On the Eve of the new Season...

Saturday, Dec 8

7:30am Aston Villa vs. Portsmouth (Set)
10:00am Manchester Utd vs. Derby County (Set)
10:00am Chelsea vs Sunderland (FSC)
12:00pm Reading vs Liverpool (FSC)
2:30pm Everton vs. Fulham (Set Del)
4:30pm Newcastle vs Birmingham (FSC Del)


Sunday, Dec 9

7:30am Middlesbrough vs. Arsenal (Set)
11:00am Blackburn v West Ham (FSC)
4:30pm Tottenham v Man City (FSC)
5:15pm Bolton vs. Wigan (Set Del)

hey smackie, there's no truth that altidore is going to the toon, right? right??

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
hey smackie, there's no truth that altidore is going to the toon, right? right??

I haven't heard that and my guy at US Soccer didn't answer so I'll let you know if he calls back.

What I do know is that US Soccer players are getting a bad rap for not wanting to play in countries where English is not the primary language, but when they get to England and can't cut the mustard, they're left in limbo.

So it would make sense for the Toon to be on the list as Jozy was in Italy and Spain trying out, but the only thing I heard about the tryouts was him asking other Americans what it's like to live in a country that doesn't speak English. I seem to remember him being fluent in French, however, so I would bet that it would be between an English (or Scottish) club or a French club.

i heard real is the other interested party, but he wouldnt really get any time there. his parents are haitian, so the french part might be out there too

hmmm…of the 'stars' (adu, zizzo, bradley, szetela) of the under 20 u.s. team, jozy seems to be the only one not in europe, none in england/scotland/ireland. could a change be coming with the next generation?

WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Why is it Arseholes can't seem to play north of the Watford gap?

cause they rarely play there ;)

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCHDAY 6

Tuesday, Dec 11

2:45pm Olympic Marseille vs. Liverpool (ESPN2)
2:45pm Chelsea vs. Valencia (Set)
4:45pm Porto vs. Besiktas (Set Del)
5:00pm Real Madrid vs. Lazio (ESPN Classic)
6:30pm FC Schalke vs. Rosenborg (Set Del)

Wednesday, Dec 12

2:45pm Rangers vs. Lyon (ESPN2)
2:45pm Roma vs. Manchester Utd (Set)
4:45pm Arsenal vs. Steaua (Set Del)
5:00pm Barcelona vs. Stuttgart (ESPN Classic)
6:30pm Fenerbache vs. CSKA Moscow (Set Del)

Sunday, December 16

8:30am Liverpool vs. Manchester Utd (Set)
11:00am Arsenal vs. Chelsea (FSC)

Man. My head might explode.


And if anybody cares what's on Saturday, here's Saturday's matches:

10:00am West Ham vs. Everton (Set)
10:00am Manchester City vs. Bolton (FSC)
12:00pm Fulham vs. Newcastle (FSC)
2:30pm Sunderland vs. Aston Villa (Set Del)
4:15pm Portsmouth vs. Tottenham (Set Del)
4:30pm Wigan vs. Blackburn (FSC)

Originally posted by vansmack:
Sunday, December 16

8:30am Liverpool vs. Manchester Utd (Set)
11:00am Arsenal vs. Chelsea (FSC)

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I'm afraid they will be disapointing tight and boring matches.

scum 0-2 United (Rooney and Ronny)
Ars 0-0 chelski

Liverpool 2- Manchester United 2
Arsenal 2 - Chelsea 1

Valencia 1 - Barcelona 3 (maybe dreaming here given how bad both teams are playing)

Drogba is out so who's going to score the goal for chelski?

Originally posted by vansmack:

And if anybody cares what's on Saturday, here's Saturday's matches:

10:00am Manchester City vs. Bolton (FSC)

pretty good match here

newcastle with two wins on the trot :)

hows the rafalution doing these days??
:D
good man tevez!!!!

Originally posted by Brain Walrus:
Drogba is out so who's going to score the goal for chelski?

Apparently no one!!!

apparently no one in Chelsea is able to score these days, I thought Sevchenko, but was wrong.

By the way, this coming weekend the game in Spain, Barcelona - Real Madrid. Unfortunately, Messi got injured on Saturday so the game is now quite open.

thanks for the heads up, i'll have to set my dvr

i cant believe with all that spending, chelski basically relies on one forward

What about the 30 gazillion quid scum shelled out for Torres? He couldn't find the net either… :p

at least they have
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When it was over I was quite happy Ryan Babel didn't play the entire 90 minutes. He would have found the back of the net for sure.

Mank, you were one Rooney gaff and one Peter Cech gaff away from correctly predicting both socres. Nicely done.

And in case you all missed it, Terry broke three bones and is out for nearly two months. No Drogba, no Terry, no Essien, no Kalou, no Mikel, no Makalele (oh wait, France moved his family to the mainland, nevermind). That's a team in trouble through February.