On the Eve of the new Season...

[godsshoeshine]

what? man u does not require any rest to throttle the £90m debacle

or so i hope

[vassego]

How did I miss this thread in the last six years I've been on this board...I may be logging in to the forum a lot more now.  Only if I can troll though...

[godsshoeshine]

keano out at sunderland: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=598902&sec=england&cc=5901
i know mankie loves the man, but hahahaha

[vansmack]

i know mankie loves the man, but hahahaha

First time in my life I've seen the guy walk away from something. 

Oh.
Wait. 
Nevermind...

I still think he's bitchen, though.

[vansmack]

Saturday, Dec 6

7:40am Fulham vs Man City (Set)
10:00am Arsenal vs Wigan (FSC)
10:00am Blackburn vs Liverpool (Set)
12:30pm Manchester United vs Sunderland (FSC)
5:00pm Bolton vs Chelsea (Set)
6:45pm Newcastle vs Stoke (Set)
8:00pm Hull City vs Middlesbrough (FSC)
 
 
Sunday, Dec 7

9:55am West Brom vs Portsmouth (Set)
11:00am Everton vs Aston Villa (FSC)

Monday, Dec 8

3:00pm West Ham vs Tottenham (Set)


 

[vansmack]

I should also point out that Hoffenheim is on Gol TV today vs Bayern Munich, and if you haven't seen Hoffenheim play yet, you're in for a real treat (they basically just go forward the whole time).  Use DirecTV online to set your DVR...

And QPR is playing Wolves on saturday on Setanta.  That would have been a huge game 20 years ago, and someday I hope to see them both back up in the Top Flight.

[godsshoeshine]

they are top of the league too

have not seen them play, thanks for the heads up, i used the dtv online feature and everything. ive been trying to watch some nonenglish football to pick out teams to play with on fifa 09. i had been playing with schalke but after hearing that hitler supported them, i think i'm in the market for a new german team. shame, they are pretty good on the game, may have passed sevilla as my favorite nontoon team for video games

wolves look like they may be back next year

[ChampionshipVinyl]

Shame Hoffenheim lost

[vansmack]

"It's no wonder Keane walked out on this team - they're awful.  Absolutely awful!"

That was my favorite bit of announcing this weekend. Add that to the "There's only one Keano" chant followed by The Five Cantona's of Xmas in the first 5 minutes of the match and I managed to not throw up before stoppage time eased my stomach.

[vansmack]

Shame Hoffenheim lost

True that. Deserved a draw, without a doubt.

It's also too bad that I taped the match and saw your comment before I watched it.  It would have been a really exciting finish.

[godsshoeshine]

apparently ibi?ević lived in the u.s. for some of his teen years and even went to the university of st louis

thanks for the heads up, that was a nice way to start a friday night

coming home sunday and watching the draw against stoke made me...unstoked

[vansmack]

coming home sunday and watching the draw against stoke made me...unstoked

I debated warning you, but then knew that I'd be pissed if you ruined a result for me. Sorry about that - shitty foul call for the free kick that led to the tying goal, but there was much more to that match than that free kick.

[godsshoeshine]

kinnear's tactics are shit and toon dont have nearly enough central midfielders. both goals came from skilled passing. geremi cant run and he gets a lot of shit from toon supporters but he passes so much better than butt its ridiculous

at least kinnear got some good swears in before getting tossed

also i think i kind of hate bayern now. they seemed almost like bullies in that hoff match

[vansmack]

also i think i kind of hate bayern now. they seemed almost like bullies in that hoff match

I don't care for Bayern for many more reasons than that, but if you were the coach of a longstanding Bundesliga power and some little upstart came your way with some momentum, wouldn't you employ the same tactics?  I certainly would.

[godsshoeshine]

fair enough. i shouldnt have expected class from a team that employs luca toni, but i thought it was a bit much

hoffenheim actually looks like they have room for improvement too. a higher percentage of those one touch passes might connect after playing together more. lots of young players too

i might have to start dvring some german matches