Yeah well if he goes, you can say bye bye to Mascherano.

8/25/2010 9:00:44 AM

ibra to milan to team with pato...milan european glory restored

someone who knows about the uefa coefficient and all that jazz...will germany take italy's 4th CL spot next season?

nvm...according to wiki, they will

[Edited on August 25, 2010 at 10:13 AM. Reason : ]

8/25/2010 10:06:11 AM

I'm pretty nervous. Defoe delayed his surgery to play in this match and I hope it's worth it.

JUST GET THROUGH TO THE GROUP STAGE PLEASE

8/25/2010 2:43:00 PM

Sounds like an amazing atmosphere at White Hart Lane...

[Edited on August 25, 2010 at 2:44 PM. Reason : i'm a west ham fan and shouldn't, but i'm pulling for spurs]

8/25/2010 2:44:43 PM

come to the dark side NyM

8/25/2010 2:50:10 PM

PETERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[Edited on August 25, 2010 at 2:51 PM. Reason : a dream start]

[Edited on August 25, 2010 at 2:51 PM. Reason : Bale is such a fucking baller! How did he get that across falling down]

[Edited on August 25, 2010 at 3:08 PM. Reason : Assou-Ekotto just caved that guy's chest in with the ball LOL]

8/25/2010 2:50:46 PM

JERMAIN JERMAIN

what a finish

8/25/2010 3:18:47 PM

WTF? That was obvious even live.

8/25/2010 3:18:56 PM

indeed it was

im not complaining though

[Edited on August 25, 2010 at 3:23 PM. Reason : Did I just see a Young Boy tramp stamp? ]

8/25/2010 3:21:17 PM

Crouch with the nail in the Young Boys coffin.

Can't wait to see what group we get drawn in tomorrow!

8/25/2010 4:05:46 PM

That goal didn't mean much. Still need to get two back.

8/25/2010 4:06:41 PM

Two would have been doable.

Three is the sigh of relief and nearly impossible to recover from.

[Edited on August 25, 2010 at 4:11 PM. Reason : in terms of winning outright and not PK's]

8/25/2010 4:09:26 PM

Crouch with the Champion's League hat trick

8/25/2010 4:21:26 PM

Anyone see Barca / AC Milan today? Inzaghi's goal was

8/25/2010 10:31:00 PM

Pippo reminds the world that he exists

8/25/2010 11:47:36 PM

Inzaghi's goal = A+

8/26/2010 12:17:28 AM

Outstanding volley

8/26/2010 12:56:30 AM

Shevchenko still plugging away...didn't look half bad against ajax, either.

ibra and ROBINHO to milan to team with pato...milan european glory restored

8/26/2010 5:43:07 AM

I don't see the Inzaghi goal up on footytube yet. Anyone got a link?

8/26/2010 7:56:39 AM

Here you go, someone embed if you want: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVC4EDC-HSQ&feature=player_embedded

8/26/2010 11:22:31 AM

what time is the CL draw

8/26/2010 11:29:53 AM

1:00

8/26/2010 12:07:18 PM

It's on right now.

8/26/2010 12:11:06 PM

Yeah just found the feed. It's free via uefa.com

8/26/2010 12:12:34 PM

Ouch, Spurs...

[Edited on August 26, 2010 at 12:45 PM. Reason : and lol at arsenal's group]

8/26/2010 12:44:56 PM

Group G is stacked as well. Sucks for Tottenham...

8/26/2010 12:46:26 PM

Inter sweeps the position awards.

8/26/2010 12:49:39 PM

lol...didn't arsenal have a similar draw last year?

and milan and real madrid in the same group again...christ

[Edited on August 26, 2010 at 12:52 PM. Reason : ]

8/26/2010 12:50:46 PM

Arsenal had Olympiacos, AZ, and Std Liege.

8/26/2010 12:52:17 PM

G is ridiculous...

[Edited on August 26, 2010 at 12:55 PM. Reason : lol aint no one wanting to go to kazan]

8/26/2010 12:55:10 PM

ibtmanu fans act like their group is hard...just like they did last year

8/26/2010 12:57:30 PM

seriously

fuck united

8/26/2010 12:58:21 PM

Arsenal gets Shakhtar, Braga, and Partizan. Luck of the draw.

8/26/2010 12:59:06 PM

and Barca is in the same group as Rubin Kazan again

8/26/2010 1:19:13 PM

Quote :

"Group C: MANCHESTER UNITED, Valencia, Rangers, Bursaspor."

Who the fuck is Bursaspor?



Sounds like a disease.




Spurs got the shaft. They'll be comin' home early.

Quote :

"seriously fuck united"

[Edited on August 26, 2010 at 1:29 PM. Reason : .]

8/26/2010 1:28:11 PM

Spurs got a tough group, but we knew that was going to be the case going in with their seeding. It's not anyone that they can't beat at home though.

Inter will win the group and the home/away with Werder will be the deciding factor in who finishes 2nd.

[Edited on August 26, 2010 at 1:30 PM. Reason : Crouchy said they wanted to play the best haha]

8/26/2010 1:29:29 PM

^ I forgot to say this earlier but Malouda > Bale if I'm picking a left winger

[Edited on August 26, 2010 at 1:52 PM. Reason : oh that was the other thread, whatever ]

8/26/2010 1:49:16 PM

Malouda is an outstanding player, but not for one second would I swap him him with Bale in his current form.

The first match out in the CL is going to tell a lot of the story for Spurs playing at Bremen. If they can somehow get a result there it would be a huge fail to not finish 2nd in the group.

EDIT: It's kind of weird to compare the two because Chelsea doesn't ask nearly as much of Florent as Spurs does of Bale. Bale is THE attacking creative presence for Spurs while Malouda is benefiting from attention being drawn to other players on the pitch for them. Two different roles in the same position...

[Edited on August 26, 2010 at 2:04 PM. Reason : clarification about Malouda]

8/26/2010 2:01:15 PM

in current form, maybe... I'm talking if I had to pick one or the other for a season. No knock on Bale, I'm a big fan

8/26/2010 2:05:56 PM

Hell, that it is even debatable is a big compliment to Bale in itself.

If we didn't have Bale, though, Spurs would be sitting on 1 point after 2 fixtures and out of Champion's League football while Chelsea would still be on 6 points and wouldn't have missed Malouda one second.

It's a long season though and he needs to keep it up.

8/26/2010 2:12:28 PM

I really wish United had gotten Bale 3 years ago when he was making his mind up.

8/26/2010 5:39:48 PM

bales good and all but he is very injury proned

8/26/2010 6:06:45 PM

inter/spurs
schalke/lyon
man u/rangers
barca/kazan
bayern/roma
chelsea/marseille
madrid/milan
arsenal/shakhtar

8/27/2010 4:47:26 AM

well it's official, Mascherano to Barca
http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=ap-barcelona-mascherano

8/27/2010 7:39:26 AM

http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2010/08/27/2091410/breaking-news-milan-and-barcelona-finalise-zlatan


Zlatan back to Italy. Funny how he was talking all that shit about italian football in general and he ends up going back after a year. It's also amazing how quickly Spanish clubs get rid of foreign players altogether. Everything there seems to be hi-drama and extremely xenophobic.

8/27/2010 6:49:54 PM

god I hate Zlatan so much

8/27/2010 6:52:38 PM

same

8/27/2010 6:55:09 PM

god I used hate Zlatan so much

plz to bring in robinho

also, poor diego...back to germany

[Edited on August 28, 2010 at 6:15 AM. Reason : ]

8/28/2010 6:10:55 AM

Quote :

"If we didn't have Bale, though, Spurs would be sitting on 1 point after 2 fixtures and out of Champion's League football while Chelsea would still be on 6 points and wouldn't have missed Malouda one second."

Not a very compelling argument. You're talking about a huge difference in relative strength/depth of the two sides. Of course Chelsea, with their much higher wage budget is going to be able to better survive without one of their best players.

I suppose you could make the argument that his surrounding cast makes him better, but that is even less compelling IMO.

Quote :

"DIRECTV is the home of La Liga and will provide exclusive live coverage of every single match for the upcoming season including a number of HD games (at least three per round) on DIRECTV sports HD – CH. 1004."

Interesting. La Liga is quickly catching up to the EPL as my favorite league to watch every weekend. I need to find out what the deal is with this and if most are free with the Sports Pack.

[Edited on August 28, 2010 at 9:26 AM. Reason : x]

8/28/2010 9:23:13 AM

I'm pretty sure I made myself clear on the next post if you keep reading.

Two different roles but the same position. Malouda is great and all, but Bale's crosses, kicks on set pieces, and generally all around creative attacking play make him a more rounded, better player in his current form.

If you swap those players Malouda wouldn't be able to match Bales productivity on this Spurs squad.

[Edited on August 28, 2010 at 9:32 AM. Reason : of course I am biased too, so you have to take that into account haha]

8/28/2010 9:31:36 AM