Jiji Posted January 1, 2018 Posted January 1, 2018 I miss the late '00s when the Bundesliga was actually fun to watch and completely unpredictable. Stuttgart, Wolfsburg, and then the Dortmund back-to-back sandwiching Bayern league wins was a fascinating time to watch. I don't remember them being this overwhelming in terms of devouring so many top German stars from their competitors back then. It's frustrating and boring. Goretzka's agent and Schalke have denied the Bayern agreement but I can't imagine it not being a done deal at this stage. Barcelona can eat the biggest bag of dicks along with Nike over that advertising stunt a few days back. I hope they get a transfer ban between their players openly talking about Coutinho, tapping up Griezmann, and how they handled and continue to handle the Coutinho negotiations. Fuck Madrid more but Barcelona's management are no angels either.
Dewar Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 Most of the major teams are total dicks when it comes to transfers now. Too much money is soccer has made it this way.
odessasteps Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 Scott Dann and Jason Puncheon: done for the season Kevin De Bruyne: still starting
odessasteps Posted January 3, 2018 Posted January 3, 2018 David Silva announced his son was born prematurely and he has been in Spain with baby and mother since the birth. That explains his absence from City the last few games.
Jiji Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 Well in Big Virgil. How Holgate didn't receive anything for shoving Firmino into the stands, I do not know. Not a good performance for Liverpool in the final third. Mane's been in poor form for about a month now outside of the worldy against Burnley and now we'll have to figure out life without Coutinho. I'd shoot Emre Can out of a cannon towards Juventus if I could. Such piss poor mentality and laziness. Thinks he's an all-star but at least the bench in Torino will be warmer than Liverpool's.
Dewar Posted January 6, 2018 Posted January 6, 2018 Sometimes a battle of words is a couple of punches. Sometimes you just land the knockout blow quickly. Also, fuck the Leicester City.
odessasteps Posted January 6, 2018 Posted January 6, 2018 Hats off to Coventry for knocking off Stoke. 1
Jiji Posted January 6, 2018 Posted January 6, 2018 Sounds like Coutinho to scumbags is done at £142 and no real contingency plan in place. Cool. And I thought the Holgate/Firmino racist claims were cleared up at half time? Sure looks like Bobby called him a crazy son of a bitch in Portuguese but there's that moment where you can't see his mouth. Awesome. Sure feels like the season is derailed.
sabremike Posted January 6, 2018 Posted January 6, 2018 22 minutes ago, odessasteps said: Hats off to Coventry for knocking off Stoke. I'm still mad at them for ruining one of my favorite Monty Python bits by winning the FA Cup in (iirc) 1987.
sabremike Posted January 6, 2018 Posted January 6, 2018 22 hours ago, odessasteps said: Jose gotta Jose. Conte should probably quit the verbal sparring while he is way behind. Jose went Scott Stevens killing Eric Lindros on him.
Sky Blue Sam Posted January 6, 2018 Posted January 6, 2018 Hughes has been sacked now. Bit harsh, no shame in losing to a bigger team... In fairness, Stoke looked awful today. We could quite easily have been 3-0 up at half time (a shot cleared off the line, then Marc McNulty rounding Butland, only to put the ball wide). Honestly, Coventry bossed that game, and we made a mockery of the 53 league places between us 1
RIPPA Posted January 8, 2018 Author Posted January 8, 2018 Jonathan Gonzalez has chosen to play for Mexico instead of the US Gonzalez had played for the US' youth national teams but no the senior side yet. And in another example of the US not being able to get out of its own damn way Quote Ahead of November's friendly in Portugal, U.S. Soccer made a decision to allow him to stay with his club as it entered the Liga MX playoffs, as playing in the game would not have tied him to the U.S. anyway. But Gonzalez told Soccer America last week that no one in the USSF called him to explain the omission -- something the player reportedly was not happy about. "I wasn't called in, in November," Gonzalez said. "Personally, nobody came and talked to me and let me know about that friendly. I just wasn't called in."
Pete Posted January 8, 2018 Posted January 8, 2018 FA Cup fourth round draw (TBC January 26-29). Potential GIANT KILLINGS in italics. Liverpool v West BromPeterborough v Fleetwood/Leicester Huddersfield v Birmingham Notts County v Wolves/SwanseaYeovil v Manchester UnitedCarlisle/Sheffield Wednesday v Stevenage/ReadingCardiff/Mansfield v Manchester City MK Dons v Coventry Millwall v Rochdale Southampton v Watford Middlesbrough v Brighton/Crystal PalaceBournemouth/Wigan v Shrewsbury/West Ham Hull v Nottingham ForestNewport County v TottenhamNorwich/Chelsea v Newcastle Sheffield United v Preston
Pete Posted January 9, 2018 Posted January 9, 2018 The shambling corpse of the NASL has announced a move to the international soccer calendar for 2018-19. No word how their fan might be affected by the switch...
piranesi Posted January 9, 2018 Posted January 9, 2018 As long as this doesn't effect the MISL we're cool. I will not miss my Slobo Ilijevsky fix.
Pete Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 RUMBLINGS are that Mourinho is making a big effort to beat City to deals for Sanchez and Fred before the window closes. Watch this space...
odessasteps Posted January 13, 2018 Posted January 13, 2018 Apparently Phil Neville is a candidate to become England women's coach.
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