on: IFFHS: Juventus Best Italian Club Of All-Time

By: sofia

sofia — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:38:25 +0000

Thought you might like that one R.J. haha that was for you

By: R.J.

R.J. — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:40:55 +0000

“whatever position you like”

haha, now you’re talking.

By: sofia

sofia — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:27:23 +0000

haha well off the pitch im can play whatever position you like but on the pitch i play striker or mid…well i play more of ADP’s position….

By: Martha

Martha — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:08:25 +0000

Dude, this is a totally different thing than what I post on the front page. But I assume you knew that, and were just looking for clicks? (:

By: R.J.

R.J. — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:13:04 +0000

Alessandro, thanks for clearing that up for me.

Roberto, i know what you mean. I have a weakness for soccer girls. I was friends with all the girls soccer players in college and actually got one to cheat on her soccer player boyfriend with me. just thought i’d share. sofia is probably a goalie, if you know what i mean.

By: roberto

roberto — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:57:53 +0000

That would explain it, thanks sofia. hey what position do you play? Canadian women’s soccer is incredible at the moment. I can’t tell you how many hotties I see at the hangar or BMO field or soccer centre on a daily period.

By: sofia

sofia — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:54:01 +0000

i think they changed that rule and now it is to the coach’s choice to play the player against his parent club

By: roberto

roberto — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:33:24 +0000

Allesandro I didn’t know about how the loaned player cannot play against the team it was loaned from…. What about Giovinco when he played against Juventus earlier this season in Coppa Italia for Empoli?

By: roberto

roberto — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:29:59 +0000

R.J. i’m trying to think of an example where some loan-ish thing happens in the States & Canada. The only example I can come up with is the farm leagues those big NHL and MLB teams use for youngsters. In theory, those first teams who own a players rights send them back to Triple ‘A’ or their farm team just for more reps. But, the difference I find with soccer is that the first team can (ie Juve, Man U, Barca) loan their players out on contractual agreements to completely foreign teams/leagues whilst still owning their rights.

Same shit, just “farm teams” are global. Does that help?

By: Allesandro

Allesandro — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:26:48 +0000

RJ, a loan is when team B borrows a player from team A for a set amount of time. (usually a season or half a season.) The player plays for team B and is payed by them. After the period is over, the player goes back to team A. Note: The loaned player cannot play against the team it was loaned from.
Comparing it to anything American is impossible because this idea is nonexistant in their sports. The closest thing I can think of is when a player is traded during the trade deadline but returns to the team is traded from the next season. For example, Doug Weight was from the Blues to the Hurricanes at the trade deadline. After the season was over, he resigned with the Blues. This is different, but the easiest thing to compare it to. Hopefully, that wasnt too confusing.