On the Eve of the new Season...

[hutch]

what a score by Suarez...good lord!

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Who saw the derby yesterday? I don't see Pelle coaching City next season after that debacle. The team looked tired and completely out of ideas. There was no verticality beyond the 20th minute and let's not even talk about Mangala's defending.

On the other side, United played with style, which was lacking for a long while. I don't like them very much but they won in great fashion, Looking forward to their Chelsea clash.

Sorry I missed this - I was too drunk celebrating the Derby.  I agree with everything you said.  Except the not liking them part.

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Wenger is apparently upset that his FA Cup Match is being broadcast at the same time as Chelsea v Man Utd:

"I am a bit surprised that a [Premier League] game of the same stature is played at the same time. There is a bit of conflict there that is difficult to understand,"

Um, you're facing Reading.  Same stature?

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@NYTSports: EXCLUSIVE: Top FIFA officials indicted, face extradition to U.S. on corruption charges. http://t.co/gS8A0tmPGa http://t.co/My0LGooLiL

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

This seems pretty open and shut. Anyone who has made money selling the idea that soccer is an exciting sport is clearly perpetuating fraud at a massive level.

#FuckSoccer #DefundTheUSMNT

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@JeffreyToobin: RT BREAKING: Swiss Police confirm that, when arrested, all seven FIFA officials threw themselves on the ground and pretended to be injured.

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@JeffreyToobin: RT BREAKING: Swiss Police confirm that, when arrested, all seven FIFA officials threw themselves on the ground and pretended to be injured.

POTW!

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POTW!

My other favorite tweets were (paraphrasing):

If the US pulls this off, the rest of the World will forgive the US for the whole "soccer" instead of "football" thing.

And the guy who said:

Those poor bastards probably had suites at the finest Swiss hotel with three hookers a day lined up.  America ruins everything!

[hutch]

My other favorite tweets were (paraphrasing):

If the US pulls this off, the rest of the World will forgive the US for the whole "soccer" instead of "football" thing.

so true...

former Argentine FIFA VP Grondona is lucky he passed away recently.. I'm pretty sure he would have gone down too....

I love FIFA's reaction "WE ARE THE VICTIMS! WE ARE THE DAMAGED PARTY!"

This came to mind immediately:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjbPi00k_ME

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

Blatter resigns.

[sweetcell]

beat me to it: http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/02/football/fifa-sepp-blatter-presidency-successor-election/index.html

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You're welcome,  world.

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for jules....



@Bill Maher

Sorry all my lovely new European friends, but you have to admit that as bad as the FIFA scandal is, its still more interesting than the sport

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

for jules....



@Bill Maher

Sorry all my lovely new European friends, but you have to admit that as bad as the FIFA scandal is, its still more interesting than the sport

I am a huge Bill fan. Went to the taping of his comedy special and Real Time back to back in DC last YEAR.

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It's good to be back....

GROUP A Paris(FRA), Real Madrid(ESP), Shakhtar Donetsk(UKR), Malmö(SWE)
GROUP B PSV(NED), Man. United(ENG), CSKA Moskva(RUS), Wolfsburg(GER)
GROUP C Benfica(POR), Atlético(ESP), Galatasaray(TUR) Astana(KAZ)
GROUP D Juventus(ITA), Man. City(ENG), Sevilla(ESP), Mönchengladbach(GER)
GROUP E Barcelona(ESP), Leverkusen(GER), Roma(ITA), BATE(BLR)
GROUP F Bayern(GER), Arsenal(ENG), Olympiacos(GRE) Dinamo Zagreb(CRO)
GROUP G Chelsea(ENG), Porto(POR), Dynamo Kyiv(UKR), M. Tel-Aviv(ISR)
GROUP H Zenit(RUS), Valencia(ESP), Lyon(FRA), Gent(BEL)