Football

I thought Juve weren't big enough for Elia

August 11 Elia: Juve not big enough for me

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/...-for-me?cc=3436

Deadline Day Elia joins Juve

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/...uventus?cc=3436

"This is the biggest club in Italy. For me it was very important that the coach [Antonio Conte] wanted me in making this decision."

Next he'll be saying that he's been a Juve fan since he was a little kid

^ He is a pain in the ass... He always was in Holland, he was in Germany and I bet he will be in Italy. He's also a pain in the ass in his personal life...

His transfer to a club in Premier League didn't work so he had to go to Juve. Sad little annoying person.

The Dutchies are proud on our National Team who won yesterday from San Marino with 11-0

Always thought Mikel Arteta would be a ready made replacement for Fabregas when the inevitable transfer to Barca eventually happened. A class player when fit but much like Van Persie, his reputation as an injury prone player seems to precede him at this point.

Come clean guys, which one of you is really Arsene Wenger?

Could we not be Pat Rice or is that impossible cause he was killed by Stan (Kroenke)?

I believe Pat was killed by Kroenke and now Arsene just props him up on the dugout every week, 'Weekend at Bernie's'-style.

Football or soccer as they call it in the United States, unfortunately, we only have 1 division of the football program here and is not very popular. It is a failure because football is a beautiful game when played well in Europe.

^ Well with David Beckham & Thierry Henry playing in the US and USA did quite well at World Cup 2010 it has been put a little more on the map worldwide but the 'football' will always be bigger in the US.

* Internazionale officially apologized to Luc Castaignos. Castaignos also a new player of Internazionale has been left out at the upcoming Champions League matches. Reason? Internazionale signed Forlan in to play the matches in the groupstage but they realized to late that Forlan already played the qualifying round with Atletico Madrid and he is not allowed to play the rounds in the groupstage.

I didn't know they have to make a list of players they qualify for their CL-matches.

Football or soccer as they call it in the United States, unfortunately, we only have 1 division of the football program here and is not very popular. It is a failure because football is a beautiful game when played well in Europe.

Domestic league football is a relatively young concept in the States, whereas it's grown organically in Europe and South America over the course of a number of decades. These things take time.

^ Well with David Beckham & Thierry Henry playing in the US and USA did quite well at World Cup 2010 it has been put a little more on the map worldwide but the 'football' will always be bigger in the US.

Not to mention the great Teemu Tainio.

So I'm officially sick to the back teeth of this new season already. Roll on May 2012.

As am I. Actually, I blame Manyoo for everything. Can someone please relocate the team back to the US.

...wait a minute

Almost scared what may happen to Milan tomorrow.

Footballing-wise in this neck of the woods, being considered genuinely embarrassing requires going above and beyond, but this whole thing with Gyan is completely ludicrous even by usual standards. Packing our best striker (unsettled or not) off to an obscure club with an average home gate of 398 while congratulating ourselves for making £6m out of a loan deal just doesn't wash, I'm afraid, especially when reinvestment isn't an option until the new year. To cover two forward positions we now have Bendtner, who at best is a bit of a question mark, alongside Ji and Wickham, both publically deemed not ready for the Premier League by Bruce. As if flogging an in-form Anton Ferdinand to QPR for no apparent reason wasn't bad enough. I can't decide if this is asset stripping by an owner looking to sell up, or rank stupidity on the manager's part. Either way, I see nothing but bad news ahead.

Had no end of problems with the Fantasy League this year missed getting my team in on time because the system crashed and then somehow being put in the pending list for the next two weeks, i am finally part of the league and up to 3rd. Not bad especially seeing i missed the first week.

hey guys,

does anyone have a link for the barca-milan match?

thx.

Wah wah poor Arsenal goo goo ga ga completely outplayed poor Arsenal wah wah life without 'Cesc' wah wah Nasri wah wah

Barca was IMO not playing at their very best...

Had no end of problems with the Fantasy League this year missed getting my team in on time because the system crashed and then somehow being put in the pending list for the next two weeks, i am finally part of the league and up to 3rd. Not bad especially seeing i missed the first week.

Congrats to yourself and Berno for the huge 80+ point hauls. As sure as Fergie hates Kelly Cates (nee Dalglish), you'll be above me next week. :persuazn:

Wah wah poor Arsenal goo goo ga ga completely outplayed poor Arsenal wah wah life without 'Cesc' wah wah Nasri wah wah

Drawing is the new winning for Arsenal these days, it would seem.

Barca v Milan - Classy goals. The beauty of football right there. Madrid must be laughing at the moment.

Sunderland - that Gyan deal stumped me too and caught me out

Dortmund -

Inter - lol.

^ Inter :shock: :shock: what's going on there?

* Paris Saint-Germain are trying to sign David Beckham