On the Eve of the new Season...

vansmack wrote:
I've been trying to prepare myself for this, but I can't.  I just can't….

Giggs Drops Hint of Retirement

Yippee!!  I don't have to…

Giggs pens deal to stay one more year

Well, I thought the US looked crap myself (although I'm willing to say the conditions may have made them look worse than they really were).  Sven will be fired soon if he hasn't already.

maybe our expectations were different

godsshoeshine wrote:
maybe our expectations were different

You watch a lot of the Toon, I watch a lot of the Red Devils…

they almost won 1-0 you should have been happy

godsshoeshine wrote:
they almost won 1-0 you should have been happy

Well done.

Although Mexico didn't put 11 guys in the box all day, they just couldn't do anything with the ball in their half…

Saturday, Feb 14

7:15am FA - Swansea City vs Fulham (Set)
9:45am FA - West Ham vs Middlesbrough (set)
10:00am FA - Sheffield United vs. Hull City (FSC)
12:15pm FA - Watford vs Chelsea (Set)
4:30pm FA - Blackburn vs Coventry City (FSC)
9:15pm EPL - Portsmouth vs Man City (Set)

Sunday, Feb 15

9:20am FA - Everton vs Aston Villa (set)
11:30am FA - Derby vs Manchester United (FSC)


Monday, FEb 16

2:45pm FA Cup - 4th Round Replay: Arsenal vs Cardiff (Set)

brennser wrote:
jesus the boys in green were lucky last night but I'll take it - top of the table with italy not to be sniffed at

finally watched this last night. pen was bullshit, but they had the look of scoring anyway. thought the offside goal for the republic should have stood, too. i kind of miss watching kevin doyle play in the prem, but they need steven ireland to end his exile. they dont have a guy in center midfield that adds much to the attack

godsshoeshine wrote:

brennser wrote:
jesus the boys in green were lucky last night but I'll take it - top of the table with italy not to be sniffed at

finally watched this last night. pen was bullshit, but they had the look of scoring anyway. thought the offside goal for the republic should have stood, too. i kind of miss watching kevin doyle play in the prem, but they need steven ireland to end his exile. they dont have a guy in center midfield that adds much to the attack

well trappa the gaffa said yesterday he needs to decide sooner rather than later - if we qualify for the world cup without him he won't be in the squad

thats fair

Wednesday, Feb 18

2:55pm EPL Man Utd vs Fulham (SET)
6:00pm UEFA Cup - Aston Villa vs CSKA Moscow (Set)
7:45pm UEFA Cup - Werder Bremen vs AC Milan (Set)
11:15pm UEFA Cup - Bordeaux vs Galatasaray (Set)


Thursday, Feb 19

1:30pm UEFA Cup - Shakhtar vs Tottenham (Set)

I'm out of the country starting tomorrow so here's the list for while I'm away.  Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to convert this to ESPN Deportes…

Sat, Feb 21

7:40am Aston Villa vs Chelsea (Set)
9:40am Arsenal vs Sunderland (Set)
10:00am Bolton vs West Ham (FSC)
12:30pm Manchester United vs Blackburn (FSC)
5:00pm Middlesbrough vs Wigan (Set)
6:30pm Stoke City vs Portsmouth (Set)


Sunday, Feb 22

8:25am Fulham vs West Brom (Set)
10:00am Liverpool vs Manchester City (FSC)
3:00pm Newcastle vs Everton (FSC)


Monday, Feb 23

3:00pm Hull vs Tottenham (Set)



CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Tuesday, Feb 24

2:00pm Arsenal vs AS Roma (Set)
2:30pm Inter vs Man Utd (ESPN2)
5:00pm Lyon vs Barca (ESPN Classic)
5:35pm Lyon vs Barcelona (Set)
11:00pm Athletico Madrid vs Porto (Set)


Wednesday, Feb 25

2:30pm Chelsea vs Juventus (ESPN2)
2:40pm Real Madrid vs Liverpool (set)
5:00pm Real Madrid vs Liverpool (ESPN Classic)
5:45pm Villareal vs Panathinaikos (Set)
11:00pm Sporting Lisbon vs Bayern Munich (Set)


Thursday, Feb 26

11:45am UEFA Cup - CSKA Moscow vs Aston Villa (Set)
2:10pm FA Cup - Hull vs Sheffield Utd (Set)
6:00pm UEFA - Galatasaray vs Bordeaux (Set)
7:45pm UEFA Cup - St Etienne vs Olympiacos (Set)
11:15pm UEFA Cup - Udinese vs Lech Poznan (Set)


Saturday, Feb 28

7:40am Everton vs West Brom (Set)
9:40am Middlesbrough vs Liverpool (Set)
10:00am Arsenal vs Fulham (FSC)
5:00pm Chelsea vs Wigan (Set)


Sunday, Mar 1

7:25am West Ham vs Man City (Set)
9:55am Carling Cup Final - Man Utd vs Tottenham (Set)
10:00am  Aston Villa vs Stoke City (FSC)
4:30pm Bolton vs Newcastle (FSC)
5:00pm Hull vs Blackburn (Set)

is that newcastle/toffees match live? i dont remember a sunday night game before

have fun away. going anywhere fun?

godsshoeshine wrote:
is that newcastle/toffees match live? i dont remember a sunday night game before

No, delayed and I'm glad you found that odd too.  And please double check my work - with CA's budget finally passing I haven't slept in days…

godsshoeshine wrote:
have fun away. going anywhere fun?

I'm going surfing in Mexico while Smackette is treated like a queen at some fancy resort in Cabo…I picked a good week to go to a country that cares about futbol.

i count 10 matches this week, so that looks right, and the 5 i am interested in are all in the right place (though i suppose i cant watch pool/shitty live)

i wish i was going somewhere warm

anyone signing up for world cup tickets?  sign-up for the lottery for tickets starts today.  i'm seriously considering the trip to south africa.

sweetcell wrote:
anyone signing up for world cup tickets?  sign-up for the lottery for tickets starts today.  i'm seriously considering the trip to south africa.

I'll be in SA but we're buying tickets for the US squad.  We decided not to buy the tickets for one particular venue…

i'm more of a club over country guy, so while i am sure the wc will be loads of fun id rather go over and see maybe 2 prem matches (newcastle and someone else) on a saturday and sunday and a cl (obviously not my team) match in england if i was going to put out that kind of money and time into football

although i really want to go to south america sometime in my life…

Champions League is back, today.

February 24 

20:45 Arsenal  - AS Roma
20:45 Atletico Madrid - FC Porto
20:45 Inter Milan - Manchester U.
20:45 Lyon - Barcelona

February 25
20:45 Chelsea - Juventus
20:45 Real Madrid - Liverpool
20:45 Sporting Lisbon - Bayern Munich
20:45 Villarreal - Panathinaikos

Not sure what to think about Barcelona in Lyon tonight, really bad game in the Spanish League on Saturday, we lost at home to the last team in La Liga, Espanyol, the other team in Barcelona.

Inter ManU should be great, and looking forward to Liverpool stopping Real Madrid's recovery.

2 down, 3 to go….

Midweek matches.  Time to exact a little revenge:

Tuesday, March 3

2:30pm Portsmouth vs Chelsea (FSC)
2:55pm Liverpool vs Sunderland (Set)
5:00pm West Brom vs Arsenal (Set)

Wednesday, March 4

2:30pm Manchester City vs Aston Villa (FSC)
2:40pm Newcastle vs Man Utd (Set)
4:45pm Wigan vs West Ham (Set)
5:00pm Blackburn vs Everton (FSC)
6:30pm Fulham vs Hull (Set)