On the Eve of the new Season...

[godsshoeshine]

seriously. there's fan anger and there's pissing off an entire huge country.

[walkonby]

i know that usually i only come in here for half naked guys parading around with their balls . . . but i did find it amusing that this:  http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/37491843/ns/sports-world_cup/   
appeared on the same day in the news when this: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/06/AR2010060603321.html  did.
just one of the latter will cause the former to never occur.

[vansmack]

I have made no secret about my man crush for Wesley Sneijder.  I would love to see him at OT. 

Please, please, please make this happen....

Wesley Sneijder is a £25 million transfer target for Manchester United

[vansmack]

does barcelona just have money to burn? not sure why they'd spend £30m+ on another small central midfielder...

Uh, I guess they don't....

Barcelona currently unable to pay wages

[vansmack]

34 days until the Prem...

Is the biggest loser of the WC Torres or Liverpool?

Torres performance may put his move away from Anfield in doubt, and if he does move, surely it won't be for Chelsea's original £50 million offer.

Diego Forlan has to be the biggest winner.  And that hurts me to say.

[godsshoeshine]

biggest loser has to be torres. liverpool would love to keep him, at least the flag burning fans would.

biggest winner has to be whoever was going to buy him. the kid has just a ton of miles on him

but seriously, forlan was great

[godsshoeshine]

another big winner in the summer (though it has nothing to do with the world cup): dan gosling
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/8268634.Gosling_agrees_to_Newcastle_United_transfer/
basically he'll make an extra £500k a year while injured because everton screwed up.

[vansmack]

another big winner in the summer (though it has nothing to do with the world cup): dan gosling
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/8268634.Gosling_agrees_to_Newcastle_United_transfer/
basically he'll make an extra £500k a year while injured because everton screwed up.

Yeah, but he has to play for Newcastle.  We'll call it a wash.

[godsshoeshine]

nah its the newcastle with only a few cunts, versus the big bag of cunts newcastle from a few years back. it'll be better than riding the pine at goodison park

[vansmack]

I can't tell you how angry this would have made me had it happened to a United player...

[godsshoeshine]

of course, anyone would be pissed.

then again its not like barca has the money to buy and pay cesc anyway

[vansmack]

Looks like Henry was finally punished for his handball....

Red Bulls confirm capture of France star Henry

[godsshoeshine]

punished? get paid to be treated like a rock star in a city he loves while half playing? sounds like a dream to me

[vansmack]

punished? get paid to be treated like a rock star in a city he loves while half playing? sounds like a dream to me

He's only 32, which is not too old to play in Europe, and I'm not sure he's a rock star away from the Meadowlands (or where ever they play now).  I doubt most New Yorkers will recognize him.

[godsshoeshine]

they have their own arena. every hispanic person in new york will worship him. where could he realistically play?

if new yorkers not recognizing people is the measuring stick, fine youre right there. i mean samuel l. jackson rides the subway