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No apologies needed. Koeman was certainly no choirboy out there. I remember playing pickup with some English friends of mine, while wearing the Koeman jersey, and I got a fair bit of grief from them about it.CletiusMaximus said:
To add further fuel, Napoli's coach Mauro Sarri recently had an "exploratory meeting" with Juve.
Tuchel rumors also appear to be swirling around. I'd like Allegri, but I don't really see how Arsenal is a step up from Juve.
Thats a fascinating choice for Arsenal, Allegri strikes me as more of a Conte-style appointment - win now mentality. While Tuchel is more of a Pochettino-style appointment - build for the long-term (while still competing now).
heard alexi say, after talking to CP, that it rhymed with "terrific".Sinn Fein said:UEFA - player pronunciation guide for English speakers
Christian Pulišić – Police-sick - did not know that
James Rodríguez – Ha-mess - more like Hot-mess amirite?
Victor Lindelöf – Linda-love
well... whoa.
It is worthy of the best of Zlatan and this from a player no one has likely ever heard of before.
the zlat would have done a flying back-heel... not to discount this one, but just saying.
Wait, is that a parody of The Warriors, which came out the same year? Or vicey versey?
More on Wenger:Ramsay Hunt Experience said:
As someone who probably saw Hollywood Knights about 200 times in his youth, I thought we were talking about Robert Wuhl.
He does an amazing job considering his boss is in the business to turn a profit. I don't see things going well for Arsenal when he leaves.
Love the reaction of the player at the 6
I don't think there's much overspending on goalkeepers, although every summer there's going to be a few rumors (deGea, Courtois) and maybe this year one of them will come to pass. Just looking at Transfermarkt, the most ever spent on a GK is still Juve buying Buffon for 45mil pounds in 2001. Bayern Munich paid £25mil for Neuer and United paid £21mil for deGea - both in 2011. Those all look like pretty good deals today. City might have overpaid a bit for Bravo last summer, but that's pure hindsight and there's probably a good counterargument. I'm not sure how much difference a "great" keeper makes over a middle of the road guy - probably a few goals a year, less than 5 is my guess.
). This league is technically a rec league, but the talent is excellent (a few boys straight from the Philly Union academy). before things finally settled down. I thought the coach was going to deck him....Friggin nuts - this stuff must be their life. 
tl;dr:So I mentioned the U13 indoor team I'm coaching on Sundays; it gets crazier every week. I'm just about out of my realm of experience here, but damn is it fun. Luckily the boys are all coming from good coaching. Long winded post, but wanted to share...
We have a mix of U12 and U13 travel boys from both A and B teams. Half the team is my 10yr old son's U12 B team with the rest being A squad boys....and then my 8yr old son (he started out as a reserve when we were short handed and is now hooked
We are 1-1-2, sitting 4th of 8. Every team we've played so far plays way more physical than any of our boys were used to. They've adjusted quickly, but still get caught playing soft at times.
Today's match was against a team that was so intense I am still shaking my head. The ref lost control of the game early on and never recovered. It got dangerous with so many fouls and slide tackles being inconsistently enforced that I held my younger son out at the end. We ended up tied 3-3 with a controversial no-goal call that had the opposing coach out of his mind.
After the final whistle, the coach sprinted onto the field - snatched the ball from the ref - sprinted to the goal to show the ref where he felt it crossed the line.... all while screaming "SCORE IS 4-3". The ref red carded him 3x
I now understand why my son's coach wanted them to experience it. The stands are always overflowing to standing room only. The cheering and passion is so damn cool. All the boys have fallen in love with the competitiveness of it all. I wish I had something like this when I played
and in the parking lot... and in town... Dortmund ultras were *extra* pissed at all things Red Bull that weekend.
The one thing that I'd add is that the keepers who are worth it effect the game in ways that might not be evident to you just from the saves they make. The very best keepers don't just stop chances, they limit chances. Either by organizing the defense, or commanding their area on crosses, or by playing as the keeper sweeper like Neuer.
At least his teammates had more common sense:Dinsy Ejotuz said:
no, but you should.
