On the Eve of the new Season...

[vansmack]

He fucking took the #9 jersey and isn't putting C. Ronaldo on it?!!?



Real and Ronaldo deserve each other....

[godsshoeshine]

per smackie's text, gooch to milan: http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/onyewu-joins-ac-milan/

crazy. it was only 2 years and 5 6 managers ago that he wasnt good enough for the toon

[vansmack]

That's good for the gooch.

I hear that Obertan is officially a United player at the ripe age of 20.  And that SAF has put a bid in on Huntelaar for around £18-20M.  He's 25.

Oh, and the players are threatening a walkout at the Toon.  Good times...

[godsshoeshine]

it all comes down to the sale. if fat ash can pull it off in the next couple of weeks, theres a chance of salvaging the squad. if not, i bet he goes into administration by the end of the season

[godsshoeshine]

so apparently the mirror ran this story:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2009/07/09/toon-eye-shearer-vialli-115875-21505884/
and...its a complete hoax

[sweetcell]

[vansmack]

Great headline....

Nancy boys call off England tour in fear of "swine flu"

[godsshoeshine]

hahaha

by the way, it sounds like we're stuck with ashley. murmurs are that the sale isnt happening. administration would not surprise me

[hutch]

Allright Estudiantes! Beats Cruzeiro 2-1 in Brazil to take Libertadores Cup...Great win!

[godsshoeshine]

i saw that this morning. a little bummed i didnt hear about it beforehand. i like cup finals

[godsshoeshine]

any thoughts on the becks booing incident? i mean, what did he expect

[vansmack]

any thoughts on the becks booing incident? i mean, what did he expect

I'm so bummed I didn't stay for that.  I was in LA this weekend and we had tickets, but the last flight was too early for me to go to the match.  My brother-in-law was there and said he was treated fairly well by everybody but the Riot group area.

And yes he totally deserves it, but he's been through this before.  The fans will forget if he plays well (he was pretty good yesterday, but Donovan was better) and the Galaxy start winning.  Apparently Landy Cakes also sent a keg or two out to the Riot group pregame tailgate party which won him a ton of support.  Clever bastard.

That being said, this is Becks last season in MLS.

[godsshoeshine]

after watching the last half of houston/toronto and all of chelsea/seattle i realized that the prem cant start soon enough, even if my team isnt in it. and that i need more hobbies

[sweetcell]

becks jumped the barricade and rushed the crowd?!?  lucky for him that more drunks didn't take him up on the offer...

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/07/20/mls.beckham.fans.row/index.html

[vansmack]

after watching the last half of houston/toronto and all of chelsea/seattle i realized that the prem cant start soon enough, even if my team isnt in it. and that i need more hobbies

Haha....the other day I presented a new Tech plan for out AV system in the bedroom and Smackette said "Isn't there a soccer game or something that you could watch instead?  That season can't start soon enough...."