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[Blablurn]

6. Japanese wonderkick
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=0lOZ-n-afY0&feature=related

nice!

 

[Cornballer]

I've decided Colorado should take one for the MLS team and send Clavagina to LAG to help out CJ with his coaching duties, it's really a win/win for everyone.

That's very noble of you. :lol


Olympic standings for hadareud because he's riveted by the tournament. One more set of matches coming up on Wednesday.

[B]Group A[/B]
Team		MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Argentina	2	2	0	0	3	1	6
Côte d'Ivoire	2	1	0	1	5	4	3
Australia	2	0	1	1	1	2	1
Serbia		2	0	1	1	3	5	1

[B]Group B[/B]
Team		MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
USA		2	1	1	0	3	2	4
Nigeria		2	1	1	0	2	1	4
Netherlands	2	0	2	0	2	2	2
Japan		2	0	0	2	1	3	0

[B]Group C[/B]
Team		MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Brazil		2	2	0	0	6	0	6
Belgium		2	1	0	1	2	1	3
China PR	2	0	1	1	1	3	1
New Zea		2	0	1	1	1	6	1

[B]Group D[/B]
Team		MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Italy		2	2	0	0	6	0	6
Cameroon	2	1	1	0	2	1	4
Korea Rep	2	0	1	1	1	4	1
Honduras	2	0	0	2	0	4	0

 

[Karakand]

Why doesn't Roman just buy City too? Or do the Championship and Premiership still count as the same competition according to the bylaws?

It'll be like 2001-2002 every season!

 

[Outdoor Miner]

Good job Honduras. Nice to know you are utilizing Mexico's spot to the fullest.

 

[Cornballer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On3rfstwJUQ

 

[TDG]

Also, for the quarterfinals:
* Quarterfinal 1: Winner Group A vs. Runner-up Group B
* Quarterfinal 2: Winner Group B vs. Runner-up Group A
* Quarterfinal 3: Winner Group C vs. Runner-up Group D
* Quarterfinal 4: Winner Group D vs. Runner-up Group C

In the semis, 1v2, etc.

Good job Honduras. Nice to know you are utilizing Mexico's spot to the fullest.

CONCALAF represent.

 

[Eeikod]

Capello.jpg

Stupid sexy Capello.... nothin' at all... nothin' at all...

 

[Yazan]

BREAKING GOSSIP

The latest gossip will appear here during the day.


TRANSFER RUMOURS

Barcelona look set to block a move by Manchester United for Thierry Henry by playing the former Arsenal striker in the Champions League on Wednesday. (Daily Star)

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson wants to land Spain's Euro 2008 star David Silva from Valencia. (Daily Mirror)

But Spanish forward Silva has delivered a huge snub to Liverpool and United by insisting he will not move to the Premier League. (Daily Star)

Manchester United are determined to complete the signing of Tottenham's Dimitar Berbatov before the start of the season, but relations between the two clubs remain frosty. (The Times)

Spurs have dismissed talk of Manchester United moving for Thierry Henry and expect them to renew their interest in Berbatov. (The Independent)

Chelsea will step up their bid to land Real Madrid striker Robinho by upping their offer to £25m. (Daily Mirror)

Chelsea's Joe Cole is demanding assurances over his future after Liverpool declared an interest in buying him. (Daily Mail)

The Blues are preparing to cut their losses and sell defender Branislav Ivanovic to AC Milan. (The Times)

Roque Santa Cruz is set for crunch talks at Blackburn in an attempt to resolve his future as he wants to leave for Manchester City. (Daily Mirror)

Liverpool will discover in the next 24 hours whether their move for Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry has been scuppered. (Various)

Reds boss Rafa Benitez wants showdown talks with Liverpool's American owners in the hope of resurrecting the Gareth Barry deal. (Daily Mirror)

Newcastle are closing in on a deal for Blackburn defender Stephen Warnock. (Daily Mail)

Magpies striker Shola Ameobi has begged Newcastle not to price him out of a move away from the club. (Daily Star)

Manchester City midfielder Michael Johnson has rejected a new contract, alerting interested clubs including Arsenal and Everton. (Daily Mail)

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is poised to swoop for £8m-rated Johnson. (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal and Everton have been told by Marseille that they need to pay £20m for midfielder Lorik Cana. (The Times)

West Ham, Bolton and Newcastle are battling to secure the signature of ex-Spain ace Diego Tristan. (The Sun)

Sunderland have launched a fresh bid for Leighton Baines from Everton for £6m. (Various)

Middlesbrough want an answer from Arsenal on their £3m bid for defender Justin Hoyte. (Daily Star)

Portsmouth are set to beat West Ham and Spurs to sign Ghana skipper Stephen Appiah from Fenerbahce. (The Sun)

Spurs are furious after Vedran Corluka's £5m move was called off at the last minute by Manchester City. (Daily Express)

Wigan boss Steve Bruce is set to snap up Ecuador's midfielder Segundo Castillo. (Daily Mirror)

Hull's proposed move for Claudio Pizarro has stalled over the player's wages. (Daily Telegraph)

The Tigers have asked Roman Abramovich to help fund the deal for the striker, who earns £3m a year. (Daily Star)

Birmingham winger Seb Larsson wants to join a Premier League side, but Blues are refusing to let him leave. (Daily Mail)

Bayer Leverkusen have denied they are interested in Rangers forward Kris Boyd. (Daily Record)


OTHER GOSSIP

Tottenham striker Darren Bent could be a surprise inclusion in Fabio Capello's England squad to face Czech Republic on 20 August. (Various)

The Premier League will open an inquiry on Wednesday into Tottenham's claims Manchester United tried to unsettle Dimitar Berbatov. (Daily Mail)

Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra had to borrow £2m from former chairman John Wardle to pay staff's wages. (Daily Mail)

The Premier League is facing an unprecedented trial of its fit and proper persons test after arrest warrants were issued to Thaksin. (The Guardian)

Premier League bosses want urgent talks with Thaksin. (Daily Star)

Manager Mark Hughes is set to quit as the Manchester City crisis threatens to spiral out of control. (The Sun)

Celtic's Darren O'Dea, Aiden McGeady and Scott Brown were abused by drunken thugs after the club's SPL game at the weekend. (Daily Record)


AND FINALLY

Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra, who is on bail for corruption charges in Thailand, was spotted shopping in Guildford on Monday. (Daily Telegraph)

Liverpool star Steven Gerrard texted a good luck message to fellow scouser David Price ahead of his Olympics boxing fight against Russia's Islam Timurziev. (The Sun)

Former Arsenal star Ian Wright said he would not blame Thierry Henry if he chose to join the Gunners' rivals Manchester United. (The Sun)

Portsmouth's new defender Younes Kaboul claims he was convinced to play for the club over a cup of Moroccan tea with manager Harry Redknapp two years ago. (Daily Star)

.

 

[hadareud]

The Blues are preparing to cut their losses and sell defender Branislav Ivanovic to AC Milan. (The Times)

hmmm ...

this would be a good signing for the Arse, I wouldn't be surprised if Wenger is monitoring the situation. If we sell Hoyte we need another defender, why not one that can play across all positions and also in DM.

I am officially starting the rumour that we will sign him.

 

[Yazan]

But you are forgetting that he is almost a Milan player now We sold Simic yesterday and Galliani will probably present Ivanovic today/tomorrow.

 

[hadareud]

we're going to to hijack the move because I want it to be so

 

[Yazan]

:lol You can always have Digao (Kakas shitbrother).

 

[hadareud]

nah, thanks for the offer though.



Quick question about the prediction league:

did everyone that pm'd me yesterday get their invites yet? if not let me know and I'll send it again.

 

[Ghost]

What's the deal with the prediction league? Had's invited my twice now and I've received no email :-/ Has it worked for anyone?

 

[hadareud]

strange, it did work for some but for some reason not for others, do you have another email address we can try Ghost?

 

[Yazan]

Had: I'll pm you my email now.

 

[Frenck]

Germany - North Korea is about to start in 15 minutes. Our only chance at winning a gold medal :lol

I don't think we ever performed so bad during any Olympic tournament. Not a single gold medal even in our strong contests.

 

[Ghost]

strange, it did work for some but for some reason not for others, do you have another email address we can try Ghost?

I just received the email so whatever you did has worked

 

[hadareud]

Austria have 2 medals so far, of course no gold yet. Probably won't win one either.
Even if we would, I just can't get excited for the Olympics at all this time.

Anyone else having trouble with the Prediction League invite btw? Seems like Ghost signed up and Yazan got the Email, but I think Manager hasn't got it yet and Wes neither, I sent the invites again now.

edit: excellent. I just sent it again and that worked, seems like the system is a bit dodgy.

 

[On The Edge of Insanity]

Got the invite Hadareud - cheers.

It's now on like donkey kong.

 

[Ronok]

Germany - North Korea is about to start in 15 minutes. Our only chance at winning a gold medal :lol

I don't think we ever performed so bad during any Olympic tournament. Not a single gold medal even in our strong contests.

Germany took gold in kayaking didn't they? lol

 

[MrPing1000]

Fabio De Silva's goal for the reserves, rather nice, even if it was against Northwitch

 

[Wes]

Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill says he has not finished his summer shopping as he closes on his sixth new face.

Villa are set to make Carlos Cuellar their latest recruit after agreeing a £7.8million fee with Rangers for the Spaniard.

O'Neill has already brought in Steve Sidwell, Brad Friedel, Brad Guzan, Nicky Shorey and Luke Young this summer - and he insists his reinforcements will not stop with the addition of Cuellar.

"If we're going to try and compete, even at Premier League level let alone Europe, we need a decent squad. So we need to keep adding quality if we can," O'Neill told the club's official website.

"We've lost Freddie Bouma and we were quite thin on the ground before that. That sort of injury can happen at any given minute. Therefore we need to try and safeguard as much as we can.

"What we've done is bring in a recognised right-back and a recognised left-back to help us. We didn't have the right-back last year but it wasn't for lack of trying.

"We've not finished. We'll still have some players coming in to give us a chance and if we're lucky enough to qualify for the group stages of the UEFA Cup that would take us right up to Christmas and we'll most definitely need the squad.

"Last season we were exceptionally lucky with injuries. Eight or nine players played over 30 games and we didn't have big runs in the FA or League Cup - therefore we were able to concentrate on the League.

"All that could change this season and the fact is that we need the squad to be bigger to cope with that. That's what we're trying to do."

Good stuff

 

[Ronok]

Germany took gold in kayaking didn't they? lol

And Judo now. lololol

 

[SupahBlah]

Germany - North Korea is about to start in 15 minutes. Our only chance at winning a gold medal :lol

I don't think we ever performed so bad during any Olympic tournament. Not a single gold medal even in our strong contests.

Surely Germany has at least one gold medal? You're the biggest in Europe I'm sure you have some athletes.

In comedy news. :lol How the fuck can we be chasing Joe Cole if we can't afford Gareth Barry? Papers are a joke.

 

[Frenck]

Germany took gold in kayaking didn't they? lol

Just after I posted...

Maybe I should bitch even more

 

[h0pper]

if the USA ever took football/soccer seriously, we would dominate that shit.

 

[marmaraS]

Germany won a medal in Judo just now as well

EDIT: Damn beaten

 

[Frenck]

if the USA ever took football/soccer seriously, we would dominate that shit.

Kobe Bryant would probably be an AC Milan player :lol

EDIT:

Bischof (our Judoka) was on a run I tell you... amazing fights, all of them

 

[Karakand]

Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra had to borrow £2m from former chairman John Wardle to pay staff's wages. (Daily Mail)

Although Wardle has been repaid and no staff wage payments were missed, it is clear City are operating on a hand-to-mouth basis each month.

Uh...

 

[Karakand]

Executive Chairman Garry Cook has denied that City are in crisis, and insists Thaksin Shinawatra remains committed to his "10 year vision" for the club. "City's future is not in jeopardy," said Cook. "In the short term, it is business as usual. We don't rely on Dr Thaksin's money.

"When Mark Hughes makes a decision we go through the normal process, which can include banks, finance, or a whole bunch of different things just like any other club."

Everyone was bitching that he hadn't come out and said anything.

 

[hadareud]

the shitty news are getting worse by the day

"When Mark Hughes makes a decision we go through the normal process, which can include banks, finance, or a whole bunch of different things just like any other club."

:lol

Spoiler

i shouldn't laugh, it's not funny

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Fans of Tottenham Hotspur genuinely feel that this is the year when their beloved club would topple fierce rivals Arsenal as the kings of North London.
http://www.footballfancast.com/blog/tottenham/tottenham-set-dispalce-arsenal-top-4/4779

:lol :lol

 

[Karakand]

the shitty news are getting worse by the day

Darius Vassell's knee ligament injury suffered against Milan on Saturday is expected to keep the former England man out of action for up to three months.

Shucks, I don't know how we'll go on.

 

[Ghost]

"When Mark Hughes makes a decision we go through the normal process, which can include banks, finance, smuggling money out from under the noses of the country we stole from, or a whole bunch of different things just like any other club."

Fixed.

 

[gigapower]

But you are forgetting that he is almost a Milan player now We sold Simic yesterday and Galliani will probably present Ivanovic today/tomorrow.

And that we want to be nice to Milan so we can buy Kaka for a ridiculous amount.

 

[gigapower]

Am I the only one who is reminded of Artie from Pete and Pete when looking at those pics?

 

[hadareud]

I have nothing against Capello, but I will adblock this image now.

 

[Karakand]

Am I the only one who is reminded of Artie from Pete and Pete when looking at those pics?

Can't... unsee it now!

One of the great TV openings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcqSfAHvuAo

 

[SupahBlah]

 

[Yazan]

And that we want to be nice to Milan so we can buy Kaka for a ridiculous amount.

The closest you'll ever get to Kaka is when you get his brohter.

 

[kaizoku]

I've been out of the country for 5 weeks and missed all the transfer and preseason stuff. I'm very curious how arsenal and liverpool are doing. anyone up for sharing some thoughts?

who's been signed and are they the replacements for flamini/hleb/gilberto? hows nasri/ramsey done in preseason? any kids breaking through?

apparently the scousers are abit excited about their youngsters right now. tell me why!

and I do think spurs have done well this summer and could break into top 4, depending on how well arsenal/liverpools newer players do. and if they keep berbatov

 

[Karakand]

Steve Davis' eulogy for Ruud.

http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20080811&content_id=179592&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp

"Sexy" appears in the first paragraph. :lol

 

[hadareud]

who's been signed and are they the replacements for flamini/hleb/gilberto? hows nasri/ramsey done in preseason? any kids breaking through?

still waiting for a replacement for Flamini/Gilberto to be signed, but Nasri is Hleb's replacement. Wenger is trying to sign an experienced midfielder and we've been linked with Barry, Alonso and Inler amongst others.

Ramsey's done very well in the earlier parts of pre-season but seems to have fallen off a bit in the last couple of games and he looked quite average against Sevilla on Saturday. Nasri has only played 2 games so far and looked ok but certainly not outstanding. He has a fitness test today ahead of tomorrows game.

On the whole our pre-season has gone well with wins over Real, Ajax, Stuttgart etc. but Diaby is injured for a month and we're looking extremely light in defensive midfield.

A very nice update for you I think.

 

[Blablurn]

Am I the only one who is reminded of Artie from Pete and Pete when looking at those pics?

haha you nailed it

 

[Cornballer]

"Sexy" appears in the first paragraph. :lol

The endless taunting of LAG fans on BigSoccer right now is highly entertaining. Way too easy to bait them by using the s-word.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHN6YXD6E98

 

[h0pper]

is it just me or have Spurs revamped their entire squad?

 

[Cornballer]

is it just me or have Spurs revamped their entire squad?

Just like every Summer...

Random notes:
- US women won their group and advanced to the quarterfinals in the Olympics with a 4-0 win over NZ.
- US Open Cup semi tonight between DCU and NE. Reis, Ralston, and Heaps are being rested by NE. They'll play Canada in the quarters.

 

[Wes]

Some kind of premier league launch thing on sky sports news now.

 

[Karakand]

The endless taunting of LAG fans on BigSoccer right now is highly entertaining. Way too easy to bait them by using the s-word.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHN6YXD6E98

Gals need to get back to their MLS roots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn1skoAr0Zk

 

[Cornballer]

Gals need to get back to their MLS roots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn1skoAr0Zk

:lol

More from the LA Times:

Tim Leiweke, chief executive of AEG, which owns the Galaxy, said Monday's developments cleared the way for the Galaxy to "straighten the ship out" and regain some forward momentum.

"Unfortunately, you can't fire 22 players," he said, a comment reflective of AEG's considerable unhappiness with the Galaxy and the way it is underperforming. Leiweke had only recently described the team as "dysfunctional," a description he repeated Monday.

"I think they're all responsible," Leiweke said of the players. "What I told them this morning was, 'Now no one has any excuses.' I eliminated all excuses.

"Now it's up to Cobi to straighten it out with the team and on the pitch, and for us to make a decision on how we structure this organization going forward so we no longer have the split we clearly have."

Leiweke sounds like a nice guy. Perhaps I'll invite him over for Thanksgiving dinner this year.