The inflated prices clubs pay for English players might be a factor too. He has a deep connection to the club in a way that Bale, Modric, Carrick et al havent had. Hopefully that means when they stick by him he will stay.

so you guys saying this is the new bale? i must see that.

his face looks vaguely familiar



amirite?

The new Bale might be pushing it, even if he fulfils his potential. His position and style might make him the new Shearer, though. Not a £100m player but a 200+ goals one.

No, but I do like that hat.

jeezus fecking christ i found a download of the chelsea/spurs game and it was a 2GB file. my internet quota is 10GB for a month during regular hours (more GB during "special" hours only). unusual but true.

i'll have to wait for good internets to download this.

so the guy isn't margaret thatcher's secret grandchild.

Fuckin' bollocks. I hate football.

*cold sweat*

No joke, when Sam made that defensive substitution and moved Downing out to the left, I fucking knew that was gonna happen. Well done for the comeback but we absolutely gave it away. From Collins' goal till the substitution, Everton were dead in the water. Big Sam bottled it.

TBH I didn't watch it. Purely because I didn't want to deal with the stress again. Instead I watched L'atalante and wished I lived on a barge with 15 cats.

Unbelievable. All the pundits are saying Sam's substitution gifted you the draw. You were awful till we brought Poyet on. Sam talking absolute bollocks in the post match interview right now. Haven't been as angry at a result as this in a long long time.

If it's any consolation I suspect you'll win the replay. But yeah, I know that feel.

oh, damn, i missed your duel!

wasn't the best of games but the first draw i've seen where both sets of fans flooded radio phone ins afterwards calling for their managers' heads. (A bit knee-jerk, in the case of West Ham's, despite my initial vent of anger here)

Big game tonight in the La Liga with Atletico playing Barcelona. I watched Atletico play Real earlier this week in the Copa Del Rey and they looked great. So it'll be interesting to see how they do.

Rather guttingly I don't think I'll be able to watch it as it's my group's film night tonight.

Anyone planning to watch it?

now i am, if it's not too late

w/ the bundesliga on vacation, i have been off football

a wolfsburg player died in a car accident yesterday. junior malanda, from belgium. only 20 years old and a very promising player. damn.

oh, shit, wiziwig shut down!

end of an era.

now i'm boned.

i see... it's been renamed kodi and i'm checking it out now

(if you are jico you probably already know) i have an inferior internet connection and those 200kbps wiziwig flash streams were good for that though.

So are Southampton the team everyone is allowed to like? Either way I hope they keep this up and get their deserved Champions League place.

This should do you instead.

http://premier-league-live.net/

That'd be the absolute dream.