On the Eve of the new Season...

[sweetcell]

anyone signing up for world cup tickets?  sign-up for the lottery for tickets starts today.  i'm seriously considering the trip to south africa.

[vansmack]

anyone signing up for world cup tickets?  sign-up for the lottery for tickets starts today.  i'm seriously considering the trip to south africa.

I'll be in SA but we're buying tickets for the US squad.  We decided not to buy the tickets for one particular venue...

[godsshoeshine]

i'm more of a club over country guy, so while i am sure the wc will be loads of fun id rather go over and see maybe 2 prem matches (newcastle and someone else) on a saturday and sunday and a cl (obviously not my team) match in england if i was going to put out that kind of money and time into football

although i really want to go to south america sometime in my life...

[Barcelona]

Champions League is back, today.

February 24 
 
20:45 Arsenal  - AS Roma
20:45 Atletico Madrid - FC Porto
20:45 Inter Milan - Manchester U.
20:45 Lyon - Barcelona

February 25
20:45 Chelsea - Juventus
20:45 Real Madrid - Liverpool
20:45 Sporting Lisbon - Bayern Munich
20:45 Villarreal - Panathinaikos

Not sure what to think about Barcelona in Lyon tonight, really bad game in the Spanish League on Saturday, we lost at home to the last team in La Liga, Espanyol, the other team in Barcelona.

Inter ManU should be great, and looking forward to Liverpool stopping Real Madrid's recovery.

[vansmack]

2 down, 3 to go....

Midweek matches.  Time to exact a little revenge:

Tuesday, March 3

2:30pm Portsmouth vs Chelsea (FSC)
2:55pm Liverpool vs Sunderland (Set)
5:00pm West Brom vs Arsenal (Set)

Wednesday, March 4

2:30pm Manchester City vs Aston Villa (FSC)
2:40pm Newcastle vs Man Utd (Set)
4:45pm Wigan vs West Ham (Set)
5:00pm Blackburn    vs Everton (FSC)
6:30pm Fulham vs Hull (Set)

[godsshoeshine]

i had some weird dream about finishing a match with geremi and ryan taylor in central midfield. glad that was just a dream 

hope it doesnt look like a baseball score on wednesday

[godsshoeshine]

smackie, are you watching live today?

i likely wont have a chance to catch this until 7/8 oclock eastern

[vansmack]

smackie, are you watching live today?

i likely wont have a chance to catch this until 7/8 oclock eastern

Duly noted.  And yes, I plan to watch at my desk today via my slingbox.

[vansmack]

Regarding Newcastle, Ferguson said: "I remember when they cuffed us 5-0. They are still selling the video.

"It was an exciting time for Newcastle then. They had some exciting players - Les Ferdinand, Faustino Asprilla, David Ginola.

"It is a fantastic football club. Everyone has got that black and white strip on and there is real football passion.

"I walked through the town with (former assistant) Archie Knox once and a news vendor was shouting 'Mickey Quinn has an ankle injury'.

"The world could have been in turmoil, with disasters and financial institutions collapsing. They were talking about Mickey Quinn's ankle. That sums up the city.''

[godsshoeshine]

i wonder if they'll burn the bigg market to the ground if the toon gets relegated, which looks fairly likely

[vansmack]

This is a good weekend to pay extra attention to the wife, may even do a Sunday brunch for a chip to cash in later...


Saturday, Mar 7

7:30am FA Cup - Coventry City vs Chelsea (FSC)
12:00pm FA Cup - Fulham vs Man Utd (Set)
5:00pm EPL - Sunderland vs Tottenham (Set)


Sunday, Mar 8

9:30am FA Cup (5th Round) - Arsenal vs Burnley (FSC)
12:00pm FA Cup - Everton vs Middlesbrough (FSC)

[godsshoeshine]

play well in a hopeless game, play terrible in a winnable. and hull and stoke both won. not looking good

i was actually bummed that roma arent on fsc this weekend, that rarely happens

[vansmack]

Still a puss...

[godsshoeshine]

who klinsman?

[vansmack]

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - KNOCKOUT STAGE DAY 2

Tuesday, March 10

3:00pm Juventus vs Chelsea (0-1) (Set) (also on at 6:00 on ESPN Classic)
3:30pm Liverpool vs Real Madrid (1-0) (ESPN)
6:30pm Panathinaikos vs Villareal (1-1) (Set)
10:00pm Bayern Munich vs Sporting Lisbon (5-0) (Set)


Wednesday, March 11

3:00pm AS Roma vs Arsenal (0-1) (Set)
3:30pm Manchester United vs Inter Milan (0-0) (ESPN CLASSIC)
6:30pm Barcelona vs Lyon (1-1) (Set) (Also on ESPN Classic at 6)
10:00pm Porto vs Atletico Madrid (2-2) (Set)