On the Eve of the new Season...

Originally posted by Barcelona:

Originally posted by Brain Walrus:
Who would like to see Cannavaro play here in the US??

(Just heard a rumour from a customer who's pretty well connected)

Why all the bad players Real Madrid has have to go to the US? We already lost Beckham, please let's not do the same with Cannavaro, he is awful. let him stay in Madrid!

You think Beckham is a bad player?

I like Cannavaro for his aggression and determination..

I'm not opposed to foriegners but it just gets pathetic when you have teams like Arse with ZERO brits as regular starters and they're playing in the English premier league.

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As I am perhaps the lone Arsenal supporter (or so it seems some time) on this board, let me say it is the club and not the nationality of the players that matter. A foreigner can bring honor to the club just as much as any Brit can.

Also, if you are going to look at the players, why not also look at the coaches. If they are part of player development, then shouldn't it be that Brit coaches should be developing Brit players.

While I imagine that Blatter is good intentioned (Fergie, probably not), he fails to realize football is a business, not a farm club for the national team

Originally posted by ChampionshipVinyl:
I'm not opposed to foriegners but it just gets pathetic when you have teams like Arse with ZERO brits as regular starters and they're playing in the English premier league.

As I am perhaps the lone Arsenal supporter (or so it seems some time) on this board, let me say it is the club and not the nationality of the players that matter. A foreigner can bring honor to the club just as much as any Brit can.

Also, if you are going to look at the players, why not also look at the coaches. If they are part of player development, then shouldn't it be that Brit coaches should be developing Brit players.

While I imagine that Blatter is good intentioned (Fergie, probably not), he fails to realize football is a business, not a farm club for the national team [/QB]

Then why bother having national teams? Let's just have countries pick who the fuck they want and players play for whatever country they want, regardless of citizenship.

he has a point about managers though, i mean england couldnt do better than mcclaren? cmon, that was doomed from the start. if we would have kicked out the damn scots years ago, then the geordies wouldnt have had to suffer through souness

its not like successful national teams have this kind of rule in their leagues. why kill the prem for a rule that you dont even know works

rooney out 4 weeks
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=480558&cc=5901
he's starting down the mike owen path, almost

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
rooney out 4 weeks
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=480558&cc=5901
he's starting down the mike owen path, almost

Not to be a skeptic, but Rooney's injury one day before a premiereship game he was likely to sit out, and two champions league games that are now meaningless, means that Rooney is really only being asked to sit out the two England matches. Hmmmm?

cant trust those scots managing american owned teams

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
cant trust those scots managing american owned teams

…that has the core of the team on the field British.

rio, rooney, hargreaves, all have has injuries that have kept them out of important england matches recently.

sounds like fergie is to blame for the national team

Saturday, November 10

7:30am Sunderland vs. Newcastle Utd (Set)
10:00am Derby County vs. West Ham (Set)
12:00pm Liverpool vs Fulham (FSC)


Sunday, November 11

8:00am Birmingham City vs. Aston Villa (Set)
10:00am Bolton vs. Middlesbrough (Set)
10:00am Manchester United vs Blackburn (FSC)
12:00pm Portsmouth v Manchester City (FSC Del)
5:15pm Chelsea vs. Everton (Set del)
6:00pm Tottenham vs Wigan (FSC Del)

Monday, Novbember 12

3:00 Reading v. Arsenal (Set)

i'll be setting the alarm and wearing my GOALden boy away shirt tomorrow :D

will israel come through tomorrow? game is on fsc, by the way

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
will israel come through tomorrow? game is on fsc, by the way

With England being off, I assumed nobody cared about this weekends football….

Saturday, November17


9:00am South Africa v USA (FSC)
1:00pm Israel v Russia (FSC)
1:00pm Norway vs. Turkey (setanta)
3:00pm Czech Republic v Slovakia (FSC)
4:00pm Portugal vs. Armenia (Setanta)

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
i'll be setting the alarm and wearing my GOALden boy away shirt tomorrow :D

No Owen, no hope?

Michael Owen left England coach Steve McClaren nursing a major injury headache after he limped out of the friendly win over Austria with a thigh strain. Early reports suggest a month on the sidelines which would rule him out of Wednesday's potentially crucial European Championship showdown with Croatia at Wembley.

that was for the derby last week

of course mike gets injured playing a pointless game for england surprised = no one :roll:

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
i'll be setting the alarm and wearing my GOALden boy away shirt tomorrow :D

Rooney's out!

BTW - Scotland getting kicked out with virtually the last kick of the match is just priceless. HA HA HA HA HAHAHAHA, stupid eff'n jocko's.

A draw for England will do it, although it will have to be 0-0, because with Rooney and Mike out who's going to score?

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
will israel come through tomorrow? game is on fsc, by the way

I guess the answer to that is yes.

Originally posted by Brain Walrus:

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
i'll be setting the alarm and wearing my GOALden boy away shirt tomorrow :D

Rooney's out!

BTW - Scotland getting kicked out with virtually the last kick of the match is just priceless. HA HA HA HA HAHAHAHA, stupid eff'n jocko's.

A draw for England will do it, although it will have to be 0-0, because with Rooney and Mike out who's going to score?

crouch has a way better international goal scoring record in the past two years as wayne-o

all joking aside, if england blows it, will wembley burn to the ground

Not to discredit England, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Russians were paid to lose the game. I am afraid this is starting to happen a lot in tenis, football, and even cricket, maybe betting should be forbidden.

wow, that's just a wild accusation. especially since the russian players were supposedly due $80,000 each if they qualified