On the Eve of the new Season...

[godsshoeshine]

HIS PROPER NAME IS MICHAEL OWEN
 
 and its the groin this time  
 
 league cup aside, its going to be worse for country than club

[vansmack]

Sorry Mank, brennser and I were chatting about it in the vansmack rollcall thread.

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
  HIS PROPER NAME IS MICHAEL OWEN
 
 and its the groin this time      
 
 league cup aside, its going to be worse for country than club

The groin bone is connected to the knee bone!    
 
 BTW, here's my take on the game..yes, I actually got to see it now I've changed jobs.
 
 The red card was a red card offense - I'm just surprised he flashed the red card in such a 'big game' Joe Cole's was far worse but he stayed on the field, but there's no way he was going to send two of them off. Terry should've also gotten a red for hacking Rooney down, but he got the yellow instead.
 
 The penalty call was a little weak admittedly, but he missed two definate penalties earlier on so it was probably a make up call by the ref.
 
 Tevez's goal in the 3rd minute of injury time when the 4th official said 2 minutes was a good call. You can't blow the whistle with the ball out of play and he scored right off the corner, then the extra few seconds was to make up the time lost while setting up the corner...it's really quite simple.
 
 I'm surprised it was as one sided as it was to be honest. I thought chelski would've put up more of a fight, and when they resorted to filthy tactics it was all over at that point.
 
 Finally, other than the goal, what did Tevez do? I must admit, I'm not a fan...yet.

[godsshoeshine]

i dunno, half of the chelsea side have got to be absolutely gutted that maureen is gone. supposedly fat frank was crying in the showers or something. drogba wants out too, and ronnie is rumored to be coming in. chelsea are interesting off the pitch, at least
 
 new chairman has been saying newcastle were close to pulling a leeds before mike ashley made his bid.    :eek:

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
  i dunno, half of the chelsea side have got to be absolutely gutted that maureen is gone. supposedly fat frank was crying in the showers or something. drogba wants out too, and ronnie is rumored to be coming in. chelsea are interesting off the pitch, at least
 
 new chairman has been saying newcastle were close to pulling a leeds before mike ashley made his bid.     :eek:  

HIS PROPER NAME IS MICHAEL ASHLEY
 
 There's no way Toon was going to do a Leeds, the local council wouldn't have allowed it. What would the Geordies do for two hours every Saturday afternoon? Those 2 hours are needed so the pubs can clean up and change the barrels, and so their wives can cover some of the bruises before the next round of domestics start

[godsshoeshine]

and that's different from leeds how?    
 
 honestly i dont know how much of it is true, but its tough to give fat freddy the benefit of the doubt (yes, i know his proper name is frederick)
 
 i was just trying to enforce the mike/mikey/michael owen rule someone layed down a few pages back...

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
  and that's different from leeds how?      
 
 

...because in Leeds it would be the men covering up their bruises.

[vansmack]

While it's not going to be the same as watching the match with a 1 year old wearing the same clothes as me, this is what I'm watching this weekend at home:
 
 Saturday, Sept. 29
 
 7:30am Manchester City v Newcasle Utd (Set)
 10am Chelsea v Fulham  (FSC)
 10am West Ham v Arsenal (Set)
 12pm Birmingham v Manchester United (FSC)
 9pm Wigan v Liverpool (Set Delayed)
 2am Portsmouth v Reading (FSC Delayed)  
 
 Sunday, Sept. 30
 
 11 a.m. Everton v Middlesbrough (FSC)

[vansmack]

UEFA Champions League - Match Day 2
 
 Tuesday, October 2
 
 2:45pm Manchester United v AS Roma (ESPN2 Live)
 2:45pm Steaua v Arsenal (Set LIVE)
 5pm Stuttgart v Barcelona (Set Delay)
 5pm Dynamo Kiev v Sporting (ESPN Classic Delay)
 
 
 Wednesday, October 3
 
 2:45pm Liverpool v Olympique de Marseille (ESPN2 Live)
 2:45pm Valencia v Chelsea (Set LIVE)
 5pm Lazio v Real Madrid (ESPN Classic and Set Delay)
 6:45pm Besiktas v Porto (Set Delay)

[Frank Gallagher]

Well, yet another 1-0 victory for United. The good news is they're still winning and they haven't got it quite together yet, and Rooney is off the mark so he should start banging them in now.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
  Well, yet another 1-0 victory for United.

Yep, not the best home performance by United, but the midfield looks strong at the back line, and is definitely struggling going forward.  Rooney was very vocal this match about the distribution of ball going forward.
 
 Nonetheless, top of the table and not much to argue with.

[Barcelona]

Barcelona seems to start playing decently. Surprise in France though, can't recall the last time when a Scottish team won with such authority an away-game in the Champions League.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by Barcelona:
   Surprise in France though, can't recall the last time when a Scottish team won with such authority an away-game in the Champions League.

DeMarcus Beasley with a goal as well!

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by Barcelona:
  Barcelona seems to start playing decently. Surprise in France though, can't recall the last time when a Scottish team won with such authority an away-game in the Champions League.

Don't get used to it.
 
 Actually, Scotland recently beat France in Paris.

[godsshoeshine]

bummer, i hate rangers