Who the fuck cares if a player rejected the club or vice versa. This is not fucking College Basketball FFS yeah?

8/6/2014 9:48:36 PM

Nice strike by Lewa but the keeper should have done better...

I think he didn't even considered he would hit it right there.

8/6/2014 10:07:18 PM

http://gfycat.com/DecentCookedJavalina

It gets better the more I watch it...

8/7/2014 6:02:22 AM

Man the Liverpool front line of Falcao, Reus and Sanchez is gong to be unstoppable!

[Edited on August 7, 2014 at 9:32 AM. Reason : Twitter]

8/7/2014 9:32:00 AM

^ Liverpool hasn't said anything about Falcao, are you so ignorant on purpose? No one knows anything about Falcao, no one even knows Liverpool is interested. Its you buying into the media bullshit, not me buying into whatever Liverpool has "said."

Hilarious. Also I wouldn't be mad at all if Liverpool didn't sign anyone else this transfer window. I am a big believer in youth and Rodgers has a very good track record with young academy players. It would be great if Falcao were to come but I would be even more happy if an academy kid broke through.

8/7/2014 10:11:18 AM

Quote :

"I am a big believer in youth and Rodgers has a very good track record with young academy players."

All hail ser brenton rodgers. Pep Guardiola & Jose Mourinho are nothing compared to him.

[Edited on August 7, 2014 at 10:36 AM. Reason : .]

8/7/2014 10:36:05 AM

Did that fly over your head wazza?

8/7/2014 10:38:41 AM

no but I do believe my post flew over yours.

8/7/2014 10:45:58 AM

^^^^ I thought my edit might have clued you in I was making fun of dumb twitter rumors.

This is going to be one hell of a season with lots of mad (me included)

8/7/2014 10:51:42 AM

^ oh you gunners are so cute. Of course Costa only moved to Chelsea for West London, of course!

Can't be the fact that Jose Mourinho is one of the best managers in the game compared to Sir Arsene Wenger the former one trophy winner in 9 years of Arsenal. Why would Costa not want to play for him?

8/7/2014 10:58:14 AM

GETTIN CRANKED UP FOR THE SEASON

8/7/2014 10:59:47 AM

8/7/2014 1:13:17 PM

Interesting that nym seemed to win the award for most oblivious on this page

8/7/2014 6:36:37 PM

This thread has gonet o shit.

8/7/2014 7:41:01 PM

Quote :

"^ oh you gunners hammers are so cute."

8/7/2014 7:53:29 PM

This thread definitely has the highest ratio of posters:mad. Didn't use to be this bad.

8/7/2014 8:22:06 PM

guys, just promise me this:

I am a big believer in youth and {coach} has a very good track record with young academy players


will become this year's corvette statement

8/7/2014 8:58:22 PM

^^^ hey I've successfully emigrated.

Even dragging my wife to a game at the Emirates on our honeymoon over Christmas...

[Edited on August 7, 2014 at 8:58 PM. Reason : x]

8/7/2014 8:58:35 PM

Wtf, Barca are paying £15m for Vermaelen??? 28 year old third choice CB 9 months from contract end. Insane.

8/8/2014 6:03:58 AM

Too early for predictions?

Unless somebody gets a blockbuster addition, here's mine.

1. Chelsea
2. Arsenal
3. City
4. Manchester United
5. Liverpool

18. Swansea
19. WBA
20. Burnley

8/8/2014 8:17:28 AM

Mine isn't too different. Switch City and Arsenal and put Liverpool fourth over United.

With all the talk about LVG people don't realize that right now that United squad simply isn't great. Basically they've upgraded at one spot (Herrera over Fellaini/Fletcher) THIS year. Still 20 days in the window of course, though and no Europe helps.

If Arsenal does get a real DM I think they can really have a go at City/Chelsea.

8/8/2014 8:24:44 AM

I really don't think United is one of the best 4 teams. I just think that's what's going to happen for some reason.

also, LVG has a very good track record with young academy players so

[Edited on August 8, 2014 at 8:30 AM. Reason : .]

8/8/2014 8:26:28 AM

1 Liverpool/Arsenal/City
2 Chelsea

3-19 ?

20 Manchester United (Such a shit squad)

8/8/2014 9:35:08 AM

LOL, Moyes made the team look shit, the squad has enough quality for top 4 easily

8/8/2014 11:48:22 AM

You right.

LVG himself is worth 25 points.

United
Chelsea
City
Burnley

Done.

8/8/2014 11:54:04 AM

1. Chelsea
2. City
3. United
4. Arsenal (No higher until they stop shitting themselves vs the other PL giants)
5. Pool
6. Everton
7. Spurs

8/8/2014 12:02:32 PM

Were we 25 points off the top four?

8/8/2014 12:33:52 PM

Ted Lasso is back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRqypM7jb5Y

8/8/2014 12:36:38 PM

1. SPURS
2. SPURS
3. SPURS
4. SPURS

I'M OUT

8/8/2014 12:36:40 PM

^
This is the EPL, not NBA

8/8/2014 1:29:15 PM

Liverpool look pretty good but Dortmund... well its sad to see them compared to two years ago. No Goetze, Lewandowski, Reus or Gundogan. Amazing how they've been decimated by injuries and Bayern.

Also Liverpool and United have a huge advantage by not having as many deep World Cup players. Between them really only RVP haven't been with the team all preseason.

[Edited on August 10, 2014 at 7:48 AM. Reason : x]

8/10/2014 7:47:08 AM

TAKE IT TAKE IT TAKE IT

8/10/2014 11:20:34 AM

three nil to the arsenal!

8/10/2014 11:52:09 AM

People actually get excited for the community shield?

8/10/2014 12:26:47 PM

No. Not really.

8/10/2014 12:38:15 PM

No reason not to get excited. This could end up being your only trophy of the season.

8/10/2014 1:11:36 PM

My prediction:

United + Vidal = Title contenders

United no Vidal = top 4 contenders


Chelsea to win the title, I think

2-4 could be any distribution of Arsenal, United, and Everton. Top 6 includes City, Liverpool. Top 10 is way harder to call for me, but includes Spurs.

I think this year there is going to be a massive gap between the top 4 and the rest of the top half. I see City imploding, Liverpool starting strong but not being able to go the distance due to injury, Spurs and Arsenal doing the traditional implosion, and Everton surprising the shit out of everyone by making the UCL spots before RM jumps ship to go to Real Madrid.

8/10/2014 2:06:12 PM

Quote :

"I think this year there is going to be a massive gap between the top 4 and the rest of the top half. I see City imploding, Liverpool starting strong but not being able to go the distance due to injury, Spurs and Arsenal doing the traditional implosion, and Everton surprising the shit out of everyone by making the UCL spots before RM jumps ship to go to Real Madrid."

All fair points. Agree about City, even though I think a City "implosion" won't knock them out of the top 4. Liverpool is done if Sturridge/Sterling get hurt for any long stretch so I can agree with you there too.

The one thing about United being top 4 contenders is that they're still pretty thin with quality so they need a massive season from Rooney to keep them going, just like Liverpool needed from Suarez. He's definitely capable but I wouldn't be banking on it.

8/10/2014 3:27:30 PM

Think this City core has one more great year in them. Kun won't play more than 20 league games though which could cost them the title.

Yaya, Kompany, Silva, Zabaleta, etc will all be approaching 30 or older start of next season.

[Edited on August 10, 2014 at 3:30 PM. Reason : ^ and RVP to play 30 league games]

8/10/2014 3:29:15 PM

Jovetic will ball out for City this year tho. Damn I wish he was at Liverpool.

8/10/2014 3:32:12 PM

Dzeko > Kun

8/10/2014 3:36:42 PM

I don't typically overrate Arsenal players but is Ramsey the second best box to box CM in the league behind Yaya? Clearly more than a purple patch and he does EVERYTHING easily.

8/10/2014 6:45:52 PM

Perhaps.., but that is a horrible indictment of the Premiership.

8/10/2014 6:54:02 PM

Quote :

"The one thing about United being top 4 contenders is that they're still pretty thin with quality so they need a massive season from Rooney to keep them going, just like Liverpool needed from Suarez. He's definitely capable but I wouldn't be banking on it."

I think Rooney is going to be huge this year. He's looked the fittest he ever has in this preseason. With Mata taking up the #10 role, Rooney is free to terrorize defenses at will. He may get hurt (he always seems to), but I think RVP and Welbeck pick up the slack this year. I also think this is Danny Welbeck's breakout year, finally. Go ahead and laugh, but he's due.

8/10/2014 7:51:37 PM

Mangala looks like a good player from bits I've seen but defender transfer fees are getting ridiculous.

I'm biased but a combined £38 for Sahko/Lovren looks like damn good business when Mangala just went for £32.

8/11/2014 9:27:06 AM

saw this on twitter re: Mangala

Quote :

"Porto receives £24.4m from Mangala sale, third-party owner Doyen receives £14.2m, and Standard Liege gets £4.3m. #mcfc"

8/11/2014 10:20:55 AM

ah. So basically the same reason Lallana went for so much, because of the huge sell-on fee that had to go to Bournemouth.

Just looked at United's fixtures. They basically got the top 6 favorites for relegation in a row to start the season. Can't wait to hear about how they're going to win the title in September.

8/11/2014 10:32:22 AM

it must be nice to be a third party owner

8/11/2014 10:33:37 AM

^^ why wait till September to shout the truth?

8/11/2014 2:57:08 PM

City signing everyone to extensions, cutting guaranteed wages and putting in absurd, easily reachable performance bonuses. Ah, FFP.

8/12/2014 12:11:03 PM