New thread was asked and so I went ahead and made one for the new season.

This off-season proves to be an even crazier one than what was anticipated for last season, since everyone thought Ronlawldo was out last summer...

Already nuts as Real Madrid have spent over $220 mil on two players, Kaka and C. Ronaldo. Man Utd are looking to spend now after receiving some real madrid benefit package, and it seems chelski and liverpool are not gonna let them get too far ahead as they are willing to spend.

Here is the schedule for the first month, and at some point Man Utd will play Chelski in the community shield or charity shield or whatever its called (im assuming they are still doing this game haha) for the millionth time this millenium...

Saturday, 15 August 2009
Aston Villa v Wigan, 15:00
Blackburn v Man City, 15:00
Bolton v Sunderland, 15:00
Chelsea v Hull, 15:00
Everton v Arsenal, 15:00
Man Utd v Birmingham, 15:00
Portsmouth v Fulham, 15:00
Stoke v Burnley, 15:00
Tottenham v Liverpool, 15:00
Wolverhampton v West Ham, 15:00

Tuesday, 18 August 2009
Arsenal OFF Bolton, 19:45
Birmingham v Portsmouth, 19:45
Burnley v Man Utd, 19:45
Fulham v Blackburn, 19:45
Hull v Tottenham, 19:45
Sunderland v Chelsea, 19:45
West Ham OFF Aston Villa, 19:45
Wigan v Wolverhampton, 19:45

Wednesday, 19 August 2009
Liverpool v Stoke, 19:45
Man City OFF Everton, 19:45

Saturday, 22 August 2009
Arsenal v Portsmouth, 15:00
Birmingham v Stoke, 15:00
Burnley v Everton, 15:00
Fulham v Chelsea, 15:00
Hull v Bolton, 15:00
Liverpool v Aston Villa, 15:00
Man City v Wolverhampton, 15:00
Sunderland v Blackburn, 15:00
West Ham v Tottenham, 15:00
Wigan v Man Utd, 15:00

Saturday, 29 August 2009
Aston Villa v Fulham, 15:00
Blackburn v West Ham, 15:00
Bolton v Liverpool, 15:00
Chelsea v Burnley, 15:00
Everton v Wigan, 15:00
Man Utd v Arsenal, 15:00
Portsmouth v Man City, 15:00
Stoke v Sunderland, 15:00
Tottenham v Birmingham, 15:00
Wolverhampton v Hull, 15:00

[Edited on June 17, 2009 at 10:16 PM. Reason : edit]

6/17/2009 10:15:27 PM

oh we back

6/17/2009 10:19:11 PM

United given a pretty easy start with the first 3 games but man do they ever need it....perennially slow starters. Man Utd vs Arsenlol in august should be a dandy...

of the top 4, arsenlol prob got the worst draw for their first 4 games, which contrasts their slack schedule start last season

6/17/2009 10:21:10 PM

chelsea's start looks pretty dern easy too. can't find a link to their schedule, but i heard it on the radio today.

6/17/2009 10:34:07 PM

you right.

cant find a link? their first 4 games i believe are up there^^^

[Edited on June 17, 2009 at 10:47 PM. Reason : f]

6/17/2009 10:44:07 PM

in on page 1

6/17/2009 10:45:09 PM

^^ i'm talking about their first 10 or so.

6/17/2009 11:23:56 PM

you right.

6/17/2009 11:29:35 PM

ahaha i just read that man utd made some sort of offer for fernando torres for 40 mil, im not sure i believe that...i cant imagine benitez selling him to ferguson for any price..


man i was just looking at the 3 "strikers" at man utd and this is interesting, especially to everyone who says berbatov had a terrible season:

Quote :

"As of End of Season 2009. Berbatov : - - Goals : 9 - - Assists : 10 - - *ACTIM Score : 586 (4th overall, highest United player) - - **Scored Winner in : - - - - - United 1 - 0 Middleborough - 29th December 2008 - - - - - United 1 - 0 Bolton - 17th January 2009 - - - - - United 2 - 1 Tottenham - 24th January 2009 - - - - - United 2 - 1 Newcastle - 4th March 2009 Rooney : - - Goals : 12 - - Assists : 7 - - *ACTIM Score : 423 (32nd overall) - - **Scored Winner in : - - - - - Man City 0 - 1 Man Utd - 30th November 2008 - - - - - Man Utd 1 - 0 Wigan - 14th January 2009 Tevez : - - Goals : 5 - - Assists : 3 - - *ACTIM Score : N/A (not in top 100) - - **Scored Winner in : - - - - - Stoke 0 - 1 Man Utd 26th December 2008 * ACTIM Index takes distance run, completed passes, goals, assists, every contribution into consideration. **Every goal is important I know but just a list of games we won by one goal and the vital goal being scored by these players. And this is Berbatov having a poor season..."

[Edited on June 17, 2009 at 11:40 PM. Reason : e]

[Edited on June 17, 2009 at 11:41 PM. Reason : also read somewhere that tevez is going to man city...]



http://actimindex.wordpress.com/premier-league-actim-index/latest-index-premier-league/

anelka is #1 overall. prob cause he shot so much and i swear never got injured at all this season. this seems to be weighted heavily towards scoring a goal, or maybe game winners, not sure...but dirk kuyt is #2 showing his worth to that team. i lol at you guys who hate him, hes just like a tevez type player.

[Edited on June 17, 2009 at 11:44 PM. Reason : f]

6/17/2009 11:36:49 PM

i still think manure will compete
















for the final CL spot

6/17/2009 11:49:56 PM

haha. id hope they get better next season with the departure of ronloldo so team chemistry will go up and wont have to worry about a winger/forward running forward and never coming back. im just wondering who they are going to buy

6/17/2009 11:53:00 PM

I hereby decree that any and all references to the following in this thread follow this structure:

Liverpool -> Lesser Funded Lolverpool OR LFL for short

Carlo Ancelotti -> Carlo and Carol Enchilada

Aston Villa -> Metric Ass-ton Villa

Hull City -> Pre-relegated Candidates #1

6/17/2009 11:55:14 PM

Chelsea -> Chelski or USSR or AChelsea Milan

Arsenal -> Arsenlol or "U mad, amac?"

6/17/2009 11:58:25 PM

I'm curious to see if Newcastle does the drop down/eagle on in League 1 in the near future or get they raise up on.

6/18/2009 12:07:36 AM

Future BBC headlines:

15 August 2009- Goodison Park implodes after match day 1. Real Madrid, foreseeing this, announced the transfer of Mikel Arteta just before kick-off

6/18/2009 12:12:34 AM

wasn arteta gonna play for england soon or did he finally get called up to that stacked midfield of spain? lol and when is lawlmunia gettin his england passport or whatever and playing for them too??

6/18/2009 12:13:42 AM

i'm not sure he is going to be playing for spain, which is a shame...i really like him

6/18/2009 12:15:41 AM

yeah hes class, he needs to get some sort of american citizenship

6/18/2009 12:16:51 AM

thread sent

6/18/2009 12:18:47 AM

6/18/2009 12:18:49 AM

i gave serious thought to changing my name to ole gunnar solskjaer-mcgrady in 1999...if he had played for arsenal, i most likely would have

6/18/2009 12:20:47 AM

I was always more a T.A. Flo fan.

6/18/2009 12:26:02 AM

scandinavians and the dutch have the coolest names

6/18/2009 12:28:12 AM

Jan Venegoor of Hesselink is the best. i knew of that guy back in 2000 on my soccer manager game i purchased while in england

6/18/2009 12:35:28 AM

I've almost purchased his Celtic jersey before just to make them put his entire name on the back and see what the end result is on my back. He has by far the best name of any European as far as saying fuck you to the kit maker. Upon researching T.A. Flo's recent life accomplishments, he's now Hull City property according to Wikipedia?!??! EXPOSED????! If this is accurate information, I might have to replace my Norwegian national team FLO jersey with a TAMIL Tiger jersey.

6/18/2009 12:52:35 AM

Tore Andre! i remember when he used to play for chelski. i have one of their jerseys that one of my england friends gave me when they were sponsored by Autoglass

6/18/2009 12:56:27 AM

much love to Tore Andre, he predates the Chelski years of Mr. Enchilada and Russian Moneybags. I never had a Chelsea Autoglass Flo shirt, but I do have my Norwegian circa 98 WC FLO 9 shirt.

You have define the FLO you are talking about though, there were 3 on the 98 WC squad.

6/18/2009 1:02:36 AM

i think i am going to purchase an arteta usa kit

6/18/2009 1:06:51 AM

ahaha epic


thats not a bad idea, i might buy something totally ridiculous.

A brazilian jersey with Huntelaar on the back...

[Edited on June 18, 2009 at 1:13 AM. Reason : f]

6/18/2009 1:12:30 AM

a US Jersey with Rossi on the back?


OH WAIT LOL

6/18/2009 1:15:54 AM

BURRN!!!!

[Edited on June 18, 2009 at 1:18 AM. Reason : i cant sleep]

6/18/2009 1:17:53 AM

a san marino kit with

Quote :

"you right"

on it

6/18/2009 1:35:59 AM

aahahahah i dont know why i find that funny


shit, im gonna get a Faroe Islands jersey with "amac884 has entered the room..." on it



[Edited on June 18, 2009 at 1:40 AM. Reason : gunsupbrah!]

6/18/2009 1:38:24 AM

better hit up ebay...soccer.com sold out in 5 minutes

6/18/2009 1:40:22 AM

HAHAHAHAHHA

6/18/2009 9:51:06 AM

lol they dont need no epl badges


united are lookin at van persie for some reason. i dont want him if they were to magically steal him away from arsenlol. hes injury proned and i swear he misses more chances than diego forlan....

also seems like they might be purchasing vucinic from roma


who knows?! lol

6/18/2009 2:02:01 PM

omg rvp...please don't do this...that goes for you too klaas

benzema to manu...klaas to lyon...amac to follow ligue 1 next season exposed???

[Edited on June 18, 2009 at 2:21 PM. Reason : ]

6/18/2009 2:19:13 PM

hahaha. amac pwnt. stay home.

its really looking like tevez is gone from all this striker news im hearing on the man utd camp. and it all seems to be pointing that hes going to City...

6/18/2009 2:23:32 PM

epic derby matches forthcoming

6/18/2009 2:27:09 PM

the fans at united love him...i have to believe most will instantly hate him if he does go there...


im on the fence. i love his tenacity and the loyalty he shows for whatever club he is at, but im not sure how i will react to seeing him at city if he does end up there

6/18/2009 2:37:42 PM

won't be worse than those juve scum ibrahimovic and vieira going to inter after the italy scandal

6/18/2009 2:42:27 PM

crafty italians

6/18/2009 2:44:28 PM

arbelola wants back in la liga and i wont be surprised if mascherano ends up leaving for real madrid



we should form some sort of guessing game for where half of the netherlands national team from real madrid will end up this transfer market...im guessing they are getting rid of all dutchies

royston drenthe: monaco

klaas jan huntelaar: liverpool

arjen robben: inter milan

wesley sneijder: ac milan

rafael van der vaart: everton

ruud van nistelrooy: psv



lol if i even get one right ill be amazed.

[Edited on June 19, 2009 at 2:59 AM. Reason : everton lol]

6/19/2009 2:59:01 AM

barca is interested in masch, not real

6/19/2009 7:58:35 AM

Tevez is gone

6/20/2009 12:05:44 PM

on man utds website it said theyre being linked with iker casillas. probably won't happen, but it'd be sweet for sure.

6/20/2009 12:25:36 PM

That is the one player that I thought would never leave Madrid.

It's like Jeter getting traded from the yanks.

6/20/2009 12:51:39 PM

there's no way

6/20/2009 12:54:07 PM

Setanta losing the contract could be good use for everyone in the US who doesn't subscribe to them (which is basically everyone in the US). The rights to those 46 games are going to auction; ESPN is apparently really interested.

6/20/2009 1:10:07 PM

that would awesome if espn got the epl. its not like they ever play anything interesting on saturday and sunday mornings anyways, unless your a fan of bowling or softball

6/20/2009 3:56:22 PM