On the Eve of the new Season...

SPOILER ALERT

This article will be on your doorsteps in tomorrow's Economist:

A villain?s guide to football
Welcome to the beautiful game

Football clubs can easily be used as stealing machines. Here is an instruction manual. The stories are real, but most details are concealed

for the record, i take cisse's side in the wonga row

godsshoeshine wrote:
for the record, i take cisse's side in the wonga row

I don't see this ending well.  At all.

overblown by the uk press, in my opinion, but it is pretty stunning how mike ashley continues to make poor business decision after poor business decision

godsshoeshine wrote:
overblown by the uk press, in my opinion, but it is pretty stunning how mike ashley continues to make poor business decision after poor business decision

I don't remember the player, but there was a continental player who opposed gambling and wore a charity logo instead.  Is Wonga opposed to that?

kanouté when he was with sevilla. the rumor is wonga won't budge, but it's always hard to separate fact from fiction with newcastle united

not sure what good having a shirt sponsor is if you're forced into selling one of your most valuable players

I nearly shed a tear yesterday when I watched him go down.  Just not fair.

Stuart Holden has a Torn ACL

vansmack wrote:
I nearly shed a tear yesterday when I watched him go down.  Just not fair.

Stuart Holden has a Torn ACL

Yep, caught a sideline shot of him shaking his head a few minutes later and figured this was the case.  If anyone knows what a blown knee feels like, i'm sure he does and know it right away.  Ugh, hopefully there aren't complications or anything this time around. 

i cannot believve nobody mentioned that beIN was added to Verizon in April!!!!!!!!!!!


geez… i thought you guys would tip me off..

;D

looks like i'll be in spain next march for some hols. is espanyol a decent place to watch a match?

godsshoeshine wrote:
looks like i'll be in spain next march for some hols. is espanyol a decent place to watch a match?

Champions League Round of 16, second leg 03/11-12/14 or 03/18-19/14

godsshoeshine wrote:
looks like i'll be in spain next march for some hols. is espanyol a decent place to watch a match?

I was in Madrid when Madrid was playing Barcelona and the cheapest tickets I could find were around 500 dollars.  I don't know if this is typical for Spanish soccer or just because it was Madrid/Barcelona but it was too rich for my blood.

its because it was barça/real

vansmack wrote:

godsshoeshine wrote:
looks like i'll be in spain next march for some hols. is espanyol a decent place to watch a match?

Champions League Round of 16, second leg 03/11-12/14 or 03/18-19/14

the plan is to be there 3/11-12, so that might work

I guess it's official now.  Jose's back.

now i know that the toon are shite right now, but man nbc sports is making this season so damn enjoyable already. home at 10 am saturday means 3 matches on at once (tv, ipad, laptop)

Ok so how do I know when the Manchester City games are going to be televised? The first game appeared to be shown live but I couldn't find the one that was this last Sunday. 

godsshoeshine wrote:
now i know that the toon are shite right now, but man nbc sports is making this season so damn enjoyable already. home at 10 am saturday means 3 matches on at once (tv, ipad, laptop)

Agreed.

A couple of times I thought the sound had gone out during the Untied-Chelsea snoozer, but no, it was just the announcer letting me enjoy the game in peace.  It was absolutely the best thing of that match.

I have had a couple of tablet viewing issues with the app, but the desktop viewing has been fine.

godsshoeshine wrote:
home at 10 am saturday means 3 matches on at once (tv, ipad, laptop)

Have you tried that yet?  I think some of my viewing problems have been by virtue of trying to log in under one name on multiple devices.

PS: Deadspin agrees:

http://deadspin.com/nbc-sports-premier-league-coverage-is-really-damn-good-1216484174

vansmack wrote:
Have you tried that yet?  I think some of my viewing problems have been by virtue of trying to log in under one name on multiple devices.

yup. my chromebook can't quite keep up, but the ipad was flawless

there's just so much great soccer right now … i got bein finally

i want to see barcelona play..that is a must.. then you got real.. then you got PSG which is now like an allstar team…. even napoli is really good

and my father in law emailed me whether i watched the seattle - portland game.. ha ha