Introducing me...

Hey everybody!

FANPOV is starting to recruit a bunch of bloggers, and I have been so lucky to be one of them. I’m a diehard football fan, and my heart is burning with a passion for football!

I’m supporting a few different teams across the world. Some I like more than others, but anyway, here they are:

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                         Everton FC.

My favorite club in the world! I love everything about the club, and have followed them for quite a while now. It all started back in my childhood, as my dad was, and still is a big fan of them. So I pick up where he left, and have supported with all my heart. I’m still waiting for my first trip to Goodison, but I’m hoping that I’ll see them anytime soon.

-                      Juventus FC.

I’ve been a fan of ‘’the old Lady’’ for a long time. Even before the Calciopoli. It was a very hard time to be a Juve fan, but I stayed strong, and we have conquered it all back! And now I can finally say that I’m a proud Juventus fan <3

-                      Real Madrid FC.

My hate for FC Barcelona, have connected a strong relationship to Real Madrid. Or is it the other way around? I’m not too sure!

But I have followed the club since the Galacticos era, and really support the club!

-                     FC Midtjylland

It is indeed not easy to be a FCM fan nowadays. We are in a big debt, and we have played horrible all season. But I get off my ass and watch nearly every home game.

That was a little introduction of me. I don’t really know what else is important about me J but, yaay, international break is soon over! 

The Danish Superliga!

The danish superliga are very strong this year. All teams can beat all in the league.
I will give my opinion about the league so far after the first 12. rounds.

First i will talk about the top of the league.

FC Copenhagen are the strongest and the best team in the league. No discussion there. No teams in the league can challenge them in this time. Maybe FC Nordsjælland, but i dont trust it.

After them comming a good young AaB team with a strain of young players. They are not stable, but they have a big future. They have a very good midfield and they have a very good strikkers in Helenius and Kusk. They can be the champions in few years if they not sell the players.

OB, FCN, AGF, Randers FC are under the top, but Randers have moved up after one year in the Betsafe Liga. So that its very good the are on the 5. in the league so far, but i think they can be in the relegation battle in the late season.

So are they AC Horsens. Thats is a very unstable team. They have not winning home this season yet..

FC Midtjylland... Oh god... Crap team.. I hate them.. I love they not are in the top of the league this season.. They have a very god team but they cant score goals, so i think they can be in the mid table/over the relegation. The league is incredibly close this year.. But the club think they could be in the top.

So to the relegation battle!!!  There are 4 (5 and 6: RFC and ACH) There are in the relegation battle. SønderjyskE, Esbjerg fB, Silkeborg IF and Brøndby IF.
Pt. are Esbjerg fB and Brøndby IF in the relegation, but i dont think this two teams are going to the Betsafe liga. But Brøndby are in very trouble.. They have not winning in the last 9. games! 9 GAMES! I hope they are going down! :D

Esbjerg is after a bad start started winning again. They have in they last 4. games played against OB, AaB, FCN and FCK. they have 7 points against them so i am really happy because is my team!

I hope the SønderjyskE and BIF going down.. But back to the reality... SønderjyskE and Silkeborg are in the Betsafe Liga next season..

My conclusion:

FC Copenhagen = Champions. 
In the sub top and mid:

OB, AaB, FCN, AGF...
Relegation and mid: 
ACH,FCM and RFC. 
Relegation: 
SønderjyskE, EfB, SIF and BIF.

The last : FORZA ESBJERG FB!!!!!!!! 

//Martinho// 

Euro 2012.

Yeah. You have probably thought that there might have been a tsunami in Denmark, or maybe the germans invaded us again. But no. Me and my lads are:
1. Very lazy.
2. 60 percent of us is preparing for exams.
I don't know what the last 40 percents excuse is, but i'm sure they've got a lame one.

But the EURO's are starting tomorrow. I think it's gonna be very great. Poland and Ukraine. Hmm.. It could go very wrong with all the hooliganism, but i think the police and the government is during there job. (Yeah i always hope for the best. I'm an optimist.)

The opening game is between one of the host countries, Poland and the winners from 2004 Greece.
Poland must be considered as favourites in this match. Lewandowski, Kuba, and Pisczcek are all players there will overpower the Greek players. Greece is an okay team. No spectacular profiles (Unless you ask Casper. He thinks that Sokratis is some kind of master), just a good and stabil team.

My guess: Poland - Greece 2 - 0.

When the clock passes 20:45 in DK the next match will allready be playing. Still group A. Now it's Russia versus Czech Republic. The Russians surprised us all back 2008 in Switzerland and Austria with good fast passing play. Where Andrei Arshavin was THE profile. It's now 4 years since, and a lot have changed. Arshavin doesn't have the level he had back then, and some more of the better players are in the fall of their career: Roman Pavlyuchenko, Konstantin Zyrianov, Sergei Ignashevich and in the end Andrei Arshavin. Some of the leading players back in 2008.
If we look at there opponents, Czech Republic. A little bit like Grecce. They have a good TEAM. They play well together. Their key to succes is not if ONE play plays well. They are all gonna play well. It's an unite.
The 2 biggest players at the team must be Tomas Rosicky, and the brilliant keeper Petr Cech, who most have a biiiiiig boost after we just won the Champions League.
This match will IMO be a better and a more " spectacular " match than the opening match.

My guess: Russia - Czech Republic 3 - 2.

The question is: Are you ready for some (hopefully) good and well played football? If yes, then don't see Italy.

This was a short blog from me, i hope me and my lazy lads will make alot of blogs under the EURO's!

~Toby

Hello everyone. Now is time for my first post. I am one of the five involved in this project!

My name is Casper ( Nickname  “Capp” ). I am a 16-year-old with a huge football heart. I am especially interested in the German Bundesliga, which I think is a fantastic league, not only do they have the largest spectator average, but then they also play some of the best football there is.  I'm a fan of the north German club SV Werder Bremen since I began to interest me for football. My biggest idol in this Club, I have to say is Claudio Pizarro, who you probably know has chosen to stop his amazing football career in Werder Bremen. He played among others for Bremen over two laps, while he also had a tour of Chelsea and Bayern Munich. Now rumour has it that he is going to play for Bayern or Gladbach.

I expect that there certainly are 5 new players into Werder's squad for this summer, since we have lost many profiles: Tim Wiese (Hoffenheim), Marko Marin (Chelsea) Also, there is Borowski and Markus Rosenberg who leaves and find a new club, while Pizarro as I mentioned before, stops as a footballer (Maybe). However, I'm happy that Marin is sold to Chelsea, because I think he is overrated too, he has a creepy attitude.

 After the defeat to Schalke 04 (2-3) at home in the last betting round, it did not succeed for the second consecutive year running for Werder Bremen to enter either the Champions League or the Europa League. Therefore hopefully we can buy a few new players who can lift the team and bring the club into Europe again.

That's all from me, thank you for reading my post. - Casper.

Congratulations, Chelsea!

Hello again guys :-D Martinho here ;-)

After watching 3 games in CHL with Chelsea where they have been with 10 men in defense, I will not see more of their matches in a looooooooong time. Their destructive football is not pretty but it works .... But huge congratulations to Chelsea ... They won against FC Barcelona and FC Bayern. It is very nice, but we must also look at the background behind the success. I think it's a good tactical job by Di Matteo. He has changed Chelsea since they sacked Villas Boas.

I think he will be the new Chelsea manager, but now we see what Roman Himself will do this summer. I think he gets a new big manager.

But now that I have praised Chelsea where their stunning tactical victory for football, I hope it NEVER happens again, but I think it is ..... 

- Martinho//

UPDATE

Taking a break from the constant state of happiness and part-ejacuation i've been living in since the miracle against QPR, I've decided to run a small update on the blog project.

So, we haven't been too effective writing posts since the start, but we'll catch up on it. Right now we're just waiting for everyone to finish their into-post. Afterwards, the gates will be fully open and everything will get in order.

We're currently working on setting up the facebook page (so you guys can give us a like, YAY). Also, the Twitter page has now landed (HERE), and we would really appreciate if you (yeah, YOU) followed us, since a lot of funny stuff will be going down there, too.

Also, send us an email (HERE) and tell us about the blog. Is it good? Does it suck? Is there anything you would like us to do? Do you have any suggestions on how we can improve the blog? No matter what, we'll listen deeply.

Yup, so this was a small friday-update. I'm signing out, and as always: If you're reading this, you're awesome.

/Krohn

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Martinho introtime! :o

Hello ladies and gentleman!! Now is time for my first post-D

I am 16 years old and big football fan. I am fan of 3 clubs. In Denmark Esbjerg fB (EfB), In Spain FC Barcelona and the last tema (and the most awesome team i England) STOKE CITY!! The potters ftw!!! My farvorite player is the most baws player in the football history :-D CARLES PUYOL!

Thats hard to a EfB fan.. Thats going up.... and going dooooooooooooown...... But this season is good, we are going to the SUPERLIGA again!! Forza 1924!!!

Im not FC Barcelona fan because the succes, but i love the club, i love all the players and the harmony in the club. Thats is a very nice club!!

And the last club is Stoke City FC. I was Stoke fan since the winter 2011. I love the team and most DELAP (Like a baws) He is very nice!! I love the style the team play, and the manager Tony pulis is very cool.

Thats all for now :-D SeeYa! 


//Martinho!! 

Game frustrations!

ARGH! I'm so fuckin' pissed right now! You're probably doesn't care, but you'll get the story anyway!
Hertha BSC just lost the first match of two against Düsseldorf. " We " lost 1 - 2. And we had the home " advantage "

I know it's a little bit of a kliche but the referee sucked deep. Just like Hertha did, but still. Not fair. Fuckin' c*nt! Sorry my language is a little rough.

Before i'll go i just want to make a little comment to Krohn's last blog  'bout " Game reactions ". Well, we're pretty different. It doesn't matter about i'm alone or with a dude or two. I do scream, yell, jump, and run no matter what. I'm pretty emotional.

A fine example. Barca's second semifinale against Chelsea.

I'm sitting all alone, watching this really important game. In the second half. The score says 2 - 1 to FC Barcelona.

I do not remember who scored, but " we " did. And that goal would have send us in the final in Munich.
The ball is crossing the goal line, i jump up and pulls of my Barca jersey, and run around in my room. Yelling some weird danish shit! I runs back to the TV and sees that there is off-side!
I'm like: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! FUCK YOU! YOU FUCKIN' LITTLE C*NT! I'M GONNA KILL YOU! AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
(Again. I'm really emotional...)

(This looks a little like me. )

That was a little blog from me. There will come a blog soon, unless i'm gonna dig a grave in the yard. I'm still thinking of doing.

Well.... BYE!

~Toby~

Game reactions!

Hello, everyone! :D Krohn here!

Time for a short post! I'm in a bit of a hurry, so I'll get straight to the case!

Watching the Newcastle game was a completely different experience that watching the United game, although the two games had a lot in common. Both games were seriously tense, both were top-3 important games of the season, both games were really tough and both games had the happiest of happy endings. But even so, as said, the games were totally different from my point of view. I saw the United game with someone else, and I saw the Newcastle game completely (forever) alone. 

This lead to the conclusion, that the way I react to the game as a fan and as a person, is heavily defined by wether I watch the game alone or with others. Allow me to show you another piece of awesome MS paint artwork, created by moi: 

At the United game I screamed like a maniac. I guess that's one of those manly macho-things you have to do if you are with your friends (you know, like crushing beer cans against your FOREHEAD and kicking each others BALLS). 

After all, I do like to scream the fuck out when City scores. It lets me blow off some steam. It makes me calm down later in the game. I like that. It could be sort of awesome if it were transferable to other parts of life. I can imagine sitting at my desk at school with another test, and I'm nervous as hell. What do I do? I use my football technique!

...yeah. 

The teacher probably wouldn't like that anyway. Valium it is!

Back to football! It was a pretty mixed up weekend for me. City is now closer to the title than ever, and I still can't believe it! The game against Newcastle was magical, and seeing Mike Summerbee crying in the stands were touching as fuck. Also, if we win on sunday, Yaya Touré is officially a legend. 

In the home league, things didn't go as expected for FC Copenhagen. Yet another loss of points brings the title in danger. I know it's not normal, but I think of this twice as much as I think of the final exams this week. I guess I'm just a football fanatic.

Anyway, I'm in a bit of a hurry, so I'll finish this off real quick by linking to an awesome article I read the other day. It's by Stuart Brennan, the journalist who covers City in the newspaper Manchester Evening News. Link HERE!

See Ya!!

/Krohn

Toby-time.

Hi everyone! I'm 20 percent of the blog team. I think an intro would be a great way to start. 

As you may know i'm a supporter of FC Barcelona and Hertha BSC. And no. I'm not one of those small kids there have become a supporter because of the success. Even though it have been some amazing years under Pep. As i said, i'm also a Hertha BSC supporter. Not as fancy as FC Barcelona, i know. They do suck pretty deep. Most of the time, but i love them anyway. It's a part of my identity.

I think that i would run quickly over the head topics there is about my teams in the moment.

(Thomas Kraft (L) of Berlin and team mate Roman Hubnik (R) show their delight after the victory)

Bye-bye Pep.

It's pretty tough saying goodbye to Pep. Not just because of the success, but also because he's an amazing manager. He's like a second father for the players. The whole thing about the succes in Barcelona is not just because of the players individual skills, but also because of Pep's astonishing work with the team spirit. 

I'm actually not worried about Tito. I think he'll do great.

1. He has been a part of the coaching team for the last years. = He knows how to handle everything. 

2. Everyone around Barcelona love him, because he's " one of ours ". = He's gonna get  a lotta back up, from the fans.

So i'm actually not afraid of the next years in Barcelona. Real Madrid won't win the league trophy two years in a row.

A second chance.

Yeah. The victory over Hoffenheim yesterday was an important one. And god praise Bayern München. They did beat up Köln in the meantime.

So we've got a second chance against Fortuna Düsseldorf, Paderborn, and St. Pauli. Everybody expect it to be Düsseldorf, 'cause they've got an easy match home against Duisburg, who has nothing to play for at all. So it looks like two matches against Foruna Düsseldorf. Hertha BSC have to win when the two matches are over. If not, i'm embarrassed. 

I'm actually pretty sure that they'll win. Even though they often sucks.

Well that was a little blog from me, i hope you liked it.

~Toby~

The Team is complete!

Hello again everyone! The mission is accomplished, so I'm just updating to let you know that the team of writers is completed. I've contacted four of my friends, and they were all ready to be a part of this blog. The Team consists of five writers who all have different opinions in football. I'm proud to introduce you to the writers of FANPOV.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you. The Team:

(btw, I did make this picture myself. I know, I'm a photoshop genius).

1. Albert. Age: 14. Favorite Teams: Manchester City (Premier League, England), Aarhus GF (Superligaen, Denmark).
2. Casper. Age: 16. Favorite Teams: Werder Bremen (Bundesliga 1, Germany).
3. Krohn. Age: 16. Favorite Teams: Manchester City (Premier League, England), FC Copenhagen (Superligaen, Denmark).
4. Martin. Age: 16. Favorite Teams: FC Barcelona (La Liga, Spain), Stoke City FC (Premier League, England).
5. Toby. Age: 16. Favorite Teams: FC Barcelona (La Liga, Spain), Hertha Berlin (Bundesliga 1, Germany).

These are the men who'll be watching football from a Northern point of view from now on! They are all great people (especially number 3), and I'm confident this five-a-side team will produce something awesome!

Great, that was just a small update before the apocalypse in two hours! To the toilet! I'll be nerveshitting (yes, it's a proper expression) for the next hour or so! See Ya!

/Krohn. 

Intro-time on derby day.

Hi! Welcome to my universe. Or should I say, our universe? Mwhehehehe.. (mysterious laughter)

 Allow me to explain. My name is Jonas (click HERE for a proper introduction), and I am a 16-year old football maniac from Denmark, Northern Europe. Recently i've been having way too many thoughts and opinions about football (like when there's an election, except the season is 10 months a year and the elections is two months every fourth), and since I am a complete genius, who everybody wants to listen to all the time, I thought Why not make a blog?.

 It may sound pretty flat, but trust me, my dreams are higher than Sergio Ramos' penalty miss against Bayern. They are bigger than Micah Richard's upper arms. And just like Luis Suarez, they might fall quite easily.

 Crawling slowly back into the seriousness again (but i don't wanna!), I do hope that one day people will actually be reading this blog. Like, three people a day or something... (small goals is the key to success). Reality is probably that my dreams will shatter, just like some of my other dreams will later today (more about that in a minute).

 Before going deeper into my soon-to-be shattered dreams, I will explain what I meant earlier when I said "Our". See, I do not plan to run this blog alone. I'll try my best to get some of my friends to come write for me as well. I think it will create not only a difference in "writing-style" but also a fan-wise diversity, as none of us support the same teams. Well, you'll probably find out yourself if I "recruit" new writers anyway :).

 As for the dream-shattering that will be going on later today... err.. I'm A City fan. Oh, no don't worry. I've been growing up with this club. I had my first City-jersey in '99, right after their legendary play-off game against Gillingham (picture proves it).

In six hours, City face United at home in the most nerve-wrecking title-race game ever. And I'm not confident at all.
 Ayway, this was a small introduction of my blog. To the few people who happens to read this: You're awesome. See Ya. Krohn.