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Seychelles took advantage of home field advantage to win the Indian Ocean Games this month. They beat Mauritius on penalty kicks.Central African Republic dropped due to an away friendly loss vs Malta. They still control their own destiny in Group D of the African Cup of Nations. They're tied with Morocco at the top of the table with two games to play.
#### Corona?What are his chances of cracking the lineup for El Tri? They're pretty loaded, no?
Senior side is loaded. U20's just came in 3rd U17's won the WCLots and lots of talent up and down their program. Could even be a small preempted move to keep him away from US? Who knows.
It was the best of the three games I have seen Arsenal play. They attacked from the first minute. They are obviously not going to win either champions league or EPL, but if they spend some of that enormous amount if cash they have this winter, they may finish higher than most are willing to predict now.'Steve Tasker said:
They eventually told everyone to leave the stadium and eventually cancelled the game after that. Game will restart tomorrow morning at 10:15am eastern and be played at the full 90 minutes.'Steve Tasker said:
As I mentioned earlier, I think Arsenal's first XI is largely fine. Particularly once Wilshere gets healthy. I think Gervinho will be a great fit and that Cesc's playmaking role will be mostly handled by RVP in the false nine role. But the Man U game is going to really highlight the lack of depth. I don't see how Arshavin can replace Gervinho and be nearly as effective. And Jenkinson is going to get eaten alive by Young and Nani.
He got burned more than toast yesterday.
Also on ESPN Soccernet.
Sweet. Seeing it every where now
all around, particularly about Walcott. In some ways, he hurts the team by being such a specific type of player and disappearing for long stretches when opposing teams don't give him the space to run. IMO, Arsenal needs another guy who can flow with the team and move around the field, not just up and down a flank. That said- I have seen some improvement in his overall play (primarily his passing)- and hopefully he'll try to push that more in his own education as a pro so he doesn't have to rely on his pace.This is going to be the weakest, least appealing Arsenal team possibly this decade... but it will still be a good, entertaining team to watch- and that's all credit to Wenger (can't believe people are crying for his head) and the quality of players he brings in. I've been pretty distracted by Gerhinho's hair-do up until now and haven't been impressed- with the hair or the play. But he looked great yesterday- even the hair was somehow less freakish. Will definitely look forward to seeing him play this year based on yesterday.Am I the only person here who's unimpressed with RVP? Don't get me wrong- yeah, he's good- but he's not a difference maker, IMO, and more often than not makes the wrong (and selfish) decisions with the ball. The positive flashes he shows almost every game (for as long as I've been watching him) get outdone by him dribbling/shooting when his team-mates have busted their butts to get into good/great positions to help him.But still- I'm a fan of theirs, and always enjoy watching them play.Nice. I assume this won't include Barcelona due to the Europe Super Cup tomorrow though?
I think Walcott could develop a bit more finishing(and crossing) touch, but as you say, he pretty much is what he is at this point. I'm glad to have him in the squad as I think defenders do have to constantly worry about his pace. He's just not a great finisher and probably never will be.I've actually thought Gervinho has been decent so far. He picked a good spot to have his best game yet, and I enjoy the fact that he and Walcott swap sides freely. My only complaint about Gervinho, and it really doesn't apply to this game, is that he already seems to have caught the Arsenal bug of trying to make the perfect pass instead of taking a good shot at goal.As for Van Persie, I think he is at his best when he has a true striker to work with. Both to take some of the marking away from him as well as give him more freedom to roam side to side. Arsenal just hasn't had a guy like that since Adebayor left.
Where do you see Villareal finishing this year? Any hopes of a top 4 finish?
Here is some more info. I have to say this is getting pretty exciting looking forward to 2014 when the World Cup and MLS tv contracts will be up for grabs. We might actually see Disney, COMCAST and Fox all try for them.
From what I have read FSC will still show the games live as normal.
It's not all that surprising considering Spain and Italy are teetering on bankruptcy. Teams are trying to compete, but don't have the world-wide fanbase like an Inter, AC, Barca, RM, etc. Now that their local economies are in the crapper they are essentially defunct entities. They would be better off creating a La Super Liga and a Serie AA where the top teams can just compete with each other and let the rest of the teams compete for something else. At least that way teams would stop gambling their existence on promotion/european league qualification.
You mean Milan not Inter I think.
Chelsea and Man U have to be very happy. They dodged Milan and by default will dodge Man City.
So well balanced.
Ooof. So much for that. Arsenal, Dortmund, Marseille, Olympiacos. They're not guaranteed to get through that.
