I figured it was about time to start up the new season to get offseason transfers and injury talks going. Also to discuss which players did well during the Euros and may get more illustrious moves afterwards(ahem Russian players). The first game this year will be the Charity Shield placing EPL winners Man Utd vs FA Cup winners Portsmouth. The first games of the season are as follow:

6/26/2008 2:07:26 PM

In my ongoing effort to get more into soccer, I'm going to become a fan of an EPL team.

I don't want to just hop on a bandwagon (ManU or Chelsea) or a pick a team that sucks, so any suggestions for a good team to pull for?

6/26/2008 2:26:05 PM

Everton. pull for our american goalkeeper Tim Howard and his team.

some people on this site like to root for Fulham too because of a strong american contingent, but they barely stayed in the EPL last season, so they might not be great this season

[Edited on June 26, 2008 at 2:37 PM. Reason : f]

6/26/2008 2:36:16 PM

Newcastle. They are like NC State. They never win anything or relevance.

I'm a West Ham fan... They have an American...

[Edited on June 26, 2008 at 2:37 PM. Reason : x]

6/26/2008 2:37:24 PM

haha yea if you want to be disappointed every season pull for newcastle...but i think nc state is enough nc state for anybody

i believe everton finished 5th last season, behind the big 4...if not 5th, then it was 6th, but i seem to remember aston villa finishing 6th

...on that note, Aston Villa is a good team to pull for too, they have a bright offensive future ahead of them unless they lose agbonlahor and young in transfer moves.

[Edited on June 26, 2008 at 2:41 PM. Reason : f]

6/26/2008 2:38:10 PM

ive been a big arsenal fan for as long as ive followed the league so thats my pick

6/26/2008 2:49:18 PM

i love watching aston villa, i bought an ashley young jersey last year, i think im the only person in the united states with one.

but im a man utd fan and yeovil town second, if they ever make it out of league one.

6/26/2008 2:50:28 PM

Who ends up with Arshavin?

6/26/2008 2:58:39 PM

doubtful he goes to the epl, i would guess an italian team

6/26/2008 3:01:36 PM

Probably Italy or Spain; Arsenal at least has expressed interest.

6/26/2008 3:04:44 PM

lol arsenal? they already have several people on that team who play that position arshavin does

6/26/2008 3:05:26 PM

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/06/19/ufnarsenal119.xml

6/26/2008 3:06:55 PM

i read that arshavin is going to barca, thatd be my guess

6/26/2008 3:21:30 PM

Arsenal's getting Crouchaldinho anyways, they don't need anybody else

6/26/2008 3:23:02 PM

hahaha crouch starting at arsenal would be hilarious, especially if adebayor leaves

6/26/2008 3:36:56 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M5bIKNViZc
Funny video of relevance.

6/26/2008 3:37:47 PM

fantasy epl news soon to follow

6/26/2008 9:49:20 PM

haha maybe ill stick it out the whole year this time...i gave up on my team this year. not sure how i finished.

6/26/2008 9:54:31 PM

Keep me posted on the fantasy epl. I'd be interested in joining if you get it together.

Oh yeah, if you are looking for a team to support...Liverpool is the way to go. YNWA

6/26/2008 10:03:11 PM

i just checked, you finished second

6/26/2008 10:04:09 PM

shit who beat me!?

everyone copied my ronaldo as captain technique eventually and i couldnt gain points on the overall leaders anymore...

[Edited on June 26, 2008 at 10:06 PM. Reason : g]

6/26/2008 10:05:02 PM

that dude who was in first the entire time..."quinn" or something of the like

6/26/2008 10:05:42 PM

i was in the lead for most of the winter actually...but then i got tired of checkin it all the time...so he prob passed me in the spring

6/26/2008 10:06:49 PM

(Im a liverpool fan)

I would love if the spurs dropped 15 on Crouch and Yossi -- that way we can move on David Silva

It looks like Alonso will sell for 15 to Juve -- seal the deal on Barry

I think Arshavin will end up at Barca...but not for 20 like DailyMail suggests. He went MIA tonight

6/27/2008 12:06:03 AM

the spurs are going after benayoun and crouch? they would have to be retarded to buy them. They already have 3 starting strikers (keane, bent, berbatov) and about 200 good midfielders (dos santos, jenas, lennon, huddlestone, malbranque.) They need to buy good players on defense for once.

6/27/2008 12:46:27 AM

I would do a fantasy count me in

6/27/2008 12:55:23 AM

I would probably start the season if there was one. Doubt I would keep up with it though.

6/27/2008 1:01:28 AM

NEWCASTLE!

but yes, we're exactly like NC State in almost every facet.

6/27/2008 8:22:01 AM

Quote :

"This thread is completely unofficial and features no asterisks."

It has be to difficult to pull for a team outside of the big 4 knowing good and damn well entering the season the best you can do is 5th, possibly steal the Carling Cup, and get a UEFA Cup spot for 09-10. I'm kinda glad I don't really have a team and can watch from an objective point of view. I didn't start following the EPL at all until Shevchenko moved over from Milan, but he's managed to make me despise Chelsea within that period of time.

6/27/2008 8:46:49 AM

Quote :

"They already have 3 starting strikers (keane, bent, berbatov)"

I thought Berbatov was leaving

6/27/2008 9:21:48 AM

Adebayor announces he is staying at Arsenal...

6/27/2008 10:04:22 AM

Quote :

"The assembled press must have thought Adebayor was set for a stay at Emirates Stadium after his press conference, but when quizzed later on whether there was any chance of a move to Milan he replied: "Nothing has been decided yet. We will decide next week." "

haha and then an hour later, he said that

6/27/2008 10:30:38 AM

GO ARSENAL!

6/27/2008 10:32:02 AM

^^ LOL

I don't even care anymore. If the ridiculous transfer numbers that have been tossed around are legit, then let him go.

6/27/2008 10:35:58 AM

LIVERPOOL......but as long as you don't support the scum that is ManU then you're alright

YNWA

6/27/2008 11:29:31 AM

Burnley FC vs Carolina Railhawks Thursday July 10, 2008.

http://www.carolinarailhawks.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=398&Itemid=141

6/27/2008 12:48:18 PM

lol at Burnley

I think I'll go, though...

6/27/2008 12:57:59 PM

was burnley the team that did really well in the FA cup last year, or was that barnsley? i think barnsley but I cant remember

6/27/2008 1:04:08 PM

Barnsley

6/27/2008 1:04:23 PM

I wonder why they're playing the PDL team

6/27/2008 2:31:04 PM

Ah man! I thought they were playing the first team and not the U-23's. Oh well, I'll still go.

6/27/2008 4:15:43 PM

anyone keep up with how FC of Reading is doing?

6/27/2008 4:16:41 PM

Muffin: All right, don't anybody move. There's been a murder.

Mother: A murder?

Muffin: No, no, not a murder...no, what's like a murder only begins with B?

Son: Birmingham.

Muffin: No ... no ... no ... no ... no...

Doctor: Burnley?

Muffin: Burnley - that's right! Burnley in Lancashire. There's been a Burnley.

Son: Burglary.

Muffin: Burglary. Yes, good man. Burglary - that's it, of course. There's been a burglary.

6/27/2008 4:57:48 PM

So Burnley was going to play the Railhawks first team, but their schedule was full, so the U-23 team is playing them instead.







Here is a photo of the holder my dad helped me make for my 1930 FIFA World Cup collectors medals. Both medals are the same, so it's displaying a different side on each. The one on the right is a picture of the stadium and the one on the left says "A.U. DE F, 1ER CAMPEONATO MUNDIAL DE FOOTBALL MONTEVIDEO 1930." The holder is made out of black walnut wood and I went to Things Remembered at Cary Town Center to have that engraving done at the bottom. It's a stick on that says "1930 FIFA World Cup."

[Edited on June 27, 2008 at 11:12 PM. Reason : .]

6/27/2008 11:12:12 PM

KEWL

6/27/2008 11:30:57 PM

Cary Railhawks (U-23) 2 Burnley 1

7/10/2008 10:29:50 PM

Arshavin is valued at 24 million Euros.


My transfer predictions:

Adebayor is goin to Milan (bet on it)

Drogba is going back to Olympique Marseille

Berbatov is goin nowhere

Klaas Jan Huntelaar is coming to Old Trafford

Lampard to Inter

Hleb to Barca (good as gone already)

CR7 - nowhere

Arshavin to Chelsea

Ronaldinho ends up at Manchester City, since Milan cant afford him and Drogba

Gareth Barry will get frozen out at Villa, but you wont see him at Liverpool

Bentley to Spurs

Obefemi Martins to Arsenal as soon as Adebayor's gone

7/11/2008 12:01:21 AM

I think Barry will end up at Pool

and hopefully Keane will be joining him

7/11/2008 12:02:38 AM

I hope Adebayor stays, it would really screw up my all black Premier League soccer team.

7/11/2008 12:58:12 AM

Off topic but since it was brought up http://www.burnleyfootballclub.premiumtv.co.uk/page/LatestHeadlines/0,,10413~1340843,00.html

[Edited on July 11, 2008 at 9:48 AM. Reason : .]

7/11/2008 9:48:12 AM