ahahahaha epic

9/1/2010 4:45:56 PM

w00t w00t on van der Vaart to Spurs. Take that, transfer window!

9/1/2010 7:38:50 PM

^

9/1/2010 7:40:17 PM

Quote :

"The former coach of Manchester United's £7.4 million summer recruit Bebe says he tried and failed to sell the player for just €150,000 in January. Bebe's arrival at Old Trafford was unexpected to say the least, as the forward moved to United from Vitoria Guimaraes having spent only five weeks at the Portuguese club after joining on a free transfer from Estrela Amadora. His experience of competitive football was limited to the Portuguese third division and United signed him on the strength of some impressive appearances in pre-season. However, Estrela coach Jorge Paxaio says they could have purchased Bebe at a fraction of the price just eight months ago. "Last season we had no money at all," Paxaio told the Daily Mail. "We were trying to transfer Bebe to other clubs. We had to raise money desperately. We told everyone in England and in Europe: 'For €150,000 you can have him'. "We couldn't get anybody interested. Nobody trusted him. None of the clubs were interested because he had never played at a high level. "I was surprised with the sudden way it happened with United. I was hoping he would move to a bigger club in Portugal or a medium-sized club in Europe. "I didn't expect Manchester United. Having said this, Manchester United have signed an extraordinary player." Estrela's claim has been backed-up by Bebe's former agent, Goncalo Reis, who added: "Bebe would have been very cheap during last season and then we tore up the contract because he wasn't being paid by Estrela and so then he was free. "A scout from United could have contacted me or the club last season. There was no secret. But I understand that the United scout just saw certain games in Portugal and only realised Bebe was a great player when he saw some pre-season games involving Guimaraes. "If they had looked wider they would have seen him earlier and paid very little. But everyone was the same." "

LOL. Sounds like a great buy.

9/2/2010 8:16:56 AM

oh if only this had been a Rafa buy

we'd never hear the end of it

9/2/2010 8:25:19 AM

he wasnt bought to be put in the first team and suck ass immediately like a rafa purchase

9/2/2010 9:01:42 AM

right

but they obviously had money available in this window to buy VDV/Ozil so I don't want to hear the "It's all owners' fault that we can't buy anybody!" at the end of the season when it's obvious they needed somebody in the midfield because Giggs/Scholes can't play 2 or 3 times a week

9/2/2010 9:03:37 AM

well i wouldve liked another attacking midfielder, but SAF obviously didnt. and he never claimed they were going after one...so im not sure that argument is relevant here


and scholes seems to be playing alright to me so far. hes prob the best CM playing in the EPL right now. plus anderson is back and healthy after playing a full game with the reserves.

[Edited on September 2, 2010 at 9:09 AM. Reason : f]

9/2/2010 9:08:37 AM

no doubt Scholes is class

I'm just saying that the games add up and you can't expect those geezers to play in every game... and I personally wouldn't want to count on Anderson/Carrick to step up and replace them. Even odder that they let Cleverley go out on loan too...

Just seems like a really odd purchase when you had two known quality players available at bargains that could provide reinforcements where you need them and you overpay for an extremely unknown (even Fergie doesn't know much about him) quantity (who plays a position that you're not exactly hurting at)

9/2/2010 9:19:24 AM

im not counting on carrick at all. i was kind of hoping he would be sold and gibson would play more in carrick's role. i still believe anderson will do well. hes got a lot of pace and an endless engine to run around on the field. plus hes a great passer.

SAF sees these players everyday at practice, so he must like what he sees. im def glad he didnt go out and buy van der vaart. that guy has always been overrated imo. ill be interested to see how he does at tottenham, but they already have modric who plays that exact same position for them so who knows how that will pan out.

9/2/2010 9:29:42 AM

houllier is the new manager of aston villa. pretty good i guess?

9/7/2010 12:17:30 PM

I guess... better than Bradley, so that's at least something


I hate international breaks

9/7/2010 12:19:46 PM

Freidel and Warnock are PISSED about Houllier.



Nice to see you guys aren't bashing the Roon-dogg just yet.


We all know he's got a history with hookers, but this story seems to have too many holes (ucwidt?) and the ho allegedly received 400k from the two papers for her "story."

9/7/2010 1:04:55 PM

I'm not bashing him bc I don't give a shit about these affair/hooker scandals involving athletes (unless it involves your teammate's bitch)

9/7/2010 1:15:46 PM

I can totally understand why Friedel and Warnock wouldn't like it, but they were different players then. Hopefully he won't mess things up and they keep Macdonald on the first team, the players seem to like him.

Whatever for Rooney though, he's not exactly the poster-child for good behavior. I still like him as a player.

[Edited on September 7, 2010 at 1:26 PM. Reason : s]

9/7/2010 1:26:03 PM

Walcott out for potentially a couple weeks thanks to the Euro 2012 qualifier today (ankle related). He was killing it for me in fantasy, guess I gotta change the line up for this week...

9/7/2010 8:52:36 PM

lol balotelli is out for at least 6 weeks from an injury on his debut. i guess adebayor will def get his sub minutes in now behind tevez

9/8/2010 5:45:07 PM

you mean captain Tevez

9/8/2010 6:19:04 PM

damn I was looking forward to seeing him play

9/8/2010 6:35:48 PM

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Defoe out 6 weeks with a severely sprained ankle

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=821535&sec=england&cc=5901

9/9/2010 8:49:21 AM

whoooooooooooooops

9/9/2010 9:10:54 AM

Defoe
Walcott
Balotelli

Who's next?

9/9/2010 1:26:56 PM

Man U not looking very good this morning. (at least not since i turned it on)

[Edited on September 11, 2010 at 8:18 AM. Reason : /]

Howard with a hell of a save!!

[Edited on September 11, 2010 at 8:20 AM. Reason : k]

United starting to look a little better now.
and gamecast called Tim Howard's save the "save of the season."

[Edited on September 11, 2010 at 8:23 AM. Reason : k]

Lol, i don't know why they just felt it necessary to focus on hibbert while he was just changing his shorts on the sideline

[Edited on September 11, 2010 at 8:25 AM. Reason : k]

9/11/2010 8:17:29 AM

goddamn it.

9/11/2010 8:27:08 AM

what in the fuck was that? who the fuck does that? dammit.

9/11/2010 8:27:30 AM

DARREN FLETCHER!@

9/11/2010 8:30:03 AM

WOOHOO!!

what a cross from Nani!!!!!! easy finish from fletcher.

lol

Quote :

"Nani with a delicious cross from the right-wing and Fletcher with a fantastic run from midfield to just ghost in in front of Jagielka and guide it past Howard."

[Edited on September 11, 2010 at 8:32 AM. Reason : k]

9/11/2010 8:30:09 AM

I'm pretty sure it was a mistake to not play Rooney.




Holy christ what a take by Berbs

[Edited on September 11, 2010 at 8:32 AM. Reason : .]

9/11/2010 8:32:15 AM

jussssssssst missed

9/11/2010 8:33:59 AM

WHO'S THAT COMIN OVER THE HILL


IS IT NEMANJA?


IS IT NEMANJAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?

9/11/2010 8:53:05 AM

dammit, i get up to cook breakfast and i missed it!

nani with another assist?

9/11/2010 8:54:30 AM

indeed.



and Cahill just elbowed Vida in the head. He mad.

9/11/2010 9:00:21 AM

saw that.

lol at gamecast.

Quote :

"Giggs threads it through to Berbatov whose touch is a bit loose. He returns the ball back to Giggs, whose touch is also a bit loose and the move breaks down. It's all a bit loose!"

9/11/2010 9:01:26 AM

SILKY SMOOTH FINISH BY BERBATOV

9/11/2010 9:11:34 AM

Park for Evra? I don't get that sub, but ok.

9/11/2010 9:27:28 AM

LOLNITED

9/11/2010 9:39:41 AM

WHAT THE FUCK

9/11/2010 9:39:52 AM

most epic of fails on display at Goodison, gg

9/11/2010 9:43:58 AM

lol

9/11/2010 9:53:10 AM

When did Alex Song turn 70?

[Edited on September 11, 2010 at 10:12 AM. Reason : I've never seen someone dye their hair gray.]

9/11/2010 10:03:26 AM

City trailing near the break

9/11/2010 10:46:07 AM

sounds stupid but I've really enjoyed watching Bolton this season

they've come a long way since Fat Sam's boring ass style of play

9/11/2010 10:49:54 AM

hahahah

9/11/2010 11:36:18 AM

that is a biggggggg fucking man. i liked how the announcers were like he needs to put that away hahaha

9/11/2010 11:48:21 AM

for the love of god can i please not see jonny evans play another game this season...how many times do i have to keep saying this?? surely there is a better option. even with rio hurt id rather see oshea at center and either a da silva twin or neville at right back...

unnecessary 4 points lost this season...


lol at that guys stomach.

[Edited on September 11, 2010 at 12:24 PM. Reason : lot of draws today]

9/11/2010 12:22:17 PM

where are you kiljadn

your Tangerines did it on the road again

9/11/2010 1:46:53 PM

I was just about to post "Thank God for Blackpool."



I was actually looking to see if any of the US online retailers were carrying Blackpool stuff yet. They aren't

9/11/2010 1:59:35 PM

^ according to wikipedia, Carbrini shirts are exclusively sold at JDSports

and look what their Blackpool section looks like on their website http://www.jdsports.co.uk/search/blackpool

wtf

9/11/2010 2:13:01 PM

Well at least we came back.

How about a win, Everton?

9/11/2010 2:33:30 PM

Anyone watch Chelsea v West Ham yesterday? Even though West Ham lost they put up the best fight against Chelsea so far this year. Very entertaining game to watch...Scott Parker's chip shot there near the end was very nice.

9/12/2010 7:47:12 AM