On the Eve of the new Season...

[godsshoeshine]

Do you want me to start listing Coca-Cola Championship games on Setanta too so you can get a sense of how much you might see the Toon next season?

yes please

[godsshoeshine]

And at some point we should probably talk about this:

Ferguson and McGregor Banned for Life from Scotland Squad

sounds like something i would do when i was like 21

toon were supposed to be after ferguson in jan too

[brennser]

whoah!!! now THAT was squeaky bum time!!! talk about a dream debut

[vansmack]

whoah!!! now THAT was squeaky bum time!!! talk about a dream debut

I watch a lot of soccer, even delving into some reserve squad matches on MUTV, constantly read about the squad on the internet - you name it.  But I have NEVER heard of the kid, I still can't even pronounce his full name, though I can tell you this - he's my new favorite Italian footballer!

Outside of that, United were shite (save for the heckyl-jeckyl that is Darren Fletcher, who was crap two weeks ago but a stud today).  Very fortunate to get one point, let alone three.

[godsshoeshine]

i didnt think you guys would pull it out, honestly. but those are three points that champs pick up and second and third place teams drop. pretty fun to watch

if liverpool win the league and toon go down, i might have to switch to serie a next year

[vansmack]

Do you want me to start listing Coca-Cola Championship games on Setanta too so you can get a sense of how much you might see the Toon next season?

yes please

I'm watching the Mets and Reds on ESPN360 and I see that they play the Coca Cola Championship games on 360 as well (Birmingham City vs Wolves), so you've got that going for you.

[godsshoeshine]

cool. going down wouldnt be so bad if i could still watch every game

[vansmack]

Tuesday, April 6

2:45pm Manchester United vs FC Porto (ESPN2)
2:45pm Villarreal vs Arsenal (Setanta)


Wednesday, April 7

2:45pm Liverpool vs Chelsea (ESPN2)
2:45pm Barcelona vs Bayern Munich (Setanta)

[Barcelona]

Força Barça!
we are playing quite well this year. still afraid of Bayern Munich, even after their 5-1 defeat on Saturday.

[vansmack]

Dear Alex,

Please stop playing Neville and O'Shea at the same time.

Thanks,

vansmack

[Barcelona]

I don't understand how they played on Sunday knowing they were playing today against Porto. Is it tv rights or something they could do nothing about?

[godsshoeshine]

yeah, i'd blame sky

they had man u/villa, 'pool/fulham and the debut of shearer. an embarassment of riches

[vansmack]

According to one of the announcers, I think it was Tommy, Fergie had the option of moving the game to Saturday and chose not to.  I can't see this being true, and if it is, a very questionable decision.

[godsshoeshine]

tommy also said that man u hadnt had an irish player in forever and then named like a dozen during the match last leg

but barca would be happy to know he has a HUGE mancrush on messi

[godsshoeshine]

also i would assume they'd have to switch that match with either the toon or pool match and have to get chelski or liverpool to agree. i sure wouldnt