Groan. I don't wanna hear it. Although I can live with him going more than Baines. There'll be man tears if he leaves.

TBH this is typical Moyes. He dilly dallies around with signing right till the last minute. His insistence in trying to get Fabergas and ignoring other potential signing says it all.

Yeah, he fucked himself over Fabregas. Now he looks desperate to make a big signing just to appease the fans. I hope Everton stand firm on this one. The release clause makes it difficult though.

The release clause for Fellaini runs out a week today,so fingers crossed United do some hardcore fannying around.

filthy paws off schweinsteiger

Schweinsteiger's safe if for no other reason than, as HKurdt says, Moyes is a total ditherer. The kind of guy who's still deciding on his starter when everyone else is finishing their desert.

don't know this moyes sucka, but good.

on other news, barça is bidding for david luiz??? nice!

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ps- oh shit, chelsea said "feck off"

Yeah, Madcap was talking about that a few days ago. I don't think Chelsea will sell him but it'll be interesting to see where/how Mourinho plays him. The temptation would be to move him further up into midfield but for me he's still not disciplined enough (in a positional sense) to offer the kind of solidity that Mourinho has traditionally built his teams on. And in defence he's still seen as a weak link by most good midfields. I do love watching him play though.


Had an interesting chat about Moyes in the pub earlier. We all pretty much agreed that we liked him, mainly for what he did at Everton with very little money, but also cos he's got one of those faces that suggests a kind of understated ruthlessness in a fight. The discussion descended into whether it'd be Moyes or DiCanio who'd come out on top if it came to fists, with unanimous agreement that it'd be Moyes on the grounds that DiCanio's passion would eventually get the better of him. In the hardest looking prem manager rankings, Moyes came out number 1, with Villas Boas at the bottom. So now you know.

If we're talking about who could take take who in a fight, surely Martin Jol would have a good chance? BEAAASSSSTTTT.

And let's ignore this talk of a 30 million bid for Baines AND Fellaini bu United. Cheeky cunt. AGAIN.

There should be a subsection in Zonalmarking for this stuff.

Jol was mentioned. He's definitely up there. Personally I think he'd have DiCanio but I still reckon Moyes would be too much. Jol seems more like a straight up Queensbury rules type. If Moyes went down, he'd wait for him to get back up before continuing whereas I see Moyes getting some kicks in if Jol went down.

Of course the real out and out bastards (Hughes and Keane) aren't managing in the top flight anymore, otherwise I'd have to go for either of those. I reckon Mick McCarthy could hold his own too but again he's not in the Prem anymore. And we can't forget Iain Dowie.

Player-wise, it would've once been a straightforward final between Keane and 'Big Dunc' but it's not so easy now. Sandro's meant to be a bit of a martial arts expert but in a pub scenario I reckon Kevin Nolan would come into his own, going straight for a glass. I'd go for Vidic but it looks like you only need to give him a chinese burn and he'd be out for 6 months.

I don't know. You'd be surprised, André is a rally driver, you know. He wants to race the Dakar.

I think he could throw a punch.

Ha. I can see his exact expression afterwards.


I think I'd put 'Arry at the bottom based on health conditions.

He looks like someone out of an alcoholic coma and then gassed with paint fumes. He has the anger in him but would probably collapse with an heart attack in the process.

Things almost got interesting with Pepe and Terry last night. I vaguely remember it(slept through most of it) but it was a good match.

o yeah, he looks highly neanderthal, w/ the eyebrows.

you say "badass", i say "devolution"

well, we know pep isn't beating anybody over the age of 12

it seems you've missed some of the recent events

ha ha

if that's thiago alcántara, he's definitely under 12! (at least size-wise)

(and yes, i've been missing out-- don't remind me-- gonna have to miss a few early dates this season, it looks like...)

Bet USMNT wish they hadn't done this epic photo shoot, well everybody but Beasley who is clearly pimping it!

Didn't see the game yesterday but Thiago didn't feature at all, apparently out with fever. Martinez was also out through lack of fitness so we're still waiting to see what Pep's big picture looks like. Ribery was meant to be fantastic.

Plus if you don't already know about this it might be something you'd enjoy.

I dunno, Kasey Keller seems to be giving it the full Burt Reynolds

eto to chelsea? that would be something!

Super Bowl Is Patriots Falcons 28-21

England friendly

Lambert's header was just brilliant.

Hi everybody!

Yesterday Belgium played France. 0-0.
I hadn't seen the continental red devils in a while and they do have quite a team.
The main surprise for me was Kevin De Bruyne, a terrific winger. I'm glad Mourinho's kept him and I hope he'll use him. Chelsea have a very strong team, and I'd say I hope they win the PL. Lukaku was no real threat though, due to Koscielny's excellent match - bar a foul in the closing minutes.
For Spurs: new signing Chadli wasn't as impressive as Fellaini, but he's not fielded on the most rewarding position. Lloris saved twice or thrice, but was close to committing a couple bloopers, which never happened to him before.

US put the smack down on Bosnia yesterday, pulling off a hat trick with Altidore having one of the best games of his career! Fantastic! The A-squad starters seemed rusty, and the guys from the more recent Gold Cup were definitely playing better, but by the second half readjustments everything improved. In fact, that suspension of Klinsmann is why we only beat Panama 1-0. We struggled to score because we didn't have those magical Jurgen readjustments. Most of the past 12 games we've won (what a great streak!!) we came back stronger in the second half than the first. Bosnia match is just continuing of the same. I'm also pissed, I got used to a less risk prone goal keeper during the Gold Cup, but now that Tim is back, big fucking surprise, he took big risks which cost TWO FUCKING GOALS for Bosnia. Jurgen needs to get in Howard's ear and tell him, "Tim, you're a great goal keeper, but I'm taking you of the first-team if you don't start playing smarter, less athletic heroics." Its ALWAYS been a problem for us, when Tim is hot, we're winning games, but he consistently takes risks, like diving for balls or running way out of the box after balls, its like dude, enough! That's not your job bro!!! And its cost us A LOT of games!!!

Excited for the start of the premiership today.

This is how my predictor came out on the bbc's website

1) Manchester City
2) Chelsea
3) Man Utd
4) Tottenham
5) Arsenal
6) Liverpool
7) Swansea
8) Everton
9) West Brom
10) West Ham
11) Fulham
12) Southampton
13) Newcastle
14) Aston Villa
15) Cardiff
16) Norwich
17) Sunderland
18) Stoke
19) Crystal Palace
20) Hull

I think it will be very close between Chelsea and Manchester City this season. Moyes will have a decent first season in charge of United and will finish third.
Tottenham will edge Arsenal for 4th this season.

Not sure how well Martinez will do Everton, could see them dropping down into the mid table pack.

I think Cardiff will stay up and have a fairly decent season.

Stoke, Palace and Hull to get relegated.

Didn't realize it started today......if anyone has any wagering tips, please pass it along.

EDIT: Just stumbled a stream of wolfsburg vs schalke. Checked my online site and they offered live in game wagering. Just took under 0.5 goals for +175

Hey Hey Hey - this wager just won me $27 :)

Placed $5 of those winnings on wolfsburg vs schalke goal to be scored between the 61-65 minutes.

I'm streaming the game via Sky......the Breaking Bad commercial in German was great!

I also have the ARS vs AVL broadcast on my TV, but I can't find a way to "live bet" this game :mad:

That didn't last long......wolfsburg with a goal in the 54 minute. Oh well, I'm still enjoying the game!

i haven't been able to watch yet, but it looks like bayern was able to eke out a 1-0 over eintracht frankfurt (who lost something like 6-1 last week) in spite of the overabundance of fucking galácticos. this, i learned, with the help of a blind ref who disallowed a perfectly valid frankfurt goal. i'm seeing that guardiola kept his bizarre 4-1-4-1 (4-3-3 per ZM's description) and started shaqiri on the right wing (???)

http://us.soccerway.com/matches/2013...ID=HP_MS_05_06

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/b...153745467.html

heynckeeeeees!!! come the fuck baaack!!!

Rubbish performance by West Brom today. We seriously need to invest and buy some quicker players. Seriously lacking any pace.

I would just like to take this time again to say, "Fuck you Luis Suarez."

Have faith man. You should be supporting your manager. Especially so early on in the season.

You're right, but it's an unusual situation. It's not often that a manager's replaced straight after winning the CL. It's not even the same as the Chelsea scenario, where DiMatteo freakily led a troubled side to the title. Bayern had evolved into probably the strongest side in Europe with a formula that definitely had at least another couple of seasons in it. But Heynckes has gone, and I do believe Bayern's future is in better hands with Pep even if their current period of transition might be a bit premature.


A touchline ban wouldn't have stopped Klinsmann making his 'magical readjustments'. He's allowed to communicate with the dugout during the game, just not physically sit there. It's one of the most pointless, ineffective 'punishments' in football.


Early doors, obviously, but Cardiff looked terrible against West Ham. I thought they'd be the promoted side most likely to stay up but I'm not sure now. I hate the idea of all the promoted sides going straight back down but it could be the case.

he's not "my" manager. i'm not german and i've never been to munich. he's a manager-- who may be great or might just destroy everything that's good and holy in bayern. he neglects the defense, overdoses on midfielders, and hires tiny men (gotze, thiago).

just learned that javi martinez came back in sorry shape from playing for spain, so okay, it wasn't guardiola's doing he didn't play last weekend. but moving that mule back from midfield to defense is such a waste. yes he can play defense. but he was fucking *extraordinary* as a holding midfielder last year and now pep wants schweinsteiger to be alone there. hmmff...

anyway, bla bla bla. etc. i have feared pep from the start. i also know that heynckes had consolidated his formula and wasn't offering variations, so a change was needed-- but what a formula! so maybe it's a good thing in the long run though if it ain't broke don't fix it. if pep is only interested in transforming bayern into barça II then he deserves to go down in flames and i'll clap while he burns. but it's too soon to tell. i'm just saying, i'm beyond skeptical at this point, i'm straight-up suspicious.

anyway, if he fails, there's still jurgen klopp who likes fast, aggressive football and gets his team to punch way above its weight. haven't had the chance to watch dortmund yet (hopefully soon) but i'm looking forward to see how they've recovered from their personnel losses (sounds like they are doing fine without gotze-- hA!).

Quite seriously, if you're looking for a potentially exciting, all guns blazing English side to follow (as opposed to 'supporting', as such), you might want to keep an eye on Man City. It's obviously too early to draw any conclusions but I just watched them against Newcastle and they were phenomenal! We'll need to see them against stronger opposition (Newcastle were pretty awful) but if they can maintain that level of intensity for the rest of the season they'll be a genuine force, and great to watch. Although they seem to have lost Kompany again to some kind of groin injury so who knows when he'll be back. Going forward though they look terrifying.

Aye City are the ones who'll tip the top for me. I didn't get to watch the game last night, but I'm looking forward to seeing them play.

Yeah, it's too early to say for sure and we'll get a better idea when they play a better team than Newcastle but they really seem up for it. They were almost sadistic in the way they went about their win. None of that "we've won, so lets take things a bit easy". Dzeko alone should've scored three or four and only Krul stopped it from being a total humiliation. It's as though Pellegrini's finally let them off the leash. And we still haven't really seen their big new signings yet. Not to mention the rumour they're gonna sign Pepe before the window shuts, too. The Suarez haters are gonna have a seizure if he comes to the Prem. Suchfriends will probably try and assassinate the fucker. As much as I hate him (Pepe, not Suchfriends) I'd love to see him here.

oh hell yeah, i'm curious about what pellegrini can do with a team like that. only problem here is a cable networks shuffle, i don't even know where to watch the prem anymore. wtf is "nbc sports" and "fox 1".

so suarez didn't go to arsenal after all? a real pity because he's just what arsenal needed last year. this year i really have no clue.

Well given the knobhead offer Arsenal gave to Liverpool it's no surprise they didn't give him up. So who do Arsenal try to buy Cabaye? A good player sure. But to offer 10mil (he's gotta be worth a little bit more than that) is just silly and it also seems a bit desperate, like they've closed their eyes on a list of midfielders and picked one at random.
And to go even further, given how at the beginning of summer they were saying they were gonna spend BIG (sure they've said this for the last few seasons) and they've spent piss all. They can spend on good players but for some BIZZAREO reason Wenger doesn't want to.

Pepe playing in the Premier League would rule so hard.

I'll be amazed if Arsenal renew Wenger's contract next summer. He should move into national team coaching so he doesn't have to deal with the market anymore. Either that or go somewhere with more of a director of football type set-up. As a traditional manager I think he's had his day but as a coach I still think he's got plenty to offer.

EDIT: The more I think about Moyes, the more I think he's another manager (in the old sense) who'd work better in a coaching role, leaving the transfer dealings to someone else.