I don't see Bellamy, Adebayor and Roque Santa Cruz there at the end of the month. Who knows about Tevez, Inter might go after him to replace Eto'o plus he wants out. Balotelli is Balotelli, I wouldn't rely on him all season. They're still stacked, I think they could use another winger though. That being said ManU Chelsea City Arsenal Sp*rs Liverpool Bolton Wigan QPR Swansea (I think Norwich will do pretty well)
Real Madrid thuggery? My my my what a season it is shaping up to be in Span: Full article here with a lot more content: http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/88/s...g-a-riot-real-madrids-jose-mourinho-must-stop Here is a video of the challenge and brawl. Well, when I think soccer, and brawl, I think of girls flailing their arms around, if there was to be any violence from all the tough man bravado and imagery they portray. [video=youtube;lPLyAtSzA-s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPLyAtSzA-s[/video] EDIT: Of course Ronaldo is miles away from the confrontation. Can't take a chance of getting into an arm flailing fight against someone.
F%^K I hate Mourinho. More reason to now. You can see him poke Barca assistant coach in the eye later on in the video above.
Mo is the man but the eye thing wasn't cool. Sure barca guys like are painful to watch with the theatrics sometimes, but you can't do that.
Honestly love to see a bit of passion and confrontation in those types of games. I remember years ago when Man U and Arsenal had that type of rivalry. Brings another dimension to the game.
Any team with Christiano Ronaldo has no right to ***** and moan about diving. I've seen that guy go down and whine on some of the most ticky tack challenges ever, and he's a big dude too. As far as El Clasico, that was a bull**** penalty on Cesc. The replay from behind shows to me, without a doubt, that it was meant to injure. The very definition of classless. But what do you expect from the fascists?
Arsenal squad appears to be quite weak, and then there's the imminent departure of Nasri, or at least so it looks.
Sorry Emirates, better luck next time With Chelsea struggling at home to West Brom (down 1-0 early), Man U and Man C may be finding this a two horse race instead of a four or five horse race.
2011/12 UEFA Champions League Group Stage Group A FC Bayern München (GER) Villarreal CF (ESP) Manchester City FC (ENG) SSC Napoli (ITA) Group B FC Internazionale Milano (ITA) PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS) LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA) Trabzonspor AŞ (TUR) Group C Manchester United FC (ENG) SL Benfica (POR) FC Basel 1893 (SUI) FC Oţelul Galaţi (ROU) Group D Real Madrid CF (ESP) Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) AFC Ajax (NED) GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) Group E Chelsea FC (ENG) Valencia CF (ESP) Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) KRC Genk (BEL) Group F Arsenal FC (ENG) Olympique de Marseille (FRA) Olympiacos FC (GRE) Borussia Dortmund (GER) Group G FC Porto (POR) FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) FC Zenit St Petersburg (RUS) APOEL FC (CYP) Group H FC Barcelona (ESP) AC Milan (ITA) FC BATE Borisov (BLR) FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)
And in only slightly less important than the Champion's League draw news, the North Korean women's world cup squad has been banned from the 2015 tournament for positive doping results.
some really good groups this year. I think c and h are the only really predictable ones, others are wide open
Not that anyone cares, but big congrats to Shamrock Rovers on being the first Irish team to qualify for the Europa League. As for the CL draw, City got a very tough draw. United as usual get a piss easy one.
September 13th 2011, @ Camp Nou November 23rd 2011, San Siro. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/clubs/club=50058/matches/index.html
Blackburn starts 0-3 for first time in 70yrs or so. Hit the woodwork 3 times, including a penalty kick near end of reg...then give up a soft PK goal of their own following that series. Plus Howard stuffed the 1st PK earlier. Rovers drop this "should have been 3pt gimme" 0-1 to Everton after all is said and done. Clearly, and sadly, they are on the expressway to their 3rd relegation. Arte et labore boys...come on. UGGGGGGGghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....one of only 4 teams to win the premiership - its been a long, long time...my Miami Dolphins of the premiership!
I'd say Drogba was out before he even hit the ground, scary situation. Man City looked beastly this morning against Spurs. Dzeko is on fire.
Dzeko is the only thing that keeps me happy from the EPL. The Gunners are just saddening and maddening.
That was brutal. I knew Arsenal were in trouble but the players look to be giving up. Noway Arsenal should have been embarrassed like that with the team that took the field.
A fine game he had, but his third goal was offside. His 4th goal made up for it though. Great start for Dzeko.
Blackburn working hard to revamp the club within the transfer window. OUT: Diouf STAYING: Samba & Nzonzi, and Junior Hoilett IN: Scott Dann, Yakubu, and Jordan Slew They needed to do something, anything....hopefully this is not a horrible re-mix of talent and skillset. Lets see the results with the next match.
Some complaining about the result against Costa Rica, but I see good signs. Klinnsman clearly has them focusing on being more aggressive, with quick passing and sudden switches of field. It's not all there yet, but neither is the full team. Torres looks dangerous. I only wish they would have given Altidore with Agudelo a look upfront.
marginal penalty for Stoke, LFC dominated the game otherwise, small field, wind howling... truth though, they have nobody to blame but themselves, Suarez missing the equalizer with a few minutes left really capped it. Not to mention Henderson...
Stoke is a very difficult place to get 3 points in fairness. Liverpool probably did enough to at least get a draw (and were hard done not to get at least 1 penalty). Also mark out October 23rd on your calenders. With the way both United and City are steamrolling teams (and good teams with that), that should be a great contest.
AC Milan with a good result against the Champs today! Without Ibra as well. Busy day at work, didn't get to watch he game on a live stream as usual, but it has to be a good showing to come back and tie Barca. I will however be sure to check the highlights on tvgolo later!
Good result, bad performance IMO. A bit disappointed we weren't more offensive but I guess that was expected. I'm happy but I know we can play better.