8/1/2010 3:47:13 PM

You guys are like whiny Red Sox fans bashing the Yankees for buying "too many" good players. Of course, City will have to win the EPL title at least 20 times for that to be a more valid comparison.

8/1/2010 4:45:41 PM

They won't win it once, nevermind 20. What fucking planet are you on?

8/1/2010 4:49:50 PM

lol. the yankees actually make money. and can keep their players.

this analogy is bad.

[Edited on August 1, 2010 at 4:52 PM. Reason : k]

8/1/2010 4:51:47 PM

what the fuck are you ^, ^^ two talking about....the yankees have never ever won a championship. come on this analogy is correct...

8/1/2010 4:56:54 PM

what are the chances that City gets hot halfway through the season and just wins 20 games in a row to end the season?

8/2/2010 3:02:27 AM

hmm... it's mostly YOO fans on here crying about City

sccaaaaarreeeeeddd??!?



as for Lucas on the previous page, it was an obvious joke but Lucas is not terrible. He's getting call-ups for Brazil, let's get a little perspective

8/2/2010 7:29:39 AM

"crying" about City is a stretch



the honest truth is, we generally hate City more than Liverpool



u mad?

8/2/2010 9:14:28 AM

yeah my level of hate goes city, then chelski, then liverpool, then arsenal, and then whatever club sam allardyce is at. i hate that guy lol

8/2/2010 2:53:17 PM

Mine's City, Barca, Liverpool, Rangers, Chelsea, Bayern

8/2/2010 4:59:29 PM

mine is Mexico, Manchester United, and Real Madrid

8/2/2010 5:04:36 PM

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2010/08/02/2052976/real-sociedad-ready-to-pull-plug-on-complicated-deal-for



MANCHESTER CITY SUCCESS STORY



how do they think they're going to get anything near 18 million for a striker who only scored 3 in 13 while ON LOAN?

8/2/2010 5:06:31 PM

haha. from The Sun but still funny to read:

Quote :

"Football star Lionel Messi has formed an Oasis tribute act with one of his Barcelona team mates, according to British newspaper The Sun. In an interview so completely bonkers it just has to be true, Messi said: "Our disguise is based on how Oasis looked in the mid-90s. We have our wigs, clothes and glasses sorted. "I also spent a lot of time getting the mannerisms right." Messi performs as Noel Gallagher in the group, and sent out an invitation to the Manchester City-mad songwriter: "We'll visit the UK. If you're at a pub or club where we are performing and see past our disguises there'll be a decent prize in it for you.""

8/2/2010 5:59:39 PM

Messi is cool as hell

8/2/2010 6:45:34 PM

Marquez to NY is official.

8/2/2010 7:03:34 PM

i can't help but think it'll be easy to spot a 5' 5" noel with a mullet

8/2/2010 7:20:03 PM

I'd pay $texas to hear Wonderwall from that midget.

8/2/2010 7:26:08 PM

5'5" Noel that pronounces his double Ls like Js.

8/2/2010 7:29:29 PM

Wait, there are Barca players that aren't wearing wigs all the time already?

8/2/2010 7:50:57 PM

Where will Altidore end up? It's hard to see Villareal not transferring or loaning him out. Ajax could be a possibility if Suarez makes a move, but I think Greece or Turkey may be more likely...

8/2/2010 9:54:05 PM

he needs to find somewhere and be stable. hes getting close to being a lost cause with how many times he keeps moving around. history has shown not many players thrive under that kind of environment (and learning/trying to play under different systems), especially young ones.

8/3/2010 2:42:00 AM

Quote :

"hes getting close to being a lost cause with how many times he keeps moving around."

This describes Adu, not Altidore. Jozy has had mixed results in Europe but he's always contributed to the national team and he performed at a pretty high level in the World Cup. So, there have been some bumps but he's nowhere close to a "lost cause"

Now Adu on the other hand...

8/3/2010 7:39:05 AM

Champions League draw was this morning, and it looks as if Spurs got the good end of the draw.

Admittedly, I don't know a whole hell of a lot about those teams outside of Sevilla, but if they can't beat a team named "Young Boys" they don't deserve to be there

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=811934&sec=uefachampionsleague&cc=5901

8/6/2010 10:23:10 AM

Quote :

"Tottenham get Young Boys"

Quote :

"Harry Redknapp will be happy with the draw."

Quote :

"Redknapp wary of Young Boys date"

[Edited on August 6, 2010 at 11:49 AM. Reason : x]

8/6/2010 11:49:07 AM

its a swiss team. switzerland have been coming on strong lately with a lot of good players, and if they can beat fenerbahce then they should not be overlooked.

8/6/2010 1:28:18 PM

AC Milan vs Panathinaikos tonight...should i go?

8/6/2010 2:33:55 PM

I read the tickets were really expensive


but yeah, if I lived in Detroit, I'd go

8/6/2010 3:04:34 PM

YB had Seydou Doumbia, before he went to CSKA, who was being touted as the next Drogba for a while.

8/6/2010 6:59:20 PM

Los Galácticos are playing los Galaxios right now, in case anyone was interested.

8/7/2010 10:49:38 PM

Is any of Real Madrid's best talent on the pitch?

8/7/2010 11:04:19 PM

Goalllll.

Donova....errr Dunivant.

a few...Ramos, van der Vaart, Benzema

Some major players missing obviously.


lol some other Juninho just got a De Jong kick to the face in the box.

Donovan scores the ensuing penalty.

2-0 Galaxy.


Di Maria and Ronaldo are in now. Mourinho must be pissed.

[Edited on August 7, 2010 at 11:45 PM. Reason : .]

8/7/2010 11:22:38 PM

2-1 now and Real has been taking over so far in the 2nd half

it's only a matter of time now

[Edited on August 7, 2010 at 11:57 PM. Reason : Ronaldo could have scored 3 times already]


[Edited on August 7, 2010 at 11:58 PM. Reason : Just like that, Higuain levels it 2-2]

8/7/2010 11:57:10 PM

Altidore scored for Villarreal today, maybe he'll stay there instead of getting loaned out

http://golazo11.com/indexaltidore2.html

8/8/2010 5:38:35 PM

More likely Villareal is just hoping he can up his transfer value with this, and maybe finding the net v Brazil. They aren't going to give him away though.

8/9/2010 3:31:29 PM

true

I'd rather he stay and fight for a place with them though. Their manager has said that if he stays, he'll definitely get minutes... but they're in a bit of financial trouble so finances may dictate his transfer

8/9/2010 3:39:31 PM

Madrid lands another

Carvalho from Chelski

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2010/08/10/2064874/breaking-news-chelsea-defender-ricardo-carvalho-to-join-real

8/10/2010 5:04:34 PM

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=813868&sec=transfers&cc=5901&campaign=rss&source=soccernet


Dzeko wildin' out. He want him some Juve.

8/12/2010 9:53:09 AM

Quote :

"I want to play for an important club and the Wolfsburg directors know that."

Take your ONE Bundesliga title and your shitty English coach, and shove it up your ass.

8/12/2010 10:08:00 AM

Damn, he just called Wolfsburg the fuck out.

I saw that article recently talking about Diego possibly headed back to Wolfsburg from Juve, so possibly a trade + cash in the works? Sucks for them that they were unable to get both players on the field together.

Juve looks like they managed the market well this year and may have finally gotten a good young core to compete with for a while.

8/12/2010 10:10:03 AM

yeah AND they dumped Poulsen to a club who loves to sign average players

8/12/2010 10:15:38 AM

Drama in Deutschland

Quote :

"Michael Ballack has told Soccernet he is planning to have words with Philipp Lahm regarding the dispute over the German captaincy, and fully expects to have the armband when Joachim Low's side begin their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign."

8/17/2010 10:07:08 AM

HUUUGGE day for Spurs in Champions League qualifying.

I like that they are playing the first leg in Switzerland just in case the team plays poorly. I'm hoping they come out like they did against City and put this team to sleep early though.

2-0 Spurs

8/17/2010 10:08:39 AM

Young Boys up 2-0 13 minutes in

Make that 3-0 YB

[Edited on August 17, 2010 at 3:15 PM. Reason : .]

8/17/2010 3:00:11 PM

bwahahahah I just turned this shit on

8/17/2010 3:24:35 PM

3-1 now

8/17/2010 3:28:27 PM

Anyone else with DTV getting Fox Soccer Plus HD for free today? I don't know why, I'm not supposed to... but this is pretty awesome having three CL games in HD.

Also, just use this thread for the CL 2010-2011 I guess?

8/17/2010 3:53:13 PM

sounds good to me

8/17/2010 4:15:54 PM

Well that was pretty much a nightmare

Those 2 away goals could be huge, though.

8/17/2010 4:58:42 PM

It's amazing what artificial turf will do to players when they're not used to playing on it.

8/17/2010 6:59:30 PM

I actually hadn't considered that when I was running over what happened in my head.

That isn't really an excuse as the entire back line had a miserable day, especially Bassong, though.

[Edited on August 17, 2010 at 7:55 PM. Reason : .]

8/17/2010 7:50:16 PM