On the Eve of the new Season...

[hutch]

Good to know thanks.

[vansmack]

I'd pay $10 to watch Hutch watch Maradona's last game in charge, but I'd pay $1000 to watch the Maradona self-destruction after he gets canned....

[hutch]

I'd pay $10 to watch Hutch watch Maradona's last game in charge, but I'd pay $1000 to watch the Maradona self-destruction after he gets canned....

I'd probably pay for that too.

[Barcelona]

Lastly, and this one's for you, my friend Barcelona...A good friend and drinking buddy of mine is head of Parks here in SF.  He called me this morning to invite me to Barca's practice tomorrow here in SF. 

It's twice as funny because I'm such the gadget guy, but truth is smackette is the photographer in the house so I kind of ignore the digital camera stuff, but I spent the morning with Barcelona's squad and was in relatively good position to see them as evidenced by the picture below, but in the end I had my camera set to black and white so all 36 pictures are B&W!!!!!

   

Hey, had been pretty much on vacation from the board for the last three months. Getting back now. Do you have a link to the pictures you took? these unofficial pictures tend to be the best ones, you see who gets along with who, the mood in the day-to-day life of the team...

[vansmack]

Do you have a link to the pictures you took? these unofficial pictures tend to be the best ones, you see who gets along with who, the mood in the day-to-day life of the team...

Knock yourself out.

http://picasaweb.google.com/vansmackCA/Barcelona?authkey=Gv1sRgCMTfg8S1wOSdqwE&feat=directlink

[Frank Gallagher]

Tee hee hee

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/8236187.stm

cheaters never prosper

[vansmack]

Ouch.  

However I'm going to refrain from additional comments as a similar complaint was waged against United by Le Havre for taking France's youth team skipper Paul Pogba.  Hopefully this was by the book, but just in case...

[godsshoeshine]

Ouch.  

However I'm going to refrain from additional comments as a similar complaint was waged against United by Le Havre for taking France's youth team skipper Paul Pogba.  Hopefully this was by the book, but just in case...

its fifa and uefa targeting big spending english clubs. coming from a chelsea hater, this is an overly harsh punishment (newcastle got fined less than £700k for the zogs affair if i remember correctly) and just brings us one step closer to a european super league

[vansmack]

Hutch, I promise not to mention Argentina for the rest of the day.

After watching two US Matches, I can't wait for the Prem League to start back up. Painful to watch that squad...

Saturday, Sept 12

9:55AM Liverpool vs Burnley (ESPN2HD)
9:55AM Man City vs Arsenal (SET)
10:00AM Stoke City v Chelsea (FSC)
12:30PM Tottenham v Manchester Utd. (FSC)
5:00PM Sunderland v Hull City (FSC)
6:45PM Wigan vs West Ham (Set)
10:15PM Portsmouth vs Bolton (Set)
 

Sunday, Sept 13

6:55AM Birmingham vs Aston Villa (FSC)
11:00AM Fulham v Everton (FSC)

[godsshoeshine]

9:55AM Liverpool vs Burnley (ESPN2HD)
9:55AM Man City vs Arsenal (SET)

i'm torn here. i'm about 100 times more interested in shitty arse, but hd is hd

[vansmack]

9:55AM Liverpool vs Burnley (ESPN2HD)
9:55AM Man City vs Arsenal (SET)

i'm torn here. i'm about 100 times more interested in shitty arse, but hd is hd

Less so for me.  I'll be watching Shitty-Arse because I know ESPN has been showing the scores across the bottom.  That game has the potential to be too good to know the ending of ahead of time (and I have to watch United live).  Now if ESPN didn't show the ticker, I'd watch the HD game first.  Either way, gonna be a long day for this guy with all the footie and college football.

[godsshoeshine]

yeah i guess youre right. i could give a toss if i know the result of the liverpool match

i'll likely dvr united and penn state and stay up way too late

[sweetcell]

have you considered taping something to the bottom of your tv, so as to block the ticker?  it's lame, but i've done it before...

[vansmack]

have you considered taping something to the bottom of your tv, so as to block the ticker?  it's lame, but i've done it before...

Yes, I've use party streamers, but tomorrow's a busy day and I can't justify watching a crappy football match just because it's in HD when there's many sports to watch (I forgot NASCAR was under the lights tomorrow as well).  If it were a better game I'd break out the party streamer and tape it across the bottom to hide the ticker. 

[vansmack]

FOR DIRECTV SUBSCRIBERS:

Tuesday, September 15

UEFA Champions League ... 
 
2:45PM  UEFA Champions League Mix HD (Ch. 461-1)   
2:45PM  Zurich vs. Real Madrid HD (462-1) 
2:45PM Juventus vs. Girondins HD (463-1)
2:45PM Madrid Atletico vs. APOEL HD (464-1)   
2:45PM Maccabi Haifa vs. Bayern Munich HD (465-1) 
2:45PM VFL Wolfsburg vs. CSKA Moscow HD (466-1) 
2:45PM Marseille vs. Milan (467)   
2:45PM Chelsea vs. FC Porto (468) 
2:45PM Besiktas vs. Manchester United (469) 


Wednesday, September 16

2:45PM  UEFA Champions League Mix HD (461-1) 
2:45PM  Olympique Lyonnais vs. Fiorentina HD (462-1) 
2:45PM  Stuttgart vs. Rangers FC HD (463-1) 
2:45PM  Sevilla vs. Unirea Urziceni HD (464-1) 
2:45PM Olympiacos vs. AZ Alkmaar HD (465-1) 
2:45PM Dynamo Kyiv vs. Rubin Kazan HD (466-1) 
2:45PM Liverpool vs. Debrecen  (467)
2:45PM R. Standard de Liege vs. Arsenal (468) 
2:45PM Internazionale Milano vs. Barcelona (469) 

FOR THE REST OF YOU:

Tuesday, Sep 15

2:45PM Olympique de Marseille (FRA) v AC Milan (FSC)
2:45PM Chelsea vs Porto (Set)
5:00PM Chelsea FC (ENG) v FC Porto (POR)  (FSC)
5:00PM Zurich vs Real Madrid (Set)
6:45PM Marseille vs AC Milan (Set)
10:00PM Besiktas JK (TUR) v Manchester United FC (FSC)
2:00AM Juventus (ITA) v FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FSC)


Wednesday, Sep 16

2:45PM Liverpool FC (ENG) v Debreceni VSC (HUN) (FSC)
2:45PM Standard Liege vs Arsenal (Set)
5:00PM Liverpool vs Debrecen (Set)
5:00PM Standard de Liège (BEL) v Arsenal FC (FSC) 
6:45PM Inter Milan vs Barcelona (Set)
7:00PM FC Internazionale Milano (ITA) v FC Barcelona (FSC)