On the Eve of the new Season...

godsshoeshine wrote:
rumor going around that gerkard has impregnated a 16 year old. and apparently his wife is banging a derby county player

No shit?

Can't the squad implode AFTER the world cup?

rumor says notw will have it sunday and he's off to the continent in the summer. so nuts

godsshoeshine wrote:
rumor says notw will have it sunday and he's off to the continent in the summer. so nuts

I barely got g-e-r-r out of my keyboard in the google window before it autocompleted "gerrard 16 year old"…..

Can you imagine L'Pool without Torres and Gerrard next season?

i just wonder how much of the £90m or so they get will be available for new players

Won't that be up to the new owners?

Man, no Torres, no Gerrard, likely no Mascheraino and new owners.  Not a good time in Scouserville.  Wish Mankie was around to comment!

will it be up to them to find a new manager too?

i got some real weird looks in the break room at the inner city nursing home in which I work after commandering the TV this morning in time to celebrate nani's go-ahead goal….yeah, they think im crazy, lol

Manchester United coming to America

Manchester United has finalized plans to play four preseason matches on a North American tour this summer. It will be the club's first visit here in six years. All games will be staged at large venues.

July 16: vs. Celtic at Rogers Centre (SkyDome) in Toronto

July 21: vs. Philadelphia Union at Lincoln Financial Field (NFL)
(Union will move its league match at Colorado scheduled for that date)

July 25: vs. Kansas City Wizards at Arrowhead Stadium (NFL)

July 28: vs. MLS All-Stars at Houston's Reliant Stadium (NFL)

Awaiting word on the proposed Celtic-Rangers match at Fenway Park, a possible Rangers visit to Cowboys Stadium in Dallas to play Club America, and Baltimore's bid for a summer friendly (Manchester City vs. Roma?).

who knew soccer . . . could be so interesting.

hahahaha


anyway i'm sure smackie is crestfallen after this season (i would be), so i'll stay away from the prem for a minute

i just cant believe the nufc board has come out and said there is no money to be spent. looks like 17th will be an accomplishment

I brought that magazine home for smackette yesterday and she was quite pleased.

As for the season, one fucking week.  Bayern were not the better team and the draw with Blackburn are really what did the squad in. Shame really, but we can't win everything, every year….

Alas, I am in World Cup mode now.  So which should scare England more?

Goalies: Joe Hart, David James, Robert Green

or

Strikers: Darren Bent, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Emile Heskey, Wayne Rooney

good question. i'd say the keeper situation just because the backline situation has gone quickly from "one of the best in the world" to "questionable". really its been only 6 months or so

i'd have thought that england could play it pretty close to the vest, grind out results and hope the brilliance of rooney could be supplimented by some goals from the midfield. man rooney's groin is messing things up there too

Yep, the midfield list is pretty deep - hopefully they'll get a lot of goals there.  And I agree, assuming Rooney's healthy, the keeper siutation is much worse, but if that groin/ankle/metatarsal goes out, forget about it.  Notice I didn't even mention a stomp.

BTW - Gerrards NW pad is up for sale and he had no WAG to see him off…

id rather have bent or defoe over…jeez who do they even start there? hart?

stevie g didnt even have the teenage mistress to send him off? bummer

godsshoeshine wrote:
stevie g didnt even have the teenage mistress to send him off? bummer

Maybe she was there as I've heard the girl is the daughter of one of the coaches…this story keeps moving so far in one direction that if even half of it is true it's gonna be awesome.

Because we were a former colony, maybe FIFA would let us trade Howard/Guzan/Henneman/Friedl for a decent midfielder?  All would be an improvement over their choices, and probably ours too.

did they really leave ashley young out? thats nuts

godsshoeshine wrote:
did they really leave ashley young out? thats nuts

That and the disappearance of David Bentley over the last two years are the clear surprises.  Wasn't he tipped to take over for Becks?

Anyhow, AY, SWP, Aaron Lennon, and Theo Walcott are all very similar players.  If I didn't know any better I would have thought Aaron and Theo were the same person, actually.

i'd take ashley young all day over swp or lennon. i dont think its even close

no davies on the thirty man squad

wow

godsshoeshine wrote:
no davies on the thirty man squad

I would have to assume that Bradley knows more about Davies health than the general public.

Good for Hercules Gomez though.  Scoring a ton in Mexico….