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TLEF316
Footballguy
that Giggs finish wasn't luck either. I've seen him hit it like that a few times before.
Scholes was just everywhere. Always open in space. Always distributing.
It would actually be really awesome if the 2 of them would come over to MLS together (i remember we were talking about Giggs as a potential DP a few weeks back).
Scholes was just everywhere. Always open in space. Always distributing.
It would actually be really awesome if the 2 of them would come over to MLS together (i remember we were talking about Giggs as a potential DP a few weeks back).
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Oh, come on. Liverpool looked pretty damned good against Arsenal yesterday. Played an entire half a man down and should have won the game.
The Z Machine
Footballguy
Set the line for another avatar bet, big man.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
stop being greedy. NY already has 3 more DP's than NE and Colorado combinedtahnks for the update.in retrospect, really would've loved to see him go my StarReds, as that's a position they needed filled.
El Floppo
Footballguy
gimme.I meant that I would've actually preferred him to either Henry or Marquez... blasphemy, I know- but that's the type and position of player they actually needed. Him and Marquez running the MF? Nice. Him feeding to Angel and Henry. Nice. Marquez flopping around and whining while opponents run rough-shod through the middle and Henry and Angel starve? Nice? (one game hyperbole in effect).stop being greedy. NY already has 3 more DP's than NE and Colorado combinedtahnks for the update.in retrospect, really would've loved to see him go my StarReds, as that's a position they needed filled.
El Floppo
Footballguy
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
I assumed this was just his brother.This is a tough crowd sometimes. We didn't get any reaction from FIFA thinking about eliminating all draws from the WC either which I thought would elicit some opinions.El Floppo said:nothing? not even a?
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GoFishTN
Footballguy
Milner to City for around £20M, Ireland to Villa.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id...ers&cc=5901
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id...ers&cc=5901
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
Ozil to Real is a done deal.
Our Barca fans must be getting a bit nervous with the Special One marshaling his troops in Madrid.
Will he put Alonzo, Khedira, CRonaldo, Ozil and Di Maria all on the field with Higuain alone up top?
Our Barca fans must be getting a bit nervous with the Special One marshaling his troops in Madrid.
Will he put Alonzo, Khedira, CRonaldo, Ozil and Di Maria all on the field with Higuain alone up top?
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The Z Machine
Footballguy
That's a horrid line for me, and you know it.Make it 20 and you've got a bet. That's still quite a bit less than the spread at most books.
Native
Footballguy
How much have they spent this offseason now? 100 million Euro? 150m?Yaya Toure
Balotelli
Silva
Milner
Boteng
Kolarov
Did you or did you not say this and then tell me to set the line:
I'm doing you a favor giving you any points. If you don't have the guts to back up your statement, just say so.
The Z Machine
Footballguy
It was an exaggeration, a bit of hyperbole. I honestly don't think that Liverpool will finish below 8th or so, and Newcastle will be mighty lucky to finish in the top half.How about 18 points?
Spartans Rule
Footballguy
Wow. Shock start to Young Boys-Spurs 
Spartans Rule
Footballguy
Wow. Shock start to Young Boys-Spurs
Anyone watching this? Was kind of a foregone conclusion Spurs would be in the CL group stage, but they're just getting dominated here.
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Ted Lange as your Bartender
Footballguy
Former MLS'er Carlos Ruiz scores an injury time winner for Aris Salonika in their 1-0 first leg playoff round match over Austria Vienna in the Europa League
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Native
Footballguy
This is nuts.Wow. Shock start to Young Boys-Spurs
Ted Lange as your Bartender
Footballguy
Wow - an entire season's worth of busting their tails to crack the top 4 could be up in smoke in a half hour. They better pull one back here or this thing is over.This is nuts.Wow. Shock start to Young Boys-Spurs
Spartans Rule
Footballguy
If they can get 2 they'd be in decent shape. Then 1-0 or 2-1 at home would do it. But certainly at least one is a must.
Ted Lange as your Bartender
Footballguy
OK they got one back. Now as long as they don't give up any more (and can maybe even grab a second), they'll have a reasonable chance of advancing through.
Spartans Rule
Footballguy
Spurs looking much better this half. If they keep playing like this they should be able to get another one back.
ffldrew
Footballguy
The flopping in the box is getting old
Spartans Rule
Footballguy
Pavluychenko is being pretty ridiculous.
Spartans Rule
Footballguy
And that was ridiculous in a good way.
Tremendous Upside
Footballguy
What a strike!!!
Tremendous Upside
Footballguy
http://atdhe.net/22798/watch-bayern-munchen-vs-vfl-wolfsburgThe Bundesliga kicks off today with defending champions Bayern hosting the '08 champions Wolfsburg.
Sadly Gol TV is not carrying the match.
Mjolnirs
Footballguy
I've used that site to watch live broadcasts before, do they show them taped too?Feeds from atdhe will not play here at work and I'll actually be on a bus to a football game during the match. Was hoping to watch in on my DVR tonight.http://atdhe.net/22798/watch-bayern-munchen-vs-vfl-wolfsburgThe Bundesliga kicks off today with defending champions Bayern hosting the '08 champions Wolfsburg.
Sadly Gol TV is not carrying the match.
Tremendous Upside
Footballguy
Muller gets Bayern on the board in the 10th minute with a beautiful goal
CHipped a pass in, then made a run through the box
Volleyed the pass back to himself and hit it before it hit the ground, driving it past the goalie despite having a defender draped on him
CHipped a pass in, then made a run through the box
Volleyed the pass back to himself and hit it before it hit the ground, driving it past the goalie despite having a defender draped on him
Moe.
Footballguy
Lichaj went the full 90 yesterday against Rapid Vienna. Hopefully Villa can advance and he will continue to get some meaningful games. Has he been capped yet? He isn't eligible to play anywhere else is he?I agree that an MLS path is quite good for some players. But I do think everyone is a bit different and like in the NFL, Jeff Garcia can take a path playing in the CFL and turn into an all-pro late in his career and Tony Romo can hold a clipboard for 5 years or whatever.I'm not as turned off by the lack of playing time honestly. Lichaj is young and for the most part, games are just games. Training is where players improve the most and games are just used to see if they are incorporating that coaching or not. For this purpose reserve games and 4th division games are just as good as league games. In this case, when a club like Villa is investing in him and see him as a potential future starter, they are going to do their best to develop him and maximize their investment. Short term it may not be great for the Nats as he may not be game fit at the moment, but long term I think it will be very beneficial.My wording was poor. I was VERY happy that Villa signed him for the next three years. I am horrified at how little playing time he has received in the previous 3 years, which are crucial for American players, especially with our lack of depth.I am not a big fan of development squads when he could be playing in MLS (assuming he was good enough, which may be an incorrect assumption on my part). I just prefer the way M. Bradley, Howard and others went about it. They were significantly seasoned in MLS before going overseas.Andy, I can understand your sentiment but many many good players spent their late teens early 20's on developmental squads and on lower tier loans like Lichaj has. Lichaj is 21 and by all accounts likely to start getting some first team action with Villa this season. With the managerial situation uncertain, that is a bit of a risk by him but from what I know, they think pretty highly of him. We'll have to see how this plays out by I had about the exact opposite reaction that you did to this news. Villa is a very good club that clearly wants him and has committed multiple years to him.This kills meWe can't continue to have our best young players skip past MLS and pull splinters out of their butts in their late teens/early 20's
Eephus
Footballguy
Lichaj has a Polish passportLichaj went the full 90 yesterday against Rapid Vienna. Hopefully Villa can advance and he will continue to get some meaningful games. Has he been capped yet? He isn't eligible to play anywhere else is he?I agree that an MLS path is quite good for some players. But I do think everyone is a bit different and like in the NFL, Jeff Garcia can take a path playing in the CFL and turn into an all-pro late in his career and Tony Romo can hold a clipboard for 5 years or whatever.I'm not as turned off by the lack of playing time honestly. Lichaj is young and for the most part, games are just games. Training is where players improve the most and games are just used to see if they are incorporating that coaching or not. For this purpose reserve games and 4th division games are just as good as league games. In this case, when a club like Villa is investing in him and see him as a potential future starter, they are going to do their best to develop him and maximize their investment. Short term it may not be great for the Nats as he may not be game fit at the moment, but long term I think it will be very beneficial.My wording was poor. I was VERY happy that Villa signed him for the next three years. I am horrified at how little playing time he has received in the previous 3 years, which are crucial for American players, especially with our lack of depth.I am not a big fan of development squads when he could be playing in MLS (assuming he was good enough, which may be an incorrect assumption on my part). I just prefer the way M. Bradley, Howard and others went about it. They were significantly seasoned in MLS before going overseas.Andy, I can understand your sentiment but many many good players spent their late teens early 20's on developmental squads and on lower tier loans like Lichaj has. Lichaj is 21 and by all accounts likely to start getting some first team action with Villa this season. With the managerial situation uncertain, that is a bit of a risk by him but from what I know, they think pretty highly of him. We'll have to see how this plays out by I had about the exact opposite reaction that you did to this news. Villa is a very good club that clearly wants him and has committed multiple years to him.This kills meWe can't continue to have our best young players skip past MLS and pull splinters out of their butts in their late teens/early 20's
prefontaine
Footballguy
Doesn't seem Villa much care to advance given the lineup they threw out there. It would be nice to see them advance to group though just to get to see Lichaj and Guzan play some meaningful minutes.
Lichaj sounded like he had a pretty up and down game per the Guardian commentary. Apparently he made himself pretty useful on the offensive end but made some pretty glaring errors at the back. Not unexpected and I'm sure he was all nerves for his senior team debut even if it was some random game in Vienna.
And no, I don't believe he has been capped for the US as of yet. But I've never heard mention of him considering any other options. Considering he can play left back, I think we might want to get him capped though just to ensure we don't have to spend another four years bemoaning the play of Bornstein.
Lichaj sounded like he had a pretty up and down game per the Guardian commentary. Apparently he made himself pretty useful on the offensive end but made some pretty glaring errors at the back. Not unexpected and I'm sure he was all nerves for his senior team debut even if it was some random game in Vienna.
And no, I don't believe he has been capped for the US as of yet. But I've never heard mention of him considering any other options. Considering he can play left back, I think we might want to get him capped though just to ensure we don't have to spend another four years bemoaning the play of Bornstein.
boubucarow
Footballguy
The reason I have become a Liverpool fan is Torres and Kuyt. But now Kuyt is thinking about leaving to Inter Milan. Please no.
El Floppo
Footballguy
ooooooh... I like the sound of that.
Eephus
Footballguy
Sounds like Rafa's trying to get the band back together
bentley
Footballguy
Luckily Rafa's not in charge of the purse strings.Here's the latest from Uncle Roy:"I spoke to Massimo Moratti on Wedneday about the fact they are not going to buy Liverpool players," said Hodgson. "I believe they were only interested in two of our players and they are not going to buy them. Moratti said they are not going to do that."Aquilani is on his way out to a loan deal with Juventus that is supposed to include a 17m option to buy. That would be a fantastic deal for Liverpool.
El Floppo
Footballguy
And not a huge thing, but the Milan part is silent. It's just Inter. Just like AC Milan is just Milan.Speaking of which- the british guy that calls the Barca games always calls them Football Club Barcelona... what's up with that?
El Floppo
Footballguy
prefontaine
Footballguy
Dunno but that reminds me. I have a friend that always calls them Bark-uh. It's freaking annoying. I keep trying to explain it is short for Barcelona not Barkelona.
El Floppo
Footballguy
not Bartha?
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