On the Eve of the new Season...

[vansmack]

oh my, gotta take villa in espn the streak. the over in the man u match sure is tempting though

I debated those all night and decided Villa to win was the way to go.

[godsshoeshine]

pompey are shocking! of the clubs that should be too good to go down, they are the most likely in my book

and no, there is not such thing as too good to go down

villa will be up for it, they could be second at the end of the week

[vansmack]

tim krul's loan has been cancelled, so i suppose that signals that given is going to shitty

Harper's new deal makes it just about certain now...

[godsshoeshine]

thats what i thought. i've seen a few places report that sky sports news is saying that newcastle have announced that shay's not for sale at any price. not on their site yet, though

which means to me that shitty either wouldnt include johnson or pay silly money

[vansmack]

oh my, gotta take villa in espn the streak. the over in the man u match sure is tempting though

In the end, I guess it really didn't matter...

[godsshoeshine]

yeah. 3/4 matches went the way i wanted, though i couldnt lose with the spurs/stoke match

[godsshoeshine]

so i guess owen and barton have kicked their last balls for the black and white 

[vansmack]

so i guess owen and barton have kicked their last balls for the black and white 

Barton's injury didn't look that bad until I saw him chuck his boots down the tunnel...then I thought, hmmm, he must be hurt really bad.

You could always look at it as cost savings for the Championship next season....

[godsshoeshine]

theyd both be off in the summer anyway. ashley really wants to decrease the payroll, and joey makes £60k a week. owen's just one of the worst buys in prem history

the story going around is that even if they sell given and zogs, there will be no buys in january. i didnt think the toon would go down until last night, now i am certain of it

i couldnt see too many of our players sticking around for a year down below anyway

[vansmack]

Saturday, January 31

7:40am Stoke vs Man City (Set)
9:40am Arsenal vs West Ham (Set)
10:00am Aston Villa vs  Wigan (FSC)
12:30pm Manchester United vs Everton (FSC)
5:00pm Bolton vs Tottenham (Set)
6:45pm Hull vs West Brom (Set)
8:00pm Fulham vs Portsmouth (FSC)


Sunday, February 1

8:25am Newcastle vs Sunderland (Set)
11:00am Liverpool vs Chelsea (FSC)
And then the Steelers are on.

NOTE: Monday's 3PM match between United and Everton was moved to Saturday.

[godsshoeshine]

fairly certain my head will explode on sunday. be it joy tears or both

the story going around is that even if they sell given and zogs, there will be no buys in january.

i really should start making more posts like this: kevin nolan to the toon: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=614053&sec=transfers&cc=5901

[vansmack]

Strangest last few days for football news....

I guess I can start wearing my Keane kit again.

I guess the Russian football owners are a lot like the Russian government.

Doesn't anybody do deals over the phone anymore?

And lastly, that Red card to Lampard was one of the worst calls I've ever seen.  Even the first time I saw it I thought Alonso was in trouble, which after seeing the video, I'm still shocked he wasn't.  And how did they miss Bosingwa's stomp?  Unbelievable.  Regardless, the better team won.

[vansmack]

Tuesday, Feb 3

2:45pm Arsenal vs Cardiff City (Set)


Wednesday, Feb 4

3:00pm Everton vs Liverpool (Set)

[godsshoeshine]

i guess a draw was a fair result against scumderland yesterday. thought newcastle were the better side for most of the second half

so toon have MADE £10m in the window while battling relegation. just terrible management

'arrys been making some nice bungs though

everton really tried to park the bus against you guys. did van der sar even see a shot?

[vansmack]

so toon have MADE £10m in the window while battling relegation. just terrible management

I really kind of thought that if Mike were healthy, you just trade him for Keane straight up.  I guess your bosses needed the money...